Requirements
- SSL setup with Apache and PowerFolder
- For a cluster please also following this guide: Building a high-availability cluster.
- Apache module mod_rewrite
- Apache module mod_shib
- Enabled ECP (Enhanced Client or Proxy):
Apache mod_ajp or mod_jk should not be used anymore.
Virtual host configuration file
The following section contains an example Apache configuration file for a virtual host and three PowerFolder Servers as cluster.
- Server name: powerfolder.organization.net
- Server admin email: support@organization.net
- SSL certificate file: /etc/ssl/certs/powerfolder.organization.net.pem
- SSL private key file: /etc/ssl/private/powerfolder.organization.net.key
- Shibboleth entitlements (optional):
- http://idm.org/entitlement/organization-PowerFolder
- http://powerfolder.organization.net/entitlement/DFN-Cloud
- PowerFolder Server web portal port: 8080
- PowerFolder Server hostnames:
- pf01.organization.net
- pf02.organization.net
- pf03.organization.net
- PowerFolder Server nodeIDs:
- nodeID01
- nodeID02
- nodeID03
<VirtualHost _default_:443> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/ssl_access.log vhost_combined # ? ErrorLog "|/usr/local/sbin/syslogRedirect.pl" # ? CustomLog "|/usr/local/sbin/syslogRedirect.pl" vhost_combined ServerName powerfolder.organization.net ServerAdmin support@organization.net # ? DocumentRoot "/var/www/sas" # Disable ETag: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/secrets/advanced/configure-etags.html FileETag None Header unset ETag # ? Header unset Cache-Control # ? Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate" # ? Header set Pragma "no-cache" # ? Header set Expires "Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT" # Set strict transport security: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000;" SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/powerfolder.organization.net.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/powerfolder.organization.net.key RewriteEngine On # ? # Allow OPTIONS requests # ? # RewriteLog /var/log/apache2/rewrite.log # http://serverfault.com/questions/231766/returning-200-ok-in-apache-on-http-options-requests RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} OPTIONS RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L,R=200] Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*" Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST,GET,OPTIONS" Header always set Access-Control-Allow-Headers "PAOS,Content-Type" <Location /login/shibboleth> AuthType shibboleth ShibRequestSetting requireSession 1 <RequireAll> Require valid-user Require shib-attr entitlement ~ http://idm.org/entitlement/organization-PowerFolder http://powerfolder.organization.net/entitlement/DFN-Cloud </RequireAll> </Location> <Location /Shibboleth.sso> satisfy Any </Location> # ? <Location /download> # ? Header add cache-control "private, max-age=0, no-cache" # ? </Location> <Proxy balancer://pfcluster> BalancerMember http://pf01.organization.net:8080 route=nodeID01 BalancerMember http://pf02.organization.net:8080 route=nodeID02 BalancerMember http://pf03.organization.net:8080 route=nodeID03 ProxySet stickysession=rpcid|JSESSIONID|jsessionid scolonpathdelim=On lbmethod=bybusyness </Proxy> ProxyPass /rpc balancer://pfcluster/rpc nocanon ProxyPass /rpc ! ProxyPass /eds ! # ? ProxyPass /oo ! # ? ProxyPass /test ! ProxyPass /Shibboleth.sso ! ProxyPass / balancer://pfcluster/ nocanon # Shibboleth-Attribute mapping to HTTP Headers for delivery to PF Server # Source: https://wiki.powerfolder.com/display/EDUDE/Shibboleth RequestHeader set HTTP_Shib-Session-ID %{HTTP_Shib-Session-ID}e RequestHeader set HTTP_persistent-id %{HTTP_persistent-id}e RequestHeader set HTTP_uniqueID %{HTTP_uniqueID}e RequestHeader set HTTP_eduPersonPrincipalName %{HTTP_eduPersonPrincipalName}e RequestHeader set HTTP_eppn %{HTTP_eppn}e RequestHeader set HTTP_EPPN %{HTTP_EPPN}e RequestHeader set HTTP_mail %{HTTP_mail}e RequestHeader set HTTP_email %{HTTP_email}e RequestHeader set HTTP_givenName %{HTTP_givenName}e RequestHeader set HTTP_sn %{HTTP_sn}e RequestHeader set HTTP_surname %{HTTP_surname}e RequestHeader set HTTP_o %{HTTP_o}e RequestHeader set HTTP_affiliation %{HTTP_affiliation}e RequestHeader set HTTP_eduPersonScopedAffiliation %{HTTP_eduPersonScopedAffiliation}e RequestHeader set HTTP_entitlement %{HTTP_entitlement}e RequestHeader set HTTP_eduPersonEntitlement %{HTTP_eduPersonEntitlement}e RequestHeader set HTTP_location %{HTTP_location}e # ? <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$"> # ? SSLOptions +StdEnvVars # ? </FilesMatch> # ? <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin> # ? SSLOptions +StdEnvVars # ? </Directory> # ? BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" \ # ? nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \ # ? downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0 # ? # MSIE 7 and newer should be able to use keepalive # ? BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown </VirtualHost>