ipaclient: implement thin client

Dynamically create plugin package for the remote server with modules and
commands based on the API schema when client API is finalizes. For in-tree
API instances, use ipalib.plugins directly.

https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4739

Reviewed-By: David Kupka <dkupka@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/ipalib/__init__.py b/ipalib/__init__.py
index dffe2315e..0070e62db 100644
--- a/ipalib/__init__.py
+++ b/ipalib/__init__.py
@@ -907,15 +907,20 @@ class API(plugable.API):
 
     @property
     def packages(self):
-        import ipalib.plugins
-        result = (ipalib.plugins,)
-
         if self.env.in_server:
+            import ipalib.plugins
             import ipaserver.plugins
-            result += (ipaserver.plugins,)
+            result = (
+                ipalib.plugins,
+                ipaserver.plugins,
+            )
         else:
+            import ipaclient.remote_plugins
             import ipaclient.plugins
-            result += (ipaclient.plugins,)
+            result = (
+                ipaclient.remote_plugins.get_package(self),
+                ipaclient.plugins,
+            )
 
         if self.env.context in ('installer', 'updates'):
             import ipaserver.install.plugins
diff --git a/ipalib/plugable.py b/ipalib/plugable.py
index b248a2c28..497b5450e 100644
--- a/ipalib/plugable.py
+++ b/ipalib/plugable.py
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class API(ReadOnly):
             )
 
         self.log.debug("importing all plugin modules in %s...", package_name)
-        modules = find_modules_in_dir(package_dir)
+        modules = getattr(package, 'modules', find_modules_in_dir(package_dir))
         modules = ['.'.join((package_name, name)) for name in modules]
 
         for name in modules: