Introduction

1. About DDF

1.1. Introducing DDF

Distributed Data Framework (DDF) is a free and open-source common data layer that abstracts services and business logic from underlying data structures to enable rapid integration of new data sources.

Licensed under LGPL This link is outside the DDF documentation, DDF is an interoperability platform that provides secure and scalable discovery and retrieval from a wide array of disparate sources.

DDF is:

  • a flexible and modular integration framework.

  • built to "unzip and run" even when scaled to large enterprise systems.

  • primarily focused on data integration, enabling clients to insert, query, and transform information from disparate data sources via the DDF Catalog.

1.2. Component Applications

DDF is comprised of several modular applications, to be installed or uninstalled as needed.

Admin Application

Enhances administrative capabilities when installing and managing DDF. It contains various services and interfaces that allow administrators more control over their systems.

Catalog Application

Provides a framework for storing, searching, processing, and transforming information. Clients typically perform local and/or federated query, create, read, update, and delete (QCRUD) operations against the Catalog. At the core of the Catalog functionality is the Catalog Framework, which routes all requests and responses through the system, invoking additional processing per the system configuration.

Platform Application

The Core application of the distribution. The Platform application contains the fundamental building blocks to run the distribution.

Security Application

Provides authentication, authorization, and auditing services for the DDF. It is both a framework that developers and integrators can extend and a reference implementation that meets security requirements.

Solr Catalog Application

Includes the Solr Catalog Provider, an implementation of the Catalog Provider using Apache Solr This link is outside the DDF documentation as a data store.

Spatial Application

Provides OGC services, such as CSW This link is outside the DDF documentation, WCS This link is outside the DDF documentation, WFS This link is outside the DDF documentation, and KML This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Search UI

Allows a user to search for records in the local Catalog (provider) and federated sources. Results of the search are returned and displayed on a globe or map, providing a visual representation of where the records were found.

2. Documentation Guide

The DDF documentation is organized by audience.

Core Concepts

This introduction section is intended to give a high-level overview of the concepts and capabilities of DDF.

Administrators

Managing | Administrators will be installing, maintaining, and supporting existing applications. Use this section to prepare, install, configure, run, and monitor DDF.

Users

Using | Users interact with the system to search data stores. Use this section to navigate the various user interfaces available in DDF.

Integrators

Integrating | Integrators will use the existing applications to support their external frameworks. This section will provide details for finding, accessing and using the components of DDF.

Developers

Developing | Developers will build or extend the functionality of the applications. 

2.1. Documentation Conventions

The following conventions are used within this documentation:

2.1.1. Customizable Values

Many values used in descriptions are customizable and should be changed for specific use cases. These values are denoted by < >, and by [[ ]] when within XML syntax. When using a real value, the placeholder characters should be omitted.

2.1.2. Code Values

Java objects, lines of code, or file properties are denoted with the Monospace font style. Example: ddf.catalog.CatalogFramework

Some hyperlinks (e.g., /admin) within the documentation assume a locally running installation of DDF.  Simply change the hostname if accessing a remote host.

Hyperlinks that take the user away from the DDF documentation are marked with an external link (This link is outside the DDF documentation) icon.

2.2. Support

Questions about DDF should be posted to the ddf-users forum This link is outside the DDF documentation or ddf-developers forum This link is outside the DDF documentation, where they will be responded to quickly by a member of the DDF team.

2.2.1. Documentation Updates

The most current DDF documentation is available at DDF Documentation This link is outside the DDF documentation.

3. Core Concepts

This introduction section is intended to give a high-level overview of the concepts and capabilities of DDF.

DDF provides the capability to search the Catalog for metadata. There are a number of different types of searches that can be performed on the Catalog, and these searches are accessed using one of several interfaces. This section provides a very high-level overview of introductory concepts of searching with DDF. These concepts are expanded upon in later sections.

Search Types

There are four basic types of metadata search. Additionally, any of the types can be combined to create a compound search.

Text Search

A text search is used when searching for textual information. It searches all textual fields by default, although it is possible to refine searches to a text search on a single metadata attribute. Text searches may use wildcards, logical operators, and approximate matches.

Spatial Search

A spatial search is used for Area of Interest (AOI) searches. Polygon and point radius searches are supported.

Temporal Search

A temporal search finds information from a specific time range. Two types of temporal searches are supported: relative and absolute. Relative searches contain an offset from the current time, while absolute searches contain a start and an end timestamp. Temporal searches can use the created or modified date attributes.

Datatype Search

A datatype search is used to search for metadata based on the datatype of the resource. Wildcards (*) can be used in both the datatype and version fields. Metadata that matches any of the datatypes (and associated versions if specified) will be returned. If a version is not specified, then all metadata records for the specified datatype(s) regardless of version will be returned.

3.2. Introduction to Metadata

In DDF, resources are the files, reports, or documents of interest to users of the system.

Metadata is information about those resources, organized into a schema to make search possible. The Catalog stores this metadata and allows access to it. Metacards are single instances of metadata, representing a single resource, in the Catalog. Metacards follow one of several schemas to ensure reliable, accurate, and complete metadata. Essentially, Metacards function as containers of metadata.

3.3. Introduction to Ingest

Ingest is the process of bringing data resources, metadata, or both into the catalog to enable search, sharing, and discovery. Ingested files are transformed into a neutral format that can be searched against as well as migrated to other formats and systems. See Ingesting Data for the various methods of ingesting data.

Upon ingest, a transformer will read the metadata from the ingested file and populate the fields of a metacard. Exactly how this is accomplished depends on the origin of the data, but most fields (except id) are imported directly.

3.4. Introduction to Resources

The Catalog Framework can interface with storage providers to provide storage of resources to specific types of storage, e.g., file system, relational database, XML database. A default file system implementation is provided by default.

Storage providers act as a proxy between the Catalog Framework and the mechanism storing the content. Storage providers expose the storage mechanism to the Catalog Framework. Storage plugins provide pluggable functionality that can be executed either immediately before or immediately after content has been stored or updated.

Storage providers provide the capability to the Catalog Framework to create, read, update, and delete resources in the content repository.

See Data Management for more information on specific file types supported by DDF.

3.5. Introduction to the Catalog Framework

The Catalog Framework wires all the Catalog components together.

It is responsible for routing Catalog requests and responses to the appropriate source, destination, federated system, etc. 

Endpoints send Catalog requests to the Catalog Framework. The Catalog Framework then invokes Catalog PluginsTransformers, and Resource Components as needed before sending requests to the intended destination, such as one or more Sources

The Catalog Framework decouples clients from service implementations and provides integration points for Catalog Plugins and convenience methods for Endpoint developers.

3.6. Introduction to Federation and Sources

Federation is the ability of the DDF to query other data sources, including other DDFs. By default, the DDF is able to federate using OpenSearch and CSW protocols. The minimum configuration necessary to configure those federations is a query address.

Federation enables constructing dynamic networks of data sources that can be queried individually or aggregated into specific configuration to enable a wider range of accessibility for data and data resources.

Federation provides the capability to extend the DDF enterprise to include Remote Sources, which may include other instances of DDF.  The Catalog handles all aspects of federated queries as they are sent to the Catalog Provider and Remote Sources, as they are processed, and as the query results are returned. Queries can be scoped to include only the local Catalog Provider (and any Connected Sources), only specific Federated Sources, or the entire enterprise (which includes all local and Remote Sources). If the query is federated, the Catalog Framework passes the query to a Federation Strategy, which is responsible for querying each federated source that is specified. The Catalog Framework is also responsible for receiving the query results from each federated source and returning them to the client in the order specified by the particular federation strategy used. After the federation strategy handles the results, the Catalog returns them to the client through the Endpoint. Query results are returned from a federated query as a list of metacards. The source ID in each metacard identifies the Source from which the metacard originated.

3.7. Introduction to Events and Subscriptions

DDF can be configured to receive notifications whenever metadata is created, updated, or deleted in any federated sources. Creations, updates, and deletions are collectively called Events, and the process of registering to receive them is called Subscription.

The behavior of these subscriptions is consistent, but the method of configuring them is specific to the Endpoint used.

3.8. Introduction to Endpoints

Endpoints expose the Catalog Framework to clients using protocols and formats that the clients understand.

Endpoint interface formats encompass a variety of protocols, including (but not limited to):

  • SOAP Web services

  • RESTful services

  • JMS

  • JSON

  • OpenSearch

The endpoint may transform a client request into a compatible Catalog format and then transform the response into a compatible client format. Endpoints may use Transformers to perform these transformations. This allows an endpoint to interact with Source(s) that have different interfaces. For example, an OpenSearch Endpoint can send a query to the Catalog Framework, which could then query a federated source that has no OpenSearch interface.

Endpoints are meant to be the only client-accessible components in the Catalog.

3.9. Introduction to High Availability

DDF can be made highly available. In this context, High Availability is defined as the ability for DDF to be continuously operational with very little down time.

In a Highly Available Cluster, DDF has failover capabilities when a DDF node fails.

Note

The word "node", from a High Availability perspective, is one of the two DDF systems running within the Highly Available Cluster. Though there are multiple systems running with the Highly Available Cluster, it is still considered a single DDF from a user’s perspective or from other DDFs' perspectives.

This setup consists of a SolrCloud instance, 2 DDF nodes connected to that SolrCloud, and a failover proxy that sits in front of those 2 nodes. One of the DDF nodes will be arbitrarily chosen to be the active node, and the other will be the "hot standby" node. It is called a "hot standby" node because it is ready to receive traffic even though it’s not currently receiving any. The failover proxy will route all traffic to the active node. If the active node fails for any reason, the standby node will become active and the failover proxy will route all traffic to the new active node. See the below diagrams for more detail.

Highly Available Cluster
Highly Available Cluster
Highly Available Cluster (after failover)
Highly Available Cluster (after failover)

There are special procedures for initial setup and configuration of a highly available DDF. See High Availability Initial Setup and High Availability Configuration for those procedures.

3.9.1. High Availability Supported Capabilities

Only these capabilities are supported in a Highly Available Cluster. For a detailed list of features, look at the ha.json file located in <DDF_HOME>/etc/profiles/.

  • User Interface:

    • Simple

  • Catalog:

    • Validation

    • Plug-ins: Expiration Date, JPEG2000, Metacard Validation, Schematron, Versioning

    • Transformers

    • Content File System Storage Provider

  • Platform:

    • Actions

    • Configuration

    • Notifications

    • Persistence

    • Security: Audit, Encryption

  • Solr

  • Security

  • Thirdy Party:

    • CXF

    • Camel

  • Endpoints:

    • REST Endpoint

    • CSW Endpoint

    • OpenSearch Endpoint

3.10. Standards Supported by DDF

DDF incorporates support for many common Service, Metadata, and Security standards, as well as many common Data Formats.

3.10.1. Catalog Service Standards

Service standards are implemented within Endpoints and/or Sources. Standards marked Experimental are functional and have been tested, but are subject to change or removal during the incubation period.

Table 1. Catalog Service Standards Included with DDF
Standard (public standards linked where available) Endpoints Sources Status

Open Geospatial Consortium Catalog Service for the Web (OGC CSW) 2.0.1/2.0.2 This link is outside the DDF documentation

CSW Endpoint

Geographic MetaData extensible markup language (GMD) CSW Source

Supported

OGC Web Feature Service WFS 1.1/2.0 This link is outside the DDF documentation

WFS 1.1 Source, WFS 2.0 Source

Supported

OpenSearch This link is outside the DDF documentation

OpenSearch Endpoint

OpenSearch Source

Supported

Atlassian Confluence®

Atlassian Confluence® Federated Source

Supported

3.10.2. Data Formats

DDF has extended capabilities to extract rich metadata from many common data formats if those attributes are populated in the source document. See appendix for a complete list of file formats that can be ingested with limited metadata coverage. Metadata standards use XML or JSON, or both.

Table 2. Data Formats Included in DDF
Format File Extensions Additional Metadata Attributes Available (if populated)

Word Document

doc, docx, dotx, docm

Standard attributes

PowerPoint

ppt, pptx

Standard attributes

Excel

xls, xlsx

Standard attributes

PDF

pdf

Standard attributes

GeoPDF

pdf

Standard attributes

geojson

json,js

Standard attributes

html

htm, html

Standard attributes

jpeg

jpeg, jpeg2000

Standard attributes and additional Media attributes

mp2

mp2, MPEG2

Standard attributes and additional Media attributes

mp4

mp4

Standard attributes, additional Media attributes, and mp4 additional attribute

WMV

wmv

Standard attributes

AVIs

avi

Standard attributes

Keyhole Markup Language (KML) This link is outside the DDF documentation

kml

Standard attributes

Dublin Core This link is outside the DDF documentation

n/a

Standard attributes

3.10.3. Security Standards

DDF makes use of these security standards to protect the system and interactions with it.

Table 3. Attribute Stores Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

Supported

Azure Active Directory This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Table 4. Cryptography Standards Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

Supported

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256

  • TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA

  • TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

  • TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Supported

Table 5. Transport Protocols Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) / HyperText Transport Protocol Secure (HTTPS) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Lightweight Directory Access (LDAP/LDAPS) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Table 6. Single Sign On Standards Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

SAML 2.0 Web SSO Profile This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

SAML Enhanced Client or Proxy (ECP) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Central Authentication Service (CAS) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Table 7. Security and SSO Endpoints Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

Security Token Service (STS) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Identity Provider (IdP) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Service Provider (SP) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Table 8. Authentication Standards Provided by DDF
Standard Support Status

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Basic Authentication This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

SAML This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

Central Authentication Service (CAS) This link is outside the DDF documentation

Supported

4. Quick Start Tutorial

This quick tutorial will enable install, configuring and using a basic instance of DDF.

Note

This tutorial is intended for setting up a test, demonstration, or trial installation of DDF. For complete installation and configuration steps, see Installing.

These steps will demonstrate:

4.1. Installing (Quick Start)

These are the basic requirements to set up the environment to run a DDF.

Warning

For security reasons, DDF cannot be started from a user’s home directory. If attempted, the system will automatically shut down.

4.1.1. Quick Install Prerequisites

Hardware Requirements (Quick Install)
  • At least 4096MB of memory for DDF.

Java Requirements (Quick Install)

Follow the instructions outlined here: Java Requirements.

Warning
Check System Time

Prior to installing DDF, ensure the system time is accurate to prevent federation issues.

4.1.2. Quick Install of SolrCloud

  1. Download a preconfigured Solr distribution zip file This link is outside the DDF documentation.

  2. Unzip the Solr zip file.

  3. Run <solr_directory>/bin/solr -e cloud.

    1. Press enter to default to 2 nodes.

    2. Enter 8994 for node 1 port.

    3. Enter 8995 for node 2 port.

    4. Press enter for all other prompts to accept defaults.

4.1.3. Quick Install of DDF

Warning
The DDF installation will not succeed unless SolrCloud is running. See Quick Install of SolrCloud for instructions.
  1. Download the DDF zip file This link is outside the DDF documentation.

  2. Install DDF by unzipping the zip file.

    Warning
    Windows Zip Utility Warning

    The Windows Zip implementation, which is invoked when a user double-clicks on a zip file in the Windows Explorer, creates a corrupted installation. This is a consequence of its inability to process long file paths. Instead, use the java jar command line utility to unzip the distribution (see example below) or use a third party utility such as 7-Zip.

    Note: If and only if a JDK is installed, the jar command may be used; otherwise, another archiving utility that does not have issue with long paths should be installed

    Use Java to Unzip in Windows(Replace <PATH_TO_JAVA> with correct path and <JAVA_VERSION> with current version.)
    "<PATH_TO_JAVA>\jdk<JAVA_VERSION>\bin\jar.exe" xf ddf-2.26.17.zip
  3. This will create an installation directory, which is typically created with the name and version of the application. This installation directory will be referred to as <DDF_HOME>. (Substitute the actual directory name.)

  4. Edit <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties and update solr.cloud.zookeeper=localhost:2181 to solr.cloud.zookeeper=localhost:9994

  5. Start DDF by running the <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf script (or ddf.bat on Windows).

  6. Startup may take a few minutes.

    1. Optionally, a system:wait-for-ready command (aliased to wfr) can be used to wait for startup to complete.

  7. The Command Console will display.

Command Console Prompt
ddf@local>

4.1.4. Quick Install of DDF on a remote headless server

If DDF is being installed on a remote server that has no user interface, the hostname will need to be updated in the configuration files and certificates.

Note

Do not replace all instances of localhost, only those specified.

Configuring with a new hostname
  1. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties file. The entry org.codice.ddf.system.hostname=localhost should be updated to org.codice.ddf.system.hostname=<HOSTNAME>.

  2. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.properties file. Change the localhost=localhost[…​] entry to <HOSTNAME>=<HOSTNAME>. (Keep the rest of the line as is.)

  3. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.attributes file. Change the "localhost" entry to "<HOSTNAME>".

  4. From the console go to <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs and run the appropriate script.

    1. *NIX: sh CertNew.sh -cn <hostname> -san "DNS:<hostname>".

    2. Windows: CertNew -cn <hostname> -san "DNS:<hostname>".

  5. Proceed with starting the system and continue as usual.

Configuring with an IP address
  1. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties file. The entry org.codice.ddf.system.hostname=localhost should be updated to org.codice.ddf.system.hostname=<IP>.

  2. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.properties file. Change the localhost=localhost[…​] entry to <IP>=<IP>. (Keep the rest of the line as is.)

  3. Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.attributes file. Change the "localhost" entry to "<IP>".

  4. From the console go to <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs and run the appropriate script.

    1. *NIX: sh CertNew.sh -cn <IP> -san "IP:<IP>".

    2. Windows: CertNew -cn <IP> -san "IP:<IP>".

  5. Proceed with starting the system and continue as usual.

Note
File Descriptor Limit on Linux
  • For Linux systems, increase the file descriptor limit by editing /etc/sysctl.conf to include:

fs.file-max = 6815744
  • (This file may need permissions changed to allow write access).

  • For the change to take effect, a restart is required.

    1. *nix Restart Command

init 6

4.2. Certificates (Quick Start)

DDF comes with a default keystore that contains certificates. This allows the distribution to be unzipped and run immediately. If these certificates are sufficient for testing purposes, proceed to Configuring (Quick Start).

To test federation using 2-way TLS, the default keystore certificates will need to be replaced, using either the included Demo Certificate Authority or by Creating Self-signed Certificates.

If the installer was used to install the DDF and a hostname other than "localhost" was given, the user will be prompted to upload new trust/key stores.

If the hostname is localhost or, if the hostname was changed after installation, the default certificates will not allow access to the DDF instance from another machine over HTTPS (now the default for many services). The Demo Certificate Authority will need to be replaced with certificates that use the fully-qualified hostname of the server running the DDF instance.

4.2.1. Demo Certificate Authority (CA)

DDF comes with a populated truststore containing entries for many public certificate authorities, such as Go Daddy and Verisign. It also includes an entry for the DDF Demo Root CA. This entry is a self-signed certificate used for testing. It enables DDF to run immediately after unzipping the distribution. The keys and certificates for the DDF Demo Root CA are included as part of the DDF distribution. This entry must be removed from the truststore before DDF can operate securely.

4.2.1.1. Creating New Server Keystore Entry with the CertNew Scripts

To create a private key and certificate signed by the Demo Certificate Authority, use the provided scripts. To use the scripts, run them out of the <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs directory.

*NIX Demo CA Script

For *NIX, use the CertNew.sh script.

sh CertNew.sh [-cn <cn>|-dn <dn>] [-san <tag:name,tag:name,…​>]

where:

  • <cn> represents a fully qualified common name (e.g. "<FQDN>", where <FQDN> could be something like cluster.yoyo.com)

  • <dn> represents a distinguished name as a comma-delimited string (e.g. "c=US, st=California, o=Yoyodyne, l=San Narciso, cn=<FQDN>")

  • <tag:name,tag:name,…​> represents optional subject alternative names to be added to the generated certificate (e.g. "DNS:<FQDN>,DNS:node1.<FQDN>,DNS:node2.<FQDN>"). The format for subject alternative names is similar to the OpenSSL X509 configuration format. Supported tags are:

    • email - email subject

    • URI - uniformed resource identifier

    • RID - registered id

    • DNS - hostname

    • IP - ip address (V4 or V6)

    • dirName - directory name

If no arguments specified on the command line, hostname -f is used as the common-name for the certificate.

Windows Demo CA Script

For Windows, use the CertNew.cmd script.

CertNew (-cn <cn>|-dn <dn>) [-san "<tag:name,tag:name,…​>"]

where:

  • <cn> represents a fully qualified common name (e.g. "<FQDN>", where <FQDN> could be something like cluster.yoyo.com)

  • <dn> represents a distinguished name as a comma-delimited string (e.g. "c=US, st=California, o=Yoyodyne, l=San Narciso, cn=<FQDN>")

  • <tag:name,tag:name,…​> represents optional subject alternative names to be added to the generated certificate (e.g. "DNS:<FQDN>,DNS:node1.<FQDN>,DNS:node2.<FQDN>"). The format for subject alternative names is similar to the OpenSSL X509 configuration format. Supported tags are:

    • email - email subject

    • URI - uniformed resource identifier

    • RID - registered id

    • DNS - hostname

    • IP - ip address (V4 or V6)

    • dirName - directory name

The CertNew scripts:

  • Create a new entry in the server keystore.

  • Use the hostname as the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) when creating the certificate.

  • Adds the specified subject alternative names if any.

  • Use the Demo Certificate Authority to sign the certificate so that it will be trusted by the default configuration.

To install a certificate signed by a different Certificate Authority, see Managing Keystores.

Warning

If the server’s fully qualified domain name is not recognized, the name may need to be added to the network’s DNS server.

4.2.1.2. Dealing with Lack of DNS

In some cases DNS may not be available and the system will need to be configured to work with IP addresses.

Options can be given to the CertNew Scripts to generate certs that will work in this scenario.

*NIX

From <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs/ run:

sh CertNew.sh -cn <IP> -san "IP:<IP>"

Windows

From <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs/ run:

CertNew -cn <IP> -san "IP:<IP>"

After this proceed to Updating Settings After Changing Certificates, and be sure to use the IP address instead of the FQDN.

4.2.2. Creating Self-Signed Certificates

If using the Demo CA is not desired, DDF supports creating self-signed certificates with a self-signed certificate authority. This is considered an advanced configuration.

Creating self-signed certificates involves creating and configuring the files that contain the certificates. In DDF, these files are generally Java Keystores (jks) and Certificate Revocation Lists (crl). This includes commands and tools that can be used to perform these operations.

For this example, the following tools are used:

4.2.2.1. Creating a custom CA Key and Certificate

The following steps demonstrate creating a root CA to sign certificates.

  1. Create a key pair.
    $> openssl genrsa -aes128 -out root-ca.key 1024

  2. Use the key to sign the CA certificate.
    $> openssl req -new -x509 -days 3650 -key root-ca.key -out root-ca.crt

4.2.2.2. Sign Certificates Using the custom CA

The following steps demonstrate signing a certificate for the tokenissuer user by a CA.

  1. Generate a private key and a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).
    $> openssl req -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout tokenissuer.key -out tokenissuer.req

  2. Sign the certificate by the CA.
    $> openssl ca -out tokenissuer.crt -infiles tokenissuer.req

These certificates will be used during system configuration to replace the default certificates.

4.2.3. Updating Settings After Changing Certificates

After changing the certificates it will be necessary to update the system user and the org.codice.ddf.system.hostname property with the value of either the FQDN or the IP.

FQDNs should be used wherever possible. In the absence of DNS, however, IP addresses can be used.

Replace localhost with the FQDN or the IP in <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.properties, <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.attributes, and <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties.

Tip

On linux this can be accomplished with a single command: sed -i 's/localhost/<FQDN|IP>/g' <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.* <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties

Finally, restart the DDF instance. Navigate to the Admin Console to test changes.

4.3. Configuring (Quick Start)

Set the configurations needed to run DDF.

  1. In a browser, navigate to the Admin Console at https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin.

    1. The Admin Console may take a few minutes to start up.

  2. Enter the default username of admin and the password of admin.

  3. Follow the installer prompts for a standard installation.

    1. Click start to begin the setup process.

    2. Configure guest claims attributes or use defaults.

      1. See Configuring Guest Access for more information about the Guest user.

      2. All users will be automatically granted these permissions.

      3. Guest users will not be able to ingest data with more restrictive markings than the guest claims.

      4. Any data ingested that has more restrictive markings than these guest claims will not be visible to Guest users.

    3. Select Standard Installation.

      1. This step may take several minutes to complete.

    4. On the System Configuration page, configure any port or protocol changes desired and add any keystores/truststores needed.

      1. See Certificates (Quick Start) for more details.

    5. Click Next

    6. Click Finish

Managing

Administrators will be installing, maintaining, and supporting existing applications. Use this section to prepare, install, configure, run, and monitor a DDF.

5. Securing

Security is an important consideration for DDF, so it is imperative to update configurations away from the defaults to unique, secure settings.

Important
Securing DDF Components

DDF is enabled with an Insecure Defaults Service which will warn users/admins if the system is configured with insecure defaults.

A banner is displayed on the admin console notifying "The system is insecure because default configuration values are in use."

A detailed view is available of the properties to update.

Security concerns will be highlighted in the configuration sections to follow.

5.1. Security Hardening

Security Hardening

To harden DDF, extra security precautions are required.

Where available, necessary migitations to harden an installation of DDF are called out in the following configuration steps.

Refer to the Hardening Checklist for a compilation of these mitigations.

Note

The security precautions are best performed as configuration is taking place, so hardening steps are integrated into configuration steps.

This is to avoid setting an insecure configuration and having to revisit during hardening. Most configurations have a security component to them, and important considerations for hardening are labeled as such during configuration as well as provided in a checklist format.

Some of the items on the checklist are performed during installation and others during configuration. Steps required for hardening are marked as Required for Hardening and are collected here for convenience. Refer to the checklist during system setup.

5.2. Auditing

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

Audit logging captures security-specific system events for monitoring and review. DDF provides an Audit Plugin that logs all catalog transactions to the security.log. Information captured includes user identity, query information, and resources retrieved.

Follow all operational requirements for the retention of the log files. This may include using cryptographic mechanisms, such as encrypted file volumes or databases, to protect the integrity of audit information.

Note

The Audit Log default location is <DDF_HOME>/data/log/security.log

Note
Audit Logging Best Practices

For the most reliable audit trail, it is recommended to configure the operational environment of the DDF to generate alerts to notify adminstrators of:

  • auditing software/hardware errors

  • failures in audit capturing mechanisms

  • audit storage capacity (or desired percentage threshold) being reached or exceeded.

Warning

The security audit logging function does not have any configuration for audit reduction or report generation. The logs themselves could be used to generate such reports outside the scope of DDF.

5.2.1. Enabling Fallback Audit Logging

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

In the event the system is unable to write to the security.log file, DDF must be configured to fall back to report the error in the application log:

  • edit <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg

    • uncomment the line (remove the # from the beginning of the line) for log4j2 (org.ops4j.pax.logging.log4j2.config.file = ${karaf.etc}/log4j2.xml)

    • delete all subsequent lines

If you want to change the location of your systems security backup log from the default location: <DDF_HOME>/data/log/securityBackup.log, follow the next two steps:

  • edit <DDF_HOME>/security/configurations.policy

    • find "Security-Hardening: Backup Log File Permissions"

    • below grant codeBase "file:/pax-logging-log4j2" add the path to the directory containing the new log file you will create in the next step.

  • edit <DDF_HOME>/etc/log4j2.xml

    • find the entry for the securityBackup appender. (see example)

    • change value of filename and prefix of filePattern to the name/path of the desired failover security logs

securityBackup Appender Before
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2
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<RollingFile name="securityBackup" append="true" ignoreExceptions="false"
                     fileName="${sys:karaf.log}/securityBackup.log"
                     filePattern="${sys:karaf.log}/securityBackup.log-%d{yyyy-MM-dd-HH}-%i.log.gz">
securityBackup Appender After
1
2
3
<RollingFile name="securityBackup" append="true" ignoreExceptions="false"
                     fileName="<NEW_LOG_FILE>"
                     filePattern="<NEW_LOG_FILE>-%d{yyyy-MM-dd-HH}-%i.log.gz">
Warning

If the system is unable to write to the security.log file on system startup, fallback logging will be unavailable. Verify that the security.log file is properly configured and contains logs before configuring a fall back.

6. Installing

Set up a complete, secure instance of DDF. For simplified steps used for a testing, development, or demonstration installation, see the DDF Quick Start.

Important

Although DDF can be installed by any user, it is recommended for security reasons to have a non-root user execute the DDF installation.

Note

Hardening guidance assumes a Standard installation.

Adding other components does not have any security/hardening implications.

6.1. Installation Prerequisites

Warning

For security reasons, DDF cannot be started from a user’s home directory. If attempted, the system will automatically shut down.

These are the system/environment requirements to configure prior to an installation.

6.1.1. Hardware Requirements

Table 9. Using the Standard installation of the DDF application:
Minimum and Recommended Requirements for DDF Systems

Criteria

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Dual Core 1.6 GHz

Quad Core 2.6 GHz

RAM

8 GB*

32 GB

Disk Space

40 GB

80 GB

Video Card

 — 

WebGL capable GPU

Additional Software

JRE 8 x64

JDK 8 x64

*The amount of RAM can be increased to support memory-intensive applications. See Memory Considerations

Operating Systems

DDF has been tested on the following operating systems and with the following browsers. Other operating systems or browsers may be used but have not been officially tested.

Table 10. Tested Operating Systems and Browsers
Operating Systems Browsers

Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Windows 10
Linux CentOS 7
Debian 9

Internet Explorer 11
Microsoft Edge
Firefox
Chrome

6.1.2. Java Requirements

For a runtime system:

  • JRE 8 x64 This link is outside the DDF documentation or OpenJDK 8 JRE This link is outside the DDF documentation must be installed.

  • The JRE_HOME environment variable must be set to the locations where the JRE is installed

For a development system:

  • JDK8 must be installed.

  • The JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set to the location where the JDK is installed.

    1. Install/Upgrade to Java 8 x64 J2SE 8 SDK This link is outside the DDF documentation

      1. The recommended version is 8u60 or later.

      2. Java version must contain only number values.

    2. Install/Upgrade to JDK8 This link is outside the DDF documentation.

    3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the location where the JDK is installed.

Note

Prior to installing DDF, ensure the system time is accurate to prevent federation issues.

Note
*NIX Unset JAVA_HOME if Previously Set

Unset JAVA_HOME if it is already linked to a previous version of the JRE:

unset JAVA_HOME

If JDK was installed:

Setting JAVA_HOME variable

Replace <JAVA_VERSION> with the version and build number installed.

  1. Open a terminal window(*NIX) or command prompt (Windows) with administrator privileges.

  2. Determine Java Installation Directory (This varies between operating system versions).

    Find Java Path in *NIX
    which java
    Find Java Path in Windows

    The path to the JDK can vary between versions of Windows, so manually verify the path under:

    C:\Program Files\Java\jdk<M.m.p_build>
  3. Copy path of Java installation to clipboard. (example: /usr/java/<JAVA_VERSION>)

  4. Set JAVA_HOME by replacing <PATH_TO_JAVA> with the copied path in this command:

    Setting JAVA_HOME on *NIX
    JAVA_HOME=<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>
    export JAVA_HOME
    Setting JAVA_HOME on Windows
    set JAVA_HOME=<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>
    setx JAVA_HOME "<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>"
    Adding JAVA_HOME to PATH Environment Variable on Windows
    setx PATH "%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin"
  5. Restart or open up a new Terminal (shell) or Command Prompt to verify JAVA_HOME was set correctly. It is not necessary to restart the system for the changes to take effect.

    *NIX
    echo $JAVA_HOME
    Windows
    echo %JAVA_HOME%

If JRE was installed:

Setting JRE_HOME variable

Replace <JAVA_VERSION> with the version and build number installed.

  1. Open a terminal window(*NIX) or command prompt (Windows) with administrator privileges.

  2. Determine Java Installation Directory (This varies between operating system versions).

    Find Java Path in *NIX
    which java
    Find Java Path in Windows

    The path to the JRE can vary between versions of Windows, so manually verify the path under:

    C:\Program Files\Java\jre<M.m.p_build>
  3. Copy path of Java installation to clipboard. (example: /usr/java/<JAVA_VERSION>)

  4. Set JRE_HOME by replacing <PATH_TO_JAVA> with the copied path in this command:

    Setting JRE_HOME on *NIX
    JRE_HOME=<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>
    export JRE_HOME
    Setting JRE_HOME on Windows
    set JRE_HOME=<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>
    setx JRE_HOME "<PATH_TO_JAVA><JAVA_VERSION>"
    Adding JRE_HOME to PATH Environment Variable on Windows
    setx PATH "%PATH%;%JRE_HOME%\bin"
  5. Restart or open up a new Terminal (shell) or Command Prompt to verify JRE_HOME was set correctly. It is not necessary to restart the system for the changes to take effect.

    *NIX
    echo $JRE_HOME
    Windows
    echo %JRE_HOME%
Note
File Descriptor Limit on Linux
  • For Linux systems, increase the file descriptor limit by editing /etc/sysctl.conf to include:

fs.file-max = 6815744
  • For the change to take effect, a restart is required.

*Nix Restart Command
init 6

6.2. Installing With the DDF Distribution Zip

Warning
Check System Time

Prior to installing DDF, ensure the system time is accurate to prevent federation issues.

To install the DDF distribution zip, perform the following:

  1. Download the DDF zip file This link is outside the DDF documentation.

  2. After the prerequisites have been met, change the current directory to the desired install directory, creating a new directory if desired. This will be referred to as <DDF_HOME>.

    Warning
    Windows Pathname Warning

    Do not use spaces in directory or file names of the <DDF_HOME> path. For example, do not install in the default Program Files directory.

    Example: Create a Directory (Windows and *NIX)
    mkdir new_installation
    1. Use a Non-root User on *NIX. (Windows users skip this step)

      It is recommended that the root user create a new install directory that can be owned by a non-root user (e.g., DDF_USER). This can be a new or existing user. This DDF_USER can now be used for the remaining installation instructions.

    2. Create a new group or use an existing group (e.g., DDF_GROUP) (Windows users skip this step)

      Example: Add New Group on *NIX
      groupadd DDF_GROUP
      Example: Switch User on *NIX
      chown DDF_USER:DDF_GROUP new_installation
      
      su - DDF_USER
  3. Change the current directory to the location of the zip file (ddf-2.26.17.zip).

    *NIX (Example assumes DDF has been downloaded to a CD/DVD)
    cd /home/user/cdrom
    Windows (Example assumes DDF has been downloaded to the D drive)
    cd D:\
  4. Copy ddf-2.26.17.zip to <DDF_HOME>.

    *NIX
    cp ddf-2.26.17.zip <DDF_HOME>
    Windows
    copy ddf-2.26.17.zip <DDF_HOME>
  5. Change the current directory to the desired install location.

    *NIX or Windows
    cd <DDF_HOME>
  6. The DDF zip is now located within the <DDF_HOME>. Unzip ddf-2.26.17.zip.

    *NIX
    unzip ddf-2.26.17.zip
    Warning
    Windows Zip Utility Warning

    The Windows Zip implementation, which is invoked when a user double-clicks on a zip file in the Windows Explorer, creates a corrupted installation. This is a consequence of its inability to process long file paths. Instead, use the java jar command line utility to unzip the distribution (see example below) or use a third party utility such as 7-Zip.

    Use Java to Unzip in Windows(Replace <PATH_TO_JAVA> with correct path and <JAVA_VERSION> with current version.)
    "<PATH_TO_JAVA>\jdk<JAVA_VERSION>\bin\jar.exe" xf ddf-2.26.17.zip

    The unzipping process may take time to complete. The command prompt will stop responding to input during this time.

6.2.1. Configuring Operating Permissions and Allocations

Restrict access to sensitive files by ensuring that the only users with access privileges are administrators.

Within the <DDF_HOME>, a directory is created named ddf-2.26.17. This directory will be referred to in the documentation as <DDF_HOME>.

  1. Do not assume the deployment is from a trusted source; verify its origination.

  2. Check the available storage space on the system to ensure the deployment will not exceed the available space.

  3. Set maximum storage space on the <DDF_HOME>/deploy and <DDF_HOME>/system directories to restrict the amount of space used by deployments.

6.2.1.1. Setting Directory Permissions
  • Required Step for Security Hardening

DDF relies on the Directory Permissions of the host platform to protect the integrity of the DDF during operation. System administrators MUST perform the following steps prior to deploying bundles added to the DDF.

Important

The system administrator must restrict certain directories to ensure that the application (user) cannot access restricted directories on the system. For example the DDFUSER should have read-only access to <DDF_HOME>, except for the sub-directories etc, data and instances.

Setting Directory Permissions on Windows

Set directory permissions on the <DDF_HOME>; all sub-directories except etc, data, and instances; and any directory intended to interact with the DDF to protect from unauthorized access.

  1. Right-click on the <DDF_HOME> directory.

  2. Select Properties → Security → Advanced.

  3. Under Owner, select Change.

  4. Enter Creator Owner into the Enter the Object Name…​ field.

  5. Select Check Names.

  6. Select Apply.

    1. If prompted Do you wish to continue, select Yes.

  7. Remove all Permission Entries for any groups or users with access to <DDF_HOME> other than System, Administrators, and Creator Owner.

    1. Note: If prompted with a message such as: You can’t remove X because this object is inheriting permissions from its parent. when removing entries from the Permission entries table:

      1. Select Disable Inheritance.

      2. Select Convert Inherited Permissions into explicit permissions on this object.

      3. Try removing the entry again.

  8. Select the option for Replace all child object permission entries with inheritable permission entries from this object.

  9. Close the Advanced Security Settings window.

Setting Directory Permissions on *NIX

Set directory permissions to protect the DDF from unauthorized access.

  • Change ownership of <DDF_HOME>

    • chown -R ddf-user <DDF_HOME>

  • Create instances sub-directory if does not exist

    • mkdir -p <DDF_HOME>/instances

  • Change group ownership on sub-directories

    • chgrp -R DDFGROUP <DDF_HOME>/etc <DDF_HOME>/data <DDF_HOME>/instances

  • Change group permissions

    • chmod -R g-w <DDF_HOME>/etc <DDF_HOME>/data <DDF_HOME>/instances

  • Remove permissions for other users

    • chmod -R o-rwx <DDF_HOME>/etc <DDF_HOME>/data <DDF_HOME>/instances

6.2.1.2. Configuring Memory Allocation for the DDF Java Virtual Machine

The amount of memory allocated to the Java Virtual Machine host DDF by the operating system can be increased by updating the setenv script:

Setenv Scripts: *NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv
Update the JAVA_OPTS -Xmx value
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv-wrapper.conf
Update the wrapper.java.additional -Xmx value
Setenv Scripts: Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv.bat
Update the JAVA_OPTS -Xmx value
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv-windows-wrapper.conf
Update the wrapper.java.additional -Xmx value
6.2.1.3. Enabling JMX

By default, DDF prevents connections to JMX because the system is more secure when JMX is not enabled. However, many monitoring tools require a JMX connection to the Java Virtual Machine. To enable JMX, update the setenv script:

Setenv Scripts: *NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv
Remove -XX:+DisableAttachMechanism from JAVA_OPTS
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv-wrapper.conf
Comment out the -XX:+DisableAttachMechanism line and re-number remainder lines appropriately
Setenv Scripts: Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv.bat
Remove -XX:+DisableAttachMechanism from JAVA_OPTS
<DDF_HOME>/bin/setenv-windows-wrapper.conf
Comment out the -XX:+DisableAttachMechanism line and re-number remainder lines appropriately

6.2.2. Managing Keystores and Certificates

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

DDF uses certificates in two ways:

  1. Ensuring the privacy and integrity of messages sent or received over a network.

  2. Authenticating an incoming user request.

To ensure proper configuration of keystore, truststore, and certificates, follow the options below according to situation.

Configuring Certificates Workflow
Configuring Certificates Workflow

Jump to the steps referenced in the diagram:

6.2.2.1. Managing Keystores

Certificates, and sometimes their associated private keys, are stored in keystore files. DDF includes two default keystore files, the server key store and the server trust store. The server keystore holds DDF’s certificate and private key. It will also hold the certificates of other nodes whose signature DDF will accept. The truststore holds the certificates of nodes or other entities that DDF needs to trust.

Note

Individual certificates of other nodes should be added to the keystore instead of CA certificates. If a CA’s certificate is added, DDF will automatically trust any certificate that is signed by that CA.

6.2.2.1.1. Adding an Existing Server Keystore

If provided an existing keystore for use with DDF, follow these steps to replace the default keystore.

  1. Remove the default keystore at etc/keystores/serverKeystore.jks.

  2. Add the desired keystore file to the etc/keystores directory.

  3. Edit custom.system.properties file to set filenames and passwords.

    1. If using a type of keystore other than jks (such as pkcs12), change the javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType property as well.

  4. If the truststore has the correct certificates, restart server to complete configuration.

    1. If provided with an existing server truststore, continue to Adding an Existing Server Truststore.

    2. Otherwise, create a server truststore.

6.2.2.1.2. Adding an Existing Server Truststore
  1. Remove the default truststore at etc/keystores/serverTruststore.jks.

  2. Add the desired truststore file to the etc/keystores directory.

  3. Edit custom.system.properties file to set filenames and passwords.

    1. If using a type of truststore other than jks (such as pkcs12), change the javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType property as well.

If the provided server keystore does not include the CA certificate that was used to sign the server’s certificate, add the CA certificate into the serverKeystore file.

Note
Trust Chain

All CAs in the trust chain, including all intermeditate certificates, must be included in the trust store.

6.2.2.1.3. Creating a New Keystore / Truststore with an Existing Certificate and Private Key

If provided an existing certificate, create a new keystore and truststore with it. Use a tool such as the standard Java keytool certificate management utility This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Note

DDF requires that the keystore contains both the private key and the CA.

  1. Using the private key, certificate, and CA certificate, create a new keystore containing the data from the new files.

    cat client.crt >> client.key
    openssl pkcs12 -export -in client.key -out client.p12
    keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore client.p12 -destkeystore serverKeystore.jks -srcstoretype pkcs12 -alias 1
    keytool -changealias -alias 1 -destalias client -keystore serverKeystore.jks
    keytool -importcert -file ca.crt -keystore serverKeystore.jks -alias "ca"
    keytool -importcert -file ca-root.crt -keystore serverKeystore.jks -alias "ca-root"
  2. Create the truststore using only the CA certificate. Based on the concept of CA signing, the CA should be the only entry needed in the truststore.

    keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias "ca" -file ca.crt -keystore truststore.jks
    keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias "ca-root" -file ca-root.crt -keystore truststore.jks
  3. Create a PEM file using the certificate, as some applications require that format.

    openssl x509 -in client.crt -out client.der -outform DER
    openssl x509 -in client.der -inform DER -out client.pem -outform PEM
Important

The localhost certificate must be removed if using a system certificate.

6.2.2.1.4. Updating Key Store / Trust Store via the Admin Console

Certificates (and certificates with keys) can be managed in the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Certificates tab.

  4. Add and remove certificates and private keys as necessary.

  5. Restart DDF.

Important

The default trust store and key store files for DDF included in etc/keystores use self-signed certificates. Self-signed certificates should never be used outside of development/testing areas.

This view shows the alias (name) of every certificate in the trust store and the key store. It also displays if the entry includes a private key ("Is Key") and the encryption scheme (typically "RSA" or "EC").

This view allows administrators remove certificates from DDF’s key and trust stores. It also allows administrators to import certificates and private keys into the keystores with the "+" button. The import function has two options: import from a file or import over HTTPS. The file option accepts a Java Keystore file or a PKCS12 keystore file. Because keystores can hold many keys, the import dialog asks the administrator to provide the alias of the key to import. Private keys are typically encrypted and the import dialog prompts the administrator to enter the password for the private key. Additionally, keystore files themselves are typically encrypted and the dialog asks for the keystore ("Store") password.

The name and location of the DDF trust and key stores can be changed by editing the system properties files, etc/custom.system.properties. Additionally, the password that DDF uses to decrypt (unlock) the key and trust stores can be changed here.

Important
Keystore Password

DDF assumes that password used to unlock the keystore is the same password that unlocks private keys in the keystore.

The location, file name, passwords and type of the server and trust key stores can be set in the custom.system.properties file:

  1. Setting the Keystore and Truststore Java Properties

javax.net.ssl.keyStore=etc/keystores/serverKeystore.jks
javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=changeit
javax.net.ssl.trustStore=etc/keystores/serverTruststore.jks
javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit
javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType=jks
javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType=jks
Note

If the server’s fully qualified domain name is not recognized, the name may need to be added to the network’s DNS server.

Tip

The DDF instance can be tested even if there is no entry for the FQDN in the DNS. First, test if the FQDN is already recognized. Execute this command:

ping <FQDN>

If the command responds with an error message such as unknown host, then modify the system’s hosts file to point the server’s FQDN to the loopback address. For example:

127.0.0.1 <FQDN>

Note
Changing Default Passwords

This step is not required for a hardened system.

  • The default password in custom.system.properties for serverKeystore.jks is changeit. This needs to be modified.

    • ds-cfg-key-store-file: ../../keystores/serverKeystore.jks

    • ds-cfg-key-store-type: JKS

    • ds-cfg-key-store-pin: password

    • cn: JKS

  • The default password in custom.system.properties for serverTruststore.jks is changeit. This needs to be modified.

    • ds-cfg-trust-store-file: ../../keystores/serverTruststore.jks

    • ds-cfg-trust-store-pin: password

    • cn: JKS

6.3. Initial Startup

Run the DDF using the appropriate script.

*NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf
Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf.bat

The distribution takes a few moments to load depending on the hardware configuration.

Tip

To run DDF as a service, see Starting as a Service.

6.3.1. Verifying Startup

At this point, DDF should be configured and running with a Solr Catalog Provider. New features (endpoints, services, and sites) can be added as needed.

Verification is achieved by checking that all of the DDF bundles are in an Active state (excluding fragment bundles which remain in a Resolved state).

Note

It may take a few moments for all bundles to start so it may be necessary to wait a few minutes before verifying installation.

Execute the following command to display the status of all the DDF bundles:

View Status
ddf@local>list | grep -i ddf
Warning

Entries in the Resolved state are expected, they are OSGi bundle fragments. Bundle fragments are distinguished from other bundles in the command line console list by a field named Hosts, followed by a bundle number. Bundle fragments remain in the Resolved state and can never move to the Active state.

Example: Bundle Fragment in the Command Line Console
96 | Resolved |  80 | 2.10.0.SNAPSHOT | DDF :: Platform :: PaxWeb :: Jetty Config, Hosts: 90

After successfully completing these steps, the DDF is ready to be configured.

6.3.2. DDF Directory Contents after Installation and Initial Startup

During DDF installation, the major directories and files shown in the table below are created, modified, or replaced in the destination directory.

Table 11. DDF Directory Contents
Directory Name Description

bin

Scripts to start, stop, and connect to DDF.

data

The working directory of the system – installed bundles and their data

data/log/ddf.log

Log file for DDF, logging all errors, warnings, and (optionally) debug statements. This log rolls up to 10 times, frequency based on a configurable setting (default=1 MB)

data/log/ingest_error.log

Log file for any ingest errors that occur within DDF.

data/log/security.log

Log file that records user interactions with the system for auditing purposes.

deploy

Hot-deploy directory – KARs and bundles added to this directory will be hot-deployed (Empty upon DDF installation)

documentation

HTML and PDF copies of DDF documentation.

etc

Directory monitored for addition/modification/deletion of .config configuration files or third party .cfg configuration files.

etc/templates

Template .config files for use in configuring DDF sources, settings, etc., by copying to the etc directory.

lib

The system’s bootstrap libraries. Includes the ddf-branding.jar file which is used to brand the system console with the DDF logo.

licenses

Licensing information related to the system.

system

Local bundle repository. Contains all of the JARs required by DDF, including third-party JARs.

6.3.3. Completing Installation

Upon startup, complete installation from either the Admin Console or the Command Console.

6.3.3.1. Completing Installation from the Admin Console

Upon startup, the installation can be completed by navigating to the Admin Console at https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin.

Warning
Internet Explorer 10 TLS Warning

Internet Exlorer 10 users may need to enable TLS 1.2 to access the Admin Console in the browser.

Enabling TLS1.2 in IE10
  1. Go to Tools → Internet Options → Advanced → Settings → Security.

  2. Enable TLS1.2.

  • Default user/password: admin/admin.

On the initial startup of the Admin Console, a series of prompts walks through essential configurations. These configurations can be changed later, if needed.

  • Click Start to begin.

Setup Types

DDF is pre-configured with several installation profiles.

Configure Guest Claim Attributes Page

Setting the attributes on the Configure Guest Claim Attributes page determines the minimum claims attributes (and, therefore, permissions) available to a guest, or not signed-in, user.

To change this later, see Configuring Guest Claim Attributes.

System Configuration Settings
  • System Settings: Set hostname and ports for this installation.

  • Contact Info: Contact information for the point-of-contact or administrator for this installation.

  • Certificates: Add PKI certificates for the Keystore and Truststore for this installation.

    • For a quick (test) installation, if the hostname/ports are not changed from the defaults, DDF includes self-signed certificates to use. Do not use in a working installation.

    • For more advanced testing, on initial startup of the Admin Console append the string ?dev=true to the url (https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin?dev=true) to auto-generate self-signed certificates from a demo Certificate Authority(CA). This enables changing hostname and port settings during initial installation.

      • NOTE: ?dev=true generates certificates on initial installation only. Do not use in a working installation.

    • For more information about importing certificate from a Certificate Authority, see Managing Keystores and Certificates.

Configure Single Sign On (SSO)

Configure Single Sign On method: SAML or OIDC.

SAML SSO

Enter the URLs for the IdP metatdata and set other options.

IdP Server

Configure $DDF’s internal Identity Provider Server.

  1. SP Metadata: The metatada of the desired Service Provider to connect to the internal IdP. Can be configured as an HTTPS URL (https://), file URL (file:), or an XML block (<md:EntityDescriptor>…​</md:EntityDescriptor>).

  2. Require Signed AuthnRequests: Toggle whether or not to require signed AuthnRequests. When off, unsigned AuthnRequests will be rejected.

  3. Limit RelayStates to 80 Bytes: Toggle whether or not to restrict the RelayState length to 80 bytes. The SAML specification requires a maximum length of 80 bytes. When on, messages with RelayStates over 80 bytes will be rejected. Only disable if this length is not enforced by the IdP being connected.

  4. Cookie Expiration Time (minutes): Sets the cookie expiration time for Single Sign On, which determines how long the internal IdP will cache SAML assertions for later use. This value should match the lifetime of SAML assertions.

IdP Client

Configure handling of incoming requests where SAML authentication is enabled.

  1. IdP Metadata: The metadata of the desired IdP to authenticate with. Can be configured as an HTTPS URL (https://), file URL (file:), or an XML block (<md:EntityDescriptor>…​</md:EntityDescriptor>).

  2. Perform User-Agent Check: If selected, this will allow clients that do not support ECP and are not browsers to fall back to PKI, BASIC, and potentially GUEST authentication, if enabled.

OIDC

Select the IdP type desired and set other options as needed.

OIDC Handler Configuration

Configurations relating to handling incoming requests where OIDC authentication is enabled.

  1. IdP Type: The type of IdP that OIDC will be authenticating with.

  2. Client ID: Unique ID for the client. This may be provided by the Identity Provider.

  3. Realm/Tenant: Realm to use for a multi-tenant environment. This is required for Keycloak or Azure.

  4. Secret: A secret shared between the IdP and its clients. This value must match the value set on the Identity Provider.

  5. Discovery URI: URI for fetching OP metadata (http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html This link is outside the DDF documentation). This may be provided by the Identity Provider.

  6. Base URI: URI used as a base for different IdP endpoints. This should only be populated if a Discovery URI was not found. This may be provided by the Identity Provider.

  7. Logout URI: URI directing to single logout service of the IdP in use.

  8. Scope: The OIDC scopes to send in requests to the IdP.

  9. Use Nonce: Whether or not to use nonce in JWT.

  10. Response Type: The type of OIDC flow to use.

  11. Response Mode: Informs the IdP of the mechanism to be used for returning parameters from the Authorization Endpoint.

Finished Page

Upon successful startup, the Finish page will redirect to the Admin Console to begin further configuration, ingest, or federation.

Note

The redirect will only work if the certificates are configured in the browser.
Otherwise the redirect link must be used.

6.3.3.2. Completing Installation from the Command Console

In order to install DDF from the Command Console, use the command profile:install <profile-name>. The <profile-name> should be the desired Setup Type in lowercase letters. To see the available profiles, use the command profile:list.

Note

This only installs the desired Setup Type. There are other components that can be set up in the Admin Console Installer that cannot be setup on the Command Console. After installing the Setup Type, these other components can be set up as described below.

The Guest Claim Attributes can be configured via the Admin Console after running the profile:install command. See Configuring Guest Claim Attributes.

System Settings and Contact Info, as described in System Configuration Settings, can be changed in <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties. The certificates must be set up manually as described in Managing Keystores and Certificates.

Note

The system will need to be restarted after changing any of these settings.

6.3.4. Firewall Port Configuration

Below is a table listing all of the default ports that DDF uses and a description of what they are used for. Firewalls will need to be configured to open these ports in order for external systems to communicate with DDF.

Table 12. Port List
Port Usage description

8993

https access to DDF admin and search web pages.

8101

For administering DDF instances gives ssh access to the administration console.

1099

RMI Registry Port

44444

RMI Server Port

Note

These are the default ports used by DDF. DDF can be configured to use different ports.

6.3.5. Internet Explorer 11 Enhanced Security Configuration

Below are steps listing all of the changes that DDF requires to run on Internet Explorer 11 and several additional considerations to keep in mind.

  1. In the IE11 Settings > Compatibility View Settings dialog, un-check Display intranet sites in Compatibility View.

  2. In the Settings > Internet Options > Security tab, Local intranet zone:

    1. Click the Sites > Advanced button, add the current host name to the list, e.g., https://windows-host-name.domain.edu, and close the dialog.

    2. Make sure the security level for the Local intranet zone is set to Medium-low in Custom level…​.

      1. Enable Protected Mode is checked by default, but it may need to be disabled if the above changes do not fully resolve access issues.

  3. Restart the browser.

Note

During installation, make sure to use the host name and not localhost when setting up the DDF’s hostname, port, etc.

6.4. High Availability Initial Setup

This section describes how to complete the initial setup of DDF in a Highly Available Cluster.

Prerequisites
  • A failover proxy that can route HTTP traffic according to the pattern described in the Introduction to High Availability. It is recommended that a hardware failover proxy be used in a production environment.

  • SolrCloud: See the SolrCloud section for installation and configuration guidance to connect DDF nodes to SolrCloud.

Once the prerequisites have been met, the below steps can be followed.

Note

Unless listed in the High Availability Initial Setup Exceptions section, the normal steps can be followed for installing, configuring, and hardening.

  1. Install the first DDF node. See the Installation Section.

  2. Configure the first DDF node. See the Configuring Section.

  3. Optional: If hardening the first DDF node (excluding setting directory permissions). See the Hardening Section.

  4. Export the first DDF node’s configurations, install the second DDF node, and import the exported configurations on that node.

  5. If hardening, set directory permissions on both DDF nodes. See Setting Directory Permissions.

6.4.1. High Availability Initial Setup Exceptions

These steps are handled differently for the initial setup of a Highly Available Cluster.

6.4.1.1. Failover Proxy Integration

In order to integrate with a failover proxy, the DDF node’s system properties (in <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties) must be changed to publish the correct port to external systems and users. This must be done before installing the first DDF node. See High Availability Initial Setup.

There are two internal port properties that must be changed to whatever ports the DDF will use on its system. Then there are two external port properties that must be changed to whatever ports the failover proxy is forwarding traffic through.

Warning

Make sure that the failover proxy is already running and forwarding traffic on the chosen ports before starting the DDF. There may be unexpected behavior otherwise.

In the below example, the failover proxy with a hostname of service.org is forwarding https traffic via 8993 and http traffic via 8181. The DDF node will run on 1111 for https and 2222 for http (on the host that it’s hosted on). The hostname of the DDF must match the hostname of the proxy.

org.codice.ddf.system.hostname=service.org
org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort=1111
org.codice.ddf.system.httpPort=2222
org.codice.ddf.system.port=${org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort}

org.codice.ddf.external.hostname=service.org
org.codice.ddf.external.httpsPort=8993
org.codice.ddf.external.httpPort=8181
org.codice.ddf.external.port=${org.codice.ddf.external.httpsPort}
6.4.1.2. Identical Directory Structures

The two DDF nodes need to be under identical root directories on their corresponding systems. On Windows, this means they must be under the same drive.

6.4.1.3. Highly Available Security Auditing

A third party tool will have to be used to persist the logs in a highly available manner.

  • Edit the <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg file to enable log4j2, following the steps in Enabling Fallback Audit Logging.

  • Then put the appropriate log4j2 appender in <DDF_HOME>/etc/log4j2.xml to send logs to the chosen third party tool. See Log4j Appenders This link is outside the DDF documentation.

6.4.1.4. Shared Storage Provider

The storage provider must be in a location that is shared between the two DDF nodes and must be highly available. If hardening the Highly Available Cluster, this shared storage provider must be trusted/secured. One way to accomplish this is to use the default Content File System Storage Provider and configure it to point to a highly available shared directory.

6.4.1.5. High Availability Certificates

Due to the nature of highly available environments, localhost is not suitable for use as a hostname to identify the DDF cluster. The default certificate uses localhost as the common name, so this certificate needs to be replaced. The following describes how to generate a certificate signed by the DDF Demo Certificate Authority that uses a proper hostname.

Note

This certificate, and any subsequent certificates signed by the Demo CA, are intended for testing purposes only, and should not be used in production.

Certificates need to have Subject Alternative Names (SANs) which will include the host for the failover proxy and for both DDF nodes. A certificate with SANs signed by the Demo CA can be obtained by navigating to <DDF_HOME>/etc/certs/ and, assuming the proxy’s hostname is service.org, running the following for UNIX operating systems:

./CertNew.sh -cn service.org -san "DNS:service.org"

or the following for Windows operating systems:

CertNew -cn service.org -san "DNS:service.org"
Note

Systems that use DDF version 2.11.4 or later will automatically get a DNS SAN entry matching the CN without the need to specify the -san argument to the CertNew command.

More customization for certs can be achieved by following the steps at Creating New Server Keystore Entry with the CertNew Scripts.

6.4.1.6. High Availability Installation Profile

Instead of having to manually turn features on and off, there is a High Availability installation profile. This profile will not show up in the UI Installer, but can be installed by executing profile:install ha on the command line instead of stepping through the UI Installer. This profile will install all of the High Availability supported features.

7. Configuring

DDF is highly configurable and many of the components of the system can be configured to use an included DDF implementation or replaced with an existing component of an integrating system.

Note
Configuration Requirements

Because components can easily be installed and uninstalled, it’s important to remember that for proper DDF functionality, at least the Catalog API, one Endpoint, and one Catalog Framework implementation must be active.

Configuration Tools

DDF provides several tools for configuring the system. The Admin Console is a useful interface for configuring applications, their features, and important settings. Alternatively, many configurations can be updated through console commands entered into the Command Console. Finally, configurations are stored in configuration files within the <DDF_HOME> directory.

Configuration Outline

While many configurations can be set or changed in any order, for ease of use of this documentation, similar subjects have been grouped together sequentially.

See Keystores and certificates to set up the certificates needed for messaging integrity and authentication. Set up Users with security attributes, then configure data attribute handling, and finally, define the Security Policies that map between users and data and make decisions about access.

Connecting DDF to other data sources, including other instances of DDF is covered in the Configuring Federation section.

Lastly, see the Configuring for Special Deployments section for guidance on common specialized installations, such as fanout.

7.1. Admin Console Tutorial

The Admin Console is the centralized location for administering the system. The Admin Console allows an administrator to configure and tailor system services and properties. The default address for the Admin Console is https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin.

System Settings Tab

The configuration and features installed can be viewed and edited from the System tab of the Admin Console.

Managing Federation in the Admin Console

It is recommended to use the Catalog App → Sources tab to configure and manage sites/sources.

Viewing Currently Active Applications from Admin Console

DDF displays all active applications in the Admin Console. This view can be configured according to preference. Either view has an > arrow icon to view more information about the application as currently configured.

Table 13. Admin Console Views
View Description

Tile View

The first view presented is the Tile View, displaying all active applications as individual tiles.

List View

Optionally, active applications can be displayed in a list format by clicking the list view button.

Application Detailed View

Each individual application has a detailed view to modify configurations specific to that application. All applications have a standard set of tabs, although some apps may have additional ones with further information.

Table 14. Individual Application Views
Tab Explanation

Configuration

The Configuration tab lists all bundles associated with the application as links to configure any configurable properties of that bundle.

Managing Features Using the Admin Console

DDF includes many components, packaged as features, that can be installed and/or uninstalled without restarting the system. Features are collections of OSGi bundles, configuration data, and/or other features.

Note
Transitive Dependencies

Features may have dependencies on other features and will auto-install them as needed.

In the Admin Console, Features are found on the Features tab of the System tab.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Uninstalled features are shown with a play arrow under the Actions column.

    1. Select the play arrow for the desired feature.

    2. The Status will change from Uninstalled to Installed.

  5. Installed features are shown with a stop icon under the Actions column.

    1. Select the stop icon for the desired feature.

    2. The Status will change from Installed to Uninstalled.

7.2. Console Command Reference

DDF provides access to a powerful Command Console to use to manage and configure the system.

7.2.1. Feature Commands

Individual features can also be added via the Command Console.

  1. Determine which feature to install by viewing the available features on DDF.
    ddf@local>feature:list

  2. The console outputs a list of all features available (installed and uninstalled). A snippet of the list output is shown below (the versions may differ):

State         Version            Name                                     Repository                           Description
[installed  ] [2.26.17  ] security-handler-api                     security-services-app-2.26.17 API for authentication handlers for web applications.
[installed  ] [2.26.17  ] security-core                            security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security Core
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-expansion                       security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security Expansion
[installed  ] [2.26.17  ] security-pdp-authz                       security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security PDP.
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-pep-serviceauthz                security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security PEP Service AuthZ
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-expansion-user-attributes       security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security Expansion User Attributes Expansion
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-expansion-metacard-attributes   security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security Expansion Metacard Attributes Expansion
[installed  ] [2.26.17  ] security-realm-saml                       security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security SAML Realm.
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-jaas-ldap                   security-services-app-2.26.17 DDF Security JAAS LDAP Login.
[uninstalled] [2.26.17  ] security-claims-ldap           security-services-app-2.26.17 Retrieves claims attributes from an LDAP store.
  1. Check the bundle status to verify the service is started.
    ddf@local>list

The console output should show an entry similar to the following:

[ 117] [Active     ] [            ] [Started] [   75] DDF :: Catalog :: Source :: Dummy (<version>)
7.2.1.1. Uninstalling Features from the Command Console
  1. Check the feature list to verify the feature is installed properly.
    ddf@local>feature:list

State         Version          Name                          Repository  		   Description
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-core                      ddf-2.26.17
[uninstalled] [2.26.17         ] ddf-sts                       ddf-2.26.17
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-security-common           ddf-2.26.17
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-resource-impl             ddf-2.26.17
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-source-dummy              ddf-2.26.17
  1. Uninstall the feature.
    ddf@local>feature:uninstall ddf-source-dummy

Warning

Dependencies that were auto-installed by the feature are not automatically uninstalled.

  1. Verify that the feature has uninstalled properly.
    ddf@local>feature:list

State         Version          Name                          Repository  Description
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-core                      ddf-2.26.17
[uninstalled] [2.26.17         ] ddf-sts                       ddf-2.26.17
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-security-common           ddf-2.26.17
[installed  ] [2.26.17         ] ddf-resource-impl             ddf-2.26.17
[uninstalled] [2.26.17         ] ddf-source-dummy              ddf-2.26.17

7.3. Configuration Files

Many important configuration settings are stored in the <DDF_HOME> directory.

Note

Depending on the environment, it may be easier for integrators and administrators to configure DDF using the Admin Console prior to disabling it for hardening purposes. The Admin Console can be re-enabled for additional configuration changes.

In an environment hardened for security purposes, access to the Admin Console or the Command Console might be denied and using the latter in such an environment may cause configuration errors. It is necessary to configure DDF (e.g., providers, Schematron rulesets, etc.) using .config files.

A template file is provided for some configurable DDF items so that they can be copied/renamed then modified with the appropriate settings.

Warning

If the Admin Console is enabled again, all of the configuration done via .config files will be loaded and displayed. However, note that the name of the .config file is not used in the Admin Console. Rather, a universally unique identifier (UUID) is added when the DDF item was created and displays this UUID in the console (e.g., OpenSearchSource.112f298e-26a5-4094-befc-79728f216b9b)

7.3.1. Configuring Global Settings with custom.system.properties

Global configuration settings are configured via the properties file custom.system.properties. These properties can be manually set by editing this file or set via the initial configuration from the Admin Console.

Note

Any changes made to this file require a restart of the system to take effect.

Important

The passwords configured in this section reflect the passwords used to decrypt JKS (Java KeyStore) files. Changing these values without also changing the passwords of the JKS causes undesirable behavior.

Table 15. Global Settings
Title Property Type Description Default Value Required

Keystore and Truststore Java Properties

Keystore

javax.net.ssl.keyStore

String

Path to server keystore

etc/keystores/serverKeystore.jks

Yes

Keystore Password

javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword

String

Password for accessing keystore

changeit

Yes

Truststore

javax.net.ssl.trustStore

String

The trust store used for SSL/TLS connections. Path is relative to <DDF_HOME>.

etc/keystores/serverTruststore.jks

Yes

Truststore Password

javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword

String

Password for server Truststore

changeit

Yes

Keystore Type

javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType

String

File extension to use with server keystore

jks

Yes

Truststore Type

javax.net.ssl.trustStoreType

String

File extension to use with server truststore

jks

Yes

Headless mode

Headless Mode

java.awt.headless

Boolean

Force java to run in headless mode for when the server doesn’t have a display device

true

No

Global URL Properties

Internal Default Protocol

org.codice.ddf.system.protocol

String

Default protocol that should be used to connect to this machine.

https://

Yes

Internal Host

org.codice.ddf.internal.hostname

String

The hostname or IP address this system runs on.

If the hostname is changed during the install to something other than localhost a new keystore and truststore must be provided. See Managing Keystores and Certificates for details.

localhost

Yes

Internal HTTPS Port

org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort

String

The https port that the system uses.

NOTE: This DOES change the port the system runs on.

8993

Yes

Internal HTTP Port

org.codice.ddf.system.HttpPort

String

The http port that the system uses.

NOTE: This DOES change the port the system runs on.

8181

Yes

Internal Default Port

org.codice.ddf.system.port

String

The default port that the system uses. This should match either the above http or https port.

NOTE: This DOES change the port the system runs on.

8993

Yes

Internal Root Context

org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext

String

The base or root context that services will be made available under.

/services

Yes

External Default Protocol

org.codice.ddf.external.protocol

String

Default protocol that should be used to connect to this machine.

https://

Yes

External Host

org.codice.ddf.external.hostname

String

The hostname or IP address used to advertise the system. Do not enter localhost. Possibilities include the address of a single node or that of a load balancer in a multi-node deployment.

If the hostname is changed during the install to something other than localhost a new keystore and truststore must be provided. See Managing Keystores and Certificates for details.

NOTE: Does not change the address the system runs on.

localhost

Yes

HTTPS Port

org.codice.ddf.external.httpsPort

String

The https port used to advertise the system.

NOTE: This does not change the port the system runs on.

8993

Yes

External HTTP Port

org.codice.ddf.external.httpPort

String

The http port used to advertise the system.

NOTE: This does not change the port the system runs on.

8181

Yes

External Default Port

org.codice.ddf.external.port

String

The default port used to advertise the system. This should match either the above http or https port.

NOTE: Does not change the port the system runs on.

8993

Yes

External Root Context

org.codice.ddf.external.context

String

The base or root context that services will be advertised under.

/services

Yes

System Information Properties

Site Name

org.codice.ddf.system.siteName

String

The site name for DDF.

ddf.distribution

Yes

Site Contact

org.codice.ddf.system.siteContact

String

The email address of the site contact.

No

Version

org.codice.ddf.system.version

String

The version of DDF that is running.

This value should not be changed from the factory default.

2.26.17

Yes

Organization

org.codice.ddf.system.organization

String

The organization responsible for this installation of DDF.

Codice Foundation

Yes

Registry ID

org.codice.ddf.system.registry-id

String

The registry id for this installation of DDF.

No

Thread Pool Settings

Thread Pool Size

org.codice.ddf.system.threadPoolSize

Integer

Size of thread pool used for handling UI queries, federating requests, and downloading resources. See Configuring Thread Pools

128

Yes

HTTPS Specific Settings

Cipher Suites

https.cipherSuites

String

Cipher suites to use with secure sockets. If using the JCE unlimited strength policy, use this list in place of the defaults:

.

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,

TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,

TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

No

Https Protocols

https.protocols

String

Protocols to allow for secure connections

TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

No

Allow Basic Auth Over Http

org.codice.allowBasicAuthOverHttp

Boolean

Set to true to allow Basic Auth credentials to be sent over HTTP unsecurely. This should only be done in a test environment. These events will be audited.

false

Yes

Restrict the Security Token Service to allow connections only from DNs matching these patterns

ws-security.subject.cert.constraints

String

Set to a comma separated list of regex patterns to define which hosts are allowed to connect to the STS

.*

Yes

XML Settings

Parse XML documents into DOM object trees

javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory

String

Enables Xerces-J implementation of DocumentBuilderFactory

org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl

Yes

Catalog Source Retry Interval

Initial Endpoint Contact Interval

org.codice.ddf.platform.util.http.initialRetryInterval

Integer

If a Catalog Source is unavailable, try to connect to it after the initial interval has elapsed. After every retry, the interval doubles, up to a given maximum interval. The interval is measured in seconds.

10

Yes

Maximum Endpoint Contact Interval

Maximum seconds between attempts to establish contact with unavailable Catalog Source.

Integer

Do not wait longer than the maximum interval to attempt to establish a connection with an unavailable Catalog Source. Smaller values result in more current information about the status of Catalog Sources, but cause more network traffic. The interval is measured in seconds.

300

Yes

File Upload Settings

File extensions flagged as potentially dangerous to the host system or external clients

bad.file.extensions

String

Files uploaded with these bad file extensions will have their file names sanitized before being saved

E.g. sample_file.exe will be renamed to sample_file.bin upon ingest

.exe, .jsp, .html, .js, .php, .phtml, .php3, .php4, .php5, .phps, .shtml, .jhtml, .pl, .py, .cgi, .msi, .com, .scr, .gadget, .application, .pif, .hta, .cpl, .msc, .jar, .kar, .bat, .cmd, .vb, .vbs, .vbe, .jse, .ws, .wsf, .wsc, .wsh, .ps1, .ps1xml, .ps2, .ps2xml, .psc1, .psc2, .msh, .msh1, .msh2, .mshxml, .msh1xml, .msh2xml, .scf, .lnk, .inf, .reg, .dll, .vxd, .cpl, .cfg, .config, .crt, .cert, .pem, .jks, .p12, .p7b, .key, .der, .csr, .jsb, .mhtml, .mht, .xhtml, .xht

Yes

File names flagged as potentially dangerous to the host system or external clients

bad.files

String

Files uploaded with these bad file names will have their file names sanitized before being saved

E.g. crossdomain.xml will be renamed to file.bin upon ingest

crossdomain.xml, clientaccesspolicy.xml, .htaccess, .htpasswd, hosts, passwd, group, resolv.conf, nfs.conf, ftpd.conf, ntp.conf, web.config, robots.txt

Yes

Mime types flagged as potentially dangerous to external clients

bad.mime.types

String

Files uploaded with these mime types will be rejected from the upload

text/html, text/javascript, text/x-javascript, application/x-shellscript, text/scriptlet, application/x-msdownload, application/x-msmetafile

Yes

File names flagged as potentially dangerous to external clients

ignore.files

String

Files uploaded with these file names will be rejected from the upload

.DS_Store, Thumbs.db

Yes

General Solr Catalog Properties

Solr Catalog Client

solr.client

String

Type of Solr configuration

CloudSolrClient

Yes

SolrCloud Properties

Zookeeper Nodes

solr.cloud.zookeeper

String

Zookeeper hostnames and port numbers

localhost:2181

Yes

Managed Solr Server Properties

Solr Data Directory

solr.data.dir

String

Directory for Solr core files

<DDF_HOME>/solr/server/solr

Yes

Solr server HTTP port

solr.http.port

Integer

Solr server’s port.

8994

Yes

Solr server URL

solr.http.url

String

URL for a HTTP Solr server (required for HTTP Solr)

-

Yes

Solr Heap Size

solr.mem

String

Memory allocated to the Solr Java process

2g

Yes

Encrypted Solr server password

solr.password

String

The password used for basic authentication to Solr. This property is only used if the solr.client property is HttpSolrClient and the solrBasicAuth property is true.

admin

Yes

Solr server username

solr.username

String

The username for basic authentication to Solr. This property is only used if the solr.client property is HttpSolrClient and the solrBasicAuth property is true.

admin

Yes

Use basic authentication for Solr server

solr.useBasicAuth

Boolean

If true, the HTTP Solr Client sends a username and password when sending requests to Solr server. This property is only used if the solr.client property is HttpSolrClient.

true

Yes

These properties are available to be used as variable parameters in input url fields within the Admin Console. For example, the url for the local csw service (https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/csw) could be defined as:

${org.codice.ddf.system.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.system.port}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw

This variable version is more verbose, but will not need to be changed if the system host, port or root context changes.

Warning

Only root can access ports < 1024 on Unix systems.

7.3.2. Configuring with .config Files

The DDF is configured using .config files. Like the Karaf .cfg files, these configuration files must be located in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/ directory. Unlike the Karaf .cfg files, .config files must follow the naming convention that includes the configuration persistence ID (PID) that they represent. The filenames must be the pid with a .config extension. This type of configuration file also supports lists within configuration values (metatype cardinality attribute greater than 1) and String, Boolean, Integer, Long, Float, and Double values.

Important

This new configuration file format must be used for any configuration that makes use of lists. Examples include Web Context Policy Manager (org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context.impl.PolicyManager.config) and Guest Claims Configuration (ddf.security.guest.realm.config).

Warning

Only one configuration file should exist for any given PID. The result of having both a .cfg and a .config file for the same PID is undefined and could cause the application to fail.

The main purpose of the configuration files is to allow administrators to pre-configure DDF without having to use the Admin Console. In order to do so, the configuration files need to be copied to the <DDF_HOME>/etc directory after DDF zip has been extracted.

Upon start up, all the .config files located in <DDF_HOME>/etc are automatically read and processed. DDF monitors the <DDF_HOME>/etc directory for any new .config file that gets added. As soon as a new file is detected, it is read and processed. Changes to these configurations from the Admin Console or otherwise are persisted in the original configuration file in the <DDF_HOME>/etc directory.

7.4. Configuring User Access

DDF does not define accounts or types of accounts to support access. DDF uses an attribute based access control (ABAC) model. For reference, ABAC systems control access by evaluating rules against the attributes of the entities (subject and object), actions, and the environment relevant to a request.

DDF can be configured to access many different types of user stores to manage and monitor user access.

7.4.1. Configuring Guest Access

Unauthenticated access to a secured DDF system is provided by the Guest user. By default, DDF allows guest access.

Because DDF does not know the identity of a Guest user, it cannot assign security attributes to the Guest. The administrator must configure the attributes and values (i.e. the "claims") to be assigned to Guests. The Guest Claims become the default minimum attributes for every user, both authenticated and unauthenticated. Even if a user claim is more restrictive, the guest claim will grant access, so ensure the guest claim is only as permissive as necessary.

The Guest user is uniquely identified with a Principal name of the format Guest@UID. The unique identifier is assigned to a Guest based on its source IP address and is cached so that subsequent Guest accesses from the same IP address within a 30-minute window will get the same unique identifier. To support administrators' need to track the source IP Address for a given Guest user, the IP Address and unique identifier mapping will be audited in the security log.

  • Make sure that all the default logical names for locations of the security services are defined.

7.4.1.1. Denying Guest User Access

To disable guest access for all contexts, use the Web Context Policy Manager configuration and uncheck the Guest checkbox. Only authorized users are then allowed to continue to the Search UI page.

7.4.1.2. Allowing Guest User Access

Guest authentication must be enabled and configured to allow guest users. Once the guest user is configured, redaction and filtering of metadata is done for the guest user the same way it is done for normal users.

To enable guest authentication for a context, use the Web Context Policy Manager configuration to select Allow Guest Access.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Web Context Policy Manager.

  5. Select Allow Guest Access

7.4.1.2.1. Configuring Guest Interceptor if Allowing Guest Users
  • Required Step for Security Hardening

If a legacy client requires the use of the secured SOAP endpoints, the guest interceptor should be configured. Otherwise, the guest interceptor and public endpoints should be uninstalled for a hardened system.

To uninstall the guest interceptor and public endpoints: . Navigate to the Admin Console. . Select the System tab. . Open the Features section. . Search for security-interceptor-guest. . Click the Uninstall button.

7.4.1.2.2. Configuring Guest Claim Attributes

A guest user’s attributes define the most permissive set of claims for an unauthenticated user.

A guest user’s claim attributes are stored in configuration, not in the LDAP as normal authenticated users' attributes are.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Security Guest Claims Handler.

  5. Add any additional attributes desired for the guest user.

  6. Save changes.

7.4.2. Configuring REST Services for Users

If using REST services or connecting to REST sources, several configuration options are available.

DDF can be configured to support an external SAML IdP or no IdP at all. The following diagram shows the configuration options.

REST Services Configuration Options
REST Services Configuration Options
7.4.2.1. Configuring OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OAuth 2.0

To use OpenID Connect (OIDC) and OAuth 2.0, DDF needs to be connected to an external Identity Provider (IdP) which supports these protocols.

7.4.2.1.1. OIDC

OIDC is used to authenticate (or log in) a user. To use this protocol in DDF, DDF needs the external IdP’s information.

To connect to an external IdP,

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select OIDC Handler Configuration.

  5. Populate the fields with the external IdP’s information. For more detail, see the OIDC Handler Configuration section under Configure Single Sign On.

Once connected, the Web Context Policy Manager needs to be updated. to do so,

  1. Under the Configuration tab in the Security application

  2. Select the Web Context Policy Manager.

  3. Under Authentication Types for Web Pages and Authentication Types for Endpoints add OIDC.

7.4.2.1.2. OAuth 2.0

OAuth 2.0 is an authorization protocol and DDF can use it when federating. When a user queries a source that is configured to use this protocol, DDF will forward the user’s information (access token) with the request. If a source can be configured to use OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0 will appear as an option under Authentication Type in the source’s configuration.

To configure a source to use OAuth 2.0, under the source’s configuration,

  1. Change the Authentication Type to OAuth 2.0.

  2. Set the OAuth Discovery Url to the discovery URL where the OAuth provider’s metadata is hosted.

  3. Set the OAuth Client ID to the ID given to DDF when it was registered with the OAuth provider`.

  4. Set the OAuth Client Secret to the secret given to DDF when it was registered with the OAuth provider`.

  5. Set the OAuth Flow to the OAuth 2.0 flow to use when federating.

Note

If the system DDF is federating with is a DDF, the DDF receiving the federated request should be connected to an external IdP and have /services protected by that IdP (i.e. have /service=OIDC`).

7.4.2.2. Connecting to an External SAML Identity Provider

To connect to an external SAML Identity Provider,

  1. Provide the external SAML IdP with DDF’s Service Provider (SP) metadata. The SP metadata can found at https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/saml/sso/metadata.

  2. Replace the IdP metadata field in DDF.

    1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

    2. Select the Security application.

    3. Select the Configuration tab.

    4. Select SAML Handler.

    5. Populate the IdP Metadata field with the external IdP’s metadata.

Note

The certificate that the external IdP uses for signing will need to be added to the DDF’s keystore. See Updating Key Store / Trust Store via the Admin Console for details.

Note

DDF may not interoperate successfully with all IdPs. To idenify the ones it can interoperate with use the The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) Conformance Test Kit (CTK) This link is outside the DDF documentation

7.4.2.3. Configuring Without SAML

To configure DDF to not use a SAML Identity Provider (IdP),

  1. Disable the 'security-handler-saml' feature.

    1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

    2. Select the System tab.

    3. Select the Features tab.

    4. Uninstall the security-handler-saml feature.

  2. Change the Authentication Type if it is SAML.

    1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

    2. Select the Security application.

    3. Select the Configuration tab.

    4. Select Web Context Policy Manager

    5. Under Authentication Types for Web Pages and Authentication Types for Endpoints, remove the SAML authentication type.

7.4.2.4. Configuring Multi Factor Authentication

Mutli-factor authentication, sometimes referred to as two-factor authentication, allows for greater security. It does this by requiring users to provide multiple proofs of identity, typically through something they know (such as a password), and something they have/are (such as a randomly generated pin number sent to one of their personal devices). The IdP that comes with DDF does not support multi-factor authentication by default.

Keycloak can be used to help setup and configure multi-factor authentication. See Connecting to an External Identity Provider on how to initially hookup Keycloak.

Configuring Keycloak for MFA
  1. Download and install Keycloak from here: Keycloak Downloads {external link}

  2. See Choosing an Operating Mode {external link} to choose a specific operation mode.

  3. Set up an Admin User following these steps here: Server Admin Initialization {external link}

  4. Refer to OTP Policies {external link} for how to set up multi-factor authentication using supported authentication tools such as FreeOTP and Google Authenticator.

See the Keycloak Documentation {external link} for more information and details about how to configure Keycloack for multi-factor authentication.

7.4.3. Connecting to an LDAP Server

Warning

The configurations for Security STS LDAP and Roles Claims Handler and Security STS LDAP Login contain plain text default passwords for the embedded LDAP, which is insecure to use in production.

Use the Encryption Service, from the Command Console to set passwords for your LDAP server. Then change the LDAP Bind User Password in the Security STS LDAP and Roles Claims Handler configurations to use the encrypted password.

A claim is an additional piece of data about a principal that can be included in a token along with basic token data. A claims manager provides hooks for a developer to plug in claims handlers to ensure that the STS includes the specified claims in the issued token.

Claims handlers convert incoming user credentials into a set of attribute claims that will be populated in the SAML assertion. For example, the LDAPClaimsHandler takes in the user’s credentials and retrieves the user’s attributes from a backend LDAP server. These attributes are then mapped and added to the SAML assertion being created. Integrators and developers can add more claims handlers that can handle other types of external services that store user attributes.

See the Security STS LDAP and Roles Claims Handler for all possible configurations.

7.4.4. Updating System Users

By default, all system users are located in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.properties and <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.attributes files. The default users included in these two files are "admin" and "localhost". The users.properties file contains username, password, and role information; while the users.attributes file is used to mix in additional attributes. The users.properties file must also contain the user corresponding to the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the system where DDF is running. This FQDN user represents this host system internally when making decisions about what operations the system is capable of performing. For example, when performing a DDF Catalog Ingest, the system’s attributes will be checked against any security attributes present on the metacard, prior to ingest, to determine whether or not the system should be allowed to ingest that metacard.

Additionally, the users.attributes file can contain user entries in a regex format. This allows an administrator to mix in attributes for external systems that match a particular regex pattern. The FQDN user within the users.attributes file should be filled out with attributes sufficient to allow the system to ingest the expected data. The users.attributes file uses a JSON format as shown below:

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{
    "admin" : {
        "test" : "testValue",
        "test1" : [ "testing1", "testing2", "testing3" ]
    },
    "localhost" : {

    },
    ".*host.*" : {
        "reg" : "ex"
    }
}

For this example, the "admin" user will end up with two additional claims of "test" and "test1" with values of "testValue" and [ "testing1", "testing2", "testing3" ] respectively. Also, any host matching the regex ".host." would end up with the claim "reg" with the single value of "ex". The "localhost" user would have no additional attributes mixed in.

Warning

It is possible for a regex in users.attributes to match users as well as a system, so verify that the regex pattern’s scope will not be too great when using this feature.

Warning

If your data will contain security markings, and these markings are being parsed out into the metacard security attributes via a PolicyPlugin, then the FQDN user MUST be updated with attributes that would grant the privileges to ingest that data. Failure to update the FQDN user with sufficient attributes will result in an error being returned for any ingest request.

Warning

The following attribute values are not allowed:

  • null

  • ""

  • a non-String (e.g. 100, false)

  • an array including any of the above

  • []

Additionally, attribute names should not be repeated, and the order that the attributes are defined and the order of values within an array will be ignored.

7.4.5. Restricting Access to Admin Console

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

If you have integrated DDF with your existing security infrastructure, then you may want to limit access to parts of the DDF based on user roles/groups.

Limit access to the Admin Console to those users who need access. To set access restrictions on the Admin Console, consult the organization’s security architecture to identify specific realms, authentication methods, and roles required.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Web Context Policy Manager.

    1. A dialogue will pop up that allows you to edit DDF access restrictions.

    2. If your infrastructure supports multiple authentication methods, you may specify them here.

    3. Role requirements may be enforced by configuring the required attributes for a given context.

    4. The white listed contexts allows child contexts to be excluded from the authentication constraints of their parents.

7.4.5.1. Restricting Feature, App, Service, and Configuration Access
  • Required Step for Security Hardening

Limit access to the individual applications, features, or services to those users who need access. Organizational requirements should dictate which applications are restricted and the extent to which they are restricted.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Admin application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Admin Configuration Policy.

  5. To add a feature or app permission:

    1. Add a new field to "Feature and App Permissions" in the format of:

      <feature name>/<app name> = "attribute name=attribute value","attribute name2=attribute value2", …​

    2. For example, to restrict access of any user without an admin role to the catalog-app:

      catalog-app = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=admin", …​

  6. To add a configuration permission:

    1. Add a new field to "Configuration Permissions" in the format of:

      configuration id = "attribute name=attribute value","attribute name2=attribute value2", …​

    2. For example, to restrict access of any user without an admin role to the Web Context Policy Manager:

      org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context.impl.PolicyManager="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=admin"

If a permission is specified, any user without the required attributes will be unable to see or modify the feature, app, or configuration.

7.4.6. Removing Default Users

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

The default security configuration uses a property file located at <DDF_HOME>/etc/users.properties to store users and passwords. A hardened system will remove this file and manage all users externally, via an LDAP server or by other means.

Note
Default Users are an Insecure Default

The Admin Console has an insecure default warning if the default users are not removed.

Once DDF is configured to use an external user (such as LDAP), remove the users.properties file from the <DDF_HOME>/etc directory. Use of a users.properties file should be limited to emergency recovery operations and replaced as soon as effectively possible.

The deletion of the default users in the users.properties file can be done automatically after 72 hours. This feature can be found at Admin Console → Admin → Default Users Deletion Scheduler → Enable default users automatic deletion.

Warning

Once the default users are removed, the <DDF_HOME>/bin/client and <DDF_HOME>/bin/client.bat scripts will not work. If SSH access to the Karaf shell is to be supported, edit the file org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg in the <INSTALL_HOME>/etc directory, changing the value of the sshRealm property from karaf to ldap.

Note
Emergency Use of users.properties file

Typically, the DDF does not manage passwords. Authenticators are stored in an external identity management solution. However, administrators may temporarily use a users.properties file for emergencies.

If a system recovery account is configured in users.properties, ensure:

  • The use of this account should be for as short a time as possible.

  • The default username/password of “admin/admin” should not be used.

  • All organizational standards for password complexity should still apply.

  • The password should be encrypted. For steps on how, see the section "Passwords Encryption" at https://karaf.apache.org/manual/latest/security.

Note
Compliance Reviews

It is recommended to perform yearly reviews of accounts for compliance with organizational account management requirements.

7.4.7. Disallowing Login Without Certificates

DDF can be configured to prevent login without a valid PKI certificate.

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select Security.

  • Select Web Context Policy Manager.

  • Add a policy for each context requiring restriction.

    • For example, just configuring PKI as the authentication type for web pages will disallow login without certificates to DDF.

  • Click Save.

Note

Ensure certificates comply with organizational hardening policies.

7.4.8. Managing Certificate Revocation

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

For hardening purposes, it is recommended to implement a way to verify a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) at least daily or an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) server.

7.4.8.1. Managing a Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

A Certificate Revocation List is a collection of formerly-valid certificates that should explicitly not be accepted.

7.4.8.1.1. Creating a CRL

Create a CRL in which the token issuer’s certificate is valid. The example uses OpenSSL.

$> openssl ca -gencrl -out crl-tokenissuer-valid.pem

Note
Windows and OpenSSL

Windows does not include OpenSSL by default. For Windows platforms, a additional download of OpenSSL or an alternative is required.

Revoke a Certificate and Create a New CRL that Contains the Revoked Certificate
$> openssl ca -revoke tokenissuer.crt

$> openssl ca -gencrl -out crl-tokenissuer-revoked.pem
Viewing a CRL
  1. Use the following command to view the serial numbers of the revoked certificates: $> openssl crl -inform PEM -text -noout -in crl-tokenissuer-revoked.pem

7.4.8.1.2. Enabling Certificate Revocation
Note

Enabling CRL revocation or modifying the CRL file will require a restart of DDF to apply updates.

  1. Place the CRL in <DDF_HOME>/etc/keystores.

  2. Add the line org.apache.ws.security.crypto.merlin.x509crl.file=etc/keystores/<CRL_FILENAME> to the following files (Replace <CRL_FILENAME> with the URL or file path of the CRL location):

    1. <DDF_HOME>/etc/ws-security/server/encryption.properties

    2. <DDF_HOME>/etc/ws-security/issuer/encryption.properties

    3. <DDF_HOME>/etc/ws-security/server/signature.properties

    4. <DDF_HOME>/etc/ws-security/issuer/signature.properties

  3. (Replace <CRL_FILENAME> with the file path or URL of the CRL file used in previous step.)

Adding this property will also enable CRL revocation for any context policy implementing PKI authentication. For example, setting PKI as the authentication type for web pages in the Web Context Policy Manager will disable basic authentication and require a certificate. If a certificate is not in the CRL, it will be allowed through, otherwise it will get a 401 error. If no certificate is provided, and guest access is enabled on the web context policy, guest access will be granted.

This also enables CRL revocation for the STS endpoint. The STS CRL Interceptor monitors the same encryption.properties file and operates in an identical manner to the PKI Authenication’s CRL handler. Enabling the CRL via the encryption.properties file will also enable it for the STS, and also requires a restart.

If the CRL cannot be placed in <DDF_HOME>/etc/keystores but can be accessed via an HTTPS URL:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Certificate Revocation List (CRL)

  5. Add the HTTPS URL under CRL URL address

  6. Check the Enable CRL via URL option

A local CRL file will be created and the encryption.properties and signature.properties files will be set as mentioned above.

Add Revocation to a Web Context

The PKIHandler implements CRL revocation, so any web context that is configured to use PKI authentication will also use CRL revocation if revocation is enabled.

  1. After enabling revocation (see above), open the Web Context Policy Manager.

  2. Add or modify the Authentication Types for Web Pages and Authentication Types for Endpoints configurations to use PKI.

  3. If guest access is also required, check the Allow Guest Access box in the policy.

With guest access, a user with a revoked certificate will be given a 401 error, but users without a certificate will be able to access the web context as the guest user.

The STS CRL interceptor does not need a web context specified. The CRL interceptor for the STS will become active after specifying the CRL file path, or the URL for the CRL, in the encryption.properties file and restarting DDF.

Note

Disabling or enabling CRL revocation or modifying the CRL file will require a restart of DDF to apply updates. If CRL checking is already enabled, adding a new context via the Web Context Policy Manager will not require a restart.

Adding Revocation to an Endpoint
Note

This section explains how to add CXF’s CRL revocation method to an endpoint and not the CRL revocation method in the PKIHandler.

This guide assumes that the endpoint being created uses CXF and is being started via Blueprint from inside the OSGi container. If other tools are being used the configuration may differ.

Add the following property to the jasws endpoint in the endpoint’s blueprint.xml:

<entry key="ws-security.enableRevocation" value="true"/>
Example xml snippet for the jaxws:endpoint with the property:
<jaxws:endpoint id="Test" implementor="#testImpl"
                wsdlLocation="classpath:META-INF/wsdl/TestService.wsdl"
                address="/TestService">

    <jaxws:properties>
        <entry key="ws-security.enableRevocation" value="true"/>
    </jaxws:properties>
</jaxws:endpoint>
Verifying Revocation

A Warning similar to the following will be displayed in the logs of the source and endpoint showing the exception encountered during certificate validation:

11:48:00,016 | WARN  | tp2085517656-302 | WSS4JInInterceptor               | ecurity.wss4j.WSS4JInInterceptor  330 | 164 - org.apache.cxf.cxf-rt-ws-security - 2.7.3 |
org.apache.ws.security.WSSecurityException: General security error (Error during certificate path validation: Certificate has been revoked, reason: unspecified)
    at org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin.verifyTrust(Merlin.java:838)[161:org.apache.ws.security.wss4j:1.6.9]
    at org.apache.ws.security.validate.SignatureTrustValidator.verifyTrustInCert(SignatureTrustValidator.java:213)[161:org.apache.ws.security.wss4j:1.6.9]

[ ... section removed for space]

Caused by: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Certificate has been revoked, reason: unspecified
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXMasterCertPathValidator.validate(PKIXMasterCertPathValidator.java:139)[:1.6.0_33]
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXCertPathValidator.doValidate(PKIXCertPathValidator.java:330)[:1.6.0_33]
    at sun.security.provider.certpath.PKIXCertPathValidator.engineValidate(PKIXCertPathValidator.java:178)[:1.6.0_33]
    at java.security.cert.CertPathValidator.validate(CertPathValidator.java:250)[:1.6.0_33]
    at org.apache.ws.security.components.crypto.Merlin.verifyTrust(Merlin.java:814)[161:org.apache.ws.security.wss4j:1.6.9]
    ... 45 more
7.4.8.2. Managing an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server

An Online Certificate Status Protocol is a protocol used to verify the revocation status of a certificate. An OCSP server can be queried with a certificate to verify if it is revoked.

The advantage of using an OCSP Server over a CRL is the fact that a local copy of the revoked certificates is not needed.

7.4.8.2.1. Enabling OCSP Revocation
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)

  5. Add the URL of the OCSP server under OCSP server URL.

  6. Check the Enable validating a certificate against an OCSP server option.

Note

If an error occurs while communicating with the OCSP server, an alert will be posted to the Admin Console. Until the error is resolved, certificates will not be verified against the server.

7.5. Configuring Data Management

Data ingested into DDF has security attributes that can be mapped to users' permissions to ensure proper access. This section covers configurations that ensure only the appropriate data is contained in or exposed by DDF.

7.5.1. Configuring Solr

The default catalog provider for DDF is Solr. If using another catalog provider, see Changing Catalog Providers.

7.5.1.1. Configuring Solr Catalog Provider Synonyms

When configured, text searches in Solr will utilize synonyms when attempting to match text within the catalog. Synonyms are used during keyword/anyText searches as well as when searching on specific text attributes when using the like / contains operator. Text searches using the equality / exact match operator will not utilize synonyms.

Solr utilizes a synonyms.txt file which exists for each Solr core. Synonym matching is most pertinent to metacards which are contained within 2 cores: catalog and metacard_cache.

7.5.1.1.1. Defining synonym rules in the Solr Provider
  • Edit the synonyms.txt file under the catalog core. For each synonym group you want to define, add a line with the synonyms separated by a comma. For example:

United States, United States of America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A
  • Save the file

  • Repeat the above steps for the metacard_cache core.

  • Restart the DDF.

Note

Data does not have to be re-indexed for the synonyms to take effect.

7.5.1.2. Hardening Solr

Follow instructions on Securing Solr This link is outside the DDF documentation.

7.5.1.2.1. Configuring Solr Encryption

While it is possible to encrypt the Solr index, it decreases performance significantly. An encrypted Solr index also can only perform exact match queries, not relative or contextual queries. As this drastically reduces the usefulness of the index, this configuration is not recommended. The recommended approach is to encrypt the entire drive through the Operating System of the server on which the index is located.

7.5.1.3. Accessing the Solr Admin UI

The Solr Admin UI for Solr server configurations can be accessed from a web browser. See Using the Solr Administration User Interface This link is outside the DDF documentation for more details.

7.5.2. Changing Catalog Providers

This scenario describes how to reconfigure DDF to use a different catalog provider.

This scenario assumes DDF is already running.

Uninstall Catalog Provider (if installed).
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Find and Stop the installed Catalog Provider

Install the new Catalog Provider
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Find and Start the desired Catalog Provider.

7.5.3. Changing Hostname

By default, the STS server, STS client and the rest of the services use the system property org.codice.ddf.system.hostname which is defaulted to 'localhost' and not to the fully qualified domain name of the DDF instance. Assuming the DDF instance is providing these services, the configuration must be updated to use the fully qualified domain name as the service provider. If the DDF is being accessed from behind a proxy or load balancer, set the system property org.codice.ddf.external.hostname to the hostname users will be using to access the DDF.

This can be changed during Initial Configuration or later by editing the <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties file.

7.5.4. Configuring Errors and Warnings

DDF performs several types of validation on metadata ingested into the catalog. Depending on need, configure DDF to act on the warnings or errors discovered.

7.5.4.1. Enforcing Errors or Warnings

Prevent data with errors or warnings from being ingested at all.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Metacard Validation Marker Plugin.

  5. Enter ID of validator(s) to enforce.

  6. Select Enforce errors to prevent ingest for errors.

  7. Select Enforce warnings to prevent ingest for warnings.

7.5.4.2. Hiding Errors or Warnings from Queries

Prevent invalid metacards from being displayed in query results, unless specifically queried.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Catalog Federation Strategy.

  5. Deselect Show Validations Errors to hide metacards with errors.

  6. Deselect Show Validations Warnings to hide metacards with warnings.

7.5.4.3. Hiding Errors and Warnings from Users Based on Role
  • Required Step for Security Hardening

Prevent certain users from seeing data with certain types of errors or warnings. Typically, this is used for security markings. If the Metacard Validation Filter Plugin is configured to Filter errors and/or Filter warnings, metacards with errors/warnings will be hidden from users without the specified user attributes.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Metacard Validation Filter Plugin.

  5. For Attribute map, enter both the metacard SECURITY attribute to filter and the user attribute to filter.

    1. The default attribute for viewing invalid metacards is invalid-state

      1. invalid-state=<USER ROLE>.

      2. Replace <USER ROLE> with the roles that should be allowed to view invalid metacards.

        Note
        To harden the system and prevent other DDF systems from querying invalid data in the local catalog, it is recommended to create and set user roles that are unique to the local system (ie. a user role that includes a UUID).
  6. Select Filter errors to filter errors. Users without the invalid-state attribute will not see metacards with errors.

  7. Select Filter warnings to filter warnings. Users without the invalid-state attribute will not see metacards with warnings.

7.5.5. Configuring Product Caching

To configure product caching:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Resource Download Settings.

  5. Select / Deselect Enable Product Caching.

See Resource Download Settings configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.6. Content Directory Monitor

The Content Directory Monitor (CDM) provides the capability to easily add content and metacards into the Catalog by placing a file in a directory.

7.5.6.1. Installing the Content Directory Monitor

The Content Directory Monitor is installed by default with a standard installation of the Catalog application.

7.5.6.2. Configuring Permissions for the Content Directory Monitor
Tip

If monitoring a WebDav server, then adding these permissions is not required and this section can be skipped.

Configuring a Content Directory Monitor requires adding permissions to the Security Manager before CDM configuration.

Configuring a CDM requires adding read and write permissions to the directory being monitored. The following permissions, replacing <DIRECTORY_PATH> with the path of the directory being monitored, are required for each configured CDM and should be placed in the CDM section inside <DDF_HOME>/security/configurations.policy.

Warning
Adding New Permissions

After adding permissions, a system restart is required for them to take effect.

  1. permission java.io.FilePermission "<DIRECTORY_PATH>", "read";

  2. permission java.io.FilePermission "<DIRECTORY_PATH>${/}-", "read, write";

Trailing slashes after <DIRECTORY_PATH> have no effect on the permissions granted. For example, adding a permission for "${/}test${/}path" and "${/}test${/}path${/}" are equivalent. The recursive forms "${/}test${/}path${/}-", and "${/}test${/}path${/}${/}-" are also equivalent.

Line 1 gives the CDM the permissions to read from the monitored directory path. Line 2 gives the CDM the permissions to recursively read and write from the monitored directory path, specified by the directory path’s suffix "${/}-".

If a CDM configuration is deleted, then the corresponding permissions that were added should be deleted to avoid granting unnecessary permissions to parts of the system.

7.5.6.3. Configuring the Content Directory Monitor
Important
Content Directory Monitor Permissions

When configuring a Content Directory Monitor, make sure to set permissions on the new directory to allow DDF to access it. Setting permissions should be done before configuring a CDM. Also, don’t forget to add permissions for resources outside of the monitored directory. See Configuring Permissions for the Content Directory Monitor for in-depth instructions on configuring permissions.

Note

If there’s a metacard that points to a resource outside of the CDM, then you must configure the URL Resource Reader to be able to download it.

Warning
Monitoring Directories In Place

If monitoring a directory in place, then the URL Resource Reader must be configured prior to configuring the CDM to allow reading from the configured directory. This allows the Catalog to download the resources.

Configure the CDM from the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Catalog Content Directory Monitor.

See Content Directory Monitor configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.6.4. Using the Content Directory Monitor

The CDM processes files in a directory, and all of its sub-directories. The CDM offers three options:

  • Delete

  • Move

  • Monitor in place

Regardless of the option, the DDF takes each file in a monitored directory structure and creates a metacard for it. The metacard is linked to the file. The behavior of each option is given below.

Delete
  • Copies the file into the Content Repository.

  • Creates a metacard in the Catalog from the file.

  • Erases the original file from the monitored directory.

Move
  • Copies the file into the directory .\ingested (this will double the disk space used)

  • Copies the file into the Content Repository.

  • Creates a metacard in the Catalog from the file.

  • Erases the original file from the monitored directory.

Monitor in place
  • Creates a metacard in the Catalog from the file.

  • Creates a reference from the metacard to the original file in the monitored directory.

  • If the original file is deleted, the metacard is removed from the Catalog.

  • If the original file is modified, the metacard is updated to reflect the new content.

  • If the original file is renamed, the old metacard is deleted and a new metacard is created.

Parallel Processing

The CDM supports parallel processing of files (up to 8 files processed concurrently). This is configured by setting the number of Maximum Concurrent Files in the configuration. A maximum of 8 is imposed to protect system resources.

Read Lock

When the CDM is set up, the directory specified is continuously scanned, and files are locked for processing based on the ReadLock Time Interval. This does not apply to the Monitor in place processing directive. Files will not be ingested without having a ReadLock that has observed no change in the file size. This is done so that files that are in transit will not be ingested prematurely. The interval should be dependent on the speed of the copy to the directory monitor (ex. network drive vs local disk). For local files, the default value of 500 milliseconds is recommended. The recommended interval for network drives is 1000 - 2000 milliseconds. If the value provided is less than 100, 100 milliseconds will be used. It is also recommended that the ReadLock Time Interval be set to a lower amount of time when the Maximum Concurrent Files is set above 1 so that files are locked in a timely manner and processed as soon as possible. When a higher ReadLock Time Interval is set, the time it takes for files to be processed is increased.

Attribute Overrides

The CDM supports setting metacard attributes directly when DDF ingests a file. Custom overrides are entered in the form:

attribute-name=attribute-value

For example, to set the contact email for all metacards, add the attribute override:

contact.point-of-contact-email=doctor@clinic.com

Each override sets the value of a single metacard attribute. To set the value of an additional attribute, select the "plus" icon in the UI. This creates an empty line for the entry.

To set multi-valued attributes, use a separate override for each value. For example, to add the keywords PPI and radiology to each metacard, add the custom attribute overrides:

topic.keyword=PPI
topic.keyword=radiology

Attributes will only be overridden if they are part of the metacard type or are injected.

All attributes in the catalog taxonomy tables are injected into all metacards by default and can be overridden.

Important

If an overridden attribute is not part of the metacard type or injected the attribute will not be added to the metacard.

For example, if the metacard type contains contact email,

contact.point-of-contact-email

but the value is not currently set, adding an attribute override will set the attribute value. To override attributes that are not part of the metacard type, attribute injection can be used.

Blacklist

The CDM blacklist uses the "bad.files" and "bad.file.extensions" properties from the custom.system.properties file in "etc/" in order to prevent malicious or unwanted data from being ingested into DDF. While the CDM automatically omits hidden files, this is particularly useful when an operating system automatically generates files that should not be ingested. One such example of this is "thumbs.db" in Windows. This file type and any temporary files are included in the blacklist.

Errors

If the CDM fails to read the file, an error will be logged in the CDM log. If the directory monitor is configured to Delete or Move, the original file is also moved to the \.errors directory.

Logging

CDM will send logs detailing the processing of files in the directory to cdm.log.

Tip

The log level for CDM can be set with the following console command. At the DEBUG level, CDM will periodically log the list of files still currently processing.

log:set DEBUG cdmLogger
Other
  • Multiple directories can be monitored. Each directory has an independent configuration.

  • To support the monitoring in place behavior, DDF indexes the files to track their names and modification timestamps. This enables the Content Directory Monitor to take appropriate action when files are changed or deleted.

  • The Content Directory Monitor recursively processes all subdirectories.

7.5.7. Configuring System Usage Message

The Platform UI configuration contains the settings for displaying messages to users at login or in banners in the headers and footers of all pages. For, example this configuration can provide warnings that system usage is monitored or controlled.

Configuring System Usage Message
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Platform application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Platform UI Configuration.

  5. Select Enable System Usage Message.

  6. Enter text in the remaining fields and save.

See the Platform UI for all possible configurations.

7.5.8. Configuring Data Policy Plugins

Configure the data-related policy plugins to determine the accessibility of data held by DDF.

7.5.8.1. Configuring the Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin combines existing metacard attributes to make new attributes and adds them to the metacard.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application tile

  3. Select the Configuration tab

  4. Select the Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin.

Sample configuration of the Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin.

To configure the plugin to combine the attributes sourceattribute1 and sourceattribute2 into a new attribute destinationattribute1 using the union, enter these two lines under the title Metacard Union Attributes

Metacard Union Attributes

sourceattribute1=destinationattribute1

sourceattribute2=destinationattribute1

See Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.8.2. Configuring the Metacard Validation Marker Plugin

By default, the Metacard Validation Marker Plugin will mark metacards with validation errors and warnings as they are reported by each metacard validator and then allow the ingest. To prevent the ingest of certain invalid metacards, the Metacard Validity Marker plugin can be configured to "enforce" one or more validators. Metacards that are invalid according to an "enforced" validator will not be ingested.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Metacard Validity Marker Plugin.

    1. If desired, enter the ID of any metacard validator to enforce. This will prevent ingest of metacards that fail validation.

    2. If desired, check Enforce Errors or Enforce Warnings, or both.

See Metacard Validity Marker Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.8.3. Configuring the Metacard Validity Filter Plugin

The Metacard Validity Filter Plugin determines whether metacards with validation errors or warnings are filtered from query results.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Metacard Validity Filter Plugin.

    1. Check Filter Errors to hide metacards with errors from users.

    2. Check Filter Warnings to hide metacards with warnings from users.

See Metacard Validity Filter Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.8.4. Configuring the XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin finds security attributes contained in a metacard’s metadata.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application tile.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin configuration.

See XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

7.5.9. Configuring Data Access Plugins

Configure access plugins to act upon the rules and attributes configured by the policy plugins and user attributes.

7.5.9.1. Configuring the Security Audit Plugin

The Security Audit Plugin audits specific metacard attributes.

To configure the Security Audit Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Security Audit Plugin.

Add the desired metacard attributes that will be audited when modified.

See Security Audit Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

7.6. Configuring Security Policies

User attributes and Data attributes are matched by security policies defined within DDF.

7.6.1. Configuring the Web Context Policy Manager

The Web Context Policy Manager defines all security policies for REST endpoints within DDF. It defines:

  • the type of authentication for web pages (such as /admin and /search) and endpoints (context paths that start with /services)

  • any user attributes required for authorization

  • a list of whitelisted contexts

See Web Context Policy Manager Configurations for detailed descriptions of all fields.

7.6.1.1. Guest Access

Guest access is a toggleable configuration. Enabling guest access will cause all users to be assigned a guest principal for use throughout the entire system. The guest principal will be used either by itself or along with any other principals acquired from configured authentication types.

7.6.1.2. Session Storage

Enabling session storage allows the system to persist the user login through the use of cookies. Note that the SAML and OIDC authentication types require session storage to be enabled.

7.6.1.3. Authentication Types

Through the Web Context Policy Manager, authentication types for DDF may be configured with the following format:

<AUTH_TYPE>|<AUTH_TYPE|...

Authentication types can be configured separately for: * web pages (these are all context paths that do not start with /services such as /admin and /search) * endpoints (these are all context paths that start with /services)

Configuring separate authentication types for specific contexts is supported through the web-context-policy-config.properties configuration file. * Navigate to <DDF_HOME>/etc/ * Edit the web-context-policy-config.properties file * Restart DDF

The web-context-policy-config.properties file format is:

/<CONTEXT>=<AUTH_TYPE> then <AUTH_TYPE then ...
Warning

If the file-based configuration is used, the authentication type configuration for web pages and endpoints in the Admin Console is ignored. All other configurations in the Web Context Policy Manager such as Guest Access, Required Attributes, and White Listed Contexts will not be ignored.

Table 16. Default Types of Authentication
Authentication Type Description

BASIC

Activates basic authentication.

PKI

Activates public key infrastructure authentication.

SAML

Activates single-sign on (SSO) across all REST endpoints that use SAML.

OIDC

Activates single-sign on (SSO) across all REST endpoints that use OIDC.

7.6.1.3.1. Terminating and Non-Terminating Authentication Types

Terminating authentication types are authentication types where, once hit, must either allow or forbid access to the system. No other authentication types will be checked once a terminating authentication type is hit.

Non-Terminating authentication types are authentication types where, once hit, must first verify that the client supports the authentication type’s method of obtaining credentials. If the client supports the non-terminating authentication type’s method of obtaining credentials, it either allows or forbids access to the system. However if the client does not support the non-terminating authentication type’s method of obtaining credentials, the system will continue to the next configured authentication type.

PKI is the only non-terminating authentication type. BASIC, OIDC, and SAML are terminating authentication types.

For example: assume DDF is protected by the terminating SAML authorization type. The system first checks to see if the client supports the acquisition of SAML credentials.

  • If the connecting client is a browser, the system can acquire SAML credentials.

  • If the connecting client is a machine that supports SAML ECP, the system can acquire SAML credentials.

  • If the connecting client is a machine that does not support SAML ECP, the system cannot acquire SAML credentials.

If the system can acquire SAML credentials from the client, the system will attempt to acquire said credentials and either allow or forbid access. If the system cannot acquire SAML credentials from the client, the system will forbid access.

Otherwise, if DDF is protected by the non-terminating PKI authorization type and the system cannot acquire PKI certificates from the client, the system will continue to the next configured authentication type.

7.6.1.4. Required Attributes

The fields for required attributes allows configuring certain contexts to only be accessible to users with pre-defined attributes. For example, the default required attribute for the /admin context is role=system-admin, limiting access to the Admin Console to system administrators

7.6.1.5. White Listed Contexts

White listed contexts are trusted contexts which will bypass security. Any sub-contexts of a white listed context will be white listed as well, unless they are specifically assigned a policy.

7.6.2. Configuring Catalog Filtering Policies

Filtering is the process of evaluating security markings on data resources, comparing them to the users permissions and protecting resources from inappropriate access.

There are two options for processing filtering policies: internally, or through the use of a policy formatted in eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML). The procedure for setting up a policy differs depending on whether that policy is to be used internally or by the external XACML processing engine.

7.6.2.1. Setting Internal Policies
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Click the Configuration tab.

  4. Click on the Security AuthZ Realm configuration.

  5. Add any attribute mappings necessary to map between subject attributes and the attributes to be asserted.

    1. For example, the above example would require two Match All mappings of subjectAttribute1=assertedAttribute1 and subjectAttribute2=assertedAttribute2

    2. Match One mappings would contain subjectAttribute3=assertedAttribute3 and subjectAttribute4=assertedAttribute4.

With the security-pdp-authz feature configured in this way, the above Metacard would be displayed to the user. Note that this particular configuration would not require any XACML rules to be present. All of the attributes can be matched internally and there is no reason to call out to the external XACML processing engine. For more complex decisions, it might be necessary to write a XACML policy to handle certain attributes.

7.6.2.2. Setting XACML Policies

To set up a XACML policy, place the desired XACML policy in the <distribution root>/etc/pdp/policies directory and update the included access-policy.xml to include the new policy. This is the directory in which the PDP will look for XACML policies every 60 seconds.

See Developing XACML Policies for more information about custom XACML policies.

7.6.2.3. Catalog Filter Policy Plugins

Several Policy Plugins for catalog filtering exist currently: Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin and XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin. These Policy Plugin implementations allow an administrator to easily add filtering capabilities to some standard Metacard types for all Catalog operations. These plugins will place policy information on the Metacard itself that allows the Filter Plugin to restrict unauthorized users from viewing content they are not allowed to view.

7.7. Configuring User Interfaces

DDF has several user interfaces available for users.

7.8. Configuring Federation

DDF is able to federate to other data sources, including other instances of DDF, with some simple configuration.

7.8.1. Enable SSL for Clients

In order for outbound secure connections (HTTPS) to be made from components like Federated Sources and Resource Readers configuration may need to be updated with keystores and security properties. These values are configured in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties file. The following values can be set:

Property Sample Value Description

javax.net.ssl.trustStore

etc/keystores/serverTruststore.jks

The java keystore that contains the trusted public certificates for Certificate Authorities (CA’s) that can be used to validate SSL Connections for outbound TLS/SSL connections (e.g. HTTPS). When making outbound secure connections a handshake will be done with the remote secure server and the CA that is in the signing chain for the remote server’s certificate must be present in the trust store for the secure connection to be successful.

javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword

changeit

This is the password for the truststore listed in the above property

javax.net.ssl.keyStore

etc/keystores/serverKeystore.jks

The keystore that contains the private key for the local server that can be used for signing, encryption, and SSL/TLS.

javax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword

changeit

The password for the keystore listed above

javax.net.ssl.keyStoreType

jks

The type of keystore

https.cipherSuites

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

The cipher suites that are supported when making outbound HTTPS connections

https.protocols

TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

The protocols that are supported when making outbound HTTPS connections

jdk.tls.client.protocols

TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

The protocols that are supported when making inbound HTTPS connections

jdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize

'matched'

For X.509 certificate based authentication (of non-exportable cipher suites), the DH key size matching the corresponding authentication key is used, except that the size must be between 1024 bits and 2048 bits. For example, if the public key size of an authentication certificate is 2048 bits, then the ephemeral DH key size should be 2048 bits unless the cipher suite is exportable. This key sizing scheme keeps the cryptographic strength consistent between authentication keys and key-exchange keys.

Note
<DDF_HOME> Directory

DDF is installed in the <DDF_HOME> directory.

7.8.2. Configuring HTTP(S) Ports

To change HTTP or HTTPS ports from the default values, edit the custom.system.properties file.

  1. Open the file at <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties

  2. Change the value after the = to the desired port number(s):

    1. org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort=8993 to org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort=<PORT>

    2. org.codice.ddf.system.httpPort=8181 to org.codice.ddf.system.httpPort=<PORT>

  3. Restart DDF for changes to take effect.

Important

Do not use the Admin Console to change the HTTP port. While the Admin Console’s Pax Web Runtime offers this configuration option, it has proven to be unreliable and may crash the system.

7.8.3. Federation Strategy

A federation strategy federates a query to all of the Remote Sources in the query’s list, processes the results in a unique way, and then returns the results to the client.  For example, implementations can choose to halt processing until all results return and then perform a mass sort or return the results back to the client as soon as they are received back from a Federated Source.

An endpoint can optionally specify the federation strategy to use when it invokes the query operation. Otherwise, the Catalog provides a default federation strategy that will be used: the Catalog Federation Strategy.

7.8.3.1. Configuring Federation Strategy

The Catalog Federation Strategy configuration can be found in the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog

  3. Select Configuration

  4. Select Catalog Federation Strategy.

See Federation Strategy configurations for all possible configurations.

7.8.3.1.1. Catalog Federation Strategy

The Catalog Federation Strategy is the default federation strategy and is based on sorting metacards by the sorting parameter specified in the federated query.

The possible sorting values are:

  • metacard’s effective date/time

  • temporal data in the query result

  • distance data in the query result

  • relevance of the query result

The supported sorting orders are ascending and descending.

The default sorting value/order automatically used is relevance descending.

Warning

The Catalog Federation Strategy expects the results returned from the Source to be sorted based on whatever sorting criteria were specified. If a metadata record in the query results contains null values for the sorting criteria elements, the Catalog Federation Strategy expects that result to come at the end of the result list.

7.8.4. Connecting to Sources

A source is a system consisting of a catalog containing Metacards.

Catalog sources are used to connect Catalog components to data sources, local and remote. Sources act as proxies to the actual external data sources, e.g., a RDBMS database or a NoSQL database.

Types of Sources
Remote Source

Read-only data sources that support query operations but cannot be used to create, update, or delete metacards.

Federated Sources

A federated source is a remote source that can be included in federated queries by request or as part of an enterprise query. Federated sources support query and site information operations only. Catalog modification operations, such as create, update, and delete, are not allowed. Federated sources also expose an event service, which allows the Catalog Framework to subscribe to event notifications when metacards are created, updated, and deleted.

Catalog instances can also be federated to each other. Therefore, a Catalog can also act as a federated source to another Catalog.

Connected Sources

A Connected Source is a local or remote source that is always included in every local and enterprise query, but is hidden from being queried individually. A connected source’s identifier is removed in all query results by replacing it with DDF’s source identifier. The Catalog Framework does not reveal a connected source as a separate source when returning source information responses.

Catalog Providers

A Catalog Provider is used to interact with data providers, such as files systems or databases, to query, create, update, or delete data. The provider also translates between DDF objects and native data formats.

All sources, including federated source and connected source, support queries, but a Catalog provider also allows metacards to be created, updated, and deleted. A Catalog provider typically connects to an external application or a storage system (e.g., a database), acting as a proxy for all catalog operations.

Catalog Stores

A Catalog Store is an editable store that is either local or remote.

Available Federated Sources

The following Federated Sources are available in a standard installation of DDF:

Federated Source for Atlassian Confluence ®

Retrieve pages, comments, and attachments from an Atlassian Confluence® REST API.

CSW Specification Profile Federated Source

Queries a CSW version 2.0.2 compliant service.

CSW Federation Profile Source

Queries a CSW version 2.0.2 compliant service.

GMD CSW Source

Queries a GMD CSW APISO compliant service.

OpenSearch Source

Performs OpenSearch queries for metadata.

WFS 1.1 Source

Allows for requests for geographical features across the web.

WFS 2.0 Source

Allows for requests for geographical features across the web.

Available Connected Sources

The following Connected Sources are available in a standard installation of DDF:

WFS 1.1 Source

Allows for requests for geographical features across the web.

WFS 2.0 Source

Allows for requests for geographical features across the web.

Available Catalog Stores

The following Catalog Stores are available in a standard installation of DDF:

None.

Available Catalog Providers

The following Catalog Providers are available in a standard installation of DDF:

Solr Catalog Provider

Uses Solr as a catalog.

Available Storage Providers

The following Storage Providers are available in a standard installation of DDF:

Content File System Storage Provider

.Sources Details Availability and configuration details of available sources.

