Connect the -v cli argument to the verbose flag in xmlrpclib

If you pass two -v to the ipa command you'll get the XML-RPC data in
the output. This can be handy so you know exactly what went out over
the wire.

5 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ipa.1 b/ipa.1
index 471572467..67a123756 100644
--- a/ipa.1
+++ b/ipa.1
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ Display a help message with a list of options.
 \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-no\-prompt\fR
 Don't prompt for any parameters of \fBCOMMAND\fR, even if they are required.
 .TP
-\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-prompt\-all\fR
-Produce verbose output.
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-prompt\-all\fR
+Prompt for ALL values (even if optional)
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
+Produce verbose output. A second \-v displays the XML\-RPC request
 .SH "COMMANDS"
 The principal function of the CLI is to execute administrative commands specified by the \fICOMMAND\fR argument. The majority of commands are executed remotely over XML\-RPC on a IPA server listed in the configuration file (see FILES section of this manual page).
 
diff --git a/ipalib/backend.py b/ipalib/backend.py
index 03f4ce396..b17c517ab 100644
--- a/ipalib/backend.py
+++ b/ipalib/backend.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Executioner(Backend):
         if self.env.in_server:
             self.Backend.ldap2.connect(ccache=ccache)
         else:
-            self.Backend.xmlclient.connect()
+            self.Backend.xmlclient.connect(verbose=(self.env.verbose >= 2))
         if client_ip is not None:
             setattr(context, "client_ip", client_ip)
 
diff --git a/ipalib/constants.py b/ipalib/constants.py
index 02d9f6f7b..05fa1e667 100644
--- a/ipalib/constants.py
+++ b/ipalib/constants.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG = (
     ('webui_assets_dir', None),
 
     # Debugging:
-    ('verbose', False),
+    ('verbose', 0),
     ('debug', False),
     ('mode', 'production'),
 
diff --git a/ipalib/plugable.py b/ipalib/plugable.py
index ded762d19..397004eb1 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugable.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugable.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class API(DictProxy):
         stderr = logging.StreamHandler()
         if self.env.debug:
             stderr.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        elif self.env.verbose:
+        elif self.env.verbose > 0:
             stderr.setLevel(logging.INFO)
         else:
             stderr.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -444,8 +444,8 @@ class API(DictProxy):
         parser.add_option('-d', '--debug', action='store_true',
             help='Produce full debuging output',
         )
-        parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
-            help='Produce more verbose output',
+        parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', action='count',
+            help='Produce more verbose output. A second -v displays the XML-RPC request',
         )
         if context == 'cli':
             parser.add_option('-a', '--prompt-all', action='store_true',
diff --git a/ipalib/rpc.py b/ipalib/rpc.py
index e7f333848..f9067d1bd 100644
--- a/ipalib/rpc.py
+++ b/ipalib/rpc.py
@@ -374,11 +374,11 @@ class xmlclient(Connectible):
         super(xmlclient, self).__init__()
         self.__errors = dict((e.errno, e) for e in public_errors)
 
-    def create_connection(self, ccache=None):
+    def create_connection(self, ccache=None, verbose=False):
         kw = dict(allow_none=True, encoding='UTF-8')
         if self.env.xmlrpc_uri.startswith('https://'):
             kw['transport'] = KerbTransport()
-        kw['verbose'] = False
+        kw['verbose'] = verbose
         return ServerProxy(self.env.xmlrpc_uri, **kw)
 
     def destroy_connection(self):