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layout: default
navsection: installguide
-title: Install Single Sign On (SSO) server
+title: Install the Single Sign On (SSO) server
...
-h2(#dependencies). Install dependencies
+h2(#dependencies). Install prerequisites
-Make sure you have "Ruby and Bundler":install-manual-prerequisites-ruby.html installed.
+The Arvados package repository includes an SSO server package that can help automate much of the deployment.
-h2(#install). Install SSO server
+h3(#install_ruby_and_bundler). Install Ruby and Bundler
-h3. Get SSO server code and create database
+{% include 'install_ruby_and_bundler' %}
+
+h3(#install_web_server). Set up a Web server
+
+For best performance, we recommend you use Nginx as your Web server frontend with a Passenger backend to serve the SSO server. The Passenger team provides "Nginx + Passenger installation instructions":https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/walkthroughs/deploy/ruby/ownserver/nginx/oss/install_passenger_main.html.
+
+Follow the instructions until you see the section that says you are ready to deploy your Ruby application on the production server.
+
+h2(#install). Install the SSO server
+
+On a Debian-based system, install the following package:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo apt-get install arvados-sso-server</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+On a Red Hat-based system, install the following package:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">cd $HOME</span> # (or wherever you want to install)
-~$ <span class="userinput">git clone https://github.com/curoverse/sso-devise-omniauth-provider.git</span>
-~$ <span class="userinput">cd sso-devise-omniauth-provider</span>
-~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">bundle install</span>
-~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:create</span>
-~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo yum install arvados-sso-server</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-h3. Configure Rails secret
+h2(#configure). Configure the SSO server
-Create a secret:
+The package has installed three configuration files in @/etc/arvados/sso@:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">cp -i config/initializers/secret_token.rb.example config/initializers/secret_token.rb</span>
-~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">rake secret</span>
+<pre><code>/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml
+/etc/arvados/sso/database.yml
+/etc/arvados/sso/production.rb
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+The SSO server runs from the @/var/www/arvados-sso/current/@ directory. The files @/var/www/arvados-sso/current/config/application.yml@, @/var/www/arvados-sso/current/config/database.yml@ and @/var/www/arvados-sso/current/config/environments/production.rb@ are symlinked to the configuration files in @/etc/arvados/sso/@.
+
+The SSO server reads the @config/application.yml@ file, as well as the @config/application.defaults.yml@ file. Values in @config/application.yml@ take precedence over the defaults that are defined in @config/application.defaults.yml@. The @config/application.yml.example@ file is not read by the SSO server and is provided for installation convenience only.
+
+Consult @config/application.default.yml@ for a full list of configuration options. Local configuration goes in @/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml@, do not edit @config/application.default.yml@.
+
+h3(#uuid_prefix). uuid_prefix
+
+Generate a uuid prefix for the single sign on service. This prefix is used to identify user records as originating from this site. It must be exactly 5 lowercase ASCII letters and/or digits. You may use the following snippet to generate a uuid prefix:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">ruby -e 'puts "#{rand(2**64).to_s(36)[0,5]}"'</span>
+abcde
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+Edit @/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml@ and set @uuid_prefix@ in the "common" section.
+
+h3(#secret_token). secret_token
+
+Generate a new secret token for signing cookies:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">ruby -e 'puts rand(2**400).to_s(36)'</span>
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+Edit @/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml@ and set @secret_token@ in the "common" section.
+
+There are other configuration options in @/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml@. See the "Authentication methods":install-sso.html#authentication_methods section below for more details.
+
+h2(#database). Set up the database
+
+If PostgreSQL was newly installed as a dependency of the @arvados-sso-server@ package, you will need to start the service.
+
+On a Debian-based system:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo service postgresql start</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+On a Red Hat-based system, we also need to initialize the database system:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo service postgresql initdb</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">sudo service postgresql start</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-Edit @config/initializers/secret_token.rb@ to set @config.secret_token@ to the string produced by @rake secret@.
+{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
+
+If you are installing on CentOS6, you will need to modify PostgreSQL's configuration to allow password authentication for local users. The default configuration allows 'ident' only. The following commands will make the configuration change, and restart PostgreSQL for it to take effect.
+<br/>
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo sed -i -e "s/127.0.0.1\/32 ident/127.0.0.1\/32 md5/" /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">sudo sed -i -e "s/::1\/128 ident/::1\/128 md5/" /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">sudo service postgresql restart</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
+
+
+Next, generate a new database password. Nobody ever needs to memorize it or type it, so make a strong one:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">ruby -e 'puts rand(2**128).to_s(36)'</span>
+abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz012345689
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+Configure the SSO server to connect to your database by updating @/etc/arvados/sso/database.yml@. Replace the @xxxxxxxx@ database password placeholder with the new password you generated above. Be sure to update the @production@ section.