7.8.4.1. Federated Source for Atlassian Confluence (R)

The Confluence source provides a Federated Source to retrieve pages, comments, and attachments from an Atlassian Confluence® REST API and turns the results into Metacards the system can use. The Confluence source does provide a Connected Source interface but its functionality has not been verified.

Confluence Source has been tested against the following versions of Confluence with REST API v2

  • Confluence 1000.444.5 (Cloud)

  • Confluence 5.10.6 (Server)

  • Confluence 5.10.7 (Server)

Installing the Confluence Federated Source

The Confluence Federated Source is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

Add a New Confluence Federated Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Sources tab.

  4. Add a New source.

  5. Name the New source.

  6. Select Confluence Federated Source from Binding Configurations.

Configuring the Confluence Federated Source

Configure an Existing Confluence Federated Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Sources tab.

  4. Select the name of the source to edit.

See Confluence Federated Source configurations for all possible configurations.

Important

If an additional attribute is not part of the Confluence metacard type or injected, the attribute will not be added to the metacard.

Usage Limitations of the Confluence Federated Source

Most of the fields that can be queried on Confluence have some sort of restriction on them. Most of the fields do not support the like aka ~ operation so the source will convert like queries to equal queries for attributes that don’t support like. If the source receives a query with attributes it doesn’t understand, it will just ignore them. If the query doesn’t contain any attributes that map to Confluence search attributes, an empty result set will be returned.

Depending on your version of Confluence, when downloading attachments you might get redirected to a different download URL. The default URLResourceReader configuration allows redirects, but if the option was disabled in the past, the download will fail. This can be fixed by re-enabling redirects in the URLResourceReader configuration.


7.8.4.2. CSW Specification Profile Federated Source

The CSW Specification Profile Federated Source should be used when federating to an external (non-DDF-based) CSW (version 2.0.2) compliant service.

Installing the CSW Specification Profile Federated Source

Add a New CSW Specification Profile Federated Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Sources tab.

  4. Add a New source.

  5. Name the New source.

  6. Select CSW Specification Profile Federated Source from Source Type.

Configuring the CSW Specification Profile Federated Source

Configure an Existing CSW Specification Profile Federated Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Sources tab.

  4. Select the name of the source to edit.

See CSW Specification Profile Federated Source configurations for all possible configurations.

Usage Limitations of the CSW Specification Profile Federated Source
  • Nearest neighbor spatial searches are not supported.


7.8.4.3. CSW Federation Profile Source

The CSW Federation Profile Source is DDF’s CSW Federation Profile which supports the ability to search collections of descriptive information (metadata) for data, services, and related information objects.

Use the CSW Federation Profile Source when federating to a DDF-based system.

Installing the CSW Federation Profile Source

Configure the CSW Federation Profile Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Add a New source.

  4. Name the New source.

  5. Select CSW Specification Profile Federated Source from Source Type.

Configuring the CSW Federation Profile Source

Configure an Existing CSW Federated Source through the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Sources tab.

  4. Select the name of the source to edit.

See CSW Federation Profile Source configurations for all possible configurations.

Usage Limitations of the CSW Federation Profile Source
  • Nearest neighbor spatial searches are not supported.


7.8.4.4. Content File System Storage Provider

The Content File System Storage Provider is the default Storage Provider included with DDF

Installing the Content File System Storage Provider

The Content File System Storage Provider is installed by default with the Catalog application.

Configuring Content File System Storage Provider

To configure the Content File System Storage Provider:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Content File System Storage Provider.

See Content File System Storage Provider configurations for all possible configurations.


7.8.4.5. GMD CSW Source

The Geographic MetaData extensible markup language (GMD) CSW source supports the ability to search collections of descriptive information (metadata) for data, services, and related information objects, based on the Application Profile ISO 19115/ISO19119 This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Use the GMD CSW source if querying a GMD CSW APISO compliant service.

Installing the GMD CSW APISO v2.0.2 Source

The GMD CSW source is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial application.

Configure a new GMD CSW APISO v2.0.2 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Add a New source.

  • Name the New source.

  • Select GMD CSW ISO Federated Source from Binding Configurations.

Configuring the GMD CSW APISO v2.0.2 Source

Configure an existing GMD CSW APISO v2.0.2 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Select the name of the source to edit.

See GMD CSW APISO v2.0.2 Source configurations for all possible configurations.


7.8.4.6. OpenSearch Source

The OpenSearch source provides a Federated Source that has the capability to do OpenSearch queries for metadata from Content Discovery and Retrieval (CDR) Search V1.1 compliant sources. The OpenSearch source does not provide a Connected Source interface.

Installing an OpenSearch Source

The OpenSearch Source is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

Configure a new OpenSearch Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Add a New source.

  • Name the New source.

  • Select OpenSearch Source from Binding Configurations.

Configuring an OpenSearch Source

Configure an existing OpenSearch Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Select the name of the source to edit.

See OpenSearch Source configurations for all possible configurations.

Using OpenSearch Source

Use the OpenSearch source if querying a CDR-compliant search service is desired.

Table 17. Query to OpenSearch Parameter Mapping
Element OpenSearch HTTP Parameter DDF Data Location

searchTerms

q

Pulled from the query and encoded in UTF-8.

routeTo

src

Pulled from the query.

maxResults

mr

Pulled from the query.

count

count

Pulled from the query.

startIndex

start

Pulled from the query.

maxTimeout

mt

Pulled from the query.

userDN

dn

DDF subject

lat

lat

Pulled from the query if it is a point-radius query and the radius is > 0.
If multiple point radius searches are encountered, each point radius is converted to an approximate polygon as geometry criteria.

lon

lon

radius

radius

box

bbox

Pulled from the query if it is a bounding-box query.

Or else, calculated from the query if it is a single geometry or polygon query and the shouldConvertToBBox configuration option is true. NOTE: Converting a polygon that crosses the antimeridian to a bounding box will produce an incorrect bounding box.

Or else, calculated from the query if it is a geometry collection and the shouldConvertToBBox configuration option is true. Note: An approximate bounding box is used to represent the geometry collection encompassing all of the geometries within it
Area between the geometries are also included in the bounding box. Hence widen the search area.

geometry

geometry

Pulled from the DDF query and combined as a geometry collection if multiple spatial query exist.

polygon

polygon

According to the OpenSearch Geo Specification this is deprecated. Use the geometry parameter instead.

start

dtstart

Pulled from the query if the query has temporal criteria for modified.

end

dtend

filter

filter

Pulled from the query.

sort

sort

Calculated from the query. Format: relevance or date. Supports asc and desc using : as delimiter.

Usage Limitations of the OpenSearch Source

The OpenSearch source does not provide a Connected Source interface.


7.8.4.7. Solr Catalog Provider

The Solr Catalog Provider is included with a standard installation of DDF.

SolrCloud

SolrCloud is a cluster of distributed Solr servers used for high availability and scalability. Configuration shared between Solr Server instances is managed by Zookeeper.

SolrCloud Deployment
SolrCloud Deployment
SolrCloud Prerequisites
Note

A minimum of three Zookeeper nodes required. Three Zookeeper nodes are needed to form a quorum. A three Zookeeper ensemble allows for a single server to fail and the service will still be available. More Zookeeper nodes can be added to achieve greater fault tolerance. The total number of nodes must always be an odd number. See Setting Up an External Zoo Keeper Ensemble for more information.

Installing SolrCloud

Review and complete the following Zookeeper and Solr documentation:

Note

A minimum of two Solr server instances is required. Each Solr server instance must have a minimum of two shards. Having two Solr server instances guarantees that at least one Solr server is available if one fails. The two shards enables the document mapping to be restored if one shard becomes unavailable.

Configuring SolrCloud

The jute.maxbuffer property needs to be set on Zookeeper and SolrCloud nodes to support large dictionary files. The following JAR is needed to support WKT geospatial queries and needs to be installed on every Solr server instance.

The JAR can be downloaded from:

Repeat the following procedure for each Zookeeper and SolrCloud node instance:

  1. Add jute.maxbuffer=0x30D40 to <ZOOKEEPER_INSTALL_DIR>/conf/zoo.cfg.

  2. Add SOLR_OPTS="$SOLR_OPTS -Djute.maxbuffer=0x30D40" to <SOLR_INSTALL_DIR>/bin/solr.in.cmd.

  3. Copy jts-core-1.16.0.jar to: <SOLR_INSTALL_DIR>/server/solr-webapp/webapp/WEB-INF/lib/.

Configuring DDF for SolrCloud
  1. On the DDF server, edit <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.system.properties:

    1. Comment out the Solr Client Configuration for Http Solr Client section.

    2. Uncomment the section for the Cloud Solr Client:

    3. Set solr.cloud.zookeeper to <ZOOKEEPER_1_HOSTNAME>:<PORT_NUMBER>, <ZOOKEEPER_2_HOSTNAME>:<PORT_NUMBER>, <ZOOKEEPER_n_HOSTNAME>:<PORT_NUMBER>

    4. Set solr.data.dir to the desired data directory.

SolrCloud System Properties
solr.client = CloudSolrClient
solr.data.dir = ${karaf.home}/data/solr
solr.cloud.zookeeper = zk1:2181,zk2:2181,zk3:2181

7.8.4.8. WFS 1.1 Source

The WFS Source allows for requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls.

A Web Feature Service (WFS) source is an implementation of the FederatedSource interface provided by the DDF Framework.

Use the WFS Source if querying a WFS version 1.1.0 compliant service.

Installing the WFS v1.1.0 Source

The WFS v1.1.0 Source is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial application.

Configure a new WFS v1.1.0 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Add a New source.

  • Name the New source.

  • Select WFS v1.1.0 Source from Binding Configurations.

Configuring the WFS v1.1.0 Source

Configure an existing WFS v1.1.0 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Select the name of the source to edit.

See WFS v.1.1 Federated Source configurations for all possible configurations.

WFS URL

The WFS URL must match the endpoint for the service being used. The type of service and version are added automatically, so they do not need to be included. Some servers will throw an exception if they are included twice, so do not include those.

The syntax depends on the server. However, in most cases, the syntax will be everything before the ? character in the URL that corresponds to the GetCapabilities query.

Example GeoServer 2.12.1 Syntax
http://www.example.org:8080/geoserver/wfs?service=wfs&version=1.1.0&request=GetCapabilities

In this case, the WFS URL would be: http://www.example.org:8080/geoserver/wfs

Mapping Metacard Attributes to WFS Feature Properties for Queries

The WFS v1.1.0 Source supports mapping metacard attributes to WFS feature properties for queries (GetFeature requests) to the WFS server. The source uses a MetacardMapper service to determine how to map a given metacard attribute in a query to a feature property the WFS server understands. It looks for a MetacardMapper whose getFeatureType() matches the feature type being queried. Any MetacardMapper service implementation will work, but DDF provides one in the Spatial application called Metacard to WFS Feature Map.


7.8.4.9. WFS 2.0 Source

The WFS 2.0 Source allows for requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls.

Use the WFS Source if querying a WFS version 2.0.0 compliant service. Also see Working with WFS Sources.

Installing the WFS v2.0.0 Source

The WFS v2.0.0 Source is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial application.

Configure a new WFS v2.0.0 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Add a new source.

  • Name the new source.

  • Select WFS v2.0.0 Source from Binding Configurations.

Configuring the WFS v2.0.0 Source

Configure an existing WFS v2.0.0 Source through the Admin Console:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Sources tab.

  • Select the name of the source to edit.

WFS URL

The WFS URL must match the endpoint for the service being used. The type of service and version is added automatically, so they do not need to be included. Some servers will throw an exception if they are included twice, so do not include those.

The syntax depends on the server. However, in most cases, the syntax will be everything before the ? character in the URL that corresponds to the GetCapabilities query.

Example GeoServer 2.5 Syntax
http://www.example.org:8080/geoserver/ows?service=wfs&version=2.0.0&request=GetCapabilities

In this case, the WFS URL would be

http://www.example.org:8080/geoserver/ows
Mapping WFS Feature Properties to Metacard Attributes

The WFS 2.0 Source allows for virtually any schema to be used to describe a feature. A feature is roughly equivalent to a metacard. The MetacardMapper was added to allow an administrator to configure which feature properties map to which metacard attributes.

Using the WFS MetacardMapper

Use the WFS MetacardMapper to configure which feature properties map to which metacard attributes when querying a WFS version 2.0.0 compliant service. When feature collection responses are returned from WFS sources, a default mapping occurs which places the feature properties into metacard attributes, which are then presented to the user via DDF. There can be situations where this automatic mapping is not optimal for your solution. Custom mappings of feature property responses to metacard attributes can be achieved through the MetacardMapper. The MetacardMapper is set by creating a feature file configuration which specifies the appropriate mapping. The mappings are specific to a given feature type.

Installing the WFS MetacardMapper

The WFS MetacardMapper is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial application.

Configuring the WFS MetacardMapper

There are two ways to configure the MetacardMapper:

  1. The Configuration Admin available in the Admin Console.

  2. Placing a feature.xml file in the deploy directory.

Example WFS MetacardMapper Configuration

The following shows how to configure the MetacardMapper to be used with the sample data provided with GeoServer. This configuration shows a custom mapping for the feature type ‘states’. For the given type, we are taking the feature property ‘STATE_NAME’ and mapping it to the metacard attribute ‘title’. In this particular case, since we mapped the state name to title in the metacard, it will now be fully searchable.

Example MetacardMapper Configuration Within a feature.xml file:
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<feature name="geoserver-states" version="2.26.17"
    description="WFS Feature to Metacard mappings for GeoServer Example {http://www.openplans.org/topp}states">
    <config name="org.codice.ddf.spatial.ogc.wfs.catalog.mapper.MetacardMapper-geoserver.http://www.openplans.org/topp.states">
        featureType = {http://www.openplans.org/topp}states
        titleMapping = STATE_NAME
    </config>
</feature>

7.8.5. Configuring Endpoints

Configure endpoints to enable external systems to send and receive content and metadata from DDF.

7.8.5.1. Configuring Catalog REST Endpoint

The Catalog REST endpoint allows clients to perform operations on the Catalog using REST.

To install the Catalog REST endpoint:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select System.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Install the catalog-rest-endpoint feature.

The Catalog REST endpoint has no configurable properties. It can only be installed or uninstalled.

7.8.5.2. Configuring CSW Endpoint

The CSW endpoint enables a client to search collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

To install the CSW endpoint:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select System.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Install the csw-endpoint feature.

To control the number of threads used for parallel processing of transactions, set the org.codice.ddf.spatial.ogc.csw.catalog.endpoint.threadpool system property in custom.system.properties. The default thread pool is 2 * Number Processors.

7.8.5.3. Configuring KML Endpoint

Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML notation for describing geographic annotation and visualization for 2- and 3- dimensional maps.

The root network link will create a network link for each configured source, including the local catalog. The individual source network links will perform a query against the OpenSearch Endpoint periodically based on the current view in the KML client. The query parameters for this query are obtained by a bounding box generated by Google Earth. The root network link will refresh every 12 hours or can be forced to refresh. As a user changes their current view, the query will be re-executed with the bounding box of the new view. (This query gets re-executed two seconds after the user stops moving the view.)

This KML Network Link endpoint has the ability to serve up custom KML style documents and Icons to be used within that document. The KML style document must be a valid XML document containing a KML style. The KML Icons should be placed in a single level directory and must be an image type (png, jpg, tif, etc.). The Description will be displayed as a pop-up from the root network link on Google Earth. This may contain the general purpose of the network and URLs to external resources.

To install the KML endpoint:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select System.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Install the spatial-kml feature.

To configure the KML endpoint:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select System.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Select KML Endpoint.

See KML Endpoint configurations for all possible configurations.

7.8.5.4. Configuring OpenSearch Endpoint

The OpenSearch endpoint enables a client to send query parameters and receive search results. This endpoint uses the input query parameters to create an OpenSearch query. The client does not need to specify all of the query parameters, only the query parameters of interest.

To install the KML endpoint:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select System.

  3. Select Features.

  4. Install the catalog-opensearch-endpoint feature.

The OpenSearch endpoint has no configurable properties. It can only be installed or uninstalled.

7.9. Environment Hardening

  • Required Step for Security Hardening

Important

It is recommended to apply the following security mitigations to the DDF.

7.9.1. Known Issues with Environment Hardening

The session timeout should be configured longer than the UI polling time or you may get session timeout errors in the UI.

Protocol/Type

Risk

Mitigation

JMX

tampering, information disclosure, and unauthorized access

  • Stop the management feature using the command line console: feature:stop management.

File System Access

tampering, information disclosure, and denial of service

Set OS File permissions under the <DDF_HOME> directory (e.g. /deploy, /etc) to ensure unauthorized viewing and writing is not allowed.

If Caching is installed:
  • Set permissions for the installation directory /data/product-cache such that only the DDF process and users with the appropriate permissions can view any stored product.

  • Caching can be turned off as well to mitigate this risk.

    • To disable caching, navigate to Admin Console.

    • Select the Catalog application.

    • Select Resource Download Settings.

    • Uncheck the Enable Product Caching box.

  • Install Security to ensure only the appropriate users are accessing the resources.

    • Navigate to the Admin Console

    • Select Manage.

    • Install the Security application, if applicable.

  • Cached files are written by the user running the DDF process/application.

On system: ensure that not everyone can change ACLs on your object.

SSH

tampering, information disclosure, and denial of service

By default, SSH access to DDF is only enabled to connections originating from the same host running DDF. For remote access to DDF, first establish an SSH session with the host running DDF. From within that session, initiate a new SSH connection (to localhost), and use the sshPort as configured in the file <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg.

To allow direct remote access to the DDF shell from any host, change the value of the sshHost property to 0.0.0.0 in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg file.

SSH can also be authenticated and authorized through an external Realm, such as LDAP. This can be accomplished by editing the <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg file and setting the value for sshRealm, e.g. to ldap. No restart of DDF is necessary after this change.

By definition, all connections over SSH will be authenticated and authorized and secure from eavesdropping.

Warning

Enabling SSH will expose your file system such that any user with access to your DDF shell will have read/write/execute access to all directories and files accessible to your installation user.

Because of this, SSH is not recommended in a secure environment and should be turned off in a fully hardened system.

Set karaf.shutdown.port=-1 in <DDF_HOME>/etc/custom.properties or <DDF_HOME>/etc/config.properties.

SSL/TLS

man-in-the-middle, information disclosure

Update the <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg file to add the entry org.ops4j.pax.web.ssl.clientauthneeded=true.

Warning

Setting this configuration may break compatibility to legacy systems that do not support two-way SSL.

Warning

Setting this configuration will require a certificate to be installed in the browser.

Session Inactivity Timeout

unauthorized access

Update the Session configuration to have no greater than a 10 minute Session Timeout.

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Security application.

  • Select the Configuration tab.

  • Select Session.

  • Set Session Timeout (in minutes) to 10 (or less).

Shell Command Access

command injection

By default, some shell commands are disabled in order to secure the system. DDF includes a whitelist of allowed shell commands in <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.command.acl.shell.cfg.

By default, this list includes commands that are whitelisted only to administrators:

  • complete

  • echo

  • format

  • grep

  • if

  • keymap

  • less

  • set

  • setopt

  • sleep

  • tac

  • wc

  • while

  • .invoke

  • unsetopt

7.10. Configuring for Special Deployments

In addition to standard configurations, several specialized configurations are possible for specific uses of DDF.

7.10.1. Multiple Installations

One common specialized configuration is installing multiple instances of DDF.

7.10.1.1. Isolating SolrCloud and Zookeeper
  • Required Step for Security Hardening (if using SolrCloud/Zookeeper)

Zookeeper clients cannot use secure (SSL/TLS) connections. The configuration information that Zookeeper sends and receives is vulnerable to network sniffing. Any unencrypted network traffic is vulnerable to sniffing attacks. To use SolrCloud with Zookeeper securely, these processes must be isolated on the network, or their communications must be encrypted by other means. The DDF process must be visible on the network to allow authorized parties to interact with it.

Examples of Isolation:
  • Create a private network for SolrCloud and Zookeeper. Only DDF is allowed to contact devices inside the private network.

  • Use IPsec to encrypt the connections between DDF, SolrCloud nodes, and Zookeeper nodes.

  • Put DDF, SolrCloud and Zookeeper behind a firewall that only allows access to DDF.

7.10.2. Configuring for a Fanout Proxy

Optionally, configure DDF as a fanout proxy such that only queries and resource retrieval requests are processed and create/update/delete requests are rejected. All queries are enterprise queries and no catalog provider needs to be configured.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Catalog Standard Framework.

  5. Select Enable Fanout Proxy.

  6. Save changes.

DDF is now operating as a fanout proxy. Only queries and resource retrieval requests will be allowed. All queries will be federated. Create, update, and delete requests will not be allowed, even if a Catalog Provider was configured prior to the reconfiguration as a fanout.

7.10.3. Configuring for a Highly Available Cluster

This section describes how to make configuration changes after the initial setup for a DDF in a Highly Available Cluster.

In a Highly Available Cluster, configuration changes must be made on both DDF nodes. The changes can still be made in the standard ways via the Admin Console, the Command Line, or the file system.

Note

Changes made in the Admin Console must be made through the HTTP proxy. This means that the below steps should be followed to make a change in the Admin Console:

  • Make a configuration change on the currently active DDF node

  • Shut down the active DDF node, making the failover proxy switch to the standby DDF node

  • Make the same configuration change on the newly active DDF node

  • Start the DDF node that was just shut down

7.11. Configuring UI Themes

The optional configurations in this section cover minor changes that can be made to optimize DDF appearance.

7.11.1. Landing Page

The Landing Page is the first page presented to users of DDF. It is customizable to allow adding organizationally-relevant content.

7.11.1.1. Installing the Landing Page

The Landing Page is installed by default with a standard installation.

7.11.1.2. Configuring the Landing Page

The DDF landing page offers a starting point and general information for a DDF node. It is accessible at /(index|home|landing(.htm|html)).

7.11.1.3. Customizing the Landing Page

Configure the Landing Page from the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Platform Application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Landing Page.

Configure important landing page items such as branding logo, contact information, description, and additional links.

See Landing Page configurations for all possible configurations.

7.11.2. Configuring Logout Page

The logout pages is presented to users through the navigation of DDF and has a changeable timeout value.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Security Application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Logout Page.

The customizable feature of the logout page is the Logout Page Time Out. This is the time limit the IDP client will wait for a user to click log out on the logout page. Any requests that take longer than this time for the user to submit will be rejected.

  1. Default value: 3600000 (milliseconds)

See Logout Configuration for detailed information.

7.11.3. Platform UI Themes

The Platform UI Configuration allows for the customization of attributes of all pages within DDF. It contains settings to display messages to users at login or in banners in the headers and footers of all pages, along with changing the colors of text and backgrounds.

7.11.3.1. Navigating to UI Theme Configuration
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Platform application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select Platform UI Configuration.

7.11.3.2. Customizing the UI Theme

The customization of the UI theme across DDF is available through the capabilities of Platform UI Configuration. The banner has four items to configure:

  1. Header (text)

  2. Footer (text)

  3. Text Color

  4. Background Color

See the Platform UI for all possible configurations of the Platform UI Configuration.

7.12. Miscellaneous Configurations

The optional configurations in this section cover minor changes that can be made to optimize DDF.

7.12.1. Configuring Thread Pools

The org.codice.ddf.system.threadPoolSize property can be used to specify the size of thread pools used by:

  • Federating requests between DDF systems

  • Downloading resources

  • Handling asynchronous queries, such as queries from the UI

By default, this value is set to 128. It is not recommended to set this value extremely high. If unsure, leave this setting at its default value of 128.

7.12.2. Configuring Jetty ThreadPool Settings

To prevent resource shortages in the event of concurrent requests, DDF allows configuring Jetty ThreadPool settings to specify the minimum and maximum available threads.

  1. The settings can be changed at etc/org.ops4j.pax.web.cfg under Jetty Server ThreadPool Settings.

  2. Specify the maximum thread amount with org.ops4j.pax.web.server.maxThreads

  3. Specify the minimum thread amount with org.ops4j.pax.web.server.minThreads

  4. Specify the allotted time for a thread to complete with org.ops4j.pax.web.server.idleTimeout

DDF does not support changing ThreadPool settings from the Command Console or the Admin Console.

7.12.3. Configuring Alerts

By default, DDF uses two services provided by Karaf Decanter for alerts that can be configured by configuration file. Further information on Karaf Decanter services and configurations can be found here This link is outside the DDF documentation.

7.12.3.1. Configuring Decanter Service Level Agreement (SLA) Checker

The Decanter SLA Checker provides a way to create alerts based on configurable conditions in events posted to decanter/collect/* and can be configured by editing the file <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.sla.checker.cfg. By default there are only two checks that will produce alerts, and they are based on the SystemNotice event property of priority.

Table 18. Decanter SLA Configuration
Property Alert Level Expression Description

priority

warn

equal:1,2,4

Produce a warn level alert if priority is important (3)

priority

error

equal:1,2,3

Produce an error level alert if priority is critical (4)

7.12.3.2. Configuring Decanter Scheduler

The Decanter Scheduler looks up services implementing the Runnable interface with the service-property decanter.collector.name and executes the Runnable periodically. The Scheduler can be configured by editing the file <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.apache.karaf.decanter.scheduler.simple.cfg.

Table 19. Decanter Scheduler Configuration
Property Name Description Default Value

period

Decanter simple scheduler period (milliseconds)

300000 (5 minutes)

threadIdleTimeout

The time to wait before stopping an idle thread (milliseconds)

60000 (1 minute)

threadInitCount

Initial number of threads created by the scheduler

5

threadMaxCount

Maximum number of threads created by the scheduler

200

7.12.4. Encrypting Passwords

DDF includes an encryption service to encrypt plain text such as passwords.

7.12.4.1. Encryption Command

An encrypt security command is provided with DDF to encrypt text. This is useful when displaying password fields to users.

Below is an example of the security:encrypt command used to encrypt the plain text myPasswordToEncrypt.

  1. Navigate to the Command Console.

    security:encrypt Command Example
    ddf@local>security:encrypt myPasswordToEncrypt
  2. The output is the encrypted value.

    security:encrypt Command Output
    ddf@local>bR9mJpDVo8bTRwqGwIFxHJ5yFJzatKwjXjIo/8USWm8=

8. Running

Find directions here for running an installation of DDF.

Starting

Getting an instance of DDF up and running.

Managing Services

Running DDF as a managed service.

Maintaining

Keeping DDF running with useful tasks.

Monitoring

Tracking system health and usage.

Troubleshooting

Common tips for unexpected behavior.

8.1. Starting

8.1.1. Run DDF as a Managed Service

8.1.1.1. Running as a Service with Automatic Start on System Boot

Because DDF is built on top of Apache Karaf, DDF can use the Karaf Wrapper to run DDF as a service and enable automatic startup and shutdown. When DDF is started using Karaf Wrapper, new wrapper.log and wrapper.log.n (where n goes from 1 to 5 by default) log files will be generated to include wrapper and console specific information.

Warning

When installing as a service on *NIX, do not use spaces in the path for <DDF_HOME> as the service scripts that are generated by the wrapper cannot handle spaces.

Warning

Ensure that JAVA_HOME is properly set before beginning this process. See Java Requirements.

Warning

Install a profile on the first start of the system. Attempting to install a profile after the first start (i.e. when starting as a service) may cause issues.

Warning

If using the default Security Manager, the service should be ran as the user who installed the service in order to avoid permission issues.

  1. Create the service wrapper.

    DDF can create native scripts and executable files to run itself as an operating system service. This is an optional feature that is not installed by default. To install the service wrapper feature, go the DDF console and enter the command:

    ddf@local> feature:install -r wrapper

  2. Generate the script, configuration, and executable files:

    *NIX
    ddf@local> wrapper:install -i setenv-wrapper.conf -n ddf -d ddf -D "DDF Service"
    Windows
    ddf@local> wrapper:install -i setenv-windows-wrapper.conf -n ddf -d ddf -D "DDF Service"
  3. (Windows users skip this step) (All *NIX) If DDF was installed to run as a non-root user (as-recommended,) edit <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf-service and change the property #RUN_AS_USER= to:

    <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf-service
    RUN_AS_USER=<ddf-user>

    where <ddf-user> is the intended username:

  4. (Windows users skip this step) (All *NIX) Edit <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf-service. Add LimitNOFILE to the [Service] section.

    <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf.service
    LimitNOFILE=6815744
  5. (Windows users skip this step) (*NIX with systemd) Install the wrapper startup/shutdown scripts.

    Install the service and start it when the system boots, use systemctl From an OS console, execute:

    root@localhost# systemctl enable <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf.service

  6. (Windows users skip this step) (*NIX without systemd) Install the wrapper startup/shutdown scripts.

    If the system does not use systemd, use the init.d system to install and configure the service. Execute these commands as root or superuser:

    root@localhost# ln -s <DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf-service /etc/init.d/
    root@localhost# chkconfig ddf-service --add
    root@localhost# chkconfig ddf-service on
  7. (Windows only) Install the wrapper startup/shutdown scripts.

    Run the following command in a console window. The command must be run with elevated permissions.

    <DDF_HOME>\bin\ddf-service.bat install

    Startup and shutdown settings can then be managed through Services → MMC Start → Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Services.

8.1.1.2. Karaf Documentation

Because DDF is built on top of Apache Karaf, more information on operating DDF can be found in the Karaf documentation This link is outside the DDF documentation.

8.1.2. Managed Services

The lifecycle of DDF and Solr processes can be managed by the operating system. The DDF documentation provides instructions to install DDF as a managed services on supported unix platforms. However, the documentation cannot account for all possible configurations. Please consult the documentation for the operating system and its init manager if the instructions in this document are inadequate.

8.1.3. Run Solr as Managed Service

Refer to Taking Solr to Production This link is outside the DDF documentation in the Solr documentation for configuring Solr as a Windows or init.d service.

Follow the below steps to start and stop DDF.

8.1.4. Starting from Startup Scripts

Run one of the start scripts from a command shell to start the distribution and open a local console:

Start Script: *NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf
Start Script: Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/ddf.bat

8.1.5. Starting as a Background Process

Alternatively, to run DDF as a background process, run the start script:

*NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/start
Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/start.bat
Note

If console access is needed while running as a service, run the client script on the host where the DDF is running:

*NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/client
Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/client.bat -h <FQDN>

Use the -h option followed by the name (<FQDN>) or IP of the host where DDF is running.

8.1.6. Stopping DDF

There are two options to stop a running instance:

  • Call shutdown from the console:

Shut down with a prompt
ddf@local>shutdown
Force Shutdown without prompt
ddf@local>shutdown -f
  • Keyboard shortcut for shutdown

    • Ctrl-D

    • Cmd-D

  • Or run the stop script:

*NIX
<DDF_HOME>/bin/stop
Windows
<DDF_HOME>/bin/stop.bat
Important
Shut Down

Do not shut down by closing the window (Windows, Unix) or using the kill -9 <pid> command (Unix). This prevents a clean shutdown and can cause significant problems when DDF is restarted. Always use the shutdown command or the shortcut from the command line console.

8.2. Maintaining

8.2.1. Console Commands

Once the distribution has started, administrators will have access to a powerful command line console, the Command Console. This Command Console can be used to manage services, install new features, and manage the state of the system.

The Command Console is available to the user when the distribution is started manually or may also be accessed by using the bin/client.bat or bin/client scripts.

Note

The majority of functionality and information available on the Admin Console is also available on the Command Line Console.

8.2.1.1. Console Command Help

For details on any command, type help then the command. For example, help search (see results of this command in the example below).

Example Help
ddf@local>help search
DESCRIPTION
        catalog:search
        Searches records in the catalog provider.
SYNTAX
        catalog:search [options] SEARCH_PHRASE [NUMBER_OF_ITEMS]
ARGUMENTS
        SEARCH_PHRASE
                Phrase to query the catalog provider.
        NUMBER_OF_ITEMS
                Number of maximum records to display.
                (defaults to -1)
OPTIONS
        --help
                Display this help message
        case-sensitive, -c
                Makes the search case sensitive
        -p, -provider
                Interacts with the provider directly instead of the framework.

The help command provides a description of the provided command, along with the syntax in how to use it, arguments it accepts, and available options.

8.2.1.2. CQL Syntax

The CQL syntax used with console commands should follow the OGC CQL format. GeoServer provides a description of the grammar and examples in this CQL Tutorial This link is outside the DDF documentation.

CQL Syntax Examples
Finding all notifications that were sent due to a download:
ddf@local>store:list --cql "application='Downloads'" --type notification

Deleting a specific notification:
ddf@local>store:delete --cql "id='fdc150b157754138a997fe7143a98cfa'" --type notification
8.2.1.3. Available Console Commands

Many console commands are available, including DDF commands and the core Karaf console commands. For more information about these core Karaf commands and using the console, see the Commands documentation for Karaf 4.2.9 at Karaf documentation This link is outside the DDF documentation.

For a complete list of all available commands, from the Command Console, press TAB and confirm when prompted.

Console commands follow a format of namespace:command.

To get a list of commands, type in the namespace of the desired extension then press TAB.

For example, type catalog, then press TAB.

Table 20. DDF Console Command Namespaces
Namespace Description

catalog

The Catalog Shell Commands are meant to be used with any CatalogProvider implementations. They provide general useful queries and functions against the Catalog API that can be used for debugging, printing, or scripting.

platform

The DDF Platform Shell Commands provide generic platform management functions

store

The Persistence Shell Commands are meant to be used with any PersistentStore implementations. They provide the ability to query and delete entries from the persistence store.

subscription

The DDF PubSub shell commands provide functions to list the registered subscriptions in DDF and to delete subscriptions.

solr

The Solr commands are used for the Solr CatalogProvider implementation. They provide commands specific to that provider.

8.2.1.3.1. Catalog Commands
Warning

Most commands can bypass the Catalog framework and interact directly with the Catalog provider if given the --provider option, if available. No pre/post plugins are executed and no message validation is performed if the --provider option is used.

Table 21. Catalog Command Descriptions
Command Description

catalog:describe

Provides a basic description of the Catalog implementation.

catalog:dump

Exports metacards from the local Catalog. Does not remove them. See date filtering options below.

catalog:envlist

Important

Deprecated as of ddf-catalog 2.5.0. Please use platform:envlist.

Provides a list of environment variables.

catalog:export

Exports metacards, history, and their associated resources from the current Catalog.

catalog:import

Imports Metacards and history into the current Catalog.

catalog:ingest

Ingests data files into the Catalog. XML is the default transformer used. See Ingest Command for detailed instructions on ingesting data and Input Transformers for all available transformers.

catalog:inspect

Provides the various fields of a metacard for inspection.

catalog:latest

Retrieves the latest records from the Catalog based on the Core.METACARD_MODIFIED date.

catalog:range

Searches by the given range arguments (exclusively).

catalog:remove

Deletes a record from the local Catalog.

catalog:removeall

Attempts to delete all records from the local Catalog.

catalog:replicate

Replicates data from a federated source into the local Catalog.

catalog:search

Searches records in the local Catalog.

catalog:spatial

Searches spatially the local Catalog.

catalog:transformers

Provides information on available transformers.

catalog:validate

Validates an XML file against all installed validators and prints out human readable errors and warnings.

catalog:dump Options

The catalog:dump command provides selective export of metacards based on date ranges. The --created-after and --created-before options allow filtering on the date and time that the metacard was created, while --modified-after and --modified-before options allow filtering on the date and time that the metacard was last modified (which is the created date if no other modifications were made). These date ranges are exclusive (i.e., if the date and time match exactly, the metacard will not be included). The date filtering options (--created-after, --created-before, --modified-after, and --modified-before) can be used in any combination, with the export result including only metacards that match all of the provided conditions.

If no date filtering options are provided, created and modified dates are ignored, so that all metacards match.

Date Syntax

Supported dates are taken from the common subset of ISO8601, matching the datetime from the following syntax:

datetime          = time | date-opt-time
time              = 'T' time-element [offset]
date-opt-time     = date-element ['T' [time-element] [offset]]
date-element      = std-date-element | ord-date-element | week-date-element
std-date-element  = yyyy ['-' MM ['-' dd]]
ord-date-element  = yyyy ['-' DDD]
week-date-element = xxxx '-W' ww ['-' e]
time-element      = HH [minute-element] | [fraction]
minute-element    = ':' mm [second-element] | [fraction]
second-element    = ':' ss [fraction]
fraction          = ('.' | ',') digit+
offset            = 'Z' | (('+' | '-') HH [':' mm [':' ss [('.' | ',') SSS]]]
catalog:dump Examples
ddf@local>// Given we've ingested a few metacards
ddf@local>catalog:latest
#       ID                                Modified Date              Title
1       a6e9ae09c792438e92a3c9d7452a449f  2021-09-22
2       b4aced45103a400da42f3b319e58c3ed  2021-09-22
3       a63ab22361e14cee9970f5284e8eb4e0  2021-09-22 myTitle

ddf@local>// Filter out older files
ddf@local>catalog:dump --created-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.015 seconds

ddf@local>// Filter out new file
ddf@local>catalog:dump --created-before 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 2 file(s) dumped in 0.023 seconds

ddf@local>// Choose middle file
ddf@local>catalog:dump --created-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.020 seconds

ddf@local>// Modified dates work the same way
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.015 seconds

ddf@local>// Can mix and match, most restrictive limits apply
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.024 seconds

ddf@local>// Can use UTC instead of (or in combination with) explicit time zone offset
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 2 file(s) dumped in 0.020 seconds
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.015 seconds

ddf@local>// Can leave off time zone, but default (local time on server) may not match what you expect!
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 1 file(s) dumped in 0.018 seconds

ddf@local>// Can leave off trailing minutes / seconds
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 2 file(s) dumped in 0.024 seconds

ddf@local>// Can use year and day number
ddf@local>catalog:dump --modified-after 2021-09-22 /home/user/ddf-catalog-dump
 2 file(s) dumped in 0.027 seconds
8.2.1.3.2. Solr Commands
Table 22. Solr Command Descriptions
Command Description

solr:backup

Creates a backup of the selected Solr core/collection. This uses the Solr interface for creating the backup. In SolrCloud deployments the selected backup directory must exist and be shared on all Solr nodes.

solr:restore

Restores a Solr backup to the selected core/collection. This uses the Solr interfaces for restoring the backup. In SolrCloud deployments the directory containing the files to restore must exist and be shared on all Solr nodes.

8.2.1.3.3. Subscriptions Commands
Note

The subscriptions commands are installed when the Catalog application is installed.

Table 23. Subscription Command Descriptions
Command Description

subscriptions:delete

Deletes the subscription(s) specified by the search phrase or LDAP filter.

subscriptions:list

List the subscription(s) specified by the search phrase or LDAP filter.

subscriptions:list Command Usage Examples

Note that no arguments are required for the subscriptions:list command. If no argument is provided, all subscriptions will be listed. A count of the subscriptions found matching the list command’s search phrase (or LDAP filter) is displayed first followed by each subscription’s ID.

List All Subscriptions
ddf@local>subscriptions:list

Total subscriptions found: 3

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification
List a Specific Subscription by ID
ddf@local>subscriptions:list "my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL"

Total subscriptions found: 1

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
Warning

It is recommended to always quote the search phrase (or LDAP filter) argument to the command so that any special characters are properly processed.

List Subscriptions Using Wildcards
ddf@local>subscriptions:list "my*"

Total subscriptions found: 3

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification


ddf@local>subscriptions:list "*json*"

Total subscriptions found: 1

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification


ddf@local>subscriptions:list "*WSDL"

Total subscriptions found: 2

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL

The example below illustrates searching for any subscription that has "json" or "v20" anywhere in its subscription ID.

