RFP: ruby-trocla -- Create and store (random) passwords on a central server which can be retrieved by other applications.

[Michael Weiser <michael.weiser@gmx.de>]

Hi,

I'd like to get trocla (https://github.com/duritong/trocla,
https://rubygems.org/gems/trocla) packaged for debian. I've filed this
RFP for it. I've also filed an ITP for the corresponding puppet module
and intend to do the packaging there.

I'd hoped that since trocla is available as a gem you guys might say
it's not much of a hassle to gem2deb it into a package and be a lot
faster at it than me wrapping my head around all this first. If not, I'd
be happy to give it a go myself. I've got an Alioth account all set up
for puppet packaging already.

Thanks!
Michael

----- Forwarded message from Michael Weiser <michael.weiser@gmx.de> -----

From: Michael Weiser <michael.weiser@gmx.de>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:16:41 +0100
Subject: RFP: ruby-trocla -- Create and store (random) passwords on a central server which can be retrieved by other applications.

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : ruby-trocla
  Version         : 0.0.12
  Upstream Author : Marcel Haerry <mh+trocla@immerda.ch>
* URL             : https://github.com/duritong/trocla
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: Ruby
  Description     : Create and store (random) passwords on a central server which can be retrieved by other applications.

Trocla provides you a simple way to create and store (random) passwords on a
central server, which can be retrieved by other applications. An example for
such an application is puppet and trocla can help you to not store any
plaintext or hashed passwords in your manifests by keeping these passwords only
on your puppetmaster.

Furthermore it provides you a simple cli that helps you to modify the password
storage from the cli.

In concert with its puppet module it provides a very elegant way to generate
random but from then on fixed passwords for use on possibly multiple puppet
clients on the fly and store them in a reasonably secure way on the server.

I hope that since trocla is available as a gem, packaging effort will be
minimal by using gem2deb. I can help in packaging and maintaining via the
Debian Ruby team if desired.

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Michael