redfish sessioncache error when redfish_password is not set

[Dr. Jens Harbott]

The redfish_password option is marked as optional, however when it is not being set, these errors occur:

2025-01-30 09:28:40.340 7 WARNING ironic.drivers.modules.redfish.utils [None req-b9241d02-253f-4a66-82ea-15c0fbc24d69 - - - - - -] For node 8f18eb51-07f3-434a-ba84-f121acab7821, we received at AttributeError when attempting to utilize the client. A new client session shall be used upon the next attempt.Attribute Error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'
2025-01-30 09:28:40.341 7 WARNING ironic.conductor.manager [None req-b9241d02-253f-4a66-82ea-15c0fbc24d69 - - - - - -] Failed to get sensor data for node 8f18eb51-07f3-434a-ba84-f121acab7821. Error: Redfish exception occurred. Error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode': ironic.common.exception.RedfishError: Redfish exception occurred. Error: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'encode'

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940431
Committed: https://opendev.org/openstack/ironic/commit/91b656d31cac77817db8c865d68471d546903314
Submitter: "Zuul (22348)"
Branch: master

commit 91b656d31cac77817db8c865d68471d546903314
Author: Dr. Jens Harbott <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 30 10:50:24 2025 +0100

    Fix redfish session cache on missing password

    The redfish_password option is optional, make sure that the SessionCache
    does not throw an error when it is not set.

    Closes-Bug: 2097019

    Change-Id: Idf792c982a883a4c07ae1dad72e3c54bc73b96a1

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: stable/2024.2
Review: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940634

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: stable/2024.1
Review: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940635

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: stable/2023.2
Review: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940636

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940634
Committed: https://opendev.org/openstack/ironic/commit/60248a0b85b8e0205d47d47f6a784ca014ac60d5
Submitter: "Zuul (22348)"
Branch: stable/2024.2

commit 60248a0b85b8e0205d47d47f6a784ca014ac60d5
Author: Dr. Jens Harbott <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 30 10:50:24 2025 +0100

    Fix redfish session cache on missing password

    The redfish_password option is optional, make sure that the SessionCache
    does not throw an error when it is not set.

    Closes-Bug: 2097019

    Change-Id: Idf792c982a883a4c07ae1dad72e3c54bc73b96a1
    (cherry picked from commit 91b656d31cac77817db8c865d68471d546903314)

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940636
Committed: https://opendev.org/openstack/ironic/commit/a3b0149658f438ef4417bcdf006cdbba23688553
Submitter: "Zuul (22348)"
Branch: stable/2023.2

commit a3b0149658f438ef4417bcdf006cdbba23688553
Author: Dr. Jens Harbott <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 30 10:50:24 2025 +0100

    Fix redfish session cache on missing password

    The redfish_password option is optional, make sure that the SessionCache
    does not throw an error when it is not set.

    Closes-Bug: 2097019

    Change-Id: Idf792c982a883a4c07ae1dad72e3c54bc73b96a1
    (cherry picked from commit 91b656d31cac77817db8c865d68471d546903314)

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/ironic 28.0.0 Epoxy release.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic/+/940635
Committed: https://opendev.org/openstack/ironic/commit/9b97ec3bb2cc06676264e73bed8592fd3e0eac54
Submitter: "Zuul (22348)"
Branch: stable/2024.1

commit 9b97ec3bb2cc06676264e73bed8592fd3e0eac54
Author: Dr. Jens Harbott <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Jan 30 10:50:24 2025 +0100

    Fix redfish session cache on missing password

    The redfish_password option is optional, make sure that the SessionCache
    does not throw an error when it is not set.

    Closes-Bug: 2097019

    Change-Id: Idf792c982a883a4c07ae1dad72e3c54bc73b96a1
    (cherry picked from commit 91b656d31cac77817db8c865d68471d546903314)

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/ironic 23.0.4 Bobcat release.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/ironic 24.1.4 Caracal release.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

This issue was fixed in the openstack/ironic 26.1.2 Dalmatian release.