List Subscriptions Using an LDAP Filter
ddf@local>subscriptions:list -f "(|(subscription-id=*json*) (subscription-id=*v20*))"

Total subscriptions found: 2

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification

The example below illustrates searching for any subscription that has json and 172.18.14.169 in its subscription ID. This could be a handy way of finding all subscriptions for a specific site.

ddf@local>subscriptions:list -f "(&(subscription-id=*json*) (subscription-id=*172.18.14.169*))"

Total subscriptions found: 1

Subscription ID
my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification
subscriptions:delete Command Usage

The arguments for the subscriptions:delete command are the same as for the list command, except that a search phrase or LDAP filter must be specified. If one of these is not specified an error will be displayed. When the delete command is executed it will display each subscription ID it is deleting. If a subscription matches the search phrase but cannot be deleted, a message in red will be displayed with the ID. After all matching subscriptions are processed, a summary line is displayed indicating how many subscriptions were deleted out of how many matching subscriptions were found.

Delete a Specific Subscription Using Its Exact ID
ddf@local>subscriptions:delete "my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification"

Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification

Deleted 1 subscriptions out of 1 subscriptions found.
Delete Subscriptions Using Wildcards
ddf@local>subscriptions:delete "my*"

Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL

Deleted 2 subscriptions out of 2 subscriptions found.

ddf@local>subscriptions:delete "*json*"

Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification

Deleted 1 subscriptions out of 1 subscriptions found.
Delete All Subscriptions
ddf@local>subscriptions:delete *

Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.json|http://172.18.14.169:8088/services/json/local/event/notification

Deleted 3 subscriptions out of 3 subscriptions found.
Delete Subscriptions Using an LDAP Filter
ddf@local>subscriptions:delete -f "(&(subscription-id=*WSDL) (subscription-id=*172.18.14.169*))"

Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v20|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockCatalogEventConsumerBinding?WSDL
Deleted subscription for ID = my.contextual.id.v30|http://172.18.14.169:8088/mockEventConsumerBinding?WSDL

Deleted 2 subscriptions out of 2 subscriptions found.
8.2.1.3.4. Platform Commands
Table 24. Platform Command Descriptions
Command Description

platform:describe

Shows the current platform configuration.

platform:envlist

Provides a list of environment variables.

8.2.1.3.5. Persistence Store Commands
Table 25. Persistence Store Command Descriptions

Command

Description

store:delete

Delete entries from the persistence store that match a given CQL statement

store:list

Lists entries that are stored in the persistence store.

8.2.1.4. Command Scheduler

The Command Scheduler allows administrators to schedule Command Line Commands to be run at specified intervals.

The Command Scheduler allows administrators to schedule Command Line Shell Commands to be run in a platform-independent way. For instance, if an administrator wanted to use the Catalog commands to export all records of a Catalog to a directory, the administrator could write a cron job or a scheduled task to remote into the container and execute the command. Writing these types of scripts are specific to the administrator’s operating system and also requires extra logic for error handling if the container is up. The administrator can also create a Command Schedule, which currently requires only two fields. The Command Scheduler only runs when the container is running, so there is no need to verify if the container is up. In addition, when the container is restarted, the commands are rescheduled and executed again. A command will be repeatedly executed indefinitely according to the configured interval until the container is shutdown or the Scheduled Command is deleted.

Note

There will be further attempts to execute the command according to the configured interval even if an attempt fails. See the log for details about failures.

8.2.1.4.1. Schedule a Command

Configure the Command Scheduler to execute a command at specific intervals.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console (https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin).

  2. Select the Platform application.

  3. Click on the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Platform Command Scheduler.

  5. Enter the command or commands to be executed in the Command text field. Commands can be separated by a semicolon and will execute in order from left to right.

  6. Enter an interval in the Interval field. This can either be a Quartz Cron expression or a positive integer (seconds) (e.x. 0 0 0 1/1 * ? * or 12).

  7. Select the interval type in the Interval Type drop-down.

  8. Click the Save changes button.

Note

Scheduling commands will be delayed by 1 minute to allow time for bundles to load when DDF is starting up.

8.2.1.4.2. Updating a Scheduled Command

Change the timing, order, or execution of scheduled commands.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Click on the Platform application.

  3. Click on the Configuration tab.

  4. Under the Platform Command Scheduler configuration are all of the scheduled commands. Scheduled commands have the following syntax: ddf.platform.scheduler.Command.{GUID} such as ddf.platform.scheduler.Command.4d60c917-003a-42e8-9367-1da0f822ca6e.

  5. Find the desired configuration to modify, and update fields.

  6. Click the Save changes button.

8.2.1.4.3. Output of Scheduled Commands

Commands that normally write out to the console will write out to the log. For example, if an echo "Hello World" command is set to run every five seconds, the log contains the following:

Sample Command Output in the Log
16:01:32,582 | INFO  | heduler_Worker-1 | ddf.platform.scheduler.CommandJob          68 | platform-scheduler   | Executing command [echo Hello World]
16:01:32,583 | INFO  | heduler_Worker-1 | ddf.platform.scheduler.CommandJob          70 | platform-scheduler   | Execution Output: Hello World
16:01:37,581 | INFO  | heduler_Worker-4 | ddf.platform.scheduler.CommandJob          68 | platform-scheduler   | Executing command [echo Hello World]
16:01:37,582 | INFO  | heduler_Worker-4 | ddf.platform.scheduler.CommandJob          70 | platform-scheduler   | Execution Output: Hello World

In short, administrators can view the status of a run within the log as long as INFO was set as the status level.

8.3. Monitoring

The DDF contains many tools to monitor system functionality, usage, and overall system health.

8.3.1. Metrics Reporting

Metrics are exposed over a Prometheus endpoint at /metrics. In order to extract and store the metrics, a Prometheus server is required.

A user interface like Grafana can be used to display metrics.

8.3.2. Managing Logging

The DDF supports a dynamic and customizable logging system including log level, log format, log output destinations, roll over, etc.

8.3.2.1. Configuring Logging

Edit the configuration file <DDF_HOME>/etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg]

8.3.2.2. DDF log file

The name and location of the log file can be changed with the following setting:

log4j.appender.out.file=<DDF_HOME>/data/log/ddf.log

8.3.2.3. Controlling log level

A useful way to debug and detect issues is to change the log level:

log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, out, osgi:VmLogAppender

8.3.2.4. Controlling the size of the log file

Set the maximum size of the log file before it is rolled over by editing the value of this setting:

log4j.appender.out.maxFileSize=20MB

8.3.2.5. Number of backup log files to keep

Adjust the number of backup files to keep by editing the value of this setting:

log4j.appender.out.maxBackupIndex=10

8.3.2.6. Enabling logging of inbound and outbound SOAP messages for the DDF SOAP endpoints

By default, the DDF start scripts include a system property enabling logging of inbound and outbound SOAP messages.

-Dcom.sun.xml.ws.transport.http.HttpAdapter.dump=true

In order to see the messages in the log, one must set the logging level for org.apache.cxf.services to INFO. By default, the logging level for org.apache.cxf is set to WARN.

ddf@local>log:set INFO org.apache.cxf.services

8.3.2.7. Logging External Resources

Other appenders can be selected and configured.

For more detail on configuring the log file and what is logged to the console see: Karaf Documentation: Log This link is outside the DDF documentation.

8.3.2.8. Enabling HTTP Access Logging

To enable access logs for the current DDF, do the following:

  • Update the jetty.xml file located in etc/ adding the following xml:

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<Get name="handler">
    <Call name="addHandler">
      <Arg>
        <New class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.RequestLogHandler">
          <Set name="requestLog">
            <New id="RequestLogImpl" class="org.eclipse.jetty.server.NCSARequestLog">
              <Arg><SystemProperty name="jetty.logs" default="data/log/"/>/yyyy_mm_dd.request.log</Arg>
              <Set name="retainDays">90</Set>
              <Set name="append">true</Set>
              <Set name="extended">false</Set>
              <Set name="LogTimeZone">GMT</Set>
            </New>
          </Set>
        </New>
      </Arg>
    </Call>
  </Get>

Change the location of the logs to the desired location. In the settings above, location will default to data/log (same place where the log is located).

The log is using National Center for Supercomputing Association Applications (NCSA) or Common format (hence the class 'NCSARequestLog'). This is the most popular format for access logs and can be parsed by many web server analytics tools. Here is a sample output:

127.0.0.1 -  -  [14/Jan/2013:16:21:24 +0000] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 0
127.0.0.1 -  -  [14/Jan/2013:16:21:33 +0000] "GET /services/ HTTP/1.1" 200 0
127.0.0.1 -  -  [14/Jan/2013:16:21:33 +0000] "GET /services//?stylesheet=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 0
127.0.0.1 -  -  [14/Jan/2013:16:21:33 +0000] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 0
8.3.2.9. Using the LogViewer
  • Navigate to the Admin Console

  • Navigate to the System tab

  • Select Logs

The LogViewer displays the most recent 500 log messages by default, but will grow to a maximum of 5000 messages. To view incoming logs, select the PAUSED button to toggle it to LIVE mode. Switching this back to PAUSED will prevent any new logs from being displayed in the LogViewer. Note that this only affects the logs displayed by the LogViewer and does not affect the underlying log.

Log events can be filtered by:

  • Log level (ERROR, WARNING, etc).

    • The LogViewer will display at the currently configured log level for the Karaf logs.

  • Log message text.

  • Bundle generating the message.

Warning

It is not recommended to use the LogViewer if the system logger is set to a low reporting level such as TRACE. The volume of messages logged will exceed the polling rate, and incoming logs may be missed.

The actual logs being polled by the LogViewer can still be accessed at <DDF_HOME>/data/log

Note

The LogViewer settings don’t change any of the underlying logging settings, only which messages are displayed. It does not affect the logs generated or events captured by the system logger.

8.4. Troubleshooting

If, after configuration, a DDF is not performing as expected, consult this table of common fixes and workarounds.

Table 26. General Troubleshooting
Issue Solution

Unable to unzip distribution on Windows platform

The default Windows zip utility is not compatible with the DDF distribution zip file. Use Java or a third-party zip utility.

Unable to federate on Windows Platform

Windows default firewall is not compatible with DDF.

Ingesting more than 200,000 data files stored NFS shares may cause Java Heap Space error (Linux-only issue).

This is an NFS bug where it creates duplicate entries for some files when doing a file list. Depending on the OS, some Linux machines can handle the bug better and able get a list of files but get an incorrect number of files. Others would have a Java Heap Space error because there are too many file to list.

As a workaround, ingest files in batches smaller than 200,000.

Ingesting serialized data file with scientific notation in WKT string causes RuntimeException.

WKT string with scientific notation such as POINT (-34.8932113039107 -4.77974239601E-5) won’t ingest. This occurs with serialized data format only.

Exception Starting DDF (Windows)

An exception is sometimes thrown starting DDF on a Windows machine (x86).

If using an unsupported terminal, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.fusesource.jansi.internal.Kernel32 is thrown.

Install missing Windows libraries.

Some Windows platforms are missing libraries that are required by DDF. These libraries are provided by the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package x64 This link is outside the DDF documentation.

CXF BusException

The following exception is thrown: org.apache.cxf.BusException: No conduit initiator

Restart DDF.

  1. Shut down DDF:
    ddf@local>shutdown

  2. Start up DDF: ./ddf

Distribution Will Not Start

DDF will not start when calling the start script defined during installation.

Complete the following procedure.

  1. Verify that Java is correctly installed.

    java -version

  2. This should return something similar to:

    java version "1.8.0_45" Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14) Java HotSpot™ Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

  3. If running *nix, verify that bash is installed.

    echo $SHELL

  4. This should return:

    /bin/bash

Multiple java.exe processes running, indicating more than one DDF instance is running.

This can be caused when another DDF is not properly shut down.

Perform one or all of the following recommended solutions, as necessary.

  • Wait for proper shutdown of DDF prior to starting a new instance.

  • Verify running java.exe are not DDF (e.g., kill/close if necessary).

  • Utilize automated start/stop scripts to run DDF as a service.

Troubleshooting TLS/SSL Connectivity

Connection error messages found in log files, for example:

  • java.net.SocketException: Broken pipe

  • java.net.SocketException: Connection reset

Ensure all the Certificate Authorities (CAs) and the whole trust chain (all intermediate certificates are included in the walk-up to the CA) have been added to the trust store.

Ensure none of the certificates or CAs have expired.

Ensure the alias of the private key in the keystore matches the hostname.

Ensure the time on all hosts and VMs are the same (no time drifts).

Ensure the server’s private key password matches the password of the keystore (if the key has a password).

Ensure the Subject Alternative Names (SANS) includes the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and IP address of the system (not required but helpful).

8.4.1. Deleted Records Are Being Displayed In The Search UI’s Search Results

When queries are issued by the Search UI, the query results that are returned are also cached in an internal Solr database for faster retrieval when the same query may be issued in the future. As records are deleted from the catalog provider, this Solr cache is kept in sync by also deleting the same records from the cache if they exist.

Sometimes the cache may get out of sync with the catalog provider such that records that should have been deleted are not. When this occurs, users of the Search UI may see stale results since these records that should have been deleted are being returned from the cache. Records in the cache can be manually deleted using the URL commands listed below from a browser. In these command URLs, metacard_cache is the name of the Solr query cache.

  • To delete all of the records in the Solr cache:

Deletion of all records in Solr query cache
https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/solr/metacard_cache/update?stream.body=<delete><query>*:*</query></delete>&commit=true
  • To delete a specific record in the Solr cache by ID (specified by the original_id_txt field):

Deletion of record in Solr query cache by ID
https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/solr/metacard_cache/update?stream.body=<delete><query>original_id_txt:50ffd32b21254c8a90c15fccfb98f139</query></delete>&commit=true
  • To delete record(s) in the Solr cache using a query on a field in the record(s) - in this example, the title_txt field is being used with wildcards to search for any records with word remote in the title:

Deletion of records in Solr query cache using search criteria
https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/solr/metacard_cache/update?stream.body=<delete><query>title_txt:*remote*</query></delete>&commit=true

9. Data Management

9.1. Ingesting Data

Ingesting is the process of getting metacard(s) into the Catalog Framework. Ingested files are "transformed" into a neutral format that can be searched against as well as migrated to other formats and systems. There are multiple methods available for ingesting files into the DDF.

Note
Guest Claims Attributes and Ingest

Ensure that appropriate Guest Claims are configured to allow guest users to ingest data and query the catalog.

9.1.1. Ingest Command

The Command Console has a command-line option for ingesting data.

Note

Ingesting with the console ingest command creates a metacard in the catalog, but does not copy the resource to the content store. The Ingest Command requires read access to the directory being ingested. See the URL Resource Reader for configuring read permission entries to the directory.

The syntax for the ingest command is

ingest -t <transformer type> <file path>

Select the <transformer type> based on the type of file(s) ingested. Metadata will be extracted if it exists in a format compatible with the transformer. The default transformer is the XML input transformer, which supports the metadata schema catalog:metacard. To see a list of all transformers currently installed, and the file types supported by each, run the catalog:transformers command.

For more information on the schemas and file types(mime-types) supported by each transformer see the Input Transformers.

The <file path> is relative to the <DDF_HOME> directory. This can be the path to a file or a directory containing the desired files.

Note
Windows Users

On Windows, put the file path in quotes: "path/to/file".

Successful command line ingest operations are accompanied with messaging indicating how many files were ingested and how long the operations took. The ingest command also prints which files could not be ingested with additional details recorded in the ingest log. The default location of the log is <DDF_HOME>/data/log/ingest_error.log.

9.1.2. Content Directory Monitor Ingest

The Catalog application contains a Content Directory Monitor feature that allows files placed in a single directory to be monitored and ingested automatically. For more information about configuring a directory to be monitored, see Configuring the Content Directory Monitor.

Files placed in the monitored directory will be ingested automatically. If a file cannot be ingested, they will be moved to an automatically-created directory named .errors. More information about the ingest operations can be found in the ingest log. The default location of the log is <DDF_HOME>/data/log/ingest_error.log. Optionally, ingested files can be automatically moved to a directory called .ingested.

9.1.3. External Methods of Ingesting Data

Third-party tools, such as cURL.exe This link is outside the DDF documentation and the Chrome Advanced Rest Client This link is outside the DDF documentation, can be used to send files to DDF for ingest.

Windows Example
curl -H "Content-type: application/json;id=geojson" -i -X POST -d @"C:\path\to\geojson_valid.json" https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog
*NIX Example
curl -H "Content-type: application/json;id=geojson" -i -X POST -d @geojson_valid.json https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog

Where:
-H adds an HTTP header. In this case, Content-type header application/json;id=geojson is added to match the data being sent in the request.
-i requests that HTTP headers are displayed in the response.
-X specifies the type of HTTP operation. For this example, it is necessary to POST (ingest) data to the server.
-d specifies the data sent in the POST request. The @ character is necessary to specify that the data is a file.

The last parameter is the URL of the server that will receive the data.

This should return a response similar to the following (the actual catalog ID in the id and Location URL fields will be different):

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HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Length: 0
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2015 22:02:22 GMT
id: 44dc84da101c4f9d9f751e38d9c4d97b
Location: https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/44dc84da101c4f9d9f751e38d9c4d97b
Server: Jetty(7.5.4.v20111024)
  1. Use a web browser to verify a file was successfully ingested. Enter the URL returned in the response’s HTTP header in a web browser. For instance in our example, it was /services/catalog/44dc84da101c4f9d9f751e38d9c4d97b. The browser will display the catalog entry as XML in the browser.

  2. Verify the catalog entry exists by executing a query via the OpenSearch endpoint.

  3. Enter the following URL in a browser /services/catalog/query?q=ddf. A single result, in Atom format, should be returned.

A resource can also be ingested with metacard metadata associated with it using the multipart/mixed content type.

Example
curl -k -X POST -i -H "Content-Type: multipart/mixed" -F parse.resource=@/path/to/resource -F parse.metadata=@/path/to/metacard https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog

More information about the ingest operations can be found in the ingest log. The default location of the log is <DDF_HOME>/data/log/ingest_error.log.

9.1.4. Creating And Managing System Search Forms Through Karaf

System search provide a way to execute queries with pre-defined templates and search criteria. System search forms are loaded via the system and are read-only. This command allows an administrator to ingest, modify or remove system search forms within the system.

Loading Forms With Defaults
forms:load
Loading Forms With Overrides
forms:load --formsDirectory "/etc/forms" --forms "forms.json" --results "results.json"

Where:
-formsDirectory Specifies the directory in which the forms JSON and XML will reside

-results Specifies the file name of the results.json file

-forms Specifies the file name of the forms.json file

It’s important to note that forms:load will fallback to the system default location for forms, results and the forms directory. The defaults are as follows:

formsDirectory: "/etc/forms"
forms: "forms.json"
results: "results.json"

Example search forms and result form data can be found in <DDF_HOME>/etc/forms/readme.md.

Managing Forms

In addition to ingesting new system forms into the system, we provide the capability to manage the forms, view the forms and remove them.

Viewing All Forms
forms:manage --list
Removing Single Form
forms:manage --remove-single "METACARD_ID"
Removing All Forms
forms:manage --remove-all

Where:
-list Displays the titles and IDs of all system forms in the system

-remove-single Takes in a metacard ID as an argument and removes it

-remove-all Removes all system forms from the system

9.1.5. Other Methods of Ingesting Data

The DDF provides endpoints for integration with other data systems and to further automate ingesting data into the catalog. See Endpoints for more information.

9.2. Validating Data

Configure DDF to perform validation on ingested documents to verify the integrity of the metadata brought into the catalog.

Isolate metacards with data validation issues and edit the metacard to correct validation errors. Additional attributes can be added to metacards as needed.

9.2.1. Validator Plugins on Ingest

When Enforce Errors is enabled within the Admin Console, validator plugins ensure the data being ingested is valid. Below is a list of the validators run against the data ingested.

Note
Enforcing errors:
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select Metacard Validation Marker Plugin.

    1. If Enforce errors is checked, these validators below will be run on ingest.

    2. If Enforce errors is not checked, these validators below will not be run on ingest.

9.2.1.1. Validators run on ingest
  • Size Validator: Validates the size of an attribute’s value(s).

  • Range Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against an inclusive numeric range.

  • Enumeration Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against a set of acceptable values.

  • Future Date Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against the current date and time, validating that they are in the future.

  • Past Date Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against the current date and time, validating that they are in the past.

  • ISO3 Country Code Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against the ISO_3166-1 Alpha3 country codes.

  • Pattern Validator: Validates an attribute’s value(s) against a regular expression.

  • Required Attributes Metacard Validator: Validates that a metacard contains certain attributes.

    • ID: ddf.catalog.validation.impl.validator.RequiredAttributesMetacardValidator

  • Duplication Validator: Validates metacard against the local catalog for duplicates based on configurable attributes.

    • ID: org.codice.ddf.validator.metacard.duplication.DuplicationValidator

  • Relationship Validator: Validates values that an attribute must have, can only have, and/or can’t have.

    • ID: ddf.catalog.validation.impl.validator.RelationshipValidator

  • Metacard WKT Validator: Validates a location metacard attribute (WKT string) against valid geometric shapes.

    • ID: org.codice.ddf.validator.metacard.wkt.MetacardWktValidator

9.2.2. Configuring Schematron Services

DDF uses Schematron Validation This link is outside the DDF documentation to validate metadata ingested into the catalog.

Custom schematron rulesets can be used to validate metacard metadata. Multiple services can be created, and each service can have multiple rulesets associated with it. Namespaces are used to distinguish services. The root schematron files may be placed anywhere on the file system as long as they are configured with an absolute path. Any root schematron files with a relative path are assumed to be relative to <DDF_HOME>/schematron.

Tip

Schematron files may reference other schematron files using an include statement with a relative path. However, when using the document function within a schematron ruleset to reference another file, the path must be absolute or relative to the DDF installation home directory.

Schematron validation services are configured with a namespace and one or more schematron rulesets. Additionally, warnings may be suppressed so that only errors are reported.

To create a new service:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog.

  • Select Configuration.

  • Ensure that catalog-schematron-plugin is started.

  • Select Schematron Validation Services.

9.2.3. Injecting Attributes

To create a new attribute, it must be injected into the metacard before it is available to edit or override.

Injections are defined in a JSON-formatted file See Developing Attribute Injections for details on creating an attribute injection file.

9.2.4. Overriding Attributes

Automatically change the value of an existing attribute on ingest by setting an attribute override.

Note

Attribute overrides are available for the following ingest methods:

  • Content Directory Monitor.

  • Confluence source.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration.

  4. Select the configuration for the desired ingest method.

    1. Catalog Content Directory Monitor.

    2. Confluence Connected Source.

    3. Confluence Federated Source.

  5. Select Attribute Overrides.

  6. Enter the key-value pair for the attribute to override and the value(s) to set.

9.3. Backing Up the Catalog

To backup local catalog records, a Catalog Backup Plugin is available. It is not installed by default for performance reasons.

See Catalog Backup Plugin for installation and configuration instructions).

9.4. Removing Expired Records from the Catalog

DDF has many ways to remove expired records from the underlying Catalog data store. Nevertheless, the benefits of data standardization is that an attempt can be made to remove records without the need to know any vendor-specific information. Whether the data store is a search server, a No-SQL database, or a relational database, expired records can be removed universally using the Catalog API and the Catalog Commands.

9.5. Automatically Added Metacard Attributes

This section describes how attributes are automatically added to metacards.

9.5.1. Attributes Added on Ingest

A metacard is first created and populated by parsing the ingested resource with an Input Transformer.
Then Attributes Are Injected, Default Attribute Types are applied, and Attribute are Overridden.
Finally the metacard is passed through a series of Pre-Authorization Plugins and Pre-Ingest Plugins.

Ingest Attribute Flow
Ingest Attribute Flow
9.5.1.1. Attributes Added by Input Transformers

Input Transformers create and populate metacards by parsing a resource. See File Format Specific Attributes to see the attributes used for specific file formats.

DDF chooses which input transformer to use by:

  1. Resolving the mimetype for the resource.

  2. Gathering all of the input transformers associated with the resolved mimetype. See Supported File Formats for a list of supported mimetypes.

  3. Iterating through the transformers until a successful transformation is performed.

The first transformer that can successfully create a metacard from the ingested resource is chosen. If no transformer can successfully transform the resource, the ingest process fails.

Important

Each of the ingest methods may have subtle differences when resolving the resource’s mimetype/input transformer.

9.5.1.2. Attributes Added by Attribute Injection

Attribute Injection is the act of adding attributes to a metacard’s Metacard Type. A Metacard Type indicates the attributes available for a particular metacard, and is created at the same time as the metacard.

Note

Attribute values can only be set/modified if the attribute exists in the metacard’s metacard type.

Attributes are initially injected with blank values. However, if an attempt is made to inject an attribute that already exists, the attribute will retain the original value.

See Catalog Taxonomy Definitions for a list of attributes injected by default.
See Developing Attribute Injections to learn how to configure attribute injections.

9.5.1.3. Attributes Added by Default Attribute Types

Developing Default Attribute Types is a configurable way to assign default values to a metacard’s attributes.

Note that the attribute must be part of the metacard’s Metacard Type before it can be assigned a default value.
See Attributes Added By Attribute Injection for more information about injecting attributes into the metacard type.

9.5.1.4. Attributes Added by Attribute Overrides (Ingest)

Attribute Overriding is the act of replacing existing attribute values with a new value.

Attribute overrides can be configured for the Content Directory Monitor.

Note that the attribute must be part of the metacard’s Metacard Type before it can be overridden.
See Attributes Added By Attribute Injection for more information about injecting attributes into the metacard type.

9.5.1.5. Attributes Added by Pre-Authorization Plugins

The Pre-Authorization Plugins provide an opportunity to take action before any security rules are applied.

9.5.1.6. Attributes Added by Pre-Ingest Plugins

The Pre-Ingest Plugins are responsible for setting attribute fields on metacards before they are stored in the catalog.

  • The Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin adds or updates expiration dates which can be used later for archiving old data.

  • The Geocoder Plugin is responsible for populating the metacard’s Location.COUNTRY_CODE attribute if the metacard has an associated location. If the metacard’s country code is already populated, the plugin will not override it.

  • The Metacard Groomer plugin adds/updates IDs and timestamps to the created metacard.

9.5.2. Attributes Added on Query

Metacards resulting from a query will undergo Attribute Injection, then have their Attributes Overridden.

9.5.2.1. Attributes Added by Attribute Overrides (Query)

Attribute Overriding is the act of replacing existing attribute values with a new value.

Attribute overrides can be configured for query results from the following Sources:

Note that the attribute must be part of the metacard’s Metacard Type before it can be overridden.
See Attributes Added By Attribute Injection for more information about injecting attributes into the metacard type.

Using

The DDF Simple Search UI application provides a low-bandwidth option for searching records in the local Catalog (provider) and federated sources. Results are returned in HTML format.

The Input form allows the user to specify keyword, geospatial, temporal, and type query parameters. It also allows the user to select the sources to search and the number of results to return.

10.1.1. Search Criteria

Enter one or more of the available search criteria to execute a query:

Keyword Search

A text box allowing the user to enter a textual query. This supports the use of (*) wildcards. If blank, the query will contain a contextual component.

Temporal Query

Select from any, relative, or absolute. Selecting Any results in no temporal restrictions on the query, selecting relative allows the user to query a period from some length of time in the past until now, and selecting absolute allows the user to specify a start and stop date range.

Spatial Search

Select from any, point-radius, and bounding box. Selecting Any results in no spatial restrictions on the query, selecting point-radius allows the user to specify a lat/lon and radius to search, and selecting a bounding box allows the user to specify an eastern, western, southern and northern boundary to search within.

Type Search

Select from any, or a specific type. Selecting Any results in no type restrictions on the query, and Selecting Specific Types shows a list of known content types on the federation, and allows the user to select a specific type to search for.

Sources

Select from none, all sources, or specific sources. Selelcting None results in querying only the local provider, Selecting All Sources results in an enterprise search where all federations are queried, and selecting Specific Sources allows the user to select which sources are queried.

Results per Page

Select the number of results to be returned by a single query.

10.1.2. Results

The table of results shows the details of the results found, as well as a link to download the resource if applicable.

10.1.2.1. Results Summary
Total Results

Total Number of Results available for this query. If there are more results than the number displayed per page then a page navigation links will appear to the right.

Pages

Provides page navigation, which generate queries for requesting additional pages of results.

10.1.2.2. Results Table

The Results table provides a preview of and links to the results. The table consists of these columns:

Title

Displays title of the metacard. This will be a link which can clicked to view the metacard in the Metacard View.

Source

Displays where the metadata came from, which could be the local provider or a federated source.

Location

Displays the WKT Location of the metacard, if available.

Time

Shows the Received (Created) and Effective times of the metacard, if available.

Thumbnail

Shows the thumbnail of the metacard, if available.

Download

A download link to retrieve the resource associated with the metacard, when applicable, if available.

10.1.3. Result View

This view shows more detailed look at a result.

Back to Results Button

Returns the view back to the Results Table.

Previous & Next

Navigation to page through the results one by one.

Result Table

Provides the list of properties and associated values of a single search result.

Metadata

The metadata, when expanded, displays a tree structure representing the result’s custom metadata.

Integrating

Warning

If integrating with a Highly Available Cluster of DDF, see High Availability Guidance.

DDF is structured to enable flexible integration with external clients and into larger component systems.

If integrating with an existing installation of DDF, continue to the following sections on endpoints and data/metadata management.

If a new installation of DDF is required, first see the Managing section for installation and configuration instructions, then return to this section for guidance on connecting external clients.

If you would like to set up a test or demo installation to use while developing an external client, see the Quick Start Tutorial for demo instructions.

For troubleshooting and known issues, see the Release Notes This link is outside the DDF documentation.

11. Endpoints

Federation with DDF is primarily accomplished through Endpoints accessible through http(s) requests and responses.

Note

Not all installations will expose all available endpoints. Check with DDF administrator to confirm availability of these endpoints.

11.1. Ingest Endpoints

Ingest is the process of getting data and/or metadata into the DDF catalog framework.

These endpoints are provided by DDF to be used by integrators to ingest content or metadata.

Catalog REST Endpoint

Uses REST to interact with the catalog.

CSW Endpoint

Searches collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

11.2. CRUD Endpoints

To perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on data or metadata in the catalog, work with one of these endpoints.

Catalog REST Endpoint

Uses REST to interact with the catalog.

CSW Endpoint

Searches collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

11.3. Query Endpoints

Query data or metadata stored within an instance of DDF using one of these endpoints.

CSW Endpoint

Searches collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

OpenSearch Endpoint

Sends query parameters and receives search results.

Queries Endpoint

To perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on query metacards in the catalog, work with one of these endpoints.

11.4. Content Retrieval Endpoints

To retrieve content from an instance of DDF, use one of these endpoints.

Catalog REST Endpoint

Uses REST to interact with the catalog.

11.5. Pub-Sub Endpoints

These endpoints provide publication and subscription services to allow notifications when certain events happen within DDF.

CSW Endpoint

Searches collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

11.6. Endpoint Details

11.6.1. Catalog REST Endpoint

The Catalog REST Endpoint allows clients to perform operations on the Catalog using REST, a simple architectural style that performs communication using HTTP. 

Bulk operations are not supported: for all RESTful CRUD commands, only one metacard ID is supported in the URL.

The Catalog REST Endpoint can be used for one or more of these operations on an instance of DDF:

This example metacard can be used to test the integration with DDF.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<metacard xmlns="urn:catalog:metacard" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:smil="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/" xmlns:smillang="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language" gml:id="3a59483ba44e403a9f0044580343007e">
  <type>ddf.metacard</type>
  <string name="title">
    <value>Test REST Metacard</value>
  </string>
  <string name="description">
    <value>Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.</value>
  </string>
</metacard>
11.6.1.1. Catalog REST Create Operation Examples

The REST endpoint can be used to upload resources as attachments.

Send a POST request with the input to be ingested contained in the HTTP request body to the endpoint.

Create Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/
Example Create Request
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POST /services/catalog?transform=xml HTTP/1.1
Host: <FQDN>:<PORT>
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Cache-Control: no-cache

------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="parse.resource"; filename=""
Content-Type:


------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="parse.metadata"; filename=""
Content-Type:


------WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW--

The create and update methods both support the multipart mime format. If only a single attachment exists, it will be interpreted as a resource to be parsed, which will result in a metacard and resource being stored in the system.

If multiple attachments exist, then the REST endpoint will assume that one attachment is the actual resource (attachment should be named parse.resource) and the other attachments are overrides of metacard attributes (attachment names should follow metacard attribute names). In the case of the metadata attribute, it is possible to also have the system transform that metadata and use the results of that to override the metacard that would be generated from the resource (attachment should be named parse.metadata).

Create Success

If the ingest is successful, a status of 201 Created will be returned, along with the Metacard ID in the header of the response.

Note
Request with Non-XML Data

If a request with non-XML data is sent to the Catalog REST endpoint, the metacard will be created but the resource will be stored in the metadata field. This could affect discoverability.

If content or metadata is not ingested successfully, check for these error messages.

Table 27. Create Error Responses
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

<pre>Error while storing entry in catalog: </pre>

Malformed XML Response: If the XML being ingested has formatting errors.

Request with Unknown Schema: If ingest is attempted with a schema that is unknown, unsupported, or not configured by the endpoint, DDF creates a generic resource metacard with the provided XML as content for the metadata XML field in the metacard.

11.6.1.2. Catalog REST Read Operation Examples

The read operation can be used to retrieve metadata in different formats.

  1. Send a GET request to the endpoint.

  2. Optionally add a transform query parameter to the end of the URL with the transformer to be used (such as transform=kml). By default, the response body will include the XML representation of the Metacard.

Read Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/<metacardId>

If successful, a status of 200 OK will be returned, along with the content of the metacard requested.

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    <type>ddf.metacard</type>
    <source>ddf.distribution</source>
    <string name="title">
        <value>Test REST Metacard</value>
    </string>
    <string name="point-of-contact">
        <value>email@example.com</value>
    </string>
    <dateTime name="metacard.created">
        <value>2021-09-22</value>
    </dateTime>
    <dateTime name="effective">
        <value>2021-09-22</value>
    </dateTime>
    <dateTime name="modified">
        <value>2021-09-22</value>
    </dateTime>
    <dateTime name="created">
        <value>2021-09-22</value>
    </dateTime>
    <string name="description">
        <value>Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.</value>
    </string>
    <string name="metacard-tags">
        <value>resource</value>
        <value>VALID</value>
    </string>
    <dateTime name="metacard.modified">
        <value>2021-09-22</value>
    </dateTime>
</metacard>
  • To receive metadata in an alternate format, add a transformer to the request URL.

Metacard Transform Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/<metacardId>?transform=<TRANSFORMER_ID>
Metacard Transform Response (transform=geojson)
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    "geometry": null,
    "type": "Feature",
    "properties": {
        "effective": "2021-09-22",
        "point-of-contact": "email@example.com",
        "created": "2021-09-22",
        "metacard.modified": "2021-09-22",
        "metacard-tags": [
            "resource",
            "VALID"
        ],
        "modified": "2021-09-22",
        "description": "Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.",
        "id": "3a59483ba44e403a9f0044580343007e",
        "metacard-type": "ddf.metacard",
        "title": "Test REST Metacard",
        "source-id": "ddf.distribution",
        "metacard.created": "2021-09-22"
    }
}

To retrieve a metacard from a specific federated source, add sources/<SOURCE_ID> to the URL.

Federated Read Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/sources/<sourceId>/<metacardId>?transform=<TRANSFORMER_ID>

To retrieve the resource associated with a metacard, use the resource transformer with the GET request.

Retrieve Resource Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/<metacardId>?transform=resource

See Metacard Transformers for details on metacard transformers.

Read Error Response Examples

If the metacard or resource is not returned successfully, check for these errors.

Table 28. Read Error Responses
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

404 Not Found

<pre>Unable to retrieve requested metacard.</pre>

Invalid Metacard ID

500 Server Error

<pre>Unknown error occurred while processing request.</pre>

Transformer is invalid, unsupported, or not configured.

<pre>Unable to transform Metacard. Try different transformer: </pre>

Metacard does not have an associated resource (is metadata only).

<pre>READ failed due to unexpected exception: </pre>

Invalid source ID, or source unavailable.

11.6.1.3. Catalog Rest Update Operation Examples

To update the metadata for a metacard, send a PUT request with the ID of the Metacard to be updated appended to the end of the URL and the updated metadata is contained in the HTTP body.

Optionally, specify the transformer to use when parsing an override of a metadata attribute.

Update Request URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/<metacardId>?transform=<input transformer>
Table 29. Update Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

<pre>Error cataloging updated metadata: </pre>

Invalid metacard ID.

500 Server Error

<pre>Error cataloging updated metadata: </pre>

Invalid transformer ID.

11.6.1.4. Catalog REST Delete Operation Examples

To delete a metacard, send a DELETE request with the metacard ID to be deleted appended to the end of the URL.

Delete Request URL

https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/<metacardId>
Table 30. Delete Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

<pre>Error deleting entry from catalog: </pre>

Invalid metacard ID.

11.6.1.5. Catalog REST Sources Operation Examples

To retrieve information about federated sources, including sourceId, availability, contentTypes,and version, send a GET request to the endpoint.

Sources Response URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>//sources/
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   {
      "id" : "DDF-OS",
      "available" : true,
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      "version" : "2.26.17"
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      "id" : "ddf.distribution",
      "available" : true,
      "contentTypes" :
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      "version" : "2.26.17"
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Table 31. Sources Error Responses
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

403

<p>Problem accessing /ErrorServlet. Reason: <pre>Forbidden</pre></p>

Connection error or service unavailable.

11.6.2. CSW Endpoint

The CSW endpoint enables a client to search collections of descriptive information (metadata) about geospatial data and services.

The CSW endpoint supports metadata operations only.

For more information about the Catalogue Services for Web (CSW) standard This link is outside the DDF documentation.

The CSW Endpoint can be used for one or more of these operations on an instance of DDF:

Note
Sample Responses May Not Match Actual Responses

Actual responses may vary from these samples, depending on your configuration. Send a GET or POST request to obtain an accurate response.

11.6.2.1. CSW Endpoint Create Examples

Metacards are ingested into the catalog via the Insert sub-operation.

The schema of the record needs to conform to a schema of the information model that the catalog supports.

Send a POST request to the CSW endpoint URL.

CSW Endpoint Ingest URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw

Include the metadata to ingest within a csw:Insert block in the body of the request.

Sample XML Transaction Insert Request
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:Transaction
    service="CSW"
    version="2.0.2"
    verboseResponse="true"
    xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2">
    <csw:Insert typeName="csw:Record">
        <csw:Record
            xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
            xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
            xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
            xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
            xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
            <dc:identifier></dc:identifier>
            <dc:title>Aliquam fermentum purus quis arcu</dc:title>
            <dc:type>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text</dc:type>
            <dc:subject>Hydrography--Dictionaries</dc:subject>
            <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
            <dc:date>2021-09-22</dc:date>
            <dct:abstract>Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.</dct:abstract>
            <ows:BoundingBox crs="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.11:4326">
                <ows:LowerCorner>44.792 -6.171</ows:LowerCorner>
                <ows:UpperCorner>51.126 -2.228</ows:UpperCorner>
            </ows:BoundingBox>
        </csw:Record>
    </csw:Insert>
</csw:Transaction>

To specify the document type being ingested and select the appropriate input transformer, use the typeName attribute in the csw:Insert element

<csw:Insert typeName="xml">

To receive a copy of the metacard in the response, specify verboseResponse="true" in the csw:Transaction. The InsertResult element of the response will hold the metacard information added to the catalog.

<csw:Transaction service="CSW" version="2.0.2" verboseResponse="true" [...]
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  <csw:Insert typeName="xml">
    <metacard xmlns="urn:catalog:metacard" xmlns:ns2="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
          xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/"
          xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language">
        <type>ddf.metacard</type>
        <string name="title">
            <value>PlainXml near</value>
        </string>
    </metacard>
  </csw:Insert>
</csw:Transaction>

A successful ingest will return a status of 200 OK and csw:TransactionResponse.

