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Paul Williams
Paul Williams

Reputation: 21

Hyperledger-Composer REST Authentication

Request assistance with hyperledger composer. I have created a network and web app around the REST API that was built with the composer-rest-server. I am able to add participants, assets and execute transaction with the default settings. I am now trying to add authentication to the REST server as well as add identities to new participants. However I got stuck. I have reviewed the information at

https://hyperledger.github.io/composer/integrating/enabling-rest-authentication.html

But I'm not sure where I should place the export COMPOSER_PROVIDERS='{.... information to continue the setup.

Any assistance, tips and tricks are much appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 808

Answers (2)

Paul Williams
Paul Williams

Reputation: 21

Ok so I figured it out. The problem was that I was running off an older version of composer-rest-server.

I installed the developer tool back in Sep 17 and did the tutorial soon after. I tried the tutorial again and noticed that the deployment command was different and it would not let me deploy my network.

So I updated the composer-rest-server and component cli and it deployed fine. I then followed the steps on the authentication webpage that I referenced above and it worked as intended. I deployed my personal network with the new command and it worked as intended.

Lesson learned this stuff is still being updated and I should be more aware on what changes. Thank you very much @nilakantha singh deo

Upvotes: 1

nilakantha singh deo
nilakantha singh deo

Reputation: 1006

Open a new terminal from inside the project folder.Format your COMPOSER_PROVIDERS in notepad according to the document you mentioned and copy the whole message and paste it in the terminal.Then you can echo it (see it) by typing the following.

echo $COMPOSER_PROVIDERS

It should ideally return the same json file. Then make sure that the compopser-rest-server is running with multiuser mode and authentication enabled in the same terminal where you echoed and saw the COMPOSER_PROVIDERS. In browser now type 

localhost:3000/auth/github

It should ask for authentication .Rest of the steps are listed in the document you mentioned. Cheers!

Upvotes: 0

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