Vert.x Module Registry

A small project to register modules.

Dependencies

You need to have mongo db installed and Vert.x 2.0.

Local installation

Before you can run the module registry, you need to create a user account. To do that, just create one with a simple query:

mongo localhost:27017/moduleregistry --eval "db.users.update({username:'approver'},{username:'approver',password:'YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE'},{upsert:true});"

Just remember to change localhost to the host of your Mongo DB, 27017 is the port number and moduleregistry is the name of your database. YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE should be changed to whatever password you want to have.

When you created the user, you are good to go. Just start it with the following command:

./gradlew runMod

You can also start it with the regular vertx command line, but don't forget to build the module registry as a module first with ./gradlew copyMod.

Please keep in mind that running the module registry without a configuration file won't let you send email notifications to the moderators. If you want to setup notifications via email, you need to check the configuration

Openshift installation

If you want to build/install this module on openshift, you can use the ./setup_approve_password.sh script to set up the password for your user account right away. To set it to my_secret_password, just type this in rhc ssh console:

./setup_approve_password.sh my_secret_password

Uploading the module registry on openshift via git will fire some action hooks. These hooks should setup a small configuration file in your $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR. Please change the values according to your needs - if you had the mongodb gear available before, it will also try and fill in the correct values for you. If you want to notify moderators via email, you still need to change the configuration file in $OPENSHIFT_DATA_DIR/config.json

Configuration

There are a few configuration options available and a template for it can be found under /src/main/resources/config.json.

{
  "host":"localhost",
  "port":8080,
  "download-timeout":20000,
  "database":{
    "host":"localhost",
    "port":27017,
    "db_name":"moduleregistry",
    "username":"admin",
    "password":"my_password"
  },
  "mailer":{
    "host":"smtp.googlemail.com",
    "port":465,
    "ssl":true,
    "auth":true,
    "username":"[email protected]",
    "password":"your_password",
    "infoMail":"[email protected]",
    "moderator":"[email protected]"
  },
  "auth":{
    "user_collection":"users",
    "session_timeout": 1800000
  }
}

A short description about each field:

• host The host where the server should listen on. Defaults to localhost.
• port The port where the server should listen on. Defaults to 8080.
• download-timeout The timeout in milliseconds, how long the module registry downloads modules. Defaults to 20000.
• keystore-path The path to your Java keystore. This field is mandatory if you want to use SSL.
• keystore-pass The password for your Java keystore. This field is mandatory if you want to use SSL.
• database Configuration for the mongo-persistor. See the mod-mongo-persistor repository about which configuration options are available.
• mailer The configuration for the mailer. See the [mod-mailer repository() for more information on the regular options.
  • infoMail The address the module registry sends emails from. Defaults to [email protected]
  • moderators A list of email addresses which should be notified when a new module was registered and is waiting for approval.
• auth Where to look for the credentials.
  • user_collection The collection where to look for the approver password. Defaults to users.
  • session_timeout The usual auth timeout in milliseconds. Defaults to 1800000.