Sample XML Transaction Insert Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:TransactionResponse xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
                         xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
                         xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                         xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                         xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/"
                         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                         xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
                         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                         xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language"
                         xmlns:ns10="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                         version="2.0.2"
                         ns10:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/csw /ogc/csw/2.0.2/CSW-publication.xsd">
    <csw:TransactionSummary>
        <csw:totalInserted>1</csw:totalInserted>
        <csw:totalUpdated>0</csw:totalUpdated>
        <csw:totalDeleted>0</csw:totalDeleted>
    </csw:TransactionSummary>
    <csw:InsertResult>
        <csw:BriefRecord>
            <dc:identifier><METACARD ID</dc:identifier>
            <dc:title>Aliquam fermentum purus quis arcu</dc:title>
            <dc:type>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text</dc:type>
            <ows:BoundingBox crs="EPSG:4326">
                <ows:LowerCorner>-6.171 44.792</ows:LowerCorner>
                <ows:UpperCorner>-2.228 51.126</ows:UpperCorner>
            </ows:BoundingBox>
        </csw:BriefRecord>
    </csw:InsertResult>
</csw:TransactionResponse>
Table 32. Create Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

ExceptionText with description of error.

XML error. Check for formatting errors in record.

Schema error. Verify metadata is compliant with defined schema.

11.6.2.2. CSW Endpoint Query Examples

To query through the CSW Endpoint, send a POST request to the CSW endpoint.

CSW Endpoint Query URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw

Within the body of the request, include a GetRecords operation to define the query. Define the service and version to use (CSW, 2.0.2). The output format must be application/xml. Specify the output schema. (To get a list of supported schemas, send a Get Capabilities request to the CSW endpoint.)

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        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        service="CSW"
        version="2.0.2"
        maxRecords="4"
        startPosition="1"
        resultType="results"
        outputFormat="application/xml"
        outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">

Include the query within the GetRecords request. Optionally, set the ElementSetName to determine how much detail to return.

  • Brief: the least possible detail.

  • Summary: (Default)

  • Full: All metadata elements for the record(s).

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                <ogc:PropertyName>AnyText</ogc:PropertyName>
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           "AnyText" = '%'
        </ogc:CqlText>
    </csw:Constraint>
</Query>
GetRecords XML Request Example
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<GetRecords xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        service="CSW"
        version="2.0.2"
        maxRecords="4"
        startPosition="1"
        resultType="results"
        outputFormat="application/xml"
        outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
    <Query typeNames="Record">
        <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
        <Constraint version="1.1.0">
            <ogc:Filter>
                <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
                    <ogc:PropertyName>AnyText</ogc:PropertyName>
                    <ogc:Literal>%</ogc:Literal>
                </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
            </ogc:Filter>
        </Constraint>
    </Query>
</GetRecords>
GetRecords Sample Response (application/xml)
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<csw:GetRecordsResponse xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                        xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace"
                        xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                        xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
                        xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
                        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                        xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0.2">
  <csw:SearchStatus timestamp="2021-09-22"/>
  <csw:SearchResults numberOfRecordsMatched="1" numberOfRecordsReturned="1" nextRecord="0" recordSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" elementSet="summary">
    <csw:Record xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
                xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
        <dc:identifier/>
        <dc:title>Aliquam fermentum purus quis arcu</dc:title>
        <dc:type>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text</dc:type>
        <dc:subject>Hydrography--Dictionaries</dc:subject>
        <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
        <dc:date>2021-09-22</dc:date>
        <dct:abstract>Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.</dct:abstract>
        <ows:BoundingBox crs="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.11:4326">
            <ows:LowerCorner>44.792 -6.171</ows:LowerCorner>
            <ows:UpperCorner>51.126 -2.228</ows:UpperCorner>
        </ows:BoundingBox>
    </csw:Record>
  </csw:SearchResults>
</csw:GetRecordsResponse>
Querying a Specific Source with the CSW Endpoint

To query a Specific Source, specify a query for a source-id. To find a valid source-id , send a Get Capabilities request. Configured sources will be listed in the FederatedCatalogs section of the response.

Note

The DistributedSearch element must be specific with a hopCount greater than 1 to identify it as a federated query, otherwise the source-id's will be ignored.

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<csw:GetRecords resultType="results"
    outputFormat="application/xml"
    outputSchema="urn:catalog:metacard"
    startPosition="1"
    maxRecords="10"
    service="CSW"
    version="2.0.2"
    xmlns:ns2="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns3="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language" xmlns:ns5="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xmlns:ns6="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:ns7="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:ns8="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/">
  <csw:DistributedSearch hopCount="2" />
    <ns10:Query typeNames="csw:Record" xmlns="" xmlns:ns10="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2">
        <ns10:ElementSetName>full</ns10:ElementSetName>
        <ns10:Constraint version="1.1.0">
            <ns2:Filter>
              <ns2:And>
                <ns2:PropertyIsEqualTo wildCard="*" singleChar="#" escapeChar="!">
                  <ns2:PropertyName>source-id</ns2:PropertyName>
                  <ns2:Literal>Source1</ns2:Literal>
                </ns2:PropertyIsEqualTo>_
                <ns2:PropertyIsLike wildCard="*" singleChar="#" escapeChar="!">
                  <ns2:PropertyName>title</ns2:PropertyName>
                    <ns2:Literal>*</ns2:Literal>
                </ns2:PropertyIsLike>
              </ns2:And>
            </ns2:Filter>
        </ns10:Constraint>
    </ns10:Query>
</csw:GetRecords>
Querying for GMD Output Schema

To receive a response to a GetRecords query that conforms to the GMD specification, set the Namespace(xmlns),outputschema, and typeName elements for GML schema.

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        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd"
        xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
        service="CSW"
        version="2.0.2"
        maxRecords="8"
        startPosition="1"
        resultType="results"
        outputFormat="application/xml"
        outputSchema="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
    <Query typeNames="gmd:MD_Metadata">
        <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
        <Constraint version="1.1.0">
            <ogc:Filter>
                <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
                    <ogc:PropertyName>apiso:Title</ogc:PropertyName>
                    <ogc:Literal>%</ogc:Literal>
                </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
            </ogc:Filter>
        </Constraint>
    </Query>
</GetRecords>
Querying by UTM Coordinates

UTM coordinates can be used when making a CSW GetRecords request using an ogc:Filter. UTM coordinates should use EPSG:326XX as the srsName where XX is the zone within the northern hemisphere. UTM coordinates should use EPSG:327XX as the srsName where XX is the zone within the southern hemisphere.

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UTM coordinates are only supported with requests providing an ogc:Filter, but not with CQL as there isn’t a way to specify the UTM srsName in CQL.

UTM Northern Hemisphere Zone 36 Sample Request
<GetRecords xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
        service="CSW"
        version="2.0.2"
        maxRecords="4"
        startPosition="1"
        resultType="results"
        outputFormat="application/xml"
        outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
    <Query typeNames="Record">
        <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
        <Constraint version="1.1.0">
            <ogc:Filter>
                <ogc:Intersects>
                    <ogc:PropertyName>ows:BoundingBox</ogc:PropertyName>
                    <gml:Envelope srsName="EPSG:32636">
                        <gml:lowerCorner>171070 1106907</gml:lowerCorner>
                        <gml:upperCorner>225928 1106910</gml:upperCorner>
                    </gml:Envelope>
                </ogc:Intersects>
            </ogc:Filter>
        </Constraint>
    </Query>
</GetRecords>
Querying by Metacard ID

To locate a record by Metacard ID, send a POST request with a GetRecordById element specifying the ID.

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  service="CSW"
  version="2.0.2"
  outputFormat="application/xml"
  outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
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../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
 <ElementSetName>full</ElementSetName>
 <Id><METACARD-ID></Id>
</GetRecordById>
Table 33. CSW Record to Metacard Mapping
CSW Record Field Metacard Field Brief Record Summary Record Record

dc:title

title

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dc:subject

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dc:description

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modified

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id

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source-id

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dc:relation

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dc:coverage

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dc:rights

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dct:abstract

description

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dct:accessRights

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dct:alternative

title

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dct:audience

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dct:available

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dct:bibliographicCitation

id

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dct:conformsTo

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dct:created

created

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dct:dateAccepted

effective

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dct:Copyrighted

effective

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modified

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dct:educationLevel

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dct:extent

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modified

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dct:isVersionOf

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dct:license

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modified

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dct:requires

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dct:rightsHolder

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dct:spatial

location

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dct:tableOfContents

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dct:temporal

effective + " - " + expiration

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dct:valid

expiration

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ows:BoundingBox

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Table 34. Query Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

<ows:ExceptionText>ddf.catalog.util.impl.CatalogQueryException: ddf.catalog.federation.FederationException: SiteNames could not be resolved due to invalid site names, none of the sites were available, or the current subject doesn’t have permission to access the sites.</ows:ExceptionText>

A query to a specific source has specified a source that is unavailable.

200 OK

<csw:SearchResults numberOfRecordsMatched="0" numberOfRecordsReturned="0" nextRecord="0"

No results found for query. Verify input.

11.6.2.3. CSW Endpoint Update Examples

The CSW Endpoint can edit the metadata attributes of a metacard.

Send a POST request to the CSW Endpoint URL:

CSW Endpoint Update URL
https://<FDQN>:<PORT>/services/csw

Replace the <METACARD-ID> value with the metacard id being updated, and edit any properties within the csw:Record.

CSW Update Record Example
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    <csw:Update>
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            xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
            xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
            xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
            xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
            <dc:identifier><METACARD-ID></dc:identifier>
            <dc:title>Aliquam fermentum purus quis arcu</dc:title>
            <dc:type>http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text</dc:type>
            <dc:subject>Hydrography--Dictionaries</dc:subject>
            <dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
            <dc:date>2021-09-22</dc:date>
            <dct:abstract>Vestibulum quis ipsum sit amet metus imperdiet vehicula. Nulla scelerisque cursus mi.</dct:abstract>
            <ows:BoundingBox crs="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.11:4326">
                <ows:LowerCorner>44.792 -6.171</ows:LowerCorner>
                <ows:UpperCorner>51.126 -2.228</ows:UpperCorner>
            </ows:BoundingBox>
        </csw:Record>
    </csw:Update>
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CSW Update Record Sample Response
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:TransactionResponse xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
                         xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                         xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
                         xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
                         xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                         xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/"
                         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                         xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language"
                         xmlns:ns10="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0.2"
                         ns10:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/csw /ogc/csw/2.0.2/CSW-publication.xsd">
    <csw:TransactionSummary>
        <csw:totalInserted>0</csw:totalInserted>
        <csw:totalUpdated>1</csw:totalUpdated>
        <csw:totalDeleted>0</csw:totalDeleted>
    </csw:TransactionSummary>
</csw:TransactionResponse>
Updating Individual Attributes

Within the csw:Transaction element, use the csw:RecordProperty to update individual metacard attributes.

Use the Name element to specify the name of the record property to be updated and set the Value element to the value to update in the record. The values in the Update will completely replace those that are already in the record.

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    <csw:Name>title</csw:Name>
    <csw:Value>Updated Title</csw:Value>
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Removing Attributes

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Required attributes are set to a default value if no Value element is provided.

Table 35. RecordProperty Default Values
Property Default Value

metadata-content-type

Resource

created

current time

modified

current time

effective

current time

metadata-content-type-version

myVersion

metacard.created

current time

metacard.modified

current time

metacard-tags

resource, VALID

point-of-contact

system@localhost

title

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Use a csw:Constraint to specify the metacard ID. The constraint can be an OGC Filter or a CQL query.

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        </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
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Warning

These filters can search on any arbitrary query criteria, but take care to only affect desired records.

Sample XML Transaction Update Request with OGC filter constraint
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:Transaction
    service="CSW"
    version="2.0.2"
    xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
    xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">
    <csw:Update>
        <csw:RecordProperty>
            <csw:Name>title</csw:Name>
            <csw:Value>Updated Title</csw:Value>
        </csw:RecordProperty>
            <csw:Constraint version="2.0.0">
                <ogc:Filter>
                    <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
                        <ogc:PropertyName>id</ogc:PropertyName>
                        <ogc:Literal><METACARD-ID></ogc:Literal>
                    </ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
                </ogc:Filter>
            </csw:Constraint>
    </csw:Update>
</csw:Transaction>
Sample XML Transaction Update Request with CQL filter constraint
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:Transaction
    service="CSW"
    version="2.0.2"
    xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
    xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">
    <csw:Update>
        <csw:RecordProperty>
            <csw:Name>title</csw:Name>
            <csw:Value>Updated Title</csw:Value>
        </csw:RecordProperty>
        <csw:RecordProperty>
        </csw:RecordProperty>
        <csw:Constraint version="2.0.0">
            <ogc:CqlText>
                "id" = '<METACARD-ID>'
            </ogc:CqlText>
        </csw:Constraint>
    </csw:Update>
</csw:Transaction>
Sample XML Transaction Update Response
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:TransactionResponse xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
                         xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
                         xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
                         xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                         xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/"
                         xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
                         xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
                         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                         xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language"
                         xmlns:ns10="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                         ns10:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/csw /ogc/csw/2.0.2/CSW-publication.xsd"
                         version="2.0.2">
    <csw:TransactionSummary>
        <csw:totalInserted>0</csw:totalInserted>
        <csw:totalUpdated>1</csw:totalUpdated>
        <csw:totalDeleted>0</csw:totalDeleted>
    </csw:TransactionSummary>
</csw:TransactionResponse>
Table 36. Update Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

400 Bad Request

<ows:ExceptionText>Unable to update record(s).</ows:ExceptionText>

XML or CSW schema error. Verify input.

200 OK

<csw:totalUpdated>0</csw:totalUpdated>

No records were updated. Verify metacard id or search parameters.

11.6.2.4. CSW Endpoint Publication / Subscription Examples

The subscription GetRecords operation is very similar to the GetRecords operation used to search the catalog but it subscribes to a search and sends events to a ResponseHandler endpoint as metacards are ingested matching the GetRecords request used in the subscription. The ResponseHandler must use the https protocol and receive a HEAD request to poll for availability and POST/PUT/DELETE requests for creation, updates, and deletions. The response to a GetRecords request on the subscription url will be an acknowledgement containing the original GetRecords request and a requestId. The client will be assigned a requestId (URN).

A Subscription listens for events from federated sources if the DistributedSearch element is present and the catalog is a member of a federation.

Adding a Subscription

Send a POST request to the CSW endpoint.

CSW Add Subscription Sample URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw/subscription
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        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
        service="CSW"
        version="2.0.2"
        maxRecords="4"
        startPosition="1"
        resultType="results"
        outputFormat="application/xml"
        outputSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
    <ResponseHandler>https://some.ddf/services/csw/subscription/event</ResponseHandler>
    <Query typeNames="Record">
        <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
        <Constraint version="1.1.0">
            <ogc:Filter>
                <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
                    <ogc:PropertyName>xml</ogc:PropertyName>
                    <ogc:Literal>%</ogc:Literal>
                </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
            </ogc:Filter>
        </Constraint>
    </Query>
</GetRecords>
Updating a Subscription

To update an existing subscription, send a PUT request with the requestid URN appended to the url.

CSW Endpoint Subscription Update URL

https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/csw/subscription/urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f
Subscription GetRecords XML Response
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Acknowledgement timeStamp="2021-09-22T18:49:45" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
  <EchoedRequest>
    <GetRecords
            requestId="urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f"
            service="CSW"
            version="2.0.2"
            maxRecords="4"
            startPosition="1"
            resultType="results"
            outputFormat="application/xml"
            outputSchema="urn:catalog:metacard">
        <ResponseHandler>https://some.ddf/services/csw/subscription/event</ResponseHandler>
        <Query typeNames="Record">
            <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
            <Constraint version="1.1.0">
                <ogc:Filter>
                    <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
                        <ogc:PropertyName>xml</ogc:PropertyName>
                        <ogc:Literal>%</ogc:Literal>
                    </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
                </ogc:Filter>
            </Constraint>
        </Query>
    </GetRecords>
  </EchoedRequest>
  <RequestId>urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f</ns:RequestId>
</Acknowledgement>
Subscription GetRecords Event Sample Response
<csw:GetRecordsResponse version="2.0.2" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"  xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <csw:SearchStatus timestamp="2014-02-19T15:33:44.602-05:00"/>
    <csw:SearchResults numberOfRecordsMatched="1" numberOfRecordsReturned="1" nextRecord="5" recordSchema="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" elementSet="summary">
      <csw:SummaryRecord>
        <dc:identifier>f45415884c11409497e22db8303fe8c6</dc:identifier>
        <dc:title>Product10</dc:title>
        <dc:type>pdf</dc:type>
        <dct:modified>2014-02-19T15:22:51.563-05:00</dct:modified>
        <ows:BoundingBox crs="urn:x-ogc:def:crs:EPSG:6.11:4326">
          <ows:LowerCorner>20.0 10.0</ows:LowerCorner>
          <ows:UpperCorner>20.0 10.0</ows:UpperCorner>
        </ows:BoundingBox>
      </csw:SummaryRecord>
    </csw:SearchResults>
  </csw:GetRecordsResponse>
Retrieving an Active Subscription

To retrieve an active subscription, send a GET request with the requestid URN appended to the url.

Retrieve.
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw/subscription/urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f
Subscription HTTP GET Sample Response
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<Acknowledgement timeStamp="2021-09-22T18:49:45" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                                                 xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
                                                 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                                                 xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2 ../../../csw/2.0.2/CSW-discovery.xsd">
  <EchoedRequest>
    <GetRecords
            requestId="urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f"
            service="CSW"
            version="2.0.2"
            maxRecords="4"
            startPosition="1"
            resultType="results"
            outputFormat="application/xml"
            outputSchema="urn:catalog:metacard">
        <ResponseHandler>https://some.ddf/services/csw/subscription/event</ResponseHandler>
        <Query typeNames="Record">
            <ElementSetName>summary</ElementSetName>
            <Constraint version="1.1.0">
                <ogc:Filter>
                    <ogc:PropertyIsLike wildCard="%" singleChar="_" escapeChar="\">
                        <ogc:PropertyName>xml</ogc:PropertyName>
                        <ogc:Literal>%</ogc:Literal>
                    </ogc:PropertyIsLike>
                </ogc:Filter>
            </Constraint>
        </Query>
    </GetRecords>
  </EchoedRequest>
  <RequestId>urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f</ns:RequestId>
</Acknowledgement>
Deleting a Subscription

To delete a subscription, send a DELETE request with the requestid URN appended to the url.

Delete Subscription Sample URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw/subscription/urn:uuid:4d5a5249-be03-4fe8-afea-6115021dd62f
11.6.2.5. CSW Endpoint Delete Examples

To delete metacards via the CSW Endpoint, send a POST request with a csw:Delete to the CSW Endpoint URL.

https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw

Define the records to delete with the csw:Constraint field. The constraint can be either an OGC or CQL filter.

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    <csw:Delete typeName="csw:Record" handle="something">
        <csw:Constraint version="2.0.0">
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                <ogc:PropertyIsEqualTo>
                   <ogc:PropertyName>id</ogc:PropertyName>
                   <ogc:Literal><METACARD-ID></ogc:Literal>
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    xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
    xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">
    <csw:Delete typeName="csw:Record" handle="something">
        <csw:Constraint version="2.0.0">
            <ogc:CqlText>
                 "id" = '<METACARD-ID>'
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                         xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
                         xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
                         xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
                         xmlns:ns8="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/"
                         xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language"
                         xmlns:ns10="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                         version="2.0.2" ns10:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/csw /ogc/csw/2.0.2/CSW-publication.xsd">
    <csw:TransactionSummary>
        <csw:totalInserted>0</csw:totalInserted>
        <csw:totalUpdated>0</csw:totalUpdated>
        <csw:totalDeleted>1</csw:totalDeleted>
    </csw:TransactionSummary>
</csw:TransactionResponse>
Table 37. Delete Error Response Examples
Status Code Error Message Possible Causes

200 OK

<csw:totalDeleted>0</csw:totalDeleted>

No records matched filter criteria. Verify metacard ID.

400 Bad Request

<ows:Exception> with details of error.

XML or CSW formatting error. Verify request.

11.6.2.6. CSW Endpoint Get Capabilities Examples

The GetCapabilities operation describes the operations the catalog supports and the URLs used to access those operations. The CSW endpoint supports both HTTP GET and HTTP POST requests for the GetCapabilities operation. The response to either request will always be a csw:Capabilities XML document. This XML document is defined by the CSW-Discovery XML Schema This link is outside the DDF documentation.

CSW Endpoint GetCapabilities URL for GET request
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw?service=CSW&version=2.0.2&request=GetCapabilities

Alternatively, send a POST request to the root CSW endpoint URL.

CSW Endpoint GetCapabilities URL for GET request
$https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw

Include an XML message body with a GetCapabilities element.

GetCapabilities Sample Request
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<csw:GetCapabilities
  xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2"
  service="CSW"
  version="2.0.2" >
</csw:GetCapabilities>
GetCapabilities Sample Response (application/xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<csw:Capabilities xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:csw="http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2" xmlns:ns6="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:ns9="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language" xmlns:ns10="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0.2" ns10:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/csw /ogc/csw/2.0.2/CSW-publication.xsd">
    <ows:ServiceIdentification>
        <ows:Title>Catalog Service for the Web</ows:Title>
        <ows:Abstract>DDF CSW Endpoint</ows:Abstract>
        <ows:ServiceType>CSW</ows:ServiceType>
        <ows:ServiceTypeVersion>2.0.2</ows:ServiceTypeVersion>
    </ows:ServiceIdentification>
    <ows:ServiceProvider>
        <ows:ProviderName>DDF</ows:ProviderName>
        <ows:ProviderSite/>
        <ows:ServiceContact/>
    </ows:ServiceProvider>
    <ows:OperationsMetadata>
        <ows:Operation name="GetCapabilities">
            <ows:DCP>
                <ows:HTTP>
                    <ows:Get ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw"/>
                    <ows:Post ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw">
                        <ows:Constraint name="PostEncoding">
                            <ows:Value>XML</ows:Value>
                        </ows:Constraint>
                    </ows:Post>
                </ows:HTTP>
            </ows:DCP>
            <ows:Parameter name="sections">
                <ows:Value>ServiceIdentification</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>ServiceProvider</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>OperationsMetadata</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>Filter_Capabilities</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
        </ows:Operation>
        <ows:Operation name="DescribeRecord">
            <ows:DCP>
                <ows:HTTP>
                    <ows:Get ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw"/>
                    <ows:Post ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw">
                        <ows:Constraint name="PostEncoding">
                            <ows:Value>XML</ows:Value>
                        </ows:Constraint>
                    </ows:Post>
                </ows:HTTP>
            </ows:DCP>
            <ows:Parameter name="typeName">
                <ows:Value>csw:Record</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>gmd:MD_Metadata</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="OutputFormat">
                <ows:Value>application/xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/json</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/atom+xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>text/xml</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="schemaLanguage">
                <ows:Value>http://www.w3.org/XMLSchema</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
        </ows:Operation>
        <ows:Operation name="GetRecords">
            <ows:DCP>
                <ows:HTTP>
                    <ows:Get ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw"/>
                    <ows:Post ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw">
                        <ows:Constraint name="PostEncoding">
                            <ows:Value>XML</ows:Value>
                        </ows:Constraint>
                    </ows:Post>
                </ows:HTTP>
            </ows:DCP>
            <ows:Parameter name="ResultType">
                <ows:Value>hits</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>results</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>validate</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="OutputFormat">
                <ows:Value>application/xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/json</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/atom+xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>text/xml</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="OutputSchema">
                <ows:Value>urn:catalog:metacard</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="typeNames">
                <ows:Value>csw:Record</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>gmd:MD_Metadata</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="ConstraintLanguage">
                <ows:Value>Filter</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>CQL_Text</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Constraint name="FederatedCatalogs">
                <ows:Value>Source1</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>Source2</ows:Value>
            </ows:Constraint>
        </ows:Operation>
        <ows:Operation name="GetRecordById">
            <ows:DCP>
                <ows:HTTP>
                    <ows:Get ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw"/>
                    <ows:Post ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw">
                        <ows:Constraint name="PostEncoding">
                            <ows:Value>XML</ows:Value>
                        </ows:Constraint>
                    </ows:Post>
                </ows:HTTP>
            </ows:DCP>
            <ows:Parameter name="OutputSchema">
                <ows:Value>urn:catalog:metacard</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/application/octet-stream</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="OutputFormat">
                <ows:Value>application/xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/json</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/atom+xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>text/xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>application/octet-stream</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="ResultType">
                <ows:Value>hits</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>results</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>validate</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="ElementSetName">
                <ows:Value>brief</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>summary</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>full</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
        </ows:Operation>
        <ows:Operation name="Transaction">
            <ows:DCP>
                <ows:HTTP>
                    <ows:Post ns2:href="https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/csw">
                        <ows:Constraint name="PostEncoding">
                            <ows:Value>XML</ows:Value>
                        </ows:Constraint>
                    </ows:Post>
                </ows:HTTP>
            </ows:DCP>
            <ows:Parameter name="typeNames">
                <ows:Value>xml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>appxml</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>csw:Record</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>gmd:MD_Metadata</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>tika</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
            <ows:Parameter name="ConstraintLanguage">
                <ows:Value>Filter</ows:Value>
                <ows:Value>CQL_Text</ows:Value>
            </ows:Parameter>
        </ows:Operation>
        <ows:Parameter name="service">
            <ows:Value>CSW</ows:Value>
        </ows:Parameter>
        <ows:Parameter name="version">
            <ows:Value>2.0.2</ows:Value>
        </ows:Parameter>
    </ows:OperationsMetadata>
    <ogc:Filter_Capabilities>
        <ogc:Spatial_Capabilities>
            <ogc:GeometryOperands>
                <ogc:GeometryOperand>gml:Point</ogc:GeometryOperand>
                <ogc:GeometryOperand>gml:LineString</ogc:GeometryOperand>
                <ogc:GeometryOperand>gml:Polygon</ogc:GeometryOperand>
            </ogc:GeometryOperands>
            <ogc:SpatialOperators>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="BBOX"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Beyond"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Contains"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Crosses"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Disjoint"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="DWithin"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Intersects"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Overlaps"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Touches"/>
                <ogc:SpatialOperator name="Within"/>
            </ogc:SpatialOperators>
        </ogc:Spatial_Capabilities>
        <ogc:Scalar_Capabilities>
            <ogc:LogicalOperators/>
            <ogc:ComparisonOperators>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>Between</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>NullCheck</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>Like</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>EqualTo</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>GreaterThan</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>GreaterThanEqualTo</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>LessThan</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>LessThanEqualTo</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>EqualTo</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
                <ogc:ComparisonOperator>NotEqualTo</ogc:ComparisonOperator>
            </ogc:ComparisonOperators>
        </ogc:Scalar_Capabilities>
        <ogc:Id_Capabilities>
            <ogc:EID/>
        </ogc:Id_Capabilities>
    </ogc:Filter_Capabilities>
</csw:Capabilities>

11.6.3. OpenSearch Endpoint

The OpenSearch Endpoint enables a client to send query parameters and receive search results. This endpoint uses the input query parameters to create an OpenSearch query. The client does not need to specify all of the query parameters, only the query parameters of interest.

The OpenSearch specification defines a file format to describe an OpenSearch endpoint. This file is XML-based and is used to programatically retrieve a site’s endpoint, as well as the different parameter options a site holds. The parameters are defined via the OpenSearch This link is outside the DDF documentation and CDR IPT This link is outside the DDF documentation Specifications.

11.6.3.1. OpenSearch Contextual Queries

To use the OpenSearch endpoint for a query, send a GET request with the query options as parameters

OpenSearch Query URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/query?<NAME>="<VALUE>"
Table 38. OpenSearch Parameter List
OpenSearch Element HTTPS Parameter Possible Values Comments

searchTerms

q

URL-encoded, space-delimited list of search terms

Complex contextual search string.

count

count

Integer >= 0

Maximum # of results to retrieve.

default: 10

startIndex

start

integer > 0

Index of first result to return.

This value uses a one-based index for the results.

default: 1

format

format

Requires a transformer shortname as a string, possible values include, when available, atom, html, and kml.

See Query Response transformers for more possible values.

Defines the format that the return type should be in.

default: atom

Sample OpenSearch Textual Query
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/query?q="Aliquam"&count=20
11.6.3.1.1. Complex OpenSearch Contextual Query Format

The OpenSearch Endpoint supports the following operators: AND, OR, and NOT. These operators are case sensitive. Implicit ANDs are also supported.

Use parentheses to change the order of operations. Use quotes to group keywords into literal expressions.

See the OpenSearch specification for more syntax specifics.

OpenSearch Endpoint Complex Query Example
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/query?q='cat OR dog'
11.6.3.2. OpenSearch Temporal Queries

Queries can also specify a start and end time to narrow results.

Table 39. OpenSearch Temporal Parameters
OpenSearch Element HTTPS Parameter Possible Values Comments

start

dtstart

RFC-3399-defined value: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ or yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ

Specifies the beginning of the time slice of the search.

Default value of "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z" is used when dtend is specified but dtstart is not specified.

end

dtend

RFC-3399-defined value: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ssZ or yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ss.SSSZZ

Specifies the ending of the time slice of the search

Current GMT date/time is used when dtstart is specified but dtend is not specified.

OpenSearch Temporal Query Example
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/services/catalog/query?q='*'&dtstart=2021-09-22T00:00:00Z&dtend=2021-09-22T18:00:00Z
Note

The start and end temporal criteria must be of the format specified above. Other formats are currently not supported. Example:

2021-09-22T12:00:00.111-04:00.

The start and end temporal elements are based on modified timestamps for a metacard.

11.6.3.3. OpenSearch Geospatial Queries

Query by location.

Use geospatial query parameters to create a geospatial INTERSECTS query, where INTERSECTS means geometries that are not DISJOINT to the given geospatial parameters. 

Table 40. Opensearch Geospatial Parameters
OpenSearch Element HTTPS Parameter Possible Values Comments

lat

lat

EPSG:4326 (WGS84) decimal degrees

Used in conjunction with the lon and radius parameters.

lon

lon

EPSG:4326 (WGS84) decimal degrees

Used in conjunction with the lat and radius parameters.

radius

radius

EPSG:4326 (WGS84) meters along the Earth’s surface > 0

Specifies the search distance in meters from the lon,lat point.

Used in conjunction with the lat and lon parameters.

default: 5000

polygon

polygon

Comma-delimited list of lat/lon (EPSG:4326 (WGS84) decimal degrees) pairs, in clockwise order around the polygon, where the last point is the same as the first in order to close the polygon. (e.g. -80,-170,0,-170,80,-170,80,170,0,170,-80,170,-80,-170)

According to the OpenSearch Geo Specification this is deprecated. Use the geometry parameter instead.

box

bbox

4 comma-delimited EPSG:4326 (WGS84) decimal degrees coordinates in the format West,South,East,North

geometry

geometry 

WKT Geometries

Examples:

POINT(10 20) where 10 is the longitude and 20 is the latitude.

POLYGON ( ( 30 10, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30 10 ) ). 30 is longitude and 10 is latitude for the first point.

MULTIPOLYGON ( ( (40 40, 20 45, 45 30, 40 40) ), ( (20 35, 10 30, 10 10, 30 5, 45 20, 20 35), (30 20, 20 15, 20 25, 30 20) ) )

GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(4 6),LINESTRING(4 6,7 10))

Make sure to repeat the starting point as the last point to close the polygon.

OpenSearch GeoSpatial Query Example
https://localhost:8993/services/catalog/query?q='*'&lon=44.792&lat=-6.171
11.6.3.4. Additional OpenSearch Query Parameters

The OpenSearch Endpoint can also use these additional parameters to refine queries

Table 41. OpenSearch Query Extensions
OpenSearch Element HTTPS Parameter Possible Values Comments

sort

sort

<sbfield>:<sborder> where

<sbfield> is date or relevance

<sborder> is asc or desc

<sborder> is optional but has a value of asc or desc (default is desc). However, when <sbfield> is relevance, <sborder> must be desc.

Sorting by date will sort the results by the effective date.

default: relevance:desc

maxResults

mr

Integer >= 0

Maximum # of results to return.

If count is also specified, the count value will take precedence over the maxResults value.

default: 1000

maxTimeout

mt

Integer > 0

Maximum timeout (milliseconds) for query to respond.

default: 300000 (5 minutes)

dateOffset

dtoffset

Integer > 0

Specifies an offset (milliseconds), backwards from the current time, to search on the modified time field for entries.

type

type

Any valid datatype (e.g. Text)

Specifies the type of data to search for.

version

version

Comma-delimited list of strings (e.g. 20,30)

Version values for which to search.

Table 42. Federated Search
OpenSearch Element HTTPS Parameter Possible Values Comments

routeTo

src

Comma-delimited list of site names to query. Varies depending on the names of the sites in the federation. local specifies to query the local site.

If src is not provided, the default behavior is to execute an enterprise search to the entire federation.

11.6.4. Prometheus Endpoint

The Prometheus endpoint provides various metrics about DDF such as the number of queries made to a specific source and counters of ingest operations.

An external Prometheus server will need to be setup and configured to scrape from DDF. The endpoint is exposed at:

Prometheus URL
https://<FQDN>:<PORT>/metrics
11.6.4.1. Visualising Metrics

A visualization software, such as Grafana, can be connected to Prometheus and configured to display available metrics.

11.6.5. Queries Endpoint

The queries endpoint enables an application to create, retrieve, update, and delete query metacards.

Query metacards represent queries within the UI. A query metacard is what is persisted in the data store.

The queries endpoint can be used for one or more of these operations on an instance of DDF:

  • Create query metacards and store them in the DDF catalog.

  • Retrieve all query metacards stored in the DDF catalog and sort them based on attribute and sort order.

  • Retrieve a specific query metacard stored in the DDF catalog.

  • Update query metacards that are stored in the DDF catalog.

  • Delete query metacards that are stored in the DDF catalog.

Queries Endpoint URL
https://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/search/catalog/internal/queries
11.6.5.1. Queries Endpoint Create Examples

To create a query metacard through the queries endpoint, send a POST request to the queries endpoint.

Queries Endpoint Create Request Body
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{
        "cql":"(\"anyText\" ILIKE 'foo bar')",
        "filterTree":"{\"type\":\"AND\",\"filters\":[{\"type\":\"ILIKE\",\"property\":\"anyText\",\"value\":\"foo bar\"}]}",
        "federation":"enterprise",
        "sorts":[
                {
                        "attribute":"modified",
                        "direction":"descending"
                }
        ],
        "type":"advanced",
        "title":"Search Title"
}

A successful create request will return a status of 201 CREATED.

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{
    "id": "12bfc601cda449d58733eacaf613b93d",
    "title": "Search Title",
    "created": "Apr 18, 2019 10:20:55 AM",
    "modified": "Apr 18, 2019 10:20:55 AM",
    "owner": "admin@localhost.local",
    "cql": "(\"anyText\" ILIKE 'foo bar')",
    "filterTree": "{\"type\":\"AND\",\"filters\":[{\"type\":\"ILIKE\",\"property\":\"anyText\",\"value\":\"foo bar\"}]}",
    "enterprise": null,
    "sources": [],
    "sorts": [
        {
            "attribute": "modified",
            "direction": "descending"
        }
    ],
    "polling": null,
    "federation": "enterprise",
    "type": "advanced",
    "detailLevel": null,
    "schedules": [],
    "facets": []
}

An unsuccessful create request will return a status of 500 SERVER ERROR.

Queries Endpoint Create Failure Response Body
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    "message": "Something went wrong."
}
11.6.5.2. Queries Endpoint Retrieve All Examples

To retrieve a query metacard through the queries endpoint, send a GET request to the queries endpoint.

Table 43. Path Parameters
Query Param Description Default Value Valid Values Type

start

The starting index of the query to receive.

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Integer

[1, 2^31)

count

The number of queries to return.

100

Integer

All integers

attr

The attribute to sort the queries by.

modified

All strings

String

sort_by

The sort order to return the queries in.

desc

asc, desc

String

text

A text field to search against a few attributes.

None

All strings

String

A successful retrieval request will return a status of 200 OK.

11.6.5.3. Queries Endpoint Retrieve All Fuzzy Examples

To retrieve all query metacards based on some text based value through the queries endpoint, send a GET request to the queries endpoint specifying a value for text as a query parameters.

Retrieve All Queries Fuzzy Search Endpoint URL
https://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/search/catalog/internal/queries?text=<VALUE>

A fuzzy search will only be performed against the title, modified, owner, and description attributes.

11.6.5.4. Queries Endpoint Retrieve Examples
Retrieve Specific Query Endpoint URL
https://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/search/catalog/internal/queries/<ID>

To retrieve a specific query metacard through the queries endpoint, send a GET request to the queries endpoint with an id.

A successful retrieval request will return a status of 200 OK.

Query Endpoint Not Found Response Body
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{
    "message": "Could not find metacard for id: <metacardId>"
}

An unsuccessful retrieval request will return a status of 404 NOT FOUND.

11.6.5.5. Queries Endpoint Update Examples
Update Query Endpoint URL
https://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/search/catalog/internal/queries/<ID>

To update a specific query metacard through the queries endpoint, send a PUT request to the queries endpoint with an id.

Update Query Request Request Body
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{
        "cql":"(\"anyText\" ILIKE 'foo bar')",
        "filterTree":"{\"type\":\"AND\",\"filters\":[{\"type\":\"ILIKE\",\"property\":\"anyText\",\"value\":\"foo bar\"}]}",
        "federation":"enterprise",
        "sorts":[
                {
                        "attribute":"modified",
                        "direction":"descending"
                }
        ],
        "type":"advanced",
        "title":"New Search Title"
}

A successful update request will return a status of 200 OK.

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{
    "id": "cd6b83db301544e4bb7ece39564261ca",
    "title": "New Search Title",
    "created": "Apr 18, 2019 11:09:35 AM",
    "modified": "Apr 18, 2019 11:09:35 AM",
    "owner": null,
    "cql": "(\"anyText\" ILIKE 'foo barararra')",
    "filterTree": "{\"type\":\"AND\",\"filters\":[{\"type\":\"ILIKE\",\"property\":\"anyText\",\"value\":\"foo bar\"}]}",
    "enterprise": null,
    "sources": [],
    "sorts": [
        {
            "attribute": "modified",
            "direction": "descending"
        }
    ],
    "polling": null,
    "federation": "enterprise",
    "type": "advanced",
    "detailLevel": null,
    "schedules": [],
    "facets": []
}

An unsuccessful update request will return a status of 404 NOT FOUND.

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    "message": "Form is either restricted or not found."
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11.6.5.6. Queries Endpoint Delete Examples
Delete Query Endpoint URL
https://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/search/catalog/internal/queries/<ID>

To delete a specific query metacard through the queries endpoint, send a GET request to the queries endpoint with an id.

A successful deletion request will return a status of 204 NO CONTENT.

An unsuccessful deletion request will return a status of 404 NOT FOUND.

Delete Query Not Found Response Body
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}

Developing

Developers will build or extend the functionality of the applications. 

DDF includes several extension points where external developers can add functionality to support individual use cases.

DDF is written in Java and uses many open source libraries. DDF uses OSGi to provide modularity, lifecycle management, and dynamic services. OSGi services can be installed and uninstalled while DDF is running. DDF development typically means developing new OSGi bundles and deploying them to the running DDF. A complete description of OSGi is outside the scope of this documentation. For more information about OSGi, see the OSGi Alliance website This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Architecture Diagram
Architecture Diagram
Important

If developing for a Highly Available Cluster of DDF, see High Availability Guidance.

12. Catalog Framework API

Catalog Architecture
Catalog Architecture
Catalog Framework Architecture
Catalog Framework Architecture

The CatalogFramework is the routing mechanism between catalog components that provides integration points for the Catalog Plugins. An endpoint invokes the active Catalog Framework, which calls any configured Pre-query or Pre-ingest plug-ins. The selected federation strategy calls the active Catalog Provider and any connected or federated sources. Then, any Post-query or Post-ingest plug-ins are invoked. Finally, the appropriate response is returned to the calling endpoint.

The Catalog Framework wires all Catalog components together.

It is responsible for routing Catalog requests and responses to the appropriate target. 

Endpoints send Catalog requests to the Catalog Framework. The Catalog Framework then invokes Catalog PluginsTransformers, and Resource Components as needed before sending requests to the intended destination, such as one or more Sources

The Catalog Framework decouples clients from service implementations and provides integration points for Catalog Plugins and convenience methods for Endpoint developers.

