IPMI/BMC Console access

For console access to work, you need to set up a proxy that can parse input parameters with a session token and port, use it to set the ses6 cookie required by DCIManager and redirect the user to the prepared console URL.

Below is an example configuration for NGINX that can be used to provide console access.

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    server_name console.hostname.com;
 
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
    include /etc/nginx/ssl.conf;
 
    location /hbproxy {
        if ($args ~* "token=(?<token>[^&]+)&port=(?<port>\d+)") {
            add_header Set-Cookie "ses6=$token; Path=/;";
            rewrite ^ /ipmiproxy/web/vnc/$port? redirect;
        }
    }
 
    location / {
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_pass       "https://dci.hostname.com/$request_uri";
 
        proxy_buffering off;
 
        client_max_body_size 0;
	    proxy_connect_timeout  13600s;
        proxy_read_timeout  13600s;
        proxy_send_timeout  13600s;
        send_timeout  13600s;
 
    }
}

Example configuration for Apache server

<VirtualHost *:443>
        SSLEngine on
        SSLProxyEngine on
 
        SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
        SSLCertificateKeyFile   /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
 
        SSLProxyVerify none
        SSLProxyCheckPeerCN off

        Define BACKEND_HOST "dci.hostname.com"
        Define BACKEND_URL "https://${BACKEND_HOST}/"
 
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        ProxyPass /hbproxy !
        ProxyPass /ipmiproxy/web/vnc/ ${BACKEND_URL}/ipmiproxy/web/vnc/
        ProxyPassReverse /ipmiproxy/web/vnc/ ${BACKEND_URL}/ipmiproxy/web/vnc/
        ProxyPass /ipmiproxy/ws/ wss://${BACKEND_HOST}/ipmiproxy/ws/
        ProxyPassReverse /ipmiproxy/ws/ wss://${BACKEND_HOST}/ipmiproxy/ws/
 
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} token=([^&]+)&port=(\d+)
        RewriteRule ^/hbproxy /ipmiproxy/web/vnc/%2? [R,L,CO=ses6:%1:%{HTTP_HOST}]
 
        ProxyRequests Off                                                                                                                                                                                                
        ProxyTimeout 13600
        Timeout 13600
</VirtualHost>

Change console.hostname.com to a subdomain you want to use for the console, and set https://dci.hostname.com/ to the DCIManager server address.

The last step is configuring your DCIManager App in Hostbill to use the new console address.

Navigate to Settings > Apps > {DCIManager App}, and update Console URL to:
https://console.hostname.com/

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