Configure/deploy HTTP upload service for Kosmos Chat/XMPP #245

2020-11-23T16:44:57Z

raucao commented

2020-11-23 16:44:57 +00:00

In order to be able to run multiple ejabberd nodes, we need to have user uploads go to a central external service, instead of each node directly. This configures/deploys a compatible upload service on https://uploads.kosmos.chat.

It is based on a Perl module for Nginx, which implements XEP 0363.

It contains an additional nginx install recipe for a setup with the HTTP Perl Module, and removes the dependency on the default recipe from the certbot recipe. This may break certbot resource usage in one or more unrelated cookbooks, in which case you can just include kosmos-nginx right before the certbot resource is used.

In order to be able to run multiple ejabberd nodes, we need to have user uploads go to a central external service, instead of each node directly. This configures/deploys a compatible upload service on https://uploads.kosmos.chat. It is based on a [Perl module for Nginx](https://github.com/weiss/ngx_http_upload), which implements [XEP 0363](https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0363.html). It contains an additional nginx install recipe for a setup with the HTTP Perl Module, and removes the dependency on the default recipe from the certbot recipe. This may break certbot resource usage in one or more unrelated cookbooks, in which case you can just include `kosmos-nginx` right before the certbot resource is used.

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raucao commented

2020-11-23 20:00:52 +00:00

I tried it with the new cluster node (after fixing iptables being weird on draco after the recent reboot), and when I got it working I manually added the config on andromeda, which we cannot provision with chef anymore.

All uploads now go to uploads-1 on draco! Here's my first production test:

https://uploads.kosmos.chat/791c7ed148e453f934ef56e1a4acb79a30845f0f/8SBtwY2eToAhPIaAy0IKaWUTNVH0oBwNh38k8crs/chilis.jpeg

I tried it with the new cluster node (after fixing iptables being weird on draco after the recent reboot), and when I got it working I manually added the config on andromeda, which we cannot provision with chef anymore. All uploads now go to `uploads-1` on draco! Here's my first production test: https://uploads.kosmos.chat/791c7ed148e453f934ef56e1a4acb79a30845f0f/8SBtwY2eToAhPIaAy0IKaWUTNVH0oBwNh38k8crs/chilis.jpeg

raucao commented

2020-11-23 20:15:37 +00:00

Ugh, that's dumb: ejabberd accepted my config with reload_config and then just failed when I removed the second cluster node, as well as when actually restarting it. Saying it cannot configure http uploads without @host variable when using multiple vhosts. :/

There's an option to configure subdirectory levels in upload.pm, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Ugh, that's dumb: ejabberd accepted my config with `reload_config` and then just failed when I removed the second cluster node, as well as when actually restarting it. Saying it cannot configure http uploads without `@host` variable when using multiple vhosts. :/ There's an option to configure subdirectory levels in `upload.pm`, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow.

raucao commented

2020-11-24 14:34:18 +00:00

I have solved the last remaining issue, by moving the upload config to the respective vhosts config files and configuring a subdirectory (just hash of respective user address domain).

Here's my successful production test: https://uploads.kosmos.chat/8af2c77/791c7ed148e453f934ef56e1a4acb79a30845f0f/iMNpkgBBCLOpmQoHX5TqhQKUbZG4gHHDlPm0cva2/japan-map-in-english.jpeg

I have solved the last remaining issue, by moving the upload config to the respective vhosts config files and configuring a subdirectory (just hash of respective user address domain). Here's my successful production test: https://uploads.kosmos.chat/8af2c77/791c7ed148e453f934ef56e1a4acb79a30845f0f/iMNpkgBBCLOpmQoHX5TqhQKUbZG4gHHDlPm0cva2/japan-map-in-english.jpeg

raucao requested review from greg 2020-11-24 14:34:24 +00:00

greg approved these changes 2020-11-25 09:46:23 +00:00

greg left a comment

LGTM!

greg referenced this issue from a commit

2020-11-25 09:46:47 +00:00

Merge pull request 'Configure/deploy HTTP upload service for Kosmos Chat/XMPP' (#245) from feature/http_upload_service into master Reviewed-on: https://gitea.kosmos.org/kosmos/chef/pulls/245

greg merged commit 3da883864b into master

2020-11-25 09:46:47 +00:00

raucao deleted branch feature/http_upload_service

2020-11-25 11:43:44 +00:00

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Reference: kosmos/chef#245