updating the README so that it explains how access controlled resources work. webid-java6
authorHenry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net>
Wed, 23 May 2012 16:57:05 +0200
branchwebid-java6
changeset 209 85a63edddca9
parent 208 f5296aa510e8
child 210 9a082e5fd660
updating the README so that it explains how access controlled resources work.
README.markdown
test_www/.meta.n3
test_www/foaf.n3
test_www/hello.n3
test_www/meta.n3
--- a/README.markdown	Wed May 23 16:04:30 2012 +0200
+++ b/README.markdown	Wed May 23 16:57:05 2012 +0200
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
 * logger (slf4j)
 * the Jena/ARQ libraries
 
+Community
+---------
+
+For any improvement ideas and and bugfixes send e-mail to henry.story@bblfish.net  
+
+This application is based on standards that the following groups are discussing:
+ * the read-write-web community group at http://www.w3.org/community/rww/
+ * the WebID community group at http://www.w3.org/community/webid/
+
+
 How to start geeking
 --------------------
 
@@ -50,83 +60,24 @@
 
 Get the full command line options 
 
-    > run --help
+    > run 
 
-You are then given a choise of using either the Jetty or the Netty Server.  ( The Netty Server has better WebID support.)
+You are then given a choice of using either the Jetty or the Netty Server.  
+( The Netty Server has better SSL/TLS and hence beter WebID support. )
 You will then get a listing of all the options.
 
 The following is known to work with https
 
-   > run --lang turtle --keyStore src/test/resources/KEYSTORE.jks --ksPass secret --https 8443 test_www /2012/
-
-Because of the .meta.n3 in the test_www directory you will not be able to GET the contents there
-
-
-The ReadWriteWeb app
---------------------
-
-To get this:
-
-    hg clone https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/read-write-web
-    cd read-write-web
-    less README.markdown
-    ./sbt
-    
-* see [http://mercurial.selenic.com/](http://mercurial.selenic.com/) for hg
-* see [https://github.com/harrah/xsbt/wiki](https://github.com/harrah/xsbt/wiki) for sbt
-
-This project depends on:
-
-* Java 6
-* that's all :-)
-
-It comes with
-
-* sbt project
-* generic sbt launcher
-* jar packager (assembly)
-* eclipse plugin for sbt
-* Web framework (Unfiltered)
-* embedded Web server (Jetty)
-* tests for web api (specs)
-* logger (slf4j)
-* the Jena/ARQ libraries
-
-How to start geeking
---------------------
-
-BE PATIENT: the first time, some operations take some time because it downloads
-            all the dependencies...
-
-### to launch sbt
-
-    $ ./sbt
-
-### to auto-compile the source
-
-    >  compile
-
-### to launch tests under sbt (will cache all the dependencies the first time, can take a while)
-
-    > test
-
-### to run the Web App and get the full command line options
-
-    > run
-
-    Choose either the Netty or the Jetty servers to continue.
-    You will get a full list of options
-
-    To start an insecure server start
+To start an insecure server start
    
     > run --lang turtle  --http 8080 test_www /2012/ 
 
-   You can now request resources using curl on the command line
+ou can now request resources using curl on the command line
 
    $ curl -i -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" http://localhost:8080/2012/foaf.n3 
 
-   It is possible to PUT, RDF resources too and a couple of image formats, as 
-   well as to create directories etc...
+It is possible to PUT, RDF resources too and a couple of image formats, as 
+well as to create directories etc... The test suites have some good examples of this. 
 
 ### to generate the eclipse configuration
 
@@ -140,45 +91,80 @@
 
     > assembly
 
-Using the stand-alone jar
--------------------------
+### run RWW using the standalone jar
 
     $ java -jar target/read-write-web.jar 
 
-    
-HTTPS with WebID 
-----------------
-
-### to run on https with WebID ( http://webid.info/ )
-    
-   > run --lang turtle --keyStore src/test/resources/KEYSTORE.jks --ksPass secret --https 8443 test_www /2012/
-
-   You can now request resources using curl over https using the command line
-
-   $ curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" https://localhost:8443/2012/foaf.n3
-
-   In the test_www directory there is a meta.n3 file. If you move it to .meta.n3
-
-   $ cd test_www
-   $ mv meta.n3 .meta.n3
+### to enable debug mode in sbt 
 
-   Then the directory will be access controlled. You will need a functioning WebID to authenticate.
-
-### to enable debug mode
-
-    start sbt with the 
-
-    $ bin/rwsbt.sh -d      
-
-### to generate the eclipse configuration
+If you want to debug SBT using an IDE the start sbt with  
 
-    > eclipse same-targets
+   $ bin/rwsbt.sh -d      
 
-### to generate the IntelliJ configuration
-  
-    > gen-idea
+    
+Access control with WebID 
+-------------------------
 
-### to package the application as a stand-alone jar (creates target/read-write-web.jar)
+### start server on https port with WebID ( http://webid.info/ )
+    
+    > run --lang turtle --keyStore src/test/resources/KEYSTORE.jks --clientTLS noCA --ksPass secret --https 8443 test_www /2012/
 
-    > assembly
+You can now request resources using curl over https using the command line. 
+Note: If the server itself needs to make requests over TLS for WebID authentication this will start in insecure [ --clientTLS noCA ] mode so that the server will not refuse a connection if it reaches a server (like itself) which does not have a CA signed certificate .
 