13. Catalog API Design

The Catalog is composed of several components and an API that connects them together. The Catalog API is central to DDF’s architectural qualities of extensibility and flexibility.  The Catalog API consists of Java interfaces that define Catalog functionality and specify interactions between components.  These interfaces provide the ability for components to interact without a dependency on a particular underlying implementation, thus allowing the possibility of alternate implementations that can maintain interoperability and share developed components. As such, new capabilities can be developed independently, in a modular fashion, using the Catalog API interfaces and reused by other DDF installations.

13.1. Ensuring Compatibility

The Catalog API will evolve, but great care is taken to retain backwards compatibility with developed components. Compatibility is reflected in version numbers.

13.2. Catalog Framework Sequence Diagrams

Because the Catalog Framework plays a central role to Catalog functionality, it interacts with many different Catalog components. To illustrate these relationships, high-level sequence diagrams with notional class names are provided below. These examples are for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily represent every step in each procedure.

Ingest Request Data Flow
Ingest Request Data Flow

The Ingest Service Endpoint, the Catalog Framework, and the Catalog Provider are key components of the Reference Implementation. The Endpoint bundle implements a Web service that allows clients to create, update, and delete metacards. The Endpoint calls the CatalogFramework to execute the operations of its specification. The CatalogFramework routes the request through optional PreIngest and PostIngest Catalog Plugins, which may modify the ingest request/response before/after the Catalog Provider executes the ingest request and provides the response.  Note that a CatalogProvider must be present for any ingest requests to be successfully processed, otherwise a fault is returned.

This process is similar for updating catalog entries, with update requests calling the update(UpdateRequest) methods on the Endpoint, CatalogFramework, and Catalog Provider. Similarly, for deletion of catalog entries, the delete requests call the delete(DeleteRequest) methods on the Endpoint, CatalogFramework, and CatalogProvider.

13.2.1. Error Handling

Any ingest attempts that fail inside the Catalog Framework (whether the failure comes from the Catalog Framework itself, pre-ingest plugin failures, or issues with the Catalog Provider) will be logged to a separate log file for ease of error handling. The file is located at <DDF_HOME>/data/log/ingest_error.log and will log the Metacards that fail, their ID and Title name, and the stack trace associated with their failure. By default, successful ingest attempts are not logged. However, that functionality can be achieved by setting the log level of the ingestLogger to DEBUG (note that enabling DEBUG can cause a non-trivial performance hit).

Tip

To turn off logging failed ingest attempts into a separate file, execute the following via the command line console

log:set
 ERROR ingestLogger

13.2.2. Query

Query Request Data Flow
Query Request Data Flow

The Query Service Endpoint, the Catalog Framework, and the CatalogProvider are key components for processing a query request as well. The Endpoint bundle contains a Web service that exposes the interface to query for Metacards. The Endpoint calls the CatalogFramework to execute the operations of its specification. The CatalogFramework relies on the CatalogProvider to execute the actual query. Optional PreQuery and PostQuery Catalog Plugins may be invoked by the CatalogFramework to modify the query request/response prior to the Catalog Provider processing the query request and providing the query response. If a CatalogProvider is not configured and no other remote Sources are configured, a fault will be returned. It is possible to have only remote Sources configured and no local CatalogProvider configured and be able to execute queries to specific remote Sources by specifying the site name(s) in the query request.

13.2.3. Product Caching

The Catalog Framework optionally provides caching of products, so future requests to retrieve the same product will be serviced much quicker. If caching is enabled, each time a retrieve product request is received, the Catalog Framework will look in its cache (default location <DDF_HOME>/data/product-cache) to see if the product has been cached locally. If it has, the product is retrieved from the local site and returned to the client, providing a much quicker turnaround because remote product retrieval and network traffic was avoided. If the requested product is not in the cache, the product is retrieved from the Source (local or remote) and cached locally while returning the product to the client. The caching to a local file of the product and the streaming of the product to the client are done simultaneously so that the client does not have to wait for the caching to complete before receiving the product. If errors are detected during the caching, caching of the product will be abandoned, and the product will be returned to the client. 

The Catalog Framework attempts to detect any network problems during the product retrieval, e.g., long pauses where no bytes are read implying a network connection was dropped. (The amount of time defined as a "long pause" is configurable, with the default value being five seconds.) The Catalog Framework will attempt to retrieve the product up to a configurable number of times (default = three), waiting for a configurable amount of time (default = 10 seconds) between each attempt, trying to successfully retrieve the product. If the Catalog Framework is unable to retrieve the product, an error message is returned to the client.

If the admin has enabled the Always Cache When Canceled option, caching of the product will occur even if the client cancels the product retrieval so that future requests will be serviced quickly. Otherwise, caching is canceled if the user cancels the product download.

13.2.4. Product Download Status

As part of the caching of products, the Catalog Framework also posts events to the OSGi notification framework. Information includes when the product download started, whether the download is retrying or failed (after the number of retrieval attempts configured for product caching has been exhausted), and when the download completes. These events are retrieved by the Search UI and presented to the user who initiated the download.

13.2.5. Catalog API

The Catalog API is an OSGi bundle (catalog-core-api) that contains the Java interfaces for the Catalog components and implementation classes for the Catalog Framework, Operations, and Data components.

13.2.5.1. Catalog API Search Interfaces

The Catalog API includes two different search interfaces.

Search UI Application Search Interface

The DDF Search UI application provides a graphic interface to return results and locate them on an interactive globe or map.

SSH Search Interface

Additionally, it is possible to use a client script to remotely access DDF via SSH and send console commands to search and ingest data.

13.2.5.2. Catalog Search Result Objects

Data is returned from searches as Catalog Search Result objects. This is a subtype of Catalog Entry that also contains additional data based on what type of sort policy was applied to the search. Because it is a subtype of Catalog Entry, a Catalog Search Result has all Catalog Entry’s fields such as metadata, effective time, and modified time. It also contains some of the following fields, depending on type of search, that are populated by DDF when the search occurs:

Distance

Populated when a point-radius spatial search occurs. Numerical value that indicates the result’s distance from the center point of the search.

Units

Populated when a point-radius spatial search occurs. Indicates the units (kilometer, mile, etc.) for the distance field.

Relevance

Populated when a contextual search occurs. Numerical value that indicates how relevant the text in the result is to the text originally searched for.

13.2.5.3. Search Programmatic Flow

Searching the catalog involves three basic steps:

  1. Define the search criteria (contextual, spatial, or temporal).

    1. Optionally define a sort policy and assign it to the criteria.

    2. For contextual search, optionally set the fuzzy flag to true or false (the default value for the Metadata Catalog fuzzy flag is true, while the portal default value is false).

    3. For contextual search, optionally set the caseSensitive flag to true (the default is that caseSensitive flag is NOT set and queries are not case sensitive). Doing so enables case sensitive matching on the search criteria. For example, if caseSensitive is set to true and the phrase is “Baghdad” then only metadata containing “Baghdad” with the same matching case will be returned. Words such as “baghdad”, “BAGHDAD”, and “baghDad” will not be returned because they do not match the exact case of the search term.

  2. Issue a search.

  3. Examine the results.

13.2.5.4. Sort Policies

Searches can also be sorted according to various built-in policies. A sort policy is applied to the search criteria after its creation but before the search is issued. The policy specifies to the DDF the order the Catalog search results should be in when they are returned to the requesting client. Only one sort policy may be defined per search.

There are three policies available.

Table 44. Sort Policies
Sort Policy Sorts By Default Order Available for

Temporal

The catalog search result’s effective time field

Newest to oldest

All Search Types

Distance

The catalog search result’s distance field

Nearest to farthest

Point-Radius Spatial searches

Relevance

The catalog search result’s relevance field

Most to least relevant

Contextual

If no sort policy is defined for a particular search, the temporal policy will automatically be applied.

13.2.5.5. Product Retrieval

The DDF is used to catalog resources. A Resource is a URI-addressable entity that is represented by a Metacard. Resources may exist either locally or on a remote data store.

Examples of Resources
  • NITF image

  • MPEG video

  • Live video stream

  • Audio recording

  • Document

Product Retrieval Services
  • SOAP Web services

  • DDF JSON

  • DDF REST

The Query Service Endpoint, the Catalog Framework, and the CatalogProvider are key components for processing a retrieve resource request. The Endpoint bundle contains a Web service that exposes the interface to retrieve resources. The Endpoint calls the CatalogFramework to execute the operations of its specification. The CatalogFramework relies on the Sources to execute the actual resource retrieval. Optional PreResource and PostResource Catalog Plugins may be invoked by the CatalogFramework to modify the resource retrieval request/response prior to the Catalog Provider processing the request and providing the response. It is possible to retrieve resources from specific remote Sources by specifying the site name(s) in the request.

Product Caching

Product Caching is enabled by default. Existing DDF clients are able to leverage product caching due to the product cache being implemented in the DDF.

Product Retrieval Request
Product Retrieval Request
13.2.5.6. Notifications and Activities

DDF can send/receive notifications of "Activities" occurring in the system.

Currently, the notifications provide information about resource retrieval only.

Activity events include the status and progress of actions that are being performed by the user, such as searches and downloads.

13.3. Included Catalog Frameworks, Associated Components, and Configurations

These catalog frameworks are available in a standard DDF installation:

Standard Catalog Framework

Reference implementation of a Catalog Framework that implements all requirements of the Catalog API.

Catalog Framework Camel Component

Supports creating, updating, and deleting metacards using the Catalog Framework from a Camel route.

13.3.1. Standard Catalog Framework

The Standard Catalog Framework provides the reference implementation of a Catalog Framework that implements all requirements of the Catalog API.  CatalogFrameworkImpl is the implementation of the DDF Standard Catalog Framework.

The Standard Catalog Framework is the core class of DDF. It provides the methods for create, update, delete, and resource retrieval (CRUD) operations on the Sources. By contrast, the Fanout Catalog Framework only allows for query and resource retrieval operations, no catalog modifications, and all queries are enterprise-wide.

Use this framework if:

  • access to a catalog provider is required to create, update, and delete catalog entries.

  • queries to specific sites are required.

  • queries to only the local provider are required.

It is possible to have only remote Sources configured with no local CatalogProvider configured and be able to execute queries to specific remote sources by specifying the site name(s) in the query request.

The Standard Catalog Framework also maintains a list of ResourceReaders for resource retrieval operations. A resource reader is matched to the scheme (i.e., protocol, such as file://) in the URI of the resource specified in the request to be retrieved.

Site information about the catalog provider and/or any federated source(s) can be retrieved using the Standard Catalog Framework. Site information includes the source’s name, version, availability, and the list of unique content types currently stored in the source (e.g., NITF). If no local catalog provider is configured, the site information returned includes site info for the catalog framework with no content types included.

13.3.1.1. Installing the Standard Catalog Framework

The Standard Catalog Framework is bundled as the catalog-core-standardframework feature and can be installed and uninstalled using the normal processes described in Configuration.

13.3.1.2. Configuring the Standard Catalog Framework

These are the configurable properties on the Standard Catalog Framework.

See Catalog Standard Framework configurations for all possible configurations.

Table 45. Standard Catalog Framework Exported Services
Registered Interface Service Property Value

ddf.catalog.federation.FederationStrategy

shortname

sorted

org.osgi.service.event.EventHandler

event.topics

ddf/catalog/event/CREATED, ddf/catalog/event/UPDATED, ddf/catalog/event/DELETED

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ddf.catalog.event.EventProcessor

ddf.catalog.plugin.PostIngestPlugin

Table 46. Standard Catalog Framwork Imported Services
Registered Interface Availability Multiple

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optional

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13.3.2. Catalog Framework Camel Component

The Catalog Framework Camel Component supports creating, updating, and deleting metacards using the Catalog Framework from a Camel route.

URI Format
catalog:framework
Table 47. Catalog Framework Producer Message Headers
Header Description

operation

the operation to perform using the Catalog Framework (possible values are CREATE | UPDATE | DELETE)

13.3.2.1. Sending Messages to Catalog Framework Endpoint
Catalog Framework Producer

In Producer mode, the component provides the ability to supply different inputs and have the Catalog Framework perform different operations based upon the header values.  

For the CREATE and UPDATE operation, the message body can contain a list of metacards or a single metacard object. 

For the DELETE operation, the message body can contain a list of strings or a single string object. The string objects represent the IDs of metacards to be deleted.  The exchange’s "in" message will be set with the affected metacards. In the case of a CREATE, it will be updated with the created metacards. In the case of the UPDATE, it will be updated with the updated metacards and with the DELETE it will contain the deleted metacards.

Table 48. Catalog Framework Camel Component Operations
Header Message Body (Input) Exchange Modification (Output)

operation = CREATE

List<Metacard> or Metacard

exchange.getIn().getBody() updated with List of Metacards created

operation = UPDATE

List<Metacard> or Metacard

exchange.getIn().getBody() updated with List of Metacards updated

operation = DELETE

List<String> or String (representing metacard IDs)

exchange.getIn().getBody() updated with List of Metacards deleted

Note

If there is an exception thrown while the route is being executed, a FrameworkProducerException will be thrown causing the route to fail with a CamelExecutionException.

Example Route

This example demonstrates:

  1. Reading in some sample data from the file system.

  2. Using a Java bean to convert the data into a metacard.

  3. Setting a header value on the Exchange.

  4. Sending the Metacard to the Catalog Framework component for ingesting.

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14. Transformers

Transformers
Transformers

Transformers transform data to and from various formats. Transformers are categorized by when they are invoked and used. The existing types are Input transformers, Metacard transformers, and Query Response transformers. Additionally, XSLT transformers are provided to aid in developing custom, lightweight Metacard and Query Response transformers.

Transformers are utility objects used to transform a set of standard DDF components into a desired format, such as into PDF, GeoJSON, XML, or any other format. For instance, a transformer can be used to convert a set of query results into an easy-to-read GeoJSON format (GeoJSON Transformer) or convert a set of results into a RSS feed that can be easily published to a URL for RSS feed subscription. Transformers can be registered in the OSGi Service Registry so that any other developer can access them based on their standard interface and self-assigned identifier, referred to as its "shortname." Transformers are often used by endpoints for data conversion in a system standard way. Multiple endpoints can use the same transformer, a different transformer, or their own published transformer.

Warning

The current transformers only work for UTF-8 characters and do not support Non-Western Characters (for example, Hebrew). It is recommend not to use international character sets, as they may not be displayed properly.

Communication Diagram
Communication Diagram

Transformers are used to alter the format of a resource or its metadata to or from the catalog’s metacard format.

Types of Transformers
Input Transformers

Input Transformers create metacards from input. Once converted to a Metacard, the data can be used in a variety of ways, such as in an UpdateRequest, CreateResponse, or within Catalog Endpoints or Sources. For instance, an input transformer could be used to receive and translate XML into a Metacard so that it can be placed within a CreateRequest to be ingested within the Catalog. Input transformers should be registered within the Service Registry with the interface ddf.catalog.transform.InputTransformer to notify Catalog components of any new transformers.

Metacard Transformers

Metacard Transformers translate a metacard from catalog metadata to a specific data format.

Query Response Transformers

Query Response transformers convert query responses into other data formats.

14.1. Available Input Transformers

The following input transformers are available in a standard installation of DDF:

GeoJSON Input Transformer

Translates GeoJSON into a Catalog metacard.

PDF Input Transformer

Translates a PDF document into a Catalog Metacard.

PPTX Input Transformer

Translates Microsoft PowerPoint (OOXML only) documents into Catalog Metacards.

Tika Input Transformer

Translates Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, OpenOffice Writer, and PDF documents into Catalog records.

Video Input Transformer

Creates Catalog metacards from certain video file types.

XML Input Transformer

Translates an XML document into a Catalog Metacard.

14.2. Available Metacard Transformers

The following metacard transformers are available in a standard installation of DDF:

GeoJSON Metacard Transformer

Translates a metacard into GeoJSON.

KML Metacard Transformer

Translates a metacard into a KML-formatted document.

KML Style Mapper

Maps a KML Style URL to a metacard based on that metacard’s attributes.

Metadata Metacard Transformer

returns the Metacard.METADATA attribute when given a metacard.

Resource Metacard Transformer

Retrieves the resource bytes of a metacard by returning the resource associated with the metacard.

Thumbnail Metacard Transformer

Retrieves the thumbnail bytes of a Metacard by returning the Metacard.THUMBNAIL attribute value.

XML Metacard Transformer

Translates a metacard into an XML-formatted document.

14.3. Available Query Response Transformers

The following query response transformers are available in a standard installation of DDF:

Atom Query Response Transformer

Transforms a query response into an Atom 1.0 feed.

CSW Query Response Transformer

Transforms a query response into a CSW-formatted document.

GeoJSON Query Response Transformer

Translates a query response into a GeoJSON-formatted document.

KML Query Response Transformer

Translates a query response into a KML-formatted document.

Query Response Transformer Consumer

Translates a query response into a Catalog Metacard.

XML Query Response Transformer

Translates a query response into an XML-formatted document.

14.4. Transformers Details

Availability and configuration details of available transformers.

14.4.1. Atom Query Response Transformer

The Atom Query Response Transformer transforms a query response into an Atom 1.0 feed. The Atom transformer maps a QueryResponse object as described in the Query Result Mapping.

14.4.1.1. Installing the Atom Query Response Transformer

The Atom Query Response Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation.

14.4.1.2. Configuring the Atom Query Response Transformer

The Atom Query Response Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.1.3. Using the Atom Query Response Transformer

Use this transformer when Atom is the preferred medium of communicating information, such as for feed readers or federation. An integrator could use this with an endpoint to transform query responses into an Atom feed.

For example, clients can use the OpenSearch Endpoint. The client can query with the format option set to the shortname, atom.

Sample OpenSearch Query with Atom Specified as Return Format
http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/query?q=ddf?format=atom

Developers could use this transformer to programmatically transform QueryResponse objects on the fly.

Sample Atom Feed from QueryResponse object
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    <updated>2017-01-31T23:22:37.298Z</updated>
    <id>urn:uuid:a27352c9-f935-45f0-9b8c-5803095164bb</id>
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    <os:itemsPerPage>10</os:itemsPerPage>
    <os:startIndex>1</os:startIndex>
    <entry xmlns:relevance="http://a9.com/-/opensearch/extensions/relevance/1.0/" xmlns:fs="http://a9.com/-/opensearch/extensions/federation/1.0/"
        xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss">
        <fs:resultSource fs:sourceId="ddf123" />
        <relevance:score>0.19</relevance:score>
        <id>urn:catalog:id:ee7a161e01754b9db1872bfe39d1ea09</id>
        <title type="text">F-15 lands in Libya; Crew Picked Up</title>
        <updated>2013-01-31T23:22:31.648Z</updated>
        <published>2013-01-31T23:22:31.648Z</published>
        <link href="http://123.45.67.123:8181/services/catalog/ddf123/ee7a161e01754b9db1872bfe39d1ea09" rel="alternate" title="View Complete Metacard" />
        <category term="Resource" />
        <georss:where xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">
            <gml:Point>
                <gml:pos>32.8751900768792 13.1874561309814</gml:pos>
            </gml:Point>
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        <content type="application/xml">
            <ns3:metacard xmlns:ns3="urn:catalog:metacard" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns1="http://www.opengis.net/gml"
                xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language" ns1:id="4535c53fc8bc4404a1d32a5ce7a29585">
                <ns3:type>ddf.metacard</ns3:type>
                <ns3:source>ddf.distribution</ns3:source>
                <ns3:geometry name="location">
                    <ns3:value>
                        <ns1:Point>
                            <ns1:pos>32.8751900768792 13.1874561309814</ns1:pos>
                        </ns1:Point>
                    </ns3:value>
                </ns3:geometry>
                <ns3:dateTime name="created">
                    <ns3:value>2013-01-31T16:22:31.648-07:00</ns3:value>
                </ns3:dateTime>
                <ns3:dateTime name="modified">
                    <ns3:value>2013-01-31T16:22:31.648-07:00</ns3:value>
                </ns3:dateTime>
                <ns3:stringxml name="metadata">
                    <ns3:value>
                        <ns6:xml xmlns:ns6="urn:sample:namespace" xmlns="urn:sample:namespace">Example description.</ns6:xml>
                    </ns3:value>
                </ns3:stringxml>
                <ns3:string name="metadata-content-type-version">
                    <ns3:value>myVersion</ns3:value>
                </ns3:string>
                <ns3:string name="metadata-content-type">
                    <ns3:value>myType</ns3:value>
                </ns3:string>
                <ns3:string name="title">
                    <ns3:value>Example title</ns3:value>
                </ns3:string>
            </ns3:metacard>
        </content>
    </entry>
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Table 49. Atom Query Response Transformer Result Mapping
XPath to Atom XML Value

/feed/title

"Query Response"

/feed/updated

ISO 8601 dateTime of when the feed was generated

/feed/id

Generated UUID URN This link is outside the DDF documentation

/feed/author/name

Platform Global Configuration organization

/feed/generator

Platform Global Configuration site name

/feed/generator/@version

Platform Global Configuration version

/feed/os:totalResults

SourceResponse Number of Hits

/feed/os:itemsPerPage

Request’s Page Size

/feed/os:startIndex

Request’s Start Index

/feed/entry/fs:resultSource/@fs:sourceId

Source Id from which the Result came. Metacard.getSourceId()

/feed/entry/relevance:score

Result’s relevance score if applicable. Result.getRelevanceScore()

/feed/entry/id

urn:catalog:id:<Metacard.ID>

/feed/entry/title

Metacard.TITLE

/feed/entry/updated

ISO 8601 dateTime of Metacard.MODIFIED

/feed/entry/published

ISO 8601 dateTime of Metacard.CREATED

/feed/entry/link[@rel='related']

URL to retrieve underlying resource (if applicable and link is available)

/feed/entry/link[@rel='alternate']

Link to alternate view of the Metacard (if a link is available)

/feed/entry/category

Metacard.CONTENT_TYPE

/feed/entry//georss:where

GeoRSS GML of every Metacard attribute with format AttributeFormat.GEOMETRY

/feed/entry/content

Metacard XML generated by DDF.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer with shortname=xml. If no transformer found, /feed/entry/content/@type will be text and Metacard.ID is displayed

<content type="text">4e1f38d1913b4e93ac622e6c1b258f89</content>


14.4.2. CSW Query Response Transformer

The CSW Query Response Transformer transforms a query response into a CSW-formatted document.

14.4.2.1. Installing the CSW Query Response Transformer

The CSW Query Response Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial application.

14.4.2.2. Configuring the CSW Query Response Transformer

The CSW Query Response Transformer has no configurable properties.


14.4.3. GeoJSON Input Transformer

The GeoJSON input transformer is responsible for translating GeoJSON into a Catalog metacard.

Table 50. GeoJSON Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

N/A

application/json

14.4.3.1. Installing the GeoJSON Input Transformer

The GeoJSON Input Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation.

14.4.3.2. Configuring the GeoJSON Input Transformer

The GeoJSON Input Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.3.3. Using the GeoJSON Input Transformer

Using the REST Endpoint, for example, HTTP POST a GeoJSON metacard to the Catalog. Once the REST Endpoint receives the GeoJSON Metacard, it is converted to a Catalog metacard.

Example HTTP POST of a Local metacard.json File Using the Curl Command
curl -X POST -i -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "@metacard.json" https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog
14.4.3.4. Conversion to a Metacard

A GeoJSON object consists of a single JSON object. This can be a geometry, a feature, or a FeatureCollection. The GeoJSON input transformer only converts "feature" objects into metacards because feature objects include geometry information and a list of properties. A geometry object alone does not contain enough information to create a metacard. Additionally, the input transformer currently does not handle FeatureCollections.

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The following sample will create a valid metacard:

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        "title": "myTitle",
        "thumbnail": "CA==",
        "resource-uri": "http://example.com",
        "created": "2012-09-01T00:09:19.368+0000",
        "metadata-content-type-version": "myVersion",
        "metadata-content-type": "myType",
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        "modified": "2012-09-01T00:09:19.368+0000"
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In the current implementation, Metacard.LOCATION is not taken from the properties list as WKT, but instead interpreted from the geometry JSON object. The geometry object is formatted according to the GeoJSON standard. Dates are in the ISO 8601 standard. White space is ignored, as in most cases with JSON. Binary data is accepted as Base64. XML must be properly escaped, such as what is proper for normal JSON.

Currently, only Required Attributes are recognized in the properties.

14.4.3.4.1. Metacard Extensibility

GeoJSON supports custom, extensible properties on the incoming GeoJSON using DDF’s extensible metacard support. To have those customized attributes understood by the system, a corresponding MetacardType must be registered with the MetacardTypeRegistry. That MetacardType must be specified by name in the metacard-type property of the incoming GeoJSON. If a MetacardType is specified on the GeoJSON input, the customized properties can be processed, cataloged, and indexed.

Sample GeoJSON input
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    "properties": {
        "title": "myTitle",
        "thumbnail": "CA==",
        "resource-uri": "http://example.com",
        "created": "2012-09-01T00:09:19.368+0000",
        "metadata-content-type-version": "myVersion",
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        "min-frequency": "10000000",
        "max-frequency": "20000000",
        "metacard-type": "ddf.metacard.custom.type"
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    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
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When the GeoJSON Input Transformer gets GeoJSON with the MetacardType specified, it will perform a lookup in the MetacardTypeRegistry to obtain the specified MetacardType in order to understand how to parse the GeoJSON. If no MetacardType is specified, the GeoJSON Input Transformer will assume the default MetacardType. If an unregistered MetacardType is specified, an exception will be returned to the client indicating that the MetacardType was not found.

14.4.3.5. Usage Limitations of the GeoJSON Input Transformer

The GeoJSON Input Transformer does not handle multiple geometries.


14.4.4. GeoJSON Metacard Transformer

GeoJSON Metacard Transformer translates a metacard into GeoJSON.

14.4.4.1. Installing the GeoJSON Metacard Transformer

The GeoJSON Metacard Transformer is not installed by default with a standard installation.

To install:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the catalog-transformer-json feature.

14.4.4.2. Configuring the GeoJSON Metacard Transformer

The GeoJSON Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.4.3. Using the GeoJSON Metacard Transformer

The GeoJSON Metacard Transformer can be used programmatically by requesting a MetacardTransformer with the id geojson. It can also be used within the REST Endpoint by providing the transform option as geojson.

Example REST GET Method with the GeoJSON Metacard Transformer
https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef?transform=geojson
Example REST GET Output from the GeoJSON Metacard Transformer
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        "title":"myTitle",
        "thumbnail":"CA==",
        "resource-uri":"http:\/\/example.com",
        "created":"2012-08-31T23:55:19.518+0000",
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        "metacard-type": "ddf.metacard"
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}

14.4.5. GeoJSON Query Response Transformer

The GeoJSON Query Response Transformer translates a query response into a GeoJSON-formatted document.

14.4.5.1. Installing the GeoJSON Query Response Transformer

The GeoJSON Query Response Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.5.2. Configuring the GeoJSON Query Response Transformer

The GeoJSON Query Response Transformer has no configurable properties.


14.4.6. KML Metacard Transformer

The KML Metacard Transformer is responsible for translating a metacard into a KML-formatted document. The KML will contain an HTML description that will display in the pop-up bubble in Google Earth. The HTML contains links to the full metadata view as well as the resource.

14.4.6.1. Installing the KML Metacard Transformer

The KML Metacard Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial Application.

14.4.6.2. Configuring the KML Metacard Transformer

The KML Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.6.3. Using the KML Metacard Transformer

Using the REST Endpoint for example, request a metacard with the transform option set to the KML shortname.

KML Metacard Transformer Example Output
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<kml xmlns:ns2="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:ns4="urn:oasis:names:tc:ciq:xsdschema:xAL:2.0" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <Placemark id="Placemark-0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e">
    <name>MultiPolygon</name>
    <description>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
    &lt;html&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
        &lt;meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="content-type"&gt;
        &lt;style media="screen" type="text/css"&gt;
          .label {
            font-weight: bold
          }
          .linkTable {
width: 100% }
          .thumbnailDiv {
            text-align: center
          }
          img {
            max-width: 100px;
            max-height: 100px;
            border-style:none
          }
    &lt;/style&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Source:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;ddf.distribution&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Created:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Wed Oct 30 09:46:29 MDT 2013&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td class="label"&gt;Effective:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;2014-01-07T14:58:16-0700&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/table&gt;
    &lt;table class="linkTable"&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e?transform=html"&gt;View Details...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e?transform=resource"&gt;Download...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/html&gt;
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    <TimeSpan>
      <begin>2014-01-07T21:58:16</begin>
    </TimeSpan>
    <Style id="bluenormal">
      <LabelStyle>
        <scale>0.0</scale>
      </LabelStyle>
      <LineStyle>
        <color>33ff0000</color>
        <width>3.0</width>
      </LineStyle>
      <PolyStyle>
        <color>33ff0000</color>
        <fill xsi:type="xs:boolean" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">true</fill>
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      <BalloonStyle>
<text>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;$[name]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td
width="400"&gt;$[description]&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</text>
      </BalloonStyle>
    </Style>
    <Style id="bluehighlight">
      <LabelStyle>
        <scale>1.0</scale>
      </LabelStyle>
      <LineStyle>
        <color>99ff0000</color>
        <width>6.0</width>
      </LineStyle>
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        <color>99ff0000</color>
        <fill xsi:type="xs:boolean" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">true</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
      <BalloonStyle>
        <text>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;$[name]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="400"&gt;$[description]&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</text>
      </BalloonStyle>
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      <Pair>
        <key>normal</key>
        <styleUrl>#bluenormal</styleUrl>
      </Pair>
      <Pair>
        <key>highlight</key>
        <styleUrl>#bluehighlight</styleUrl>
      </Pair>
    </StyleMap>
    <MultiGeometry>
      <Point>
        <coordinates>102.0,2.0</coordinates>
      </Point>
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        <Polygon>
          <outerBoundaryIs>
            <LinearRing>
              <coordinates>102.0,2.0 103.0,2.0 103.0,3.0 102.0,3.0 102.0,2.0</coordinates>
            </LinearRing>
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        <coordinates>100.0,0.0 101.0,0.0 101.0,1.0 100.0,1.0 100.0,0.0 100.2,0.2 100.8,0.8 100.2,0.8 100.2,0.2</coordinates>
      </LinearRing>
    </outerBoundaryIs>
  </Polygon>
</MultiGeometry>
</Placemark>
</kml>

14.4.7. KML Query Response Transformer

The KML Query Response Transformer translates a query response into a KML-formatted document. The KML will contain an HTML description for each metacard that will display in the pop-up bubble in Google Earth. The HTML contains links to the full metadata view as well as the resource.

14.4.7.1. Installing the KML Query Response Transformer

The spatial-kml-transformer feature is installed by default in the Spatial Application.

14.4.7.2. Configuring the KML Query Response Transformer

The KML Query Response Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.7.3. Using the KML Query Response Transformer

Using the OpenSearch Endpoint, for example, query with the format option set to the KML shortname: kml.

KML Query Response Transformer URL
http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/query?q=schematypesearch&format=kml
KML Query Response Transformer Example Output
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    <name>Results (1)</name>
    <open xsi:type="xs:boolean" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">false</open>
    <Style id="bluenormal">
      <LabelStyle>
        <scale>0.0</scale>
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      <LineStyle>
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        <fill xsi:type="xs:boolean" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">true</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
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      </BalloonStyle>
    </Style>
    <Style id="bluehighlight">
      <LabelStyle>
        <scale>1.0</scale>
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      <LineStyle>
        <color>99ff0000</color>
        <width>6.0</width>
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        <color>99ff0000</color>
        <fill xsi:type="xs:boolean" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">true</fill>
      </PolyStyle>
      <BalloonStyle>
        <text>&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;$[name]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="400"&gt;$[description]&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</text>
      </BalloonStyle>
    </Style>
    <StyleMap id="default">
      <Pair>
        <key>normal</key>
        <styleUrl>#bluenormal</styleUrl>
      </Pair>
      <Pair>
        <key>highlight</key>
        <styleUrl>#bluehighlight</styleUrl>
      </Pair>
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      <name>MultiPolygon</name>
      <description>&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
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    &lt;meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="content-type"&gt;
    &lt;style media="screen" type="text/css"&gt;
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        font-weight: bold
      }
      .linkTable {
width: 100% }
      .thumbnailDiv {
        text-align: center
} img {
        max-width: 100px;
        max-height: 100px;
        border-style:none
      }
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href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f
48fab939da528e?transform=resource"&gt;&lt;img alt="Thumnail"
src="data:image/jpeg;charset=utf-8;base64, CA=="&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;table&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Source:&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Created:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Wed Oct 30 09:46:29 MDT 2013&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Effective:&lt;/td&gt;
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        </Point>
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          <Polygon>
            <outerBoundaryIs>
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            </outerBoundaryIs>
          </Polygon>
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    </Placemark>
  </Document>
</kml>

14.4.8. KML Style Mapper

The KML Style Mapper provides the ability for the KMLTransformer to map a KML Style URL to a metacard based on that metacard’s attributes. For example, if a user wanted all JPEGs to be blue, the KML Style Mapper provides the ability to do so. This would also allow an administrator to configure metacards from each source to be different colors.

The configured style URLs are expected to be HTTP URLs. For more information on style URL’s, refer to the KML Reference This link is outside the DDF documentation.

The KML Style Mapper supports all basic and extended metacard attributes. When a style mapping is configured, the resulting transformed KML contain a <styleUrl> tag pointing to that style, rather than the default KML style supplied by the KMLTransformer.

14.4.8.1. Installing the KML Style Mapper

The KML Style Mapper is installed by default with a standard installation in the Spatial Application in the spatial-kml-transformer feature.

14.4.8.2. Configuring the KML Style Mapper

The properties below describe how to configure a style mapping. The configuration name is Spatial KML Style Map Entry.

See KML Style Mapper configurations for all possible configurations.

KML Style Mapper Example Values
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      .label {
        font-weight: bold
      }
      .linkTable {
width: 100% }
      .thumbnailDiv {
        text-align: center
} img {
        max-width: 100px;
        max-height: 100px;
        border-style:none
      }
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href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e?transform=resource"&gt;&lt;img alt="Thumnail"
src="data:image/jpeg;charset=utf-8;base64, CA=="&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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      &lt;/tr&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Created:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Wed Oct 30 09:46:29 MDT 2013&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
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        &lt;td class="label"&gt;Effective:&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;2014-01-07T14:58:16-0700&lt;/td&gt;
      &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;/table&gt;
    &lt;table class="linkTable"&gt;
      &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a
href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e?transform=html"&gt;View Details...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/sources/ddf.distribution/0103c77e66d9428d8f48fab939da528e?transform=resource"&gt;Download...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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        <Polygon>
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  </LinearRing>
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</MultiGeometry>
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14.4.9. Metadata Metacard Transformer

The Metadata Metacard Transformer returns the Metacard.METADATA attribute when given a metacard. The MIME Type returned is text/xml.

14.4.9.1. Installing the Metadata Metacard Transformer

The Metadata Metacard Transformer is installed by default in a standard installation with the Catalog application.

14.4.9.2. Configuring the Metadata Metacard Transformer

The Metadata Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.9.3. Using the Metadata Metacard Transformer

The Metadata Metacard Transformer can be used programmatically by requesting a metacard transformer with the id metadata. It can also be used within the REST Endpoint by providing the transform option as metadata.

Example REST GET method with the Metadata Metacard Transformer
http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef?transform=metadata

14.4.10. PDF Input Transformer

The PDF Input Transformer is responsible for translating a PDF document into a Catalog Metacard.

Table 51. PDF Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

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14.4.10.1. Installing the PDF Input Transformer

The PDF Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.10.2. Configuring the PDF Input Transformer

To configure the PDF Input Transformer:

  1. Navigate to the Catalog application.

  2. Select the Configuration tab.

  3. Select the PDF Input Transformer.

These configurations are available for the PDF Input Transformer:

See PDF Input Transformer configurations for all possible configurations.

14.4.11. PPTX Input Transformer

The PPTX Input Transformer translates Microsoft PowerPoint (OOXML only) documents into Catalog Metacards, using Apache Tika for basic metadata and Apache POI for thumbnail creation. The PPTX Input Transformer ingests PPTX documents into the DDF Content Repository and the Metadata Catalog, and adds a thumbnail of the first page in the PPTX document.

The PPTX Input Transformer will take precedence over the Tika Input Transformer for PPTX documents.

Table 52. PPTX Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

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14.4.11.1. Installing the PPTX Input Transformer

This transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.11.2. Configuring the PPTX Input Transformer

The PPTX Input Transformer has no configurable properties. '''

14.4.12. Query Response Transformer Consumer

The Query Response Transformer Consumer is responsible for translating a query response into a Catalog Metacard.

14.4.12.1. Installing the Query Response Transformer Consumer

The Query Response Transformer Consumer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.12.2. Configuring the Query Response Transformer Consumer

The Query Response Transformer Consumer has no configurable properties.

14.4.13. Resource Metacard Transformer

The Resource Metacard Transformer retrieves a resource associated with a metacard.

14.4.13.1. Installing the Resource Metacard Transformer

The Resource Metacard Transformer is installed by default in a standard installation with the Catalog application as the feature catalog-transformer-resource.

14.4.13.2. Configuring the Resource Metacard Transformer

The Resource Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.13.3. Using the Resource Metacard Transformer

Endpoints or other components can retrieve an instance of the Resource Metacard Transformer using its id resource.

Sample Resource Metacard Transformer Blueprint Reference Snippet
<reference id="metacardTransformer" interface="ddf.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer" filter="(id=resource)"/>

14.4.14. Thumbnail Metacard Transformer

The Thumbnail Metacard Transformer retrieves the thumbnail bytes of a Metacard by returning the Metacard.THUMBNAIL attribute value.

14.4.14.1. Installing the Thumbnail Metacard Transformer

This transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.14.2. Configuring the Thumbnail Metacard Transformer

The Thumbnail Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.14.3. Using the Thumbnail Metacard Transformer

Endpoints or other components can retrieve an instance of the Thumbnail Metacard Transformer using its id thumbnail.

Sample Blueprint Reference Snippet
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<reference id="metacardTransformer" interface="ddf.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer" filter="(id=thumbnail)"/>

The Thumbnail Metacard Transformer returns a BinaryContent object of the Metacard.THUMBNAIL bytes and a MIME Type of image/jpeg.


14.4.15. Tika Input Transformer

The Tika Input Transformer is the default input transformer responsible for translating Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, OpenOffice Writer, and PDF documents into Catalog records. This input transformer utilizes Apache Tika to provide basic support for these mime types. The metadata common to all these document types, e.g., creation date, author, last modified date, etc., is extracted and used to create the catalog record. The Tika Input Transformer’s main purpose is to ingest these types of content into the Metadata Catalog.

The Tika input transformer is most basic input transformer and the last to be invoked. This allows any registered input transformers that are more specific to a document type to be invoked instead of this rudimentary input transformer.

Table 53. Tika Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

N/A

This basic transformer can ingest many file types. See All Formats Supported.

14.4.15.1. Installing the Tika Input Transformer

This transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog.

14.4.15.2. Configuring the Tika Input Transformer

The properties below describe how to configure the Tika input transformer.

See Tika Input Transformer configurations for all possible configurations.

14.4.16. Video Input Transformer

The video input transformer Creates Catalog metacards from certain video file types. Currently, it is handles MPEG-2 transport streams as well as MPEG-4, AVI, MOV, and WMV videos. This input transformer uses Apache Tika to extract basic metadata from the video files and applies more sophisticated methods to extract more meaningful metadata from these types of video.

Table 54. Video Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

N/A

  • video/avi

  • video/msvideo

  • video/vnd.avi

  • video/x-msvideo

  • video/mp4

  • video/MP2T

  • video/mpeg

  • video/quicktime

  • video/wmv

  • video/x-ms-wmv

14.4.16.1. Installing the Video Input Transformer

This transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.16.2. Configuring the Video Input Transformer

The Video Input Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.17. XML Input Transformer

The XML Input Transformer is responsible for translating an XML document into a Catalog Metacard.

