Start Node button does not allocate node

Bug #987585 reported by Julian Edwards
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
MAAS
Fix Released
High
Jeroen T. Vermeulen
1.0
Fix Released
High
Jeroen T. Vermeulen

Bug Description

Reporting on behalf of Francis - apparently the start node button starts the node up but leaves it in the READY state in MAAS, when it should be ALLOCATED.

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Changed in maas:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in maas:
assignee: nobody → Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv)
status: Triaged → In Progress
summary: - Start Node button leaves node in READY
+ Start Node button does not allocate node
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Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv) wrote :

Apparently this implies that the “Start node” button was meant to allocate a node and start it. The original spec implied that it should just start the node, and that's why it currently requires Edit privileges on the node.

This means that on Ready nodes, the button should require only View privileges and it should allocate the node. It may be slightly confusing that an admin starting somebody else's Allocated node won't change its allocation, but an admin (or anyone else) starting a Ready node will also acquire it in the process. I'll change the feedback message so that this distinction is clear.

A minor complication is that the allocation process needs the user's token. The action method is passed the requesting user and the affected node, but not the web request.

Changed in maas:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in maas:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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