+The following file is readable by all and so you will be able to access it:
+
+    $ curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" https://localhost:8443/2012/foaf.n3 
+    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+    ...
+
+In the test_www directory there is a .meta.n3 file which contains the access rules as defined by the http://www.w3.org/wiki/WebAccessControl vocabulary. ( this is still a very minimal implementation of what is possible ) These say that private.n3 requires authentication. And indeed:
+ 
+    $ curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" https://localhost:8443/2012/private.n3
+    curl: (56) SSL read: error:14094412:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert bad certificate, errno 0
+
+Curl returns a SSL error, because the server asked curl for a client certificate which it did not offer and because curl forces the server to return the certificate ( which could be considered a bug IMHO ). A browser would return a 401 Unauthorized, with some extra data explaining the error.  What would be nice would be to see this:
+
+    $ curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" https://localhost:8443/2012/hello.n3
+    HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
+    Server: Scala Netty Unfiltered Server
+    Connection: Keep-Alive
+    Content-Length: 0
+
+In order to be able to access protected.n3 you need to use a WebID enabled certificate 
+when connecting and add that WebID to the list of 
+ 
+    $ curl -k -i -E src/test/resources/JohnDoe.pem https://localhost:8443/2012/private.n3
+      Enter PEM pass phrase:
+      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+
+[ the curl password is "secret" ]
+
+### creating your own certificate
+
+You can create your own certificate in your browser using a service such as https://my-profile.eu/
+This will save your certificate in the keychain associated with the browser. 
+You can then edit the .meta.n3 file to give yourself read/write/execute access using that certificate.
+
+If you want to use that certificate using curl, follw these steps:
+ * save the certificate to your hardrive as a pkcs12 ( p12 ) file 
+ * convert it to pem including private key
+    > openssl pkcs12  -in cert.p12 -out myCert.pem
+
+Extra Userful Services provided  
+-------------------------------
+
+### verify your key 
+
+If you have trouble with your certificate you can test if it is being verified correctly
+with
+
+   $ curl -k --verbose -i -E myCert.pem https://localhost:8443/test/WebId
+
+### simple authentication service
+
+RWW comes with a simple authentication service that you can use to help
+others who don't have WebID to get going without needing to deploy TLS 
+services. Go to https://localhost:8443/srv/idp in your browser .
+
+
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test_www/.meta.n3	Wed May 23 16:57:05 2012 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+@prefix acl: <http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#> .
+@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
+@prefix : <#> .
+
+:a1 a acl:Authorization;
+   acl:accessTo <foaf.n3>;
+   acl:mode acl:Write;
+   acl:agent <https://localhost:8443/2012/foaf.n3#joe> .
+
+:a2 a acl:Authorization;
+   acl:accessTo <private.n3>;
+   acl:mode acl:Write, acl:Read;
+   acl:agent  <https://localhost:8443/2012/foaf.n3#joe> .
+    
+:readAll a acl:Authorization;
+   acl:accessTo <hello.n3>;
+   acl:mode acl:Read;
+   acl:agentClass foaf:Agent .
+
+:readAll a acl:Authorization;
+   acl:accessTo <foaf.n3>;
+   acl:mode acl:Read;
+   acl:agentClass foaf:Agent .
--- a/test_www/foaf.n3	Wed May 23 16:04:30 2012 +0200
+++ b/test_www/foaf.n3	Wed May 23 16:57:05 2012 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
 @prefix cert: <http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/cert#> .
 @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
+@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
+
 @prefix : <#> .
 
 <> a foaf:PersonalProfileDocument;
--- a/test_www/hello.n3	Wed May 23 16:04:30 2012 +0200
+++ b/test_www/hello.n3	Wed May 23 16:57:05 2012 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
 
-<> a foaf:Document .
+<> a foaf:Document ;
+   foaf:topic "Hello World!" .   
 
--- a/test_www/meta.n3	Wed May 23 16:04:30 2012 +0200
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-@prefix acl: <http://www.w3.org/ns/auth/acl#> .
-@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
-@prefix : <#> .
-
-:a1 a acl:Authorization;
-   acl:accessTo <foaf.n3>;
-   acl:mode acl:Write;
-   acl:agent <http://bblfish.net/people/henry/card#me> .
-
-    
-:readAll a acl:Authorization;
-   acl:accessTo <foaf.n3>;
-   acl:mode acl:Read;
-   acl:agentClass foaf:Agent .