File Manager Service in OpenBMC

[Andrew Jeffery]

On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 12:52 +0530, Sunitha Harish wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This email is about adding a FileManager Service in OpenBMC.
> 
> IBM has usecases implemented under /ibm/v1 path at bmcweb, which uploads 
> and manages files on the BMC. This usecase is being re-designed, to stop 
> bmcweb from modifying and accessing BMC file system directly.
> 
> To achieve this, a dbus & backend application is needed. This should 
> provide APIs to Create, Update, Get and Delete a file. This application 
> should also take care of security aspects of the File upload usecases, 
> before letting the BMC file system updated. Please share your views on 
> adding this application.

I'm struggling to make sense of this.

What are we actually trying to achieve? If bmcweb can indirectly write
arbitrary files through this service there's no advantage. Instead we
have a whole bunch of complexity and overhead.

It feels like the GPIO conversation that we seem to have periodically
in the project. I think we need more information on *the use* of the
files you need to upload.

Andrew