1 If I try to authenticate using openid to my site, it tries to create a http or https connection to the openid server. This doesn't work, because the direct connection is blocked by the firewall.
3 It would be good if ikiwiki supported setting up a proxy server to solve this.
7 newenviron[i++]="HTTPS_PROXY=http://host.domain.com:3128";
9 to IkiWiki/Wrapper.pm it solves the problem for https requests, however it obviously would be preferred if the proxy name is not hard coded.
11 Also, the ability to set HTTPS\_CA\_FILE and HTTPS\_CA\_DIR might benefit some people. Then again, it I can't see any evidence that the SSL certificate of the server is being checked. See the [[bug_report|ssl_certificates_not_checked_with_openid]] I filed on this separate issue.
13 Unfortunately, HTTP\_PROXY doesn't work for http:// requests, it looks like that library is different.
19 Better solution, one that works for both http and https, and uses config options. It appears to work...
21 Note that using $ua->proxy(['https'], ...); won't work, you get a "Not Implemented" error, see <http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/lwp-https-requests-proxy>. Also see [[!debbug 129528]].
23 Also note that the proxy won't work with liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl, I had to remove liblwpx-paranoidagent-perl first.
26 louie:/usr/share/perl5/IkiWiki/Plugin# diff -u openid.pm.old openid.pm
27 --- openid.pm.old 2008-10-26 12:18:58.094489360 +1100
28 +++ openid.pm 2008-10-26 12:40:05.763429880 +1100
30 $ua=LWP::UserAgent->new;
33 + if (defined($config{"http_proxy"})) {
34 + $ua->proxy(['http'], $config{"http_proxy"});
37 + if (defined($config{"https_proxy"})) {
38 + $ENV{HTTPS_PROXY} = $config{"https_proxy"};
41 # Store the secret in the session.
42 my $secret=$session->param("openid_secret");
43 if (! defined $secret) {
48 > Rather than adding config file settings for every useful environment
49 > variable, there is a ENV config file setting that can be used to set
50 > any environment variables you like. So, no changed needed.
53 >> One thing I don't like about using ikiwiki for tracking bugs is I don't
54 >> get notified when changes are made :-(.
56 >> Anyway, if you look at the code I pasted above, the environment variables
57 >> do not work for http:// - you have to use $ua->proxy(...) for them.
58 >> This is significant, because all openid servers in my version appear to have been
59 >> defined with http:// not https:// in /usr/share/ikiwiki/openid-selector/ikiwiki/openid/openid-jquery.js
61 >> Use $ua->env_proxy() to get it to read the environment variables. Then http:// does work.
63 >> Unfortunately this breaks https:// even more - but nothing I do seems to make https:// work anymore.
66 >>> LWP::UserAgent defaults to not caring about proxy settings in
67 >>> the environment. (To give control over the result, I guess?)
68 >>> To get it to care, pass `env_proxy => 1` to the constructor. Affected
69 >>> plugins: aggregate, openid, pinger. This probably wants to be on
70 >>> by default, and might not need to be configurable. --[[schmonz]]
72 >>>> Okay, in a real-world scenario it does need to be
73 >>>> configurable. A working implementation (tested with aggregate,
74 >>>> not tested with the other two plugins) is in my git, commit
75 >>>> 91c46819dee237a281909b0c7e65718eb43f4119. --[[schmonz]]
77 >>>>> Oh, and according to the LWPx::ParanoidAgent docs, "proxy support is
78 >>>>> explicitly removed", so if ikiwiki can preferentially find that
79 >>>>> installed, even with the above commit, `openid` won't be able to
80 >>>>> traverse a proxy. --[[schmonz]]
82 [[!template id=gitbranch branch=schmonz/proxies author="[[schmonz]]"]]
84 >>>>> I bollixed up my git, recloned, and reapplied the diffs, so
85 >>>>> that commit won't exist anymore. My proxy-related changes are
86 >>>>> now on a branch. --[[schmonz]]