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c716574
Adding QiitaClient class
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
28f9697
Adding QiitaClient tests
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
15a6ee7
Using wss for websockets
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
7dbac08
Using https in the tornado webserver, adding default certificates and…
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
e7b541f
Update plugin to use https rather than http
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
c9a3da0
Type on config file
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
f60a98d
Removing prints
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
8739635
Fixing small bug
josenavas Dec 18, 2015
18fe70c
Adding documentation to the QiitaClient object
josenavas Dec 19, 2015
1337746
Addressing comments
josenavas Dec 19, 2015
d6f63dd
Addressing comments
josenavas Dec 21, 2015
0b848d8
Adding verbose comment to the _verify attribute in QiitaClient
josenavas Dec 21, 2015
e28153b
Removing try/except
josenavas Dec 21, 2015
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions qiita_core/configuration_manager.py
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Expand Up @@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ def _get_main(self, config):
self.valid_upload_extension = []
print 'No files will be allowed to be uploaded.'

self.certificate_file = config.get('main', 'CERTIFICATE_FILE')
if not self.certificate_file:
self.certificate_file = join(install_dir, 'qiita_core',
'support_files', 'server.crt')
self.key_file = config.get('main', 'KEY_FILE')
if not self.key_file:
self.key_file = join(install_dir, 'qiita_core', 'support_files',
'server.key')

def _get_postgres(self, config):
"""Get the configuration of the postgres section"""
self.user = config.get('postgres', 'USER')
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10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions qiita_core/support_files/config_test.cfg
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Expand Up @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ LOG_PATH =
REQUIRE_APPROVAL = True

# Base URL: DO NOT ADD TRAILING SLASH
BASE_URL = http://localhost
BASE_URL = https://localhost

# Download path files
UPLOAD_DATA_DIR = /tmp/
Expand All @@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ BASE_DATA_DIR =
# Valid upload extension, comma separated. Empty for no uploads
VALID_UPLOAD_EXTENSION = fastq,fastq.gz,txt,tsv,sff,fna,qual

#Portal the site is working under
# Portal the site is working under
PORTAL = QIITA

#Script used for launching plugins
# Script used for launching plugins
PLUGIN_LAUNCHER = qiita-plugin-launcher

# Webserver certificate file paths
CERTIFICATE_FILE =
KEY_FILE =

# ----------------------------- SMTP settings -----------------------------
[smtp]
# The hostname to connect to
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions qiita_core/support_files/server.crt
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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions qiita_core/support_files/server.csr
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-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions qiita_core/support_files/server.key
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-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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Have these been tested when serving from other systems? I want to make sure they don't trigger HTTPS error pages.

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When I try and access any page on the system, I get hte following error:

WARNING:tornado.general:SSL Error on 61 ('::1', 58512, 0, 0): [SSL: HTTP_REQUEST] http request (_ssl.c:590)

So these may not be good universally.

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I couldn't test this in another system - that is what I exposed in the PR comments.

The error that you're seeing is because you are using http rather than https. Make sure to type https - in the live system the redirect is done through nginx, but in your local machine you need to type the https. Also make sure that your config file includes the https in the base_url, so when redirects happen in the system it works as expected.

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Done, and I now get the error I was expecting from chrome:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from localhost (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

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Can you post a screenshot of the error rather than copy paste? I would like to see better the error from chrome.

Thanks,

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@biocore/qiita-dev can I have some comments here? The only alternative then is to ask each of our users to ask for a certificate to an authority - which can take some time and I don't think this is what we need to do. Without this, we can't use https neither oauth2.

I think that we good documentation this is not a problem - and we let the user know that is not a problem.

@squirrelo If you don't agree with this, please provide an alternative and constructive feedback.

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We should really default back to HTTP if we don't have a certificate provided, possibly with a warning when you start the webserver. This allows users to use standard HTTP when it's on their laptop and safe, and HTTPS in larger deploys.

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This issue is a complicated one, on the one hand we want to maintain the installation process as simple as possible, but on the other hand we also want to have a consistent system that isn't raising flags and worrying our users. It almost feels like these two are incompatible, so these are the possible partial solutions I can think of:

  • Document this situation as part of the installation procedure, something along the lines of " ... you'll need to provide authorized and validated certificates, otherwise you may .... XXXXX".
  • Add a permanent warning to the system i.e. a bootstrap alert that never leaves the screen saying " your certificates are not xxxxx, to fix this xxxxx, or read a discussion on why this xxxxxxx".
  • Check the system before starting the webserver and halting execution if valid certificates are not found, this could be bypassed with a flag maybe something like --i-dont-care-about-security- or --local-system.
  • Add an installation manager that requires valid certificates to be present at installation time, so that the situation shown above cannot be reached.

The solution should probably be a combination of some of the points above.

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Just discussed some of this information with Jeff. Few points:

  • Valid certificates are not free: you have to buy them and their prices can be around ~$50. Even if it was $1 I don't think it is ok to ask our users running Qiita in their local machine to buy some certificate just because chrome complains about it.
  • The goal of a certificate is to let the user that the server is trusted - if we have documentation explaining that the server is your own machine, you can trust it as much as you trust your own machine.
  • There is no way of generating self-signed certificates that are recognized by the entire world unless you buy them. However, you can add an exception to your browser so it accepts such certificate.

About the comment of defaulting to HTTP: the entire work to use HTTPS has beed done so the RESTapi/plugins work as expected communicating through OAuth2 - if we default to HTTP, we can't use any of the plugins as they're authenticating through OAuth2, which requires HTTPS.

My vote goes top add detailed documentation in which we specify that if you are running locally in your machine, you will receive that warning the first time that you log in to the server (per @squirrelo 's observation, maybe every time that you start the server - I did not have that problem). Then, also add documentation that if you want to make your own Qiita server, you should get your own valid certificates from a Certificate Authority.

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I think the solution is to improve documentation and/or try to do some of these suggestions: http://superuser.com/questions/772762/how-can-i-disable-security-checks-for-localhost

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion qiita_pet/templates/compute_wait.html
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<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {

var host = 'ws://' + window.location.host + '/consumer/';
var socket_protocol = window.location.protocol == "https:" ? 'wss://' : 'ws://'
var host = socket_protocol + window.location.host + '/consumer/';
var websocket = new WebSocket(host);

// When the socket is opened, send a message from the client to the
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23 changes: 9 additions & 14 deletions qiita_plugins/target_gene/tgp/pick_otus.py
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from functools import partial
from glob import glob

import requests

from tgp.util import (update_job_step, execute_request_retry, system_call,
format_payload)
from tgp.util import update_job_step, system_call, format_payload


def write_parameters_file(fp, parameters):
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return [['BIOM', filepaths, True, True]]


def pick_closed_reference_otus(server_url, job_id, parameters, out_dir):
def pick_closed_reference_otus(qclient, job_id, parameters, out_dir):
"""Run split libraries fastq with the given parameters

Parameters
----------
server_url : str
The URL of the server
qclient : tgp.qiita_client.QiitaClient
The Qiita server client
job_id : str
The job id
parameters : dict
Expand All @@ -133,10 +130,9 @@ def pick_closed_reference_otus(server_url, job_id, parameters, out_dir):
ValueError
If there is any error gathering the information from the server
"""
update_job_step(server_url, job_id, "Step 1 of 3: Collecting information")
update_job_step(qclient, job_id, "Step 1 of 3: Collecting information")
artifact_id = parameters['input_data']
url = "%s/qiita_db/artifacts/%s/filepaths/" % (server_url, artifact_id)
fps_info = execute_request_retry(requests.get, url)
fps_info = qclient.get("/qiita_db/artifacts/%s/filepaths/" % artifact_id)
if not fps_info or not fps_info['success']:
error_msg = "Could not get artifact filepath information: %s"
if fps_info:
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fps = fps_info['filepaths']

reference_id = parameters['reference']
url = "%s/qiita_db/references/%s/filepaths/" % (server_url, reference_id)
ref_info = execute_request_retry(requests.get, url)
ref_info = qclient.get("/qiita_db/references/%s/filepaths/" % reference_id)
if not ref_info or not ref_info['success']:
error_msg = "Could not get artifact filepath information: %s"
if ref_info:
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raise ValueError(error_msg)
reference_fps = ref_info['filepaths']

update_job_step(server_url, job_id, "Step 2 of 3: Generating command")
update_job_step(qclient, job_id, "Step 2 of 3: Generating command")
command, pick_out = generate_pick_closed_reference_otus_cmd(
fps, out_dir, parameters, reference_fps)

update_job_step(server_url, job_id, "Step 3 of 3: Executing OTU picking")
update_job_step(qclient, job_id, "Step 3 of 3: Executing OTU picking")
std_out, std_err, return_value = system_call(command)
if return_value != 0:
error_msg = ("Error running OTU picking:\nStd out: %s\nStd err: %s"
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from os.path import exists
from os import makedirs

import requests

from tgp.util import (start_heartbeat, complete_job, execute_request_retry,
format_payload)
from tgp.qiita_client import QiitaClient
from tgp.util import start_heartbeat, complete_job, format_payload
from tgp.split_libraries import split_libraries, split_libraries_fastq
from tgp.pick_otus import pick_closed_reference_otus

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RuntimeError
If there is a problem gathering the job information
"""
qclient = QiitaClient(server_url)
# Request job information
url = "%s/qiita_db/jobs/%s" % (server_url, job_id)
job_info = execute_request_retry(requests.get, url)
job_info = qclient.get("/qiita_db/jobs/%s" % job_id)
# Check if we have received the job information so we can start it
if job_info['success']:
if job_info and job_info['success']:
# Starting the heartbeat
start_heartbeat(server_url, job_id)
start_heartbeat(qclient, job_id)
# Execute the given task
task_name = job_info['command']
task = TASK_DICT[task_name]

if not exists(output_dir):
makedirs(output_dir)
try:
payload = task(server_url, job_id, job_info['parameters'],
payload = task(qclient, job_id, job_info['parameters'],
output_dir)
except Exception:
exc_str = repr(traceback.format_exception(*sys.exc_info()))
error_msg = ("Error executing %s:\n%s" % (task_name, exc_str))
payload = format_payload(False, error_msg=error_msg)
# The job completed
complete_job(server_url, job_id, payload)
complete_job(qclient, job_id, payload)
else:
raise RuntimeError("Can't get job (%s) information" % job_id)
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