Why do we get security warnings when we use ssl_insecure=1 option with fence_vmware_soap?

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Issue

Using fence_vmware_soap with ssl_insecure=1 option, the following warnings can be seen in logs.

stonith-ng[1224]: warning: fence_vmware_soap[7777] stderr: [ /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:769: InsecureRequestWarning: Unverified HTTPS request is being made. Adding certificate verification is strongly advised. See: https://urllib3.readthedocs.org/en/latest/security.html ]
stonith-ng[1224]: warning: fence_vmware_soap[7777] stderr: [   InsecureRequestWarning) ]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 With High Availability or Resilient Storage
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 With High Availability or Resilient Storage

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