Forbid controller and compute servers to be different versions.

Report last compute server error to clients and display in the server summary.

gns3server/controller/compute.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ from ..utils import parse_version
 from ..utils.images import list_images
 from ..utils.asyncio import locked_coroutine
 from ..controller.controller_error import ControllerError
-from ..version import __version__
+from ..version import __version__, __version_info__
 
 
 import logging
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class Compute:
         self._set_auth(user, password)
         self._cpu_usage_percent = None
         self._memory_usage_percent = None
+        self._last_error = None
         self._capabilities = {
             "version": None,
             "node_types": []
@@ -301,7 +302,8 @@ class Compute:
             "connected": self._connected,
             "cpu_usage_percent": self._cpu_usage_percent,
             "memory_usage_percent": self._memory_usage_percent,
-            "capabilities": self._capabilities
+            "capabilities": self._capabilities,
+            "last_error": self._last_error
         }
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@ class Compute:
         Check if remote server is accessible
         """
 
-        if not self._connected and not self._closed:
+        if not self._connected and not self._closed and self.host:
             try:
                 log.info("Connecting to compute '{}'".format(self._id))
                 response = yield from self._run_http_query("GET", "/capabilities")
@@ -428,16 +430,36 @@ class Compute:
                 raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text="Invalid server url for server {}".format(self._id))
 
             if "version" not in response.json:
+                msg = "The server {} is not a GNS3 server".format(self._id)
+                log.error(msg)
                 self._http_session.close()
-                raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text="The server {} is not a GNS3 server".format(self._id))
+                raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text=msg)
             self._capabilities = response.json
-            if parse_version(__version__)[:2] != parse_version(response.json["version"])[:2]:
-                self._http_session.close()
-                raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text="The server {} versions are not compatible {} != {}".format(self._id, __version__, response.json["version"]))
+
+            if response.json["version"].split("-")[0] != __version__.split("-")[0]:
+                msg = "GNS3 controller version {} is not the same as compute server {} version {}".format(__version__,
+                                                                                                          self._name,
+                                                                                                          response.json["version"])
+                if __version_info__[3] == 0:
+                    # Stable release
+                    log.error(msg)
+                    self._http_session.close()
+                    self._last_error = msg
+                    raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text=msg)
+                elif parse_version(__version__)[:2] != parse_version(response.json["version"])[:2]:
+                    # We don't allow different major version to interact even with dev build
+                    log.error(msg)
+                    self._http_session.close()
+                    self._last_error = msg
+                    raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text=msg)
+                else:
+                    msg = "{}\nUsing different versions may result in unexpected problems. Please use at your own risk.".format(msg)
+                    self._controller.notification.emit("log.warning", {"message": msg})
 
             self._notifications = asyncio.gather(self._connect_notification())
             self._connected = True
             self._connection_failure = 0
+            self._last_error = None
             self._controller.notification.emit("compute.updated", self.__json__())
 
     @asyncio.coroutine

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/__init__.py

@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ class GNS3VM:
                                 self._controller.notification.emit("log.warning", {"message": msg})
         except ComputeError as e:
             log.warning("Could not check the VM is in the same subnet as the local server: {}".format(e))
+        except aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict as e:
+            log.warning("Could not check the VM is in the same subnet as the local server: {}".format(e.text))
 
     @locked_coroutine
     def _suspend(self):

gns3server/schemas/compute.py

@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ COMPUTE_OBJECT_SCHEMA = {
             "maximum": 100,
             "minimum": 0
         },
+        "last_error": {
+            "description": "Last error on the compute",
+            "type": ["string", "null"]
+        },
         "capabilities": CAPABILITIES_SCHEMA
     },
     "additionalProperties": False,

gns3server/version.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
 
-__version__ = "2.1.10dev1"
+__version__ = "2.1.10dev2"
 __version_info__ = (2, 1, 10, 99)
 
 # If it's a git checkout try to add the commit

tests/controller/test_compute.py

@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ def test_json(compute):
         "cpu_usage_percent": None,
         "memory_usage_percent": None,
         "connected": True,
+        "last_error": None,
         "capabilities": {
             "version": None,
             "node_types": []

tests/handlers/api/controller/test_compute.py

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ def test_compute_list(http_controller, controller):
                 'name': 'My super server',
                 'cpu_usage_percent': None,
                 'memory_usage_percent': None,
+                'last_error': None,
                 'capabilities': {
                     'version': None,
                     'node_types': []