-h3. Configure upstream authentication provider
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">editor /etc/arvados/sso/database.yml</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+Create a new database user with permission to create its own databases.
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo -u postgres createuser --createdb --encrypted -R -S --pwprompt arvados_sso</span>
+Enter password for new role: <span class="userinput">paste-database-password-you-generated</span>
+Enter it again: <span class="userinput">paste-database-password-you-generated</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+Rails will take care of creating the database, based on the information from @/etc/arvados/sso/database.yml@.
+
+Alternatively, if the database user you intend to use for the SSO server should not be allowed to create new databases, the user and the database can be created like this:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">cp -i config/environments/production.rb.example config/environments/production.rb</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo -u postgres createuser --encrypted -R -S --pwprompt arvados_sso</span>
+Enter password for new role: <span class="userinput">paste-database-password-you-generated</span>
+Enter it again: <span class="userinput">paste-database-password-you-generated</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">sudo -u postgres createdb arvados_sso_production -E UTF8 -O arvados_sso -T template0</span>
+</code></pre></notextile>
+
+h2(#reconfigure_package). Reconfigure the package
+
+Now that the @/etc/arvados/sso/application.yml@ and @/etc/arvados/sso/database.yml@ files have been updated, we need to reconfigure our installed package. Doing so will create and/or initialize the database and precompile the assets.
+
+On a Debian-based system:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo dpkg-reconfigure arvados-sso-server</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-Edit @config/environments/production.rb@ to set @config.google_oauth2_client_id@ and @config.google_oauth2_client_secret@. See "Omniauth Google OAuth2 gem documentation":https://github.com/zquestz/omniauth-google-oauth2 and "Using OAuth 2.0 to Access Google APIs":https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2 for information about using the "Google Developers Console":https://console.developers.google.com to get a Google client id and client secret.
+On a Red Hat-based system, we need to reinstall the package instead:
-h3(#client). Create arvados-server client
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">sudo yum reinstall arvados-sso-server</span>
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+h2(#client). Create arvados-server client
-Use @rails console@ to create a @Client@ record that will be used by the Arvados API server. The values of @app_id@ and @app_secret@ correspond to the @APP_ID@ and @APP_SECRET@ that must be set in in "Setting up Omniauth in the API server.":install-api-server.html#omniauth
+Use @rails console@ to create a @Client@ record that will be used by the Arvados API server. The values of @app_id@ and @app_secret@ correspond to the values for @sso_app_id@ and @sso_app_secret@ in the "API server's SSO settings.":install-api-server.html#omniauth
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">rake secret</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">ruby -e 'puts rand(2**400).to_s(36)'</span>
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-~/sso-devise-omniauth-provider$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails console</span>
-irb(main):001:0> <span class="userinput">c = Client.new</span>
-irb(main):002:0> <span class="userinput">c.name = "joshid"</span>
-irb(main):003:0> <span class="userinput">c.app_id = "arvados-server"</span>
-irb(main):004:0> <span class="userinput">c.app_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"</span>
-irb(main):005:0> <span class="userinput">c.save!</span>
-irb(main):006:0> <span class="userinput">quit</span>
+~$ <span class="userinput">cd /var/www/arvados-sso/current</span>
+/var/www/arvados-sso/current$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails console</span>
+:001 > <span class="userinput">c = Client.new</span>
+:002 > <span class="userinput">c.name = "joshid"</span>
+:003 > <span class="userinput">c.app_id = "arvados-server"</span>
+:004 > <span class="userinput">c.app_secret = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"</span>
+:005 > <span class="userinput">c.save!</span>
+:006 > <span class="userinput">quit</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-h2. Start the SSO server
+h2(#configure_web_server). Configure your web server
+
+Edit the http section of your Nginx configuration to run the Passenger server and act as a frontend for it. You might add a block like the following, adding SSL and logging parameters to taste:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code>server {
+ listen 127.0.0.1:8900;
+ server_name localhost-sso;
+
+ root /var/www/arvados-sso/current/public;
+ index index.html;
+
+ passenger_enabled on;
+ # If you're not using RVM, comment out the line below.
+ passenger_ruby /usr/local/rvm/wrappers/default/ruby;
+}
+
+upstream sso {
+ server 127.0.0.1:8900 fail_timeout=10s;
+}
+
+proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+server {
+ listen <span class="userinput">[your public IP address]</span>:443 ssl;
+ server_name auth.<span class="userinput">your.domain</span>;
-h3. Run a simple standalone server
+ ssl on;
+ ssl_certificate <span class="userinput">/YOUR/PATH/TO/cert.pem</span>;
+ ssl_certificate_key <span class="userinput">/YOUR/PATH/TO/cert.key</span>;
-You can use the Webrick server that is bundled with Ruby to quickly verify that your installation is functioning:
+ index index.html;
+
+ location / {
+ proxy_pass http://sso;
+ proxy_redirect off;
+ proxy_connect_timeout 90s;
+ proxy_read_timeout 300s;
+
+ proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
+ proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
+ proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+ proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+ }
+}
+</code></pre>
+</notextile>
+
+Finally, restart Nginx and your Arvados SSO server should be up and running. You can verify that by visiting the URL you configured your Nginx web server to listen on in the server section above (port 443). Read on if you want to configure your Arvados SSO server to use a different authentication backend.
