Merge branch '13879-arvados-server' closes #13879

[arvados.git] / services / keep-web / doc.go

diff --git a/services/keep-web/doc.go b/services/keep-web/doc.go
index 598fabcd37eddb2853119999145a760227e17060..d65156f98781f99cd3fbc4a20b2f0ba144ea8f97 100644 (file)
--- a/services/keep-web/doc.go
+++ b/services/keep-web/doc.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0
 
-// Keep-web provides read-only HTTP access to files stored in Keep. It
-// serves public data to anonymous and unauthenticated clients, and
-// serves private data to clients that supply Arvados API tokens. It
-// can be installed anywhere with access to Keep services, typically
-// behind a web proxy that supports TLS.
+// Keep-web provides read/write HTTP (WebDAV) access to files stored
+// in Keep. It serves public data to anonymous and unauthenticated
+// clients, and serves private data to clients that supply Arvados API
+// tokens. It can be installed anywhere with access to Keep services,
+// typically behind a web proxy that supports TLS.
 //
 // See http://doc.arvados.org/install/install-keep-web.html.
 //
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 //
 // Proxy configuration
 //
-// Keep-web does not support SSL natively. Typically, it is installed
+// Keep-web does not support TLS natively. Typically, it is installed
 // behind a proxy like nginx.
 //
 // Here is an example nginx configuration.
@@ -133,8 +133,21 @@
 //   http://zzzzz-4zz18-znfnqtbbv4spc3w.collections.example.com/foo/bar.txt
 //   http://zzzzz-4zz18-znfnqtbbv4spc3w.collections.example.com/_/foo/bar.txt
 //   http://zzzzz-4zz18-znfnqtbbv4spc3w--collections.example.com/_/foo/bar.txt
+//
+// The following URLs are read-only, but otherwise interchangeable
+// with the above:
+//
 //   http://1f4b0bc7583c2a7f9102c395f4ffc5e3-45--foo.example.com/foo/bar.txt
 //   http://1f4b0bc7583c2a7f9102c395f4ffc5e3-45--.invalid/foo/bar.txt
+//   http://collections.example.com/by_id/1f4b0bc7583c2a7f9102c395f4ffc5e3%2B45/foo/bar.txt
+//   http://collections.example.com/by_id/zzzzz-4zz18-znfnqtbbv4spc3w/foo/bar.txt
+//
+// If the collection is named "MyCollection" and located in a project
+// called "MyProject" which is in the home project of a user with
+// username is "bob", the following read-only URL is also available
+// when authenticating as bob:
+//
+//   http://collections.example.com/users/bob/MyProject/MyCollection/foo/bar.txt
 //
 // An additional form is supported specifically to make it more
 // convenient to maintain support for existing Workbench download
@@ -148,6 +161,9 @@
 //
 //   http://collections.example.com/collections/uuid_or_pdh/foo/bar.txt
 //
+// Collections can also be accessed (read-only) via "/by_id/X" where X
+// is a UUID or portable data hash.
+//
 // Authorization mechanisms
 //
 // A token can be provided in an Authorization header:
@@ -178,11 +194,10 @@
 //
 // Indexes
 //
-// Currently, keep-web does not generate HTML index listings, nor does
-// it serve a default file like "index.html" when a directory is
-// requested. These features are likely to be added in future
-// versions. Until then, keep-web responds with 404 if a directory
-// name (or any path ending with "/") is requested.
+// Keep-web returns a generic HTML index listing when a directory is
+// requested with the GET method. It does not serve a default file
+// like "index.html". Directory listings are also returned for WebDAV
+// PROPFIND requests.
 //
 // Compatibility
 //
@@ -258,4 +273,10 @@
 // avoids redirecting requests to keep-web if they depend on
 // TrustAllContent being enabled.
 //
+// Metrics
+//
+// Keep-web exposes request metrics in Prometheus text-based format at
+// /metrics. The same information is also available as JSON at
+// /metrics.json.
+//
 package main