Refine wwctl configure error handling

- Closes #1273

Signed-off-by: xu yang <xyang@ciq.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Changed
 
 - Added a link to an example SELinux-enabled node image in documentation. #1305
+- Refine error handling for `wwctl configure`. #1273
 
 ## v4.5.6, 2024-08-05
 

internal/pkg/configure/dhcp.go

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package configure
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	warewulfconf "github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/config"
@@ -20,18 +19,16 @@ func DHCP() (err error) {
 	controller := warewulfconf.Get()
 
 	if !controller.DHCP.Enabled {
-		wwlog.Info("This system is not configured as a Warewulf DHCP controller")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		wwlog.Warn("This system is not configured as a Warewulf DHCP controller, need to manually run `wwctl configure dhcp` later")
+		return
 	}
 
 	if controller.DHCP.RangeStart == "" {
-		wwlog.Error("Configuration is not defined: `dhcpd range start`")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("configuration is not defined: `dhcpd range start`")
 	}
 
 	if controller.DHCP.RangeEnd == "" {
-		wwlog.Error("Configuration is not defined: `dhcpd range end`")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("configuration is not defined: `dhcpd range end`")
 	}
 	if controller.Warewulf.EnableHostOverlay {
 		err = overlay.BuildHostOverlay()

internal/pkg/configure/hostfile.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package configure
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
@@ -8,17 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/node"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/overlay"
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
 
 /*
 Creates '/etc/hosts' from the host template.
 */
-func Hostfile() error {
+func Hostfile() (err error) {
 	hostTemplate := path.Join(overlay.OverlaySourceDir("host"), "/etc/hosts.ww")
 	if !(util.IsFile(hostTemplate)) {
-		wwlog.Error("'the overlay template '/etc/hosts.ww' does not exists in 'host' overlay")
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("'the overlay template '/etc/hosts.ww' does not exists in 'host' overlay")
 	}
 
 	nodeInfo := node.NewInfo()
@@ -29,13 +28,11 @@ func Hostfile() error {
 		hostTemplate,
 		tstruct)
 	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Error("%s", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return
 	}
 	info, err := os.Stat(hostTemplate)
 	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Error("%s", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return
 	}
 
 	if writeFile {
@@ -44,5 +41,5 @@ func Hostfile() error {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "could not write file from template")
 		}
 	}
-	return nil
+	return
 }

internal/pkg/configure/ssh.go

@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ func SSH(keyTypes ...string) error {
 
 		err := os.MkdirAll(path.Join(conf.Paths.Sysconfdir, "warewulf/keys"), 0755)
 		if err != nil {
-			wwlog.Error("Could not create base directory: %s", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not create base directory: %s", err)
 		}
 
 		for _, k := range keyTypes {
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ func SSH(keyTypes ...string) error {
 
 	homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Error("Could not obtain the user's home directory: %s", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not obtain the user's home directory: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	authorizedKeys := path.Join(homeDir, "/.ssh/authorized_keys")

internal/pkg/configure/tftp.go

@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/warewulf/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 )
 
-func TFTP() error {
+func TFTP() (err error) {
 	controller := warewulfconf.Get()
 	var tftpdir string = path.Join(controller.TFTP.TftpRoot, "warewulf")
 
-	err := os.MkdirAll(tftpdir, 0755)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(tftpdir, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Error("%s", err)
-		return err
+		return
 	}
 
 	if controller.Warewulf.GrubBoot {
@@ -43,15 +42,14 @@ func TFTP() error {
 		}
 	}
 	if !controller.TFTP.Enabled {
-		wwlog.Info("Warewulf does not auto start TFTP services due to disable by warewulf.conf")
-		os.Exit(0)
+		wwlog.Warn("Warewulf does not auto start TFTP services due to disable by warewulf.conf, need to manually run `wwctl configure tftp` later")
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	wwlog.Info("Enabling and restarting the TFTP services")
 	err = util.SystemdStart(controller.TFTP.SystemdName)
 	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Error("%s", err)
-		return err
+		return
 	}
 
 	return nil