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Nick Boldt resolved JBDS-1110.
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Fix Version/s: 3.0.0.GA
(was: 3.0.1.GA)
Resolution: Done
Assignee: Nick Boldt (was: prakash aradhya)
Thanks to Scott Henson <shenson(a)redhat.com>, I now have full control over .htaccess
on
reconfigure .htaccess rules for
devstudio.jboss.com
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Key: JBDS-1110
URL:
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-1110
Project: Developer Studio (JBoss Developer Studio)
Issue Type: Task
Components: updatesite
Affects Versions: 3.0.0.CR3
Reporter: Nick Boldt
Assignee: Nick Boldt
Priority: Critical
Fix For: 3.0.0.GA
Problem
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Currently we host update site files and some Early Access (EA) JBoss Dev Studio (JBDS)
installers (.jar) on http(s)://devstudio.jboss.com.
Everyone using the site shares the same access, which is somewhat painful for several
reasons:
a) No one can "discover" what's on the site because the root folder is
restricted.
b) EA users and existing registered JBDS users may not be the same folks; in fact, we may
want to provide *FREE* EA access to encourage people to try-before-buy the forthcoming
JBDS release, independent of possibly being an existing subscriber.
c) Each annual release of JBDS gets a year of updates, but only for the product for which
they subscribed; thus each year's update site should be differently restricted rather
than using the shared across-the-board login.
Ideally, username/password restriction would be fed by information in the CSP so that
users would only need a single login, which would expire the minute their subscription
expired, rather than using shared passwords via .htaccess; however, that requires
significantly (?) more effort than the solution proposed below.
Solution
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a) remove .htaccess username/password restriction for these folders:
http://devstudio.jboss.com/
http://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/
http://devstudio.jboss.com/earlyaccess/
b) add .htaccess username/password restriction for these folders:
http://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/2.1/ (use existing username/password)
http://devstudio.jboss.com/updates/3.0/ (create new username/password)
http://devstudio.jboss.com/earlyaccess/builds/ (use existing username/password + create
second new username/password)
I will send the current login details & proposed new ones along in an email to
helpdesk@ so that they're not copied publicly here.
Note that JBDS 3.0 is scheduled to be released March 10, and we need to get these changes
in place before then.
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