Merge "deprecate shellinabox"

doc/source/admin/console.rst

@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ The web console can be configured in Bare Metal service in the following way:
   is not present in base repositories, the user must enable EPEL repository, you can
   find more from `FedoraProject page`_.
 
-  .. note::
+  .. warning::
 
-     shellinabox is no longer maintained by the authorized author.
-     `This <https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox>`_ is a fork of the
-     project on GitHub that aims to continue with the maintenance of the
-     shellinabox project.
+     Shell In A Box is considered abandoned by the Ironic community. The
+     original maintainer stopped maintaining the project and the project
+     was thus forked. The resulting
+     `fork <https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox>`_ has not received
+     updates in a number of years and is considered abandoned.
+     As such, shellinabox support has been deprecated by the Ironic community.
 
   Installation example:
 

ironic/drivers/modules/ipmitool.py

@@ -1606,6 +1606,14 @@ class IPMIConsole(base.ConsoleInterface):
 class IPMIShellinaboxConsole(IPMIConsole):
     """A ConsoleInterface that uses ipmitool and shellinabox."""
 
+    # TODO(TheJulia): This interface is deprecated due to the shellinabox
+    # project being abandoned. It should be removed after the release of
+    # 2025.2 in advance of 2026.1's release.
+    # https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox
+    # https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/issues/531
+
+    supported = False
+
     def _get_ipmi_cmd(self, driver_info, pw_file):
         """Get ipmi command for ipmitool usage.
 

releasenotes/notes/deprecate-shell-in-a-box-eef2ec4a96683e19.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Use of the console driver ``ipmitool-shellinabox`` has been deprecated and
+    will be removed in a future release of Ironic. This decision was reached
+    with the reality that the fork of shellinabox appears abandoned with no
+    changes in 7 years and open issues to call for the project to hand over
+    `maintainership <https://github.com/shellinabox/shellinabox/issues/531>`_.