How to pass --ui-jwt-secret argument to supply the secret key used for signing browser cookies?

VincentWang · June 3, 2021, 9:34am

Hi everyone,
I am totally new in genieacs.
This is my first time to install genieacs.
I have a question about genieacs UI.

From genieacs/README.md at master · genieacs/genieacs · GitHub

genieacs-ui

This serves the web based user interface. It listens on port 3000 by default. You must pass --ui-jwt-secret argument to supply the secret key used for signing browser cookies:

genieacs-ui --ui-jwt-secret secret
The UI has plenty of configuration options. When you open GenieACS’s UI in a browser you’ll be greeted with a database initialization wizard to help you populate some initial configuration.

My question is how to get the secret key?
And how to pass it to browser?
Many thanks!

lavira · June 3, 2021, 11:55am

Hi,
the UI_JWT_SECRET must be passed to the genieacs-ui process as a environment variable, so if you configured the process to run as a systemd service, you must add this line to the environment file configured:

GENIEACS_UI_JWT_SECRET=<insert_random_string_here>

VincentWang · June 4, 2021, 8:03am

Hi Lavira,
Many many thanks for your answer.
Now my environment variable in /opt/genieacs/genieacs.env is
GENIEACS_UI_JWT_SECRET=secret

Do you mean I should change it to
GENIEACS_UI_JWT_SECRET=<random_string> ?
Where should I get this random string?

Thanks for your help!
Vincent

VincentWang · June 4, 2021, 9:04am

Hi Lavira,
Can you help to check my steps:

I try to online create a JWR_SECRET from https://www.javainuse.com/jwtgenerator
Then I get the key as
eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJVc2VybmFtZSI6IkphdmFJblVzZSJ9.Cak4ou7W9ndNFTc-4JxXQcBw3jbhxa7ve34JHFHh8K0
Then I update /opt/genieacs/genieacs.env as
GENIEACS_UI_JWT_SECRET=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJVc2VybmFtZSI6IkphdmFJblVzZSJ9.Cak4ou7W9ndNFTc-4JxXQcBw3jbhxa7ve34JHFHh8K0
Restart genieacs-ui service
From browser, input http://<GENIEACS_UI_INERFACE>:3000
But still get “This site can’t be reached”

Thanks!

lavira · June 4, 2021, 10:03am

In order for the UI to work, you also need the other UI related config in that genieacs.env file:

GENIEACS_UI_INTERFACE=0.0.0.0
GENIEACS_UI_PORT=3000

do you have these? If yes, what’s the output of the following command?

systemctl status genieacs-ui.service

VincentWang · June 7, 2021, 5:50am

Hi Lavira,
Thanks for your feedback.
[root@zch127bld11 genieacs]# systemctl status genieacs-ui
genieacs-ui.service - GenieACS UI
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/genieacs-ui.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-06-07 13:38:17 CST; 2s ago
Main PID: 25168 (node)
Tasks: 53
CGroup: /system.slice/genieacs-ui.service
25168 /extra/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25179 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25183 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25193 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25221 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25234 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui
25248 /data/sdc1/vwang2/node/node/bin/node /extra/vwang2/genieacs_master/genieacs-master/dist/bin/genieacs-ui

Jun 07 13:38:18 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:18.905Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=25241 exceptionName=“MongoNetworkError” exceptionMessage="connection 2 to 127.0.0.1:27017 closed…-master/node_m
Jun 07 13:38:18 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:18.917Z [ERROR] Worker died; pid=25241 exitCode=0
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.196Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=25273 exceptionName=“MongoNetworkError” exceptionMessage="connection 2 to 127.0.0.1:27017 closed…-master/node_m
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.206Z [ERROR] Worker died; pid=25273 exitCode=0
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.367Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=25187 exceptionName=“MongoNetworkError” exceptionMessage="connection 2 to 127.0.0.1:27017 closed…-master/node_m
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.381Z [ERROR] Worker died; pid=25187 exitCode=0
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.386Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=25212 exceptionName=“MongoNetworkError” exceptionMessage="connection 2 to 127.0.0.1:27017 closed…-master/node_m
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.400Z [ERROR] Worker died; pid=25212 exitCode=0
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.428Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=25227 exceptionName=“MongoNetworkError” exceptionMessage="connection 2 to 127.0.0.1:27017 closed…-master/node_m
Jun 07 13:38:19 zch127bld11 node[25168]: 2021-06-07T05:38:19.442Z [ERROR] Worker died; pid=25227 exitCode=0
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

genieacs.env
GENIEACS_CWMP_ACCESS_LOG_FILE=/var/log/genieacs/genieacs-cwmp-access.log
GENIEACS_NBI_ACCESS_LOG_FILE=/var/log/genieacs/genieacs-nbi-access.log
GENIEACS_FS_ACCESS_LOG_FILE=/var/log/genieacs/genieacs-fs-access.log
GENIEACS_UI_ACCESS_LOG_FILE=/var/log/genieacs/genieacs-ui-access.log
GENIEACS_DEBUG_FILE=/var/log/genieacs/genieacs-debug.yaml
NODE_OPTIONS=–enable-source-maps
GENIEACS_EXT_DIR=/opt/genieacs/ext
GENIEACS_UI_JWT_SECRET=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9
GENIEACS_UI_INTERFACE=10.213.0.11
GENIEACS_UI_PORT=3000
GENIEACS_NBI_INTERFACE=10.213.0.11
GENIEACS_CWMP_INTERFACE=10.213.0.11
GENIEACS_FS_INTERFACE=10.213.0.11

lavira · June 7, 2021, 6:20am

Hi, The logs indicate clearly that the service can’t connect to the mongo database. It seems you are missing a line, in the genieacs.env file, like:

GENIEACS_MONGODB_CONNECTION_URL=mongodb://user:password@127.0.0.1/genieacs

Since you don’t mention this, the default connction url is mongodb://127.0.0.1/genieacs and I think you don’t have mongodb running (systemctl start mongodb) or you don’t allow the connection. If you forgot to install it, here you can find install instructions.

VincentWang · June 7, 2021, 8:24am

Thank you very much Lavira!
It is very helpful.
I have installed mongodb, I am configuring it now.

Vincent

VincentWang · June 8, 2021, 8:33am

Many thanks Lavira!
After configuring mongodb, genieacs-ui works well.
I use genieacs-sim to do some basic test.
From “Devices”, I can find the simulator.

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How to pass --ui-jwt-secret argument to supply the secret key used for signing browser cookies?

From genieacs/README.md at master · genieacs/genieacs · GitHub

genieacs-ui --ui-jwt-secret secret The UI has plenty of configuration options. When you open GenieACS’s UI in a browser you’ll be greeted with a database initialization wizard to help you populate some initial configuration.

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