readme: update with secrets and emulator sections

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@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ The `magellan` CLI tool is a Redfish-based, board management controller (BMC) di
- [Running the Tool](#running-the-tool) - [Running the Tool](#running-the-tool)
- [Managing Secrets](#managing-secrets) - [Managing Secrets](#managing-secrets)
- [Starting the Emulator](#starting-the-emulator) - [Starting the Emulator](#starting-the-emulator)
- [Managing Secrets](#managing-secrets-1)
- [Starting the Emulator](#starting-the-emulator-1)
- [Updating Firmware](#updating-firmware) - [Updating Firmware](#updating-firmware)
- [Getting an Access Token (WIP)](#getting-an-access-token-wip) - [Getting an Access Token (WIP)](#getting-an-access-token-wip)
- [Running with Docker](#running-with-docker) - [Running with Docker](#running-with-docker)
@ -347,6 +349,87 @@ This example should work just like running on real hardware.
> [!NOTE] > [!NOTE]
> The emulator host may be different from the one in the README. Make sure to double-check the host! > The emulator host may be different from the one in the README. Make sure to double-check the host!
### Managing Secrets
When connecting to an array of BMC nodes, some nodes may have different secret credentials than the rest. These secrets can be stored and used automatically by `magellan` when performing a `collect` or a `crawl`. All secrets are encrypted and are only accessible using the same `MASTER_KEY` as when stored originally.
To store secrets using `magellan`:
1. Set the `MASTER_KEY` environment variable. This can be generated using `magellan secrets generatekey`.
```bash
export MASTER_KEY=$(magellan secrets generatekey)
```
2. Store secret credentials for hosts shown by `magellan list`:
```bash
export bmc_host=https://172.16.0.105:443
magellan secrets store $bmc_host $bmc_username:$bmc_password
```
There should be no output unless an error occurred.
3. Print the list of hosts to confirm secrets are stored.
```bash
magellan secrets list
```
If you see your `bmc_host` listed in the output, that means that your secrets were stored successfully.
Additionally, if you want to see the actually contents, make sure the `MASTER_KEY` environment variable is correctly set and do the following:
```bash
magellan secrets retrieve $bmc_host
```
4. Run either a `crawl` or `collect` and `magellan` should be a do find the credentials for each host.
```bash
magellan crawl -i $bmc_host
magellan collect \
--username $default_bmc_username \
--password $default_bmc_password
```
If you pass agruments with the `--username/--password` flags, they will be used as a fallback if no credentials are found in the store. However, the secret store credentials are always used first if they exists.
> [!NOTE]
> Make sure that the `secretID` is EXACTLY as show with `magellan list`. Otherwise, `magellan` will not be able to do the lookup from the secret store correctly.
### Starting the Emulator
This repository includes a quick and dirty way to test `magellan` using a Redfish emulator with little to no effort to get running.
1. Make sure you have `docker` with Docker compose and optionally `make`.
2. Run the `emulator/setup.sh` script or alternatively `make emulator`.
This will start a flask server that you can make requests to using `curl`.
```bash
export emulator_host=https://172.21.0.2:5000
export emulator_username=root # set in the `rf_emulator.yml` file
export emulator_password=root_password # set in the `rf_emulator.yml` file
curl -k $emulator_host/redfish/v1 -u $emulator_username:$emulator_password
```
...or with `magellan` using the secret store...
```bash
magellan scan --subnet 172.21.0.0/24
magellan secrets store \
$emulator_host \
$emulator_username:$emulator_password
magellan collect --host https://smd.openchami.cluster
```
This example should work just like running on real hardware.
> [!NOTE]
> The emulator host may be different from the one in the README. Make sure to double-check the host!
### Updating Firmware ### Updating Firmware
The `magellan` tool is capable of updating firmware with using the `update` subcommand via the Redfish API. This may sometimes necessary if some of the `collect` output is missing or is not including what is expected. The subcommand expects there to be a running HTTP/HTTPS server running that has an accessible URL path to the firmware download. Specify the URL with the `--firmware-path` flag and the firmware type with the `--component` flag (optional) with all the other usual arguments like in the example below: The `magellan` tool is capable of updating firmware with using the `update` subcommand via the Redfish API. This may sometimes necessary if some of the `collect` output is missing or is not including what is expected. The subcommand expects there to be a running HTTP/HTTPS server running that has an accessible URL path to the firmware download. Specify the URL with the `--firmware-path` flag and the firmware type with the `--component` flag (optional) with all the other usual arguments like in the example below: