Deprecate configuration molds

Per the consensus during the 2024.1 PTG, configuration molds
are being deprecated in favor of a to be developed in the future
step templating mechanism.

Change-Id: Ieab94972e89ca9cded7fae225191bd63d9311581

doc/source/admin/drivers/idrac.rst

@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ The management interface for ``idrac-redfish`` supports:
 Import and export configuration
 -------------------------------
 
+.. warning::
+   This feature has been deprecated and is anticipated to be removed once
+   Ironic has a generalized interface for doing step template articulation
+   for aspects beyond just "deployment" of baremetal nodes.
+
 The clean and deploy steps provided in this section allow to configure the
 system and collect the system inventory using configuration mold files.
 

ironic/common/molds.py

@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 
+# NOTE(TheJulia): Deprecated after the 2024.1 PTG in favor of
+# a future step templating interface.
+
 def save_configuration(task, url, data):
     """Store configuration mold to indicated location.
 
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ def save_configuration(task, url, data):
     response.raise_for_status()
 
 
+# NOTE(TheJulia): Deprecated after the 2024.1 PTG in favor of
+# a future step templating interface.
+
 def get_configuration(task, url):
     """Gets configuration mold from indicated location.
 
@@ -98,6 +104,9 @@ def get_configuration(task, url):
     response.raise_for_status()
 
 
+# NOTE(TheJulia): Deprecated after the 2024.1 PTG in favor of
+# a future step templating interface.
+
 def _get_auth_header(task):
     """Based on setup of configuration mold storage gets authentication header
 

ironic/drivers/modules/drac/management.py

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ class DracRedfishManagement(redfish_management.RedfishManagement):
     @base.clean_step(priority=0, argsinfo=EXPORT_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO,
                      requires_ramdisk=False)
     def export_configuration(self, task, export_configuration_location):
-        """Export the configuration of the server.
+        """(Deprecated) Export the configuration of the server.
 
         Exports the configuration of the server against which the step is run
         and stores it in specific format in indicated location.
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class DracRedfishManagement(redfish_management.RedfishManagement):
     @base.clean_step(priority=0, argsinfo=IMPORT_CONFIGURATION_ARGSINFO,
                      requires_ramdisk=False)
     def import_configuration(self, task, import_configuration_location):
-        """Import and apply the configuration to the server.
+        """(Deprecated) Import and apply the configuration to the server.
 
         Gets pre-created configuration from storage by given location and
         imports that into given server. Uses Dell's Server Configuration

releasenotes/notes/deprecate-idrac-config-molds-6ba6e557b11dd5ff.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The ``idrac`` hardware type management interface steps
+    ``import_configuration`` and ``export_configuration`` steps are
+    deprecated, and will be removed once a formalized generic step
+    templating mechanism has been created within Ironic. The Ironic
+    community is open to reconsidering this decision should the
+    overall bulk configuration reset/templating model become adopted
+    by DMTF Redfish as a standardized cross-vendor feature.