+
+h2(#authentication_methods). Authentication methods
+
+Authentication methods are configured in @application.yml@. Currently three authentication methods are supported: local accounts, LDAP, and Google+. If neither Google+ nor LDAP are enabled, the SSO server defaults to local user accounts. Only one authentication mechanism should be in use at a time.
+
+h3(#local_accounts). Local account authentication
+
+There are two configuration options for local accounts:
+
+<pre>
+ # If true, allow new creation of new accounts in the SSO server's internal
+ # user database.
+ allow_account_registration: false
+
+ # If true, send an email confirmation before activating new accounts in the
+ # SSO server's internal user database (otherwise users are activated immediately.)
+ require_email_confirmation: false
+</pre>
+
+For more information about configuring backend support for sending email (required to send email confirmations) see "Configuring Action Mailer":http://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-action-mailer
+
+If @allow_account_registration@ is false, you may manually create local accounts on the SSO server from the rails console:
<notextile>
-<pre><code>~/arvados/services/api$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails server</span>
+<pre><code>~$ <span class="userinput">RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails console</span>
+:001 > <span class="userinput">user = User.new(:email => "test@example.com")</span>
+:002 > <span class="userinput">user.password = "passw0rd"</span>
+:003 > <span class="userinput">user.save!</span>
+:004 > <span class="userinput">quit</span>
</code></pre>
</notextile>
-h3. Production environment
+h3(#ldap). LDAP authentication
+
+The following options are available to configure LDAP authentication. Note that you must preserve the indentation of the fields listed under @use_ldap@.
+
+<pre>
+ use_ldap:
+ title: Example LDAP
+ host: ldap.example.com
+ port: 636
+ method: ssl
+ base: "ou=Users, dc=example, dc=com"
+ uid: uid
+ email_domain: example.com
+ #bind_dn: "some_user"
+ #password: "some_password"
+</pre>
+
+table(table).
+|_. Option|_. Description|
+|title |Title displayed to the user on the login page|
+|host |LDAP server hostname|
+|port |LDAP server port|
+|method|One of "plain", "ssl", "tls"|
+|base |Directory lookup base|
+|uid |User id field used for directory lookup|
+|email_domain|Strip off specified email domain from login and perform lookup on bare username|
+|bind_dn|If required by server, username to log with in before performing directory lookup|
+|password|If required by server, password to log with before performing directory lookup|
+
+h3(#google). Google+ authentication
+
+In order to use Google+ authentication, you must use the <a href="https://console.developers.google.com" target="_blank">Google Developers Console</a> to create a set of client credentials.
+
+# Go to the <a href="https://console.developers.google.com" target="_blank">Google Developers Console</a> and select or create a project; this will take you to the project page.
+# On the sidebar, click on *APIs & auth* then select *APIs*.
+## Search for *Contacts API* and click on *Enable API*.
+## Search for *Google+ API* and click on *Enable API*.
+# On the sidebar, click on *Credentials*; under *OAuth* click on *Create new Client ID* to bring up the *Create Client ID* dialog box.
+# Under *Application type* select *Web application*.
+# If the authorization origins are not displayed, clicking on *Create Client ID* will take you to *Consent screen* settings.
+## On consent screen settings, enter the appropriate details and click on *Save*.
+## This will return you to the *Create Client ID* dialog box.
+# You must set the authorization origins. Edit @sso.your-site.com@ to the appropriate hostname that you will use to access the SSO service:
+## JavaScript origin should be @https://sso.your-site.com/@
+## Redirect URI should be @https://sso.your-site.com/users/auth/google_oauth2/callback@
+# Copy the values of *Client ID* and *Client secret* from the Google Developers Console into the Google section of @config/application.yml@, like this:
+
+<notextile>
+<pre><code> # Google API tokens required for OAuth2 login.
+ google_oauth2_client_id: <span class="userinput">"---YOUR---CLIENT---ID---HERE--"-</span>
+ google_oauth2_client_secret: <span class="userinput">"---YOUR---CLIENT---SECRET---HERE--"-</span></code></pre></notextile>
+
-As a Ruby on Rails application, the SSO server should be compatible with any Ruby application server that supports Rack applications. We recommend "Passenger":https://www.phusionpassenger.com/ to run the SSO server in production.
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