BMC BladeLogic Server Automation integration issues

This topic provides the workaround required when integrating BMC Release Process Management 4.4.00.08 with BMC BladeLogic Server Automation 8.5.01.02 or 8.5.01.03.

To implement the workaround, perform all of the following procedures:

1. To manually set up the SSL connection by creating a certificate
2. To update Gems
3. To update BMC Application Automation utilities

To manually set up the SSL connection by creating a certificate 

For example:

To update Gems

1. To update the rest-client, open the <RLM HOME>/releases/<version>/RPM/Gemfile and change Line 56:
   
   

   From:

   56> gem 'rest-client'

   To:

   56> gem 'rest-client', '1.7.2'
2. On the command line, navigate to <RPM HOME>\releases\<version>\RPM and run the following executable file:
   • (Windows) > bin/setenv.bat
   • (UNIX) $ . bin/setenv.sh

3. Install the dependencies specified in your Gem file.

   Windows

   > gem install 'bundler', '1.3.5'
   > bundle install

   
   

   UNIX

   $ bundle install

   For both Windows and UNIX platforms, the following message appears and then indicates the installation is successful.

   Installing rest-client 1.7.2
4. To update HTTPI Gems, replace the following files with the files of the same name in the attached HTTPI_patch.zip file:   

• 
  
  • <RLM HOME>\lib\jruby\lib\ruby\gems\shared\gems\httpi-1.1.1\lib\httpi\adapter\net_http.rb

• 
  
  • <RLM HOME>\lib\jruby\lib\ruby\gems\shared\gems\httpi-1.1.1\lib\httpi\auth\ssl.rb

To update BMC Application Automation utilities

1. Open <RLM HOME>\releases\<version>\RPM\lib\script_support\baa_utilities.rb in a text editor.

2. At line 18-19, add the following new code:

   class << self
   
   CERTIFICATE_PEM = '/opt/bmc/RLM/releases/4.4.00/RPM/lib/script_support/blappserver.pem'
      CIPHERS = 'kEDH+AESGCM'
   
   def rest_version '8.2'
    end

3. At line 18, provide a valid path to your environment.

   Windows

   CERTIFICATE_PEM = 'C:\Program Files\BMC Software\RLM\releases\4.4.00\RPM\lib\script_support\blappserver.pem'
   

   UNIX

   CERTIFICATE_PEM = '/opt/bmc/RLM/releases/4.4.00/RPM/lib/script_support/blappserver.pem'
   

4. Replace line 56.

   From:

   def execute_job_internal(baa_base_url, baa_username, baa_password, baa_role, job_url, operation, arguments_hash)
      action_sub_url = "#{job_url}/Operations/#{operation}"
         url = compose_rest_url(baa_base_url, baa_username, baa_password, baa_role, action_sub_url)
       
     response = RestClient.post URI.escape(url), arguments_hash.to_json, :content_type => :json, :accept => :json
         response = parse_rest_response(response, 'posting', url)
   

   To:

   def execute_job_internal(baa_base_url, baa_username, baa_password, baa_role, job_url, operation, arguments_hash)
         action_sub_url = "#{job_url}/Operations/#{operation}"
         url = compose_rest_url(baa_base_url, baa_username, baa_password, baa_role, action_sub_url)
   
         response = build_rest_resource(url).post(arguments_hash.to_json, content_type: :json, accept: :json)
         response = parse_rest_response(response, 'posting', url)
   

5. Replace lines 682 and 683.

   From:

   def get_rest_response(url)     
   response = RestClient.get URI.escape(url), :accept => :json
      parse_rest_response(response, 'querying', url)   
    end
   

   To:

   def get_rest_response(url)     
   response = build_rest_resource(url).get(accept: :json)     
   parse_rest_response(response, 'querying', url)   
    end
     
   def build_rest_resource(url)     
   puts "URL: #{url}"     
   puts "VERSION: #{RestClient.version}"     
   
   resource = RestClient::Resource.new(         
   URI.escape(url),         
   ssl_ciphers: CIPHERS,         
   ssl_ca_file: CERTIFICATE_PEM,         
   verify_ssl:  OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER     
   )     
   resource
    end

6. Replace line 721.
   
   

   From:

   def get_soap_client(baa_base_url, service_name, timeout = nil)     
   Savon.client("#{baa_base_url}/services/BSA#{service_name}.wsdl") do |_, http|
          http.auth.ssl.verify_mode = :none       
   http.read_timeout = timeout unless timeout.nil?     
    end # return client   
   end
   

   To:

   def get_soap_client(baa_base_url, service_name, timeout = nil)
   Savon.client("#{baa_base_url}/services/BSA#{service_name}.wsdl") do |_, http|       
   http.auth.ssl.verify_mode = :peer
          http.auth.ssl.ca_cert_file = CERTIFICATE_PEM
          http.auth.ssl.ciphers = CIPHERS       
   http.read_timeout = timeout unless timeout.nil?     
    end # return client   
   end
7. Start the BMC Release Process Management service.

Related topics

Known and corrected issues

BMC-BladeLogic-Server-Automation-version-8-1-x