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diff --git a/rust/README.md b/rust/README.md index 2bf86d3c..decfc74d 100644 --- a/rust/README.md +++ b/rust/README.md @@ -1,23 +1,38 @@ -Rust implementation of fatcat API server (`fatcatd`). +Rust implementation of fatcat API server. Commands include: + +- `fatcatd`: the API server itself +- `fatcat-auth`: privileged command to manage authentication keys, tokens, and + accounts. Useful to generate admin accounts, new signing keys, etc. +- `fatcat-export`: high-speed JSON export tool, which talks directly to the + database (instead of going through the API). See `README.export.md`. + +The `fatcat-api-spec` crate is generated from the openapi/swagger spec and +contains Rust models, response types, and endpoint definitions (but not +implementations). + +The SQL database schema (and migrations) are under `./migrations/`. ## Development +You need the following dependencies installed locally to build, run tests, and +do development work: + - rust stable, 1.29+ (eg, via "rustup", includes cargo tool) - diesel (`cargo install diesel_cli`) - postgres (9.6+; targetting 11.1 for production) - postgres libs (debian: `sudo apt install libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev`) +- libsodium library and development headers (debian: `libsodium-dev`) + +Copying commands out of `../.gitlab-ci.yml` file may be the fastest way to get +started. Create a new postgres superuser. A regular postgres user and an existing database should also work (with up/down migrations), but it's easier to just blow the entire database away. -Create a `.env` file with configuration: - - DATABASE_URL=postgres://fatcat:tactaf@localhost/fatcat_rs - TEST_DATABASE_URL=postgres://fatcat:tactaf@localhost/fatcat_rs_test - -Re-create database from scratch: +Copy `env.example` to `.env`, update if needed, then re-create database from +scratch: diesel database reset @@ -29,4 +44,28 @@ Tests: cargo test -- --test-threads 1 +Note that most "integration" level tests are written in python and run by +`pytest`; see `../python/README.md`. + See `HACKING` for some more advanced tips and commands. + +## Configuration + +All configuration goes through environment variables, the notable ones being: + +- `DATABASE_URL`: postgres connection details (username, password, host, and database) +- `TEST_DATABASE_URL`: used when running `cargo test` +- `AUTH_LOCATION`: the domain authentication tokens should be valid over +- `AUTH_KEY_IDENT`: a unique name for the primary auth signing key (used to + find the correct key after key rotation has occured) +- `AUTH_SECRET_KEY`: base64-encoded secret key used to both sign and verify + authentication tokens (symmetric encryption) +- `AUTH_ALT_KEYS`: additional ident/key pairs that can be used to verify tokens + (to enable key rotation). Syntax is like `<ident1>:<key1>,<ident2>:key2,...`. + +To setup authentication with a new secret authentication key, run: + + cargo run --bin fatcat-auth create-key + +then copy the last line as `AUTH_SECRET_KEY` in `.env`, and update +`AUTH_KEY_IDENT` with a unique name for this new key (eg, including the date). |