[IGBF-2055] Investigate: What is the correct and useful user agent string for IGB to use? - JIRA UNCC

Ann Loraine created issue - 08/Oct/19 1:37 PM

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 1:37 PM

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 1:37 PM - edited

You can set up Postman to act as a proxy server:
https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/sending_api_requests/capturing_http_requests/

However, instead of entering the IP of your computer, just use 127.0.0.1 for "locahost"

Then, to get IGB to use your localhost as a proxy server, run it from the command line passing these options:

java -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=5555 -jar igb_exe.jar

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 1:37 PM - edited You can set up Postman to act as a proxy server: https://learning.getpostman.com/docs/postman/sending_api_requests/capturing_http_requests/ However, instead of entering the IP of your computer, just use 127.0.0.1 for "locahost" Then, to get IGB to use your localhost as a proxy server, run it from the command line passing these options: java -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=5555 -jar igb_exe.jar

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 3:47 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself by version and commit hash.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 3:47 PM

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 3:50 PM - edited

I did the above in order to run IGB 9.1 - built on my local.

The user agent was:

IGB/9.1.0; Mac OS X/10.13.6 (x86_64); en_US; Java/1.8.0_172

It turns out that when IGB is run this way, it tries to hit this URL - which does not exist.

http://reporting.bioviz.org/org.amdatu.remote.discovery.configured

I wonder if this is happening also with the versions of IGB we package for release with Install4J. Let's check.

Edit: Created new issue for above: ~~IGBF-2056~~

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 3:50 PM - edited I did the above in order to run IGB 9.1 - built on my local. The user agent was: IGB/9.1.0; Mac OS X/10.13.6 (x86_64); en_US; Java/1.8.0_172 It turns out that when IGB is run this way, it tries to hit this URL - which does not exist. http://reporting.bioviz.org/org.amdatu.remote.discovery.configured I wonder if this is happening also with the versions of IGB we package for release with Install4J. Let's check. Edit: Created new issue for above: IGBF-2056

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 5:02 PM - edited

There was a problem with run_igb.sh and how it was capturing JVM (java property) arguments, which blocked using run_igb.sh to configure a proxy server.
It was expecting such arguments to be indicated with -J instead of -D.
I changed that.
I'm worried about why it was -J, however.
The run_igb.sh file had not been modified since 2009.
Did JVM's in previous versions of java expect -J instead of -D?
I pushed the change as part of ~~IGBF-2052~~.
Will make a note to test the Linux installers once ~~IGBF-2052~~ is merged into master.

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 08/Oct/19 5:02 PM - edited There was a problem with run_igb.sh and how it was capturing JVM (java property) arguments, which blocked using run_igb.sh to configure a proxy server. It was expecting such arguments to be indicated with -J instead of -D. I changed that. I'm worried about why it was -J, however. The run_igb.sh file had not been modified since 2009. Did JVM's in previous versions of java expect -J instead of -D? I pushed the change as part of IGBF-2052 . Will make a note to test the Linux installers once IGBF-2052 is merged into master.

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 5:18 PM

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This issue relates to ~~IGBF-2056~~ [ ~~IGBF-2056~~ ]

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 5:22 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Also, investigate:

What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 5:23 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Also, investigate:

What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Also, investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####
* How much control do we have over the header?

Ann Loraine made changes - 08/Oct/19 5:23 PM

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Ann Loraine [ aloraine ]

Ann Loraine made changes - 11/Oct/19 2:22 PM

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Investigate: correct and useful user agent string for IGB to use

Investigate: What is the correct and useful user agent string for IGB to use?

Ann Loraine made changes - 11/Oct/19 2:23 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Also, investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####
* How much control do we have over the header?

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####
* How much control do we have over the header?

Ann Loraine made changes - 11/Oct/19 2:24 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####
* How much control do we have over the header?

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####? What about an API key?
* How much control do we have over the header?

Ann Loraine made changes - 11/Oct/19 2:24 PM

Description

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####? What about an API key?
* How much control do we have over the header?

When IGB contacts a resource, IGB should identify itself in useful ways.
For example, if an IGB instance hits an App Store and tries to download a jar or other resource, we could configure our S3 to reply to IGB only, using the user-agent to determine if the client is IGB or not.
Investigate:
Can we include this information in the HTTP header somehow?
Is IGB currently using a user agent string?
Investigate:
What headers is IGB using currently?
Use Postman to "spy on" network traffic coming to and from IGB. Report back here.

Investigate:

* What is the convention for an application?
For example, would it be considered weird or uncool to add a commit hash, e.g,
IGB/9.0.1/#####? What about an API key or something that gets decided programmatically when a user downloads and installs IGB?
* How much control do we have over the header?

Ann Loraine made changes - 16/Oct/19 5:48 PM

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 31/Oct/19 12:17 AM

Decided not to overload header with more than the basics to minimize network traffic.

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Ann Loraine added a comment - 31/Oct/19 12:17 AM Decided not to overload header with more than the basics to minimize network traffic.