Table 55. XML Input Transformer Usage
Schema Mime-types

urn:catalog:metacard

text/xml

14.4.17.1. Installing the XML Input Transformer

The XML Input Transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

14.4.17.2. Configuring the XML Input Transformer

The XML Input Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.18. XML Metacard Transformer

The XML metacard transformer is responsible for translating a metacard into an XML-formatted document. The metacard element that is generated is an extension of gml:AbstractFeatureType, which makes the output of this transformer GML 3.1.1 compatible.

14.4.18.1. Installing the XML Metacard Transformer

This transformer comes installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

To install or uninstall manually, use the catalog-transformer-xml feature.

14.4.18.2. Configuring the XML Metacard Transformer

The XML Metacard Transformer has no configurable properties.

14.4.18.3. Using the XML Metacard Transformer

Using the REST Endpoint for example, request a metacard with the transform option set to the XML shortname.

XML Metacard Transformer URL
https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/ac0c6917d5ee45bfb3c2bf8cd2ebaa67?transform=xml
Table 56. Metacard to XML Mappings
Metacard Variables XML Element

id

metacard/@gml:id

metacardType

metacard/type

sourceId

metacard/source

all other attributes

metacard/<AttributeType>[name='<AttributeName>']/value
For instance, the value for the metacard attribute named "title" would be found at metacard/string[@name='title']/value

XML Adapted Attributes (AttributeTypes)
  • boolean

  • base64Binary

  • dateTime

  • double

  • float

  • geometry

  • int

  • long

  • object

  • short

  • string

  • stringxml


14.4.19. XML Query Response Transformer

The XML Query Response Transformer is responsible for translating a query response into an XML-formatted document. The metacard element generated is an extension of gml:AbstractFeatureCollectionType, which makes the output of this transformer GML 3.1.1 compatible.

14.4.19.1. Installing the XML Query Response Transformer

This transformer is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application. To uninstall, uninstall the catalog-transformer-xml feature.

14.4.19.2. Configuring the XML Query Response Transformer

To configure the XML Query Response Transformer:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the XML Query Response Transformer.

See XML Query Response Transformer configurations for all possible configurations.

14.4.19.3. Using the XML Query Response Transformer

Using the OpenSearch Endpoint, for example, query with the format option set to the XML shortname xml.

XML Query Response Transformer Query Example
http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/query?q=input?format=xml
XML Query Response Transformer Example Output
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ns3:metacards xmlns:ns1="http://www.opengis.net/gml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns3="urn:catalog:metacard" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language">
    <ns3:metacard ns1:id="000ba4dd7d974e258845a84966d766eb">
        <ns3:type>ddf.metacard</ns3:type>
        <ns3:source>southwestCatalog1</ns3:source>
        <ns3:dateTime name="created">
          <ns3:value>2013-04-10T15:30:05.702-07:00</ns3:value>
        </ns3:dateTime>
        <ns3:string name="title">
            <ns3:value>Input 1</ns3:value>
        </ns3:string>
    </ns3:metacard>
    <ns3:metacard ns1:id="00c0eb4ba9b74f8b988ef7060e18a6a7">
        <ns3:type>ddf.metacard</ns3:type>
        <ns3:source>southwestCatalog1</ns3:source>
        <ns3:dateTime name="created">
          <ns3:value>2013-04-10T15:30:05.702-07:00</ns3:value>
        </ns3:dateTime>
        <ns3:string name="title">
            <ns3:value>Input 2</ns3:value>
        </ns3:string>
    </ns3:metacard>
</ns3:metacards>

14.5. Mime Type Mapper

The MimeTypeMapper is the entry point in DDF for resolving file extensions to mime types, and vice versa.

MimeTypeMappers are used by the ResourceReader to determine the file extension for a given mime type in aid of retrieving a resource. MimeTypeMappers are also used by the FileSystemProvider in the Catalog Framework to read a file from the content file repository.

The MimeTypeMapper maintains a list of all of the MimeTypeResolvers in DDF.

The MimeTypeMapper accesses each MimeTypeResolver according to its priority until the provided file extension is successfully mapped to its corresponding mime type. If no mapping is found for the file extension, null is returned for the mime type. Similarly, the MimeTypeMapper accesses each MimeTypeResolver according to its priority until the provided mime type is successfully mapped to its corresponding file extension. If no mapping is found for the mime type, null is returned for the file extension.

For files with no file extension, the MimeTypeMapper will attempt to determine the mime type from the contents of the file. If it is unsuccessful, the file will be ingested as a binary file.

DDF Mime Type Mapper

Core implementation of the DDF Mime API.

14.5.1. DDF Mime Type Mapper

The DDF Mime Type Mapper is the core implementation of the DDF Mime API. It provides access to all MimeTypeResolvers within DDF, which provide mapping of mime types to file extensions and file extensions to mime types.

14.5.1.1. Installing the DDF Mime Type Mapper

The DDF Mime Type Mapper is installed by default with a standard installation in the Platform application.

14.5.1.2. Configuring DDF Mime Type Mapper

The DDF Mime Type Mapper has no configurable properties.


14.6. Mime Type Resolver

A MimeTypeResolver is a DDF service that can map a file extension to its corresponding mime type and, conversely, can map a mime type to its file extension.

MimeTypeResolvers are assigned a priority (0-100, with the higher the number indicating the higher priority). This priority is used to sort all of the MimeTypeResolvers in the order they should be checked to map a file extension to a mime type (or vice versa). This priority also allows custom MimeTypeResolvers to be invoked before default MimeTypeResolvers by setting custom resolver’s priority higher than the default.

MimeTypeResolvers are not typically invoked directly. Rather, the MimeTypeMapper maintains a list of MimeTypeResolvers (sorted by their priority) that it invokes to resolve a mime type to its file extension (or to resolve a file extension to its mime type).

Custom Mime Type Resolver

The Custom Mime Type Resolver is a MimeTypeResolver that defines the custom mime types that DDF will support.

Tika Mime Type Resolver

Provides support for resolving over 1300 mime types.

14.6.1. Custom Mime Type Resolver

These are mime types not supported by the default TikaMimeTypeResolver.

Table 57. Custom Mime Type Resolver Default Supported Mime Types
File Extension Mime Type

nitf

image/nitf

ntf

image/nitf

json

json=application/json;id=geojson

As a MimeTypeResolver, the Custom Mime Type Resolver will provide methods to map the file extension to the corresponding mime type, and vice versa.

14.6.1.1. Installing the Custom Mime Type Resolver

One Custom Mime Type Resolver is configured and installed for the image/nitf mime type. This custom resolver is bundled in the mime-core-app application and is part of the mime-core feature.

Additional Custom Mime Type Resolvers can be added for other custom mime types.

14.6.1.2. Configuring the Custom Mime Type Resolver

The configurable properties for the Custom Mime Type Resolver are accessed from the MIME Custom Types configuration in the Admin Console.

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Platform application.

  • Select Configuration.

  • Select MIME Custom Types.

Managed Service Factory PID

  • Ddf_Custom_Mime_Type_Resolver

See Custom Mime Type Resolver configurations for all possible configurations.


14.6.2. Tika Mime Type Resolver

The TikaMimeTypeResolver is a MimeTypeResolver that is implemented using the Apache Tika open source product.

Using the Apache Tika content analysis toolkit, the TikaMimeTypeResolver provides support for resolving over 1300 mime types, but not all mime types yield the same quality metadata.

The TikaMimeTypeResolver is assigned a default priority of -1 to insure that it is always invoked last by the MimeTypeMapper. This insures that any custom MimeTypeResolvers that may be installed will be invoked before the TikaMimeTypeResolver.

The TikaMimeTypeResolver provides the bulk of the default mime type support for DDF.

14.6.2.1. Installing the Tika Mime Type Resolver

The TikaMimeTypeResolver is bundled as the mime-tika-resolver feature in the mime-tika-app application.

This feature is installed by default.

14.6.2.2. Configuring the Tika Mime Type Resolver

The Tika Mime Type Resolver has no configurable properties.


15. Catalog Plugins

Catalog Architecture: Catalog Plugins
Catalog Architecture: Catalog Plugins

Plugins are additional tools to use to add additional business logic at certain points, depending on the type of plugin.

The Catalog Framework calls Catalog Plugins to process requests and responses as they enter and leave the Framework. 

15.1. Types of Plugins

Plugins can be designed to run before or after certain processes. They are often used for validation, optimization, or logging. Many plugins are designed to be called at more than one time. See Catalog Plugin Compatibility.

Pre-Authorization Plugins

Perform any changes needed before security rules are applied.

Policy Plugins

Allows or denies access to the Catalog operation or response.

Access Plugins

Used to build policy information for requests.

Pre-Ingest Plugins

Perform any changes to a metacard prior to ingest.

Post-Ingest Plugins

Perform actions after ingest is completed.

Post-Process Plugins

Performs additional processing after ingest.

Pre-Query Plugins

Perform any changes to a query before execution.

Pre-Federated-Query Plugins

Perform any changes to a federated query before execution.

Post-Query Plugins

Perform any changes to a response after query completes.

Post-Federated-Query Plugins

Perform any changes to a response after federated query completes.

Pre-Resource Plugins

Perform any changes to a request associated with a metacard prior to download.

Post-Resource Plugins

Perform any changes to a resource after download.

Pre-Create Storage Plugins

Perform any changes before creating a resource.

Post-Create Storage Plugins

Perform any changes after creating a resource.

Pre-Update Storage Plugins

Perform any changes before updating a resource.

Post-Update Storage Plugins

Perform any changes after updating a resource.

Pre-Subscription Plugins

Perform any changes before creating a subscription.

Pre-Delivery Plugins

Perform any changes before delivering a subscribed event.

Plugins are called in a specific order during different operations. Custom Plugins can be added to the chain for special use cases.

Query Request Plugin Call Order
Query Request Plugin Call Order
Create Request Plugin Call Order
Create Request Plugin Call Order
Update Request Plugin Call Order
Update Request Plugin Call Order
Delete Request Plugin Call Order
Delete Request Plugin Call Order
Resource Request Plugin Call Order
Resource Request Plugin Call Order
Storage Create Request Plugin Call Order
Storage Create Request Plugin Call Order
Storage Update Request Plugin Call Order
Storage Update Request Plugin Call Order
Table 58. Catalog Plugin Compatibility
Plugin Pre-Authorization Plugins Policy Plugins Access Plugins Pre-Ingest Plugins Post-Ingest Plugins Pre-Query Plugins Post-Query Plugins Post-Process Plugins

Catalog Backup Plugin

x

Catalog Policy Plugin

x

Client Info Plugin

x

Content URI Access Plugin

x

Event Processor

x

Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

x

Filter Plugin

x

GeoCoder Plugin

x

Historian Policy Plugin

x

JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter

x

Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

x

Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

x

Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider

x

Metacard Groomer

x

Metacard Resource Size Plugin

x

Metacard Validity Filter Plugin

x

Metacard Validity Marker

x

Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

x

Operation Plugin

x

Point of Contact Policy Plugin

x

Processing Post-Ingest Plugin

x

Resource URI Policy Plugin

x

Security Audit Plugin

x

Security Logging Plugin

x

x

x

x

Security Plugin

x

Workspace Access Plugin

x

Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin

x

Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin

x

XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

x

Table 59. Catalog Plugin Compatibility, Cont.
Plugin Pre-Federated-Query Plugins Post-Federated-Query Plugins Pre-Resource Plugins Post-Resource Plugins Pre-Create Storage Plugins Post-Create Storage Plugins Pre-Update Storage Plugins Post-Update Storage Plugins Pre-Subscription Plugins Pre-Delivery Plugins

Checksum Plugin

x

x

Security Logging Plugin

x!

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Video Thumbnail Plugin

x

x

15.1.1. Pre-Authorization Plugins

Pre-delivery plugins are invoked before any security rules are applied.  This is an opportunity to take any action before authorization, including but not limited to:

  • logging.

  • adding network-specific information.

  • adding user-identifying information.

15.1.1.1. Available Pre-Authorization Plugins
Client Info Plugin

Injects request-specific network information into a request.

Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

Adds attributes for network info from ingest request.

15.1.2. Policy Plugins

Policy plugins are invoked to set up the policy for a request/response.  This provides an opportunity to attach custom requirements on operations or individual metacards. All the 'requirements' from each Policy plugin will be combined into a single policy that will be included in the request/response. Access plugins will be used to act on this combined policy.

15.1.2.1. Available Policy Plugins
Catalog Policy Plugin

Configures user attributes required for catalog operations.

Historian Policy Plugin

Protects metacard history from being edited by users without the history role.

Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

Collects attributes into a security field for the metacard.

Metacard Validity Filter Plugin

Determines whether to filter metacards with validation errors or warnings.

Point of Contact Policy Plugin

Adds a policy if Point of Contact is updated.

Resource URI Policy Plugin

Configures required user attributes for setting or altering a resource URI.

Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin

Collects attributes for a workspace to identify the appropriate policy to allow sharing.

XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

Finds security attributes contained in a metacard’s metadata.

15.1.3. Access Plugins

Access plugins are invoked directly after the Policy plugins have been successfully executed.  This is an opportunity to either stop processing or modify the request/response based on policy information.

15.1.3.1. Available Access Plugins
Content URI Access Plugin

Prevents a Metacard’s resource URI from being overridden by an incoming UpdateRequest.

Filter Plugin

Performs filtering on query responses as they pass through the framework.

Operation Plugin

Validates a user or subject’s security attributes.

Security Audit Plugin

Audits specific metacard attributes.

Security Plugin

Identifies the subject for an operation.

Workspace Access Plugin

Prevents non-owner users from changing workspace permissions.

15.1.4. Pre-Ingest Plugins

Pre-ingest plugins are invoked before an ingest operation is sent to the catalog. They are not run on a query. This is an opportunity to take any action on the ingest request, including but not limited to:

  • validation.

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • optimization.

  • security filtering.

15.1.4.1. Available Pre-Ingest Plugins
Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

Adds or updates expiration dates for the resource.

GeoCoder Plugin

Populates the Location.COUNTRY_CODE attribute if the Metacard has an associated location.

Metacard Groomer

Modifies metacards when created or updated.

Metacard Validity Marker

Modifies metacards when created or ingested according to metacard validator services.

Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin

Verifies that a workspace has an associated email to enable sharing.

15.1.5. Post-Ingest Plugins

Post-ingest plugins are invoked after data has been created, updated, or deleted in a Catalog Provider.

15.1.5.1. Available Post-Ingest Plugins
Catalog Backup Plugin

Enables backup of the catalog and its metacards.

Event Processor

Creates, updates, and deletes subscriptions.

Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

Stores backed-up metacards.

Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider

Stores backed-up metacards in a specified S3 bucket and key.

Processing Post-Ingest Plugin

Submits catalog Create, Update, or Delete requests to the Processing Framework.

Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

15.1.6. Post-Process Plugins

Note

This code is experimental. While this interface is functional and tested, it may change or be removed in a future version of the library.

Post-Process Plugins are invoked after a metacard has been created, updated, or deleted and committed to the Catalog. They are the last plugins to run and are triggered by a Post-Ingest Plugin. Post-Process plugins are well-suited for asynchronous tasks. See the Asynchronous Processing Framework for more information about how Post-Process Plugins are used.

15.1.7. Pre-Query Plugins

Pre-query plugins are invoked before a query operation is sent to any of the Sources.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the query, including but not limited to:

  • validation.

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • optimization.

  • security filtering.

15.1.7.1. Available Pre-Query Plugins
Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

15.1.8. Pre-Federated-Query Plugins

Pre-federated-query plugins are invoked before a federated query operation is sent to any of the Sources.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the query, including but not limited to:

  • validation.

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • optimization.

  • security filtering.

15.1.8.1. Available Pre-Federated-Query Plugins
Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

Tags Filter Plugin

Updates queries without filters.

15.1.9. Post-Query Plugins

Post-query plugins are invoked after a query has been executed successfully, but before the response is returned to the endpoint.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the query response, including but not limited to:

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • security filtering/redaction.

  • deduplication.

15.1.9.1. Available Post-Query Plugins
JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter

Creates thumbnails for jpeg2000 images.

Metacard Resource Size Plugin

Updates the resource size attribute of a metacard.

Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

15.1.10. Post-Federated-Query Plugins

Post-federated-query plugins are invoked after a federated query has been executed successfully, but before the response is returned to the endpoint.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the query response, including but not limited to:

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • security filtering/redaction.

  • deduplication.

15.1.11. Pre-Resource Plugins

Pre-Resource plugins are invoked before a request to retrieve a resource is sent to a Source.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the request, including but not limited to:

  • validation.

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • optimization.

  • security filtering.

15.1.12. Post-Resource Plugins

Post-resource plugins are invoked after a resource has been retrieved, but before it is returned to the endpoint.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the response, including but not limited to:

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • security filtering/redaction.

15.1.13. Pre-Create Storage Plugins

Pre-Create storage plugins are invoked immediately before an item is created in the content repository.

15.1.13.1. Available Pre-Create Storage Plugins
Checksum Plugin

Creates a unique checksum for ingested resources.

Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

15.1.14. Post-Create Storage Plugins

Post-Create storage plugins are invoked immediately after an item is created in the content repository.

15.1.14.1. Available Post-Create Storage Plugins
Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

Video Thumbnail Plugin

Generates thumbnails for video files.

15.1.15. Pre-Update Storage Plugins

Pre-Update storage plugins are invoked immediately before an item is updated in the content repository.

15.1.15.1. Available Pre-Update Storage Plugins
Checksum Plugin

Creates a unique checksum for ingested resources.

Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

15.1.16. Post-Update Storage Plugins

Post-Update storage plugins are invoked immediately after an item is updated in the content repository.

15.1.16.1. Available Post-Update Storage Plugins
Security Logging Plugin

Logs operations to the security log.

Video Thumbnail Plugin

Generates thumbnails for video files.

15.1.17. Pre-Subscription Plugins

Pre-subscription plugins are invoked before a Subscription is activated by an Event Processor.  This is an opportunity to take any action on the Subscription, including but not limited to:

  • validation.

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • optimization.

  • security filtering.

15.1.18. Pre-Delivery Plugins

Pre-delivery plugins are invoked before a Delivery Method is invoked on a Subscription.  This is an opportunity to take any action before event delivery, including but not limited to:

  • logging.

  • auditing.

  • security filtering/redaction.

15.2. Catalog Plugin Details

Installation and configuration details listed by plugin name.

15.2.1. Catalog Backup Plugin

The Catalog Backup Plugin is used to enable data backup of the catalog and the metacards it contains.

Warning
Catalog Backup Plugin Considerations

Using this plugin may impact performance negatively.

15.2.1.1. Installing the Catalog Backup Plugin

The Catalog Backup Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.1.2. Configuring the Catalog Backup Plugin

To configure the Catalog Backup Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Backup Post-Ingest Plugin.

See Catalog Backup Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

15.2.1.3. Usage Limitations of the Catalog Backup Plugin
  • May affect performance.

  • Must be installed prior to ingesting any content.

  • Once enabled, disabling may cause incomplete backups.


15.2.2. Catalog Policy Plugin

The Catalog Policy Plugin configures the attributes required for users to perform Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations on the catalog.

15.2.2.1. Installing the Catalog Policy Plugin

The Catalog Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.2.2. Configuring the Catalog Policy Plugin

To configure the Catalog Policy Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Catalog Policy Plugin.

See Catalog Policy Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.3. Checksum Plugin

The Checksum plugin creates a unique checksum for resources input into the system to identify updated content.

15.2.3.1. Installing the Checksum Plugin

The Checksum is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.3.2. Configuring the Checksum Plugin

The Checksum Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.4. Client Info Plugin

The client info plugin injects request-specific network information into request properties, such as Remote IP Address, Remote Host Name, Servlet Scheme, and Servlet Context.

15.2.4.2. Installing the Client Info Plugin

The Client Info Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.4.3. Configuring the Client Info Plugin

The Client Info Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.5. Content URI Access Plugin

The Content URI Access Plugin prevents a Metacard’s resource URI from being overridden by an incoming UpdateRequest.

15.2.5.1. Installing the Content URI Access Plugin

The Content URI Access Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.5.2. Configuring the Content URI Access Plugin

The Content URI Access Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.6. Event Processor

The Event Processor creates, updates, and deletes subscriptions for event notification. These subscriptions optionally specify a filter criteria so that only events of interest to the subscriber are posted for notification.

As metacards are created, updated, and deleted, the Catalog’s Event Processor is invoked (as a post-ingest plugin) for each of these events. The Event Processor applies the filter criteria for each registered subscription to each of these ingest events to determine if they match the criteria.

For more information on creating subscriptions, see Creating a Subscription.

15.2.6.1. Installing the Event Processor

The Event Processor is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.6.2. Configuring the Event Processor

The Event Processor has no configurable properties.

15.2.6.3. Usage Limitations of the Event Processor

The Standard Event processor currently broadcasts federated events and should not. It should only broadcast events that were generated locally, all other events should be dropped. See DDF-3151 for status.


15.2.7. Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

The Expiration Date plugin adds or updates expiration dates which can be used later for archiving old data.

15.2.7.1. Installing the Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

The Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin is not installed by default with a standard installation. To install:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Expiration Data Pre-Ingest Plugin.

15.2.7.2. Configuring the Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

To configure the Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin.

See Expiration Date Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.8. Filter Plugin

The Filter Plugin performs filtering on query responses as they pass through the framework.

Each metacard result can contain security attributes that are pulled from the metadata record after being processed by a PolicyPlugin that populates this attribute. The security attribute is a Map containing a set of keys that map to lists of values. The metacard is then processed by a filter plugin that creates a KeyValueCollectionPermission from the metacard’s security attribute. This permission is then checked against the user subject to determine if the subject has the correct claims to view that metacard. The decision to filter the metacard eventually relies on the installed Policy Decision Point (PDP). The PDP that is being used returns a decision, and the metacard will either be filtered or allowed to pass through.

How a metacard gets filtered is left up to any number of FilterStrategy implementations that might be installed. Each FilterStrategy will return a result to the filter plugin that says whether or not it was able to process the metacard, along with the metacard or response itself. This allows a metacard or entire response to be partially filtered to allow some data to pass back to the requester. This could also include filtering any resources sent back to a requester.

The security attributes populated on the metacard are completely dependent on the type of the metacard. Each type of metacard must have its own PolicyPlugin that reads the metadata being returned and then returns the appropriate attributes.

Example (represented as simple XML for ease of understanding):
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<metacard>
    <security>
        <map>
            <entry assertedAttribute1="A,B" />
            <entry assertedAttribute2="X,Y" />
            <entry assertedAttribute3="USA,GBR" />
            <entry assertedAttribute4="USA,AUS" />
        </map>
    </security>
</metacard>
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<user>
    <claim name="subjectAttribute1">
        <value>A</value>
        <value>B</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="subjectAttribute2">
        <value>X</value>
        <value>Y</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="subjectAttribute3">
        <value>USA</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="subjectAttribute4">
        <value>USA</value>
    </claim>
</user>

In the above example, the user’s claims are represented very simply and are similar to how they would actually appear in a SAML 2 assertion. Each of these user (or subject) claims will be converted to a KeyValuePermission object. These permission objects will be implied against the permission object generated from the metacard record. In this particular case, the metacard might be allowed if the policy is configured appropriately because all of the permissions line up correctly.

15.2.8.1. Installing the Filter Plugin

The Filter Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.8.2. Configuring the Filter Plugin

The Filter Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.9. GeoCoder Plugin

The GeoCoder Plugin is a pre-ingest plugin that is responsible for populating the Metacard’s Location.COUNTRY_CODE attribute if the Metacard has an associated location. If there is a valid country code for the Metacard, it will be in ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 format. If the metacard’s country code is already populated, the plugin will not override it. The GeoCoder relies on either the WebService or Offline Gazetteer to retrieve country code information.

Warning

For a polygon or polygons, this plugin takes the center point of the bounding box to assign the country code.

15.2.9.1. Installing the GeoCoder Plugin

The GeoCoder Plugin is installed by default with the Spatial application, when the WebService or Offline Gazetteer is started.

15.2.9.2. Configuring the GeoCoder Plugin

To configure the GeoCoder Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Spatial application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select GeoCoder Plugin.

These are the available configurations:

See GeoCoder Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.10. Historian Policy Plugin

The Historian Policy Plugin protects metacard history from being edited or deleted by users without the history role (a http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role of system-history).

15.2.10.1. Installing the Historian Policy Plugin

The Historian is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.10.2. Configuring the Historian Policy Plugin

The Historian Policy Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.11. JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter

The JPEG2000 Thumbnail converter creates thumbnails from images ingested in jpeg2000 format.

15.2.11.1. Installing the JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter

The JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.11.2. Configuring the JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter

The JPEG2000 Thumbnail Converter has no configurable properties.


15.2.12. Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin combines existing metacard attributes to make new attributes and adds them to the metacard. For example, if a metacard has two attributes, sourceattribute1 and sourceattribute2, the values of the two attributes could be combined into a new attribute, destinationattribute1. The sourceattribute1 and sourceattribute2 are the source attributes and destinationattribute1 is the destination attribute.

There are two way to combine the values of source attributes. The first, and most common, is to take all of the attribute values and put them together. This is called the union. For example, if the source attributes sourceattribute1 and sourceattribute2 had the values:

sourceattribute1 = MASK, VESSEL

sourceattribute2 = WIRE, SACK, MASK

…​the union would result in the new attribute destinationattribute1:

destinationattribute1 = MASK, VESSEL, WIRE, SACK

The other way to combine attributes is use the values common to all of the attributes. This is called the intersection. Using our previous example, the intersection of sourceattribute1 and sourceattribute2 would create the new attribute destinationattribute1

destinationattribute1 = MASK

because only MASK is common to all of the source attributes.

The policy plugin could also be used to rename attributes. If there is only one source attribute, and the combination policy is union, then the attribute’s values are effectively renamed to the destination attribute.

15.2.12.1. Installing the Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

See Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.13. Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

The Metacard Backup File Storage Provider is a storage provider that will store backed-up metacards in a specified file system location.

15.2.13.1. Installing the Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

To install the Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the catalog-metacard-backup-filestorage feature.

15.2.13.2. Configuring the Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

To configure the Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Metacard Backup File Storage Provider.

See Metacard Backup File Storage Provider configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.14. Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider

The Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider is a storage provider that will store backed up metacards in the specified S3 bucket and key.

15.2.14.1. Installing the Metacard S3 File Storage Provider

To install the Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

  1. Navigate to the System tab.

  2. Select the Features tab.

  3. Install the catalog-metacard-backup-s3storage feature.

15.2.14.2. Configuring the Metacard S3 File Storage Provider

To configure the Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider.

See Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.15. Metacard Groomer

The Metacard Groomer Pre-Ingest plugin makes modifications to CreateRequest and UpdateRequest metacards.

Use this pre-ingest plugin as a convenience to apply basic rules for your metacards. 

This plugin makes the following modifications when metacards are in a CreateRequest:

  • Overwrites the Metacard.ID field with a generated, unique, 32 character hexadecimal value if missing or if the resource URI is not a catalog resource URI.

  • Sets Metacard.CREATED to the current time stamp if not already set.

  • Sets Metacard.MODIFIED to the current time stamp if not already set.

  • Sets Core.METACARD_CREATED to the current time stamp if not present.

  • Sets Core.METACARD_MODIFIED to the current time stamp.

In an UpdateRequest, the same operations are performed as a CreateRequest, except:

  • If no value is provided for Metacard.ID in the new metacard, it will be set using the UpdateRequest ID if applicable.

15.2.15.1. Installing the Metacard Groomer

The Metacard Groomer is included in the catalog-core-plugins feature. It is not recommended to uninstall this feature.

15.2.15.2. Configuring the Metacard Groomer

The Metacard Groomer has no configurable properties.


15.2.16. Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

The Metacard Ingest Network Plugin allows the conditional insertion of new attributes on metacards during ingest based on network information from the ingest request; including IP address and hostname.

For the extent of this section, a 'rule' will refer to a configured, single instance of this plugin.

15.2.16.2. Installing the Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

The Metacard Ingest Network Plugin is installed by default during a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.16.3. Configuring the Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

To configure the Metacard Ingest Network Plugin:

  • Navigate to the Admin Console.

  • Select the Catalog application.

  • Select the Configuration tab.

  • Select the label Metacard Ingest Network Plugin to setup a network rule.

See Metacard Ingest Network Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.

Multiple instances of the plugin can be configured by clicking on its configuration title within the configuration tab of the Catalog app. Each instance represents a conditional statement, or a 'rule', that gets evaluated for each ingest request. For any request that meets the configured criteria of a rule, that rule will attempt to transform its list of key-value pairs to become new attributes on all metacards in that request.

The rule is divided into two fields: "Criteria" and "Expected Value". The "Criteria" field features a drop-down list containing the four elements for which equality can be tested:

  • IP Address of where the ingest request came from

  • Host Name of where the ingest request came from

  • Scheme that the ingest request arrived on, for example, http vs https

  • Context Path that the ingest request arrived on, for example, /services/catalog

In order for a rule to evaluate to true and the attributes be applied, the value in the "Expected Value" field must be an exact match to the actual value of the selected criteria. For example, if the selected criteria is "IP Address" with an expected value of "192.168.0.1", the rule only evaluates to true for ingest requests coming from "192.168.0.1" and nowhere else.

Important
Check for IPv6
Verify your system’s IP configuration. Rules using "IP Address" may need to be written in IPv6 format.

The key-value pairs within each rule should take the following form: "key = value" where the "key" is the name of the attribute and the "value" is the value assigned to that attribute. Whitespace is ignored unless it is within the key or value. Multi-valued attributes can be expressed in comma-separated format if necessary.

Examples of Valid Attribute Assignments
contact.contributor-name = John Doe
contact.contributor-email = john.doe@example.net
language = English
language = English, French, German
security.access-groups = SJ202, SR 101, JS2201
15.2.16.3.1. Useful Attributes

The following table provides some useful attributes that may commonly be set by this plugin:

Table 60. Useful Attributes
Attribute Name Expected Format Multi-Valued

expiration

ISO DateTime

no

description

Any String

no

metacard.owner

Any String

no

language

Any String

yes

security.access-groups

Any String

yes

security.access-individuals

Any String

yes

15.2.16.4. Usage Limitations of the Metacard Ingest Network Plugin
  • This plugin only works for ingest (create requests) performed over a network; data ingested via command line does not get processed by this plugin.

  • Any attribute that is already set on the metacard will not be overwritten by the plugin.

  • The order of execution is not guaranteed. For any rule configuration where two or more rules add different values for the same attribute, it is undefined what the final value for that attribute will be in the case where more than one of those rules evaluates to true.


15.2.17. Metacard Resource Size Plugin

This post-query plugin updates the resource size attribute of each metacard in the query results if there is a cached file for the resource and it has a size greater than zero; otherwise, the resource size is unmodified and the original result is returned.

Use this post-query plugin as a convenience to return query results with accurate resource sizes for cached products. 

15.2.17.1. Installing the Metacard Resource Size Plugin

The Metacard Resource Size Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation.

15.2.17.2. Configuring the Metacard Resource Size Plugin

The Metacard Resource Size Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.18. Metacard Validity Filter Plugin

The Metacard Validity Filter Plugin determines whether metacards with validation errors or warnings are filtered from query results.

15.2.18.2. Installing the Metacard Validity Filter Plugin

The Metacard Validity Filter Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.


15.2.19. Metacard Validity Marker

The Metacard Validity Marker Pre-Ingest plugin modifies the metacards contained in create and update requests.

The plugin runs each metacard in the CreateRequest and UpdateRequest against each registered MetacardValidator service.

Note

This plugin can make it seem like ingested resources are not successfully ingested if a user does not have permissions to access invalid metacards. If an ingest did not fail, there are no errors in the ingest log, but the expected results do not show up after a query, verify either that the ingested data is valid or that the Metacard Validity Filter Plugin is configured to show warnings and/or errors.

15.2.19.2. Installing Metacard Validity Marker

This plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.19.4. Using Metacard Validity Marker

Use this pre-ingest plugin to validate metacards against metacard validators, which can check schemas, schematron, or any other logic. 


15.2.20. Operation Plugin

The operation plugin validates the subject’s security attributes to ensure they are adequate to perform the operation.

15.2.20.1. Installing the Operation Plugin

The Operation Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.20.2. Configuring the Operation Plugin

The Operation Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.21. Point of Contact Policy Plugin

The Point of Contact Policy Plugin is a PreUpdate plugin that will check if the point-of-contact attribute has changed. If it does, then it adds a policy to that metacard’s policy map that cannot be implied. This will deny such an update request, which essentially makes the point-of-contact attribute read-only.

15.2.21.2. Installing the Point of Contact Policy Plugin

The Point of Contact Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.21.3. Configuring the Point of Contact Policy Plugin

The Point of Contact Policy Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.22. Processing Post-Ingest Plugin

The Processing Post Ingest Plugin is responsible for submitting catalog Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) requests to the Processing Framework.

15.2.22.2. Installing the Processing Post-Ingest Plugin

The Processing Post-Ingest Plugin is not installed by default with a standard installation, but is installed by default when the in-memory Processing Framework is installed.

15.2.22.3. Configuring the Processing Post-Ingest Plugin

The Processing Post-Ingest Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.23. Resource URI Policy Plugin

The Resource URI Policy Plugin configures the attributes required for users to set the resource URI when creating a metacard or alter the resource URI when updating an existing metacard in the catalog.

15.2.23.1. Installing the Resource URI Policy Plugin

The Resource URI Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.23.2. Configuring the Resource URI Policy Plugin

To configure the Resource URI Policy Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Catalog application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Resource URI Policy Plugin.

See Resource URI Policy Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.24. Security Audit Plugin

The Security Audit Plugin is used to allow the auditing of specific metacard attributes. Any time a metacard attribute listed in the configuration is updated, a log will be generated in the security log.

15.2.24.1. Installing the Security Audit Plugin

The Security Audit Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.


15.2.25. Security Logging Plugin

The Security Logging Plugin logs operations to the security log.

15.2.25.1. Installing Security Logging Plugin

The Security Logging Plugin is installed by default in a standard installation in the Security application.

15.2.25.2. Enhancing the Security Log

The security log contains attributes related to the subject acting on the system. To add additional attributes related to the subject to the logs, append the attribute’s key to the comma separated values assigned to security.logger.extra_attributes in /etc/custom.system.properties.


15.2.26. Security Plugin

The Security Plugin identifies the subject for an operation.

15.2.26.1. Installing the Security Plugin

The Security Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.26.2. Configuring the Security Plugin

The Security Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.27. Tags Filter Plugin

The Tags Filter Plugin updates queries without filters for tags, and adds a default tag of resource. For backwards compatibility, a filter will also be added to include metacards without any tags attribute.

15.2.27.2. Installing the Tags Filter Plugin

The Tags Filter Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.27.3. Configuring the Tags Filter Plugin

The Tags Filter Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.28. Video Thumbnail Plugin

The Video Thumbnail Plugin provides the ability to generate thumbnails for video files stored in the Content Repository.

It is an implementation of both the PostCreateStoragePlugin and PostUpdateStoragePlugin interfaces. When installed, it is invoked by the Catalog Framework immediately after a content item has been created or updated by the Storage Provider.

This plugin uses a custom 32-bit LGPL build of FFmpeg (a video processing program) to generate thumbnails. When this plugin is installed, it places the FFmpeg executable appropriate for the current operating system in <DDF_HOME>/bin_third_party/ffmpeg. When invoked, this plugin runs the FFmpeg binary in a separate process to generate the thumbnail. The <DDF_HOME>/bin_third_party/ffmpeg directory is deleted when the plugin is uninstalled.

Note

Prebuilt FFmpeg binaries are provided for Linux, Mac, and Windows only.

15.2.28.1. Installing the Video Thumbnail Plugin

The Video Thumbnail Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.28.2. Configuring the Video Thumbnail Plugin

To configure the Video Thumbnail Plugin:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Video Thumbnail Plugin.

See Video Thumbnail Plugin configurations for all possible configurations.


15.2.29. Workspace Access Plugin

The Workspace Access Plugin prevents non-owner users from changing workspace permissions.

15.2.29.2. Installing the Workspace Access Plugin

The Workspace Access Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.29.3. Configuring the Workspace Access Plugin

The Workspace Access Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.30. Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin

The Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin verifies that a workspace has an associated email to enable sharing and assigns that email as "owner".

15.2.30.2. Installing the Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin

The Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.30.3. Configuring the Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin

The Workspace Pre-Ingest Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.31. Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin

The Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin collects attributes for a workspace to identify the appropriate policy to apply to allow sharing.

15.2.31.2. Installing the Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin

The Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

15.2.31.3. Configuring the Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin

The Workspace Sharing Policy Plugin has no configurable properties.


15.2.32. XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin parses XML metadata contained within a metacard for security attributes on any number of XML elements in the metadata. The configuration for the plugin contains one field for setting the XML elements that will be parsed for security attributes and the other two configurations contain the XML attributes that will be pulled off of those elements. The Security Attributes (union) field will compute the union of values for each attribute defined and the Security Attributes (intersection) field will compute the intersection of values for each attribute defined.

15.2.32.1. Installing the XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

The XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin is installed by default with a standard installation in the Security application.


16. Data

Catalog Architecture Diagram: Data
Catalog Architecture Diagram: Data

The Catalog stores and translates Metadata, which can be transformed into many data formats, shared, and queried. The primary form of this metadata is the metacard.  A Metacard is a container for metadata.  CatalogProviders accept Metacards as input for ingest, and Sources search for metadata and return matching Results that include Metacards.

16.1. Metacards

A metacard is a single instance of metadata in the Catalog (an instance of a metacard type) which generally contains general information about the resource, such as the title of the resource, the resource’s geo-location, the date the resource was created and/or modified, the owner or producer, and/or the security classification. 

16.1.1. Metacard Type

A metacard type indicates the attributes available for a particular metacard. It is a model used to define the attributes of a metacard, much like a schema.

A metacard type indicates the attributes available for a particular type of data. For example, an image may have different attributes than a PDF document, so each could be defined to have their own metacard type.

16.1.1.1. Default Metacard Type and Attributes

Most metacards within the system are created using the default metacard type or a metacard type based on the default type. The default metacard type of the system can be programmatically retrieved by calling ddf.catalog.data.impl.MetacardImpl.BASIC_METACARD. The name of the default MetacardType can be retrieved from ddf.catalog.data.MetacardType.DEFAULT_METACARD_TYPE_NAME.

The default metacard type has the following required attributes. Though the following attributes are required on all metacard types, setting their values is optional except for ID.

Note

It is highly recommended when referencing a default attribute name to use the ddf.catalog.data.types.* interface constants whenever possible. Mapping to a normalized taxonomy allows for higher quality transformations between different formats and for improved federation. This neutral profile facilitates improved search and discovery across disparate data types.

Warning

Every Source should at the very least return an ID attribute according to Catalog API. Other fields may or may not be applicable, but a unique ID must be returned by a source.

16.1.1.2. Extensible Metacards

Metacard extensibility is achieved by creating a new MetacardType that supports attributes in addition to the required attributes listed above.

Required attributes must be the base of all extensible metacard types. 

Warning

Not all Catalog Providers support extensible metacards. Nevertheless, each Catalog Provider should at least have support for the default MetacardType; i.e., it should be able to store and query on the attributes and attribute formats specified by the default metacard type. Catalog providers are neither expected nor required to store attributes that are not in a given metacard’s type.

Consult the documentation of the Catalog Provider in use for more information on its support of extensible metacards.

Often, the BASIC_METACARD MetacardType does not provide all the functionality or attributes necessary for a specific task. For performance or convenience purposes, it may be necessary to create custom attributes even if others will not be aware of those attributes. One example could be if a user wanted to optimize a search for a date field that did not fit the definition of CREATEDMODIFIEDEXPIRATION, or EFFECTIVE. The user could create an additional java.util.Date attribute in order to query the attribute separately. 

Metacard objects are extensible because they allow clients to store and retrieve standard and custom key/value Attributes from the Metacard.  All Metacards must return a MetacardType object that includes an AttributeDescriptor for each Attribute, indicating it’s key and value type. AttributeType support is limited to those types defined by the Catalog.

New MetacardType implementations can be made by implementing the MetacardType interface.

16.1.2. Metacard Type Registry

Warning

The MetacardTypeRegistry is experimental.  While this component has been tested and is functional, it may change as more information is gathered about what is needed and as it is used in more scenarios.

The MetacardTypeRegistry allows DDF components, primarily catalog providers and sources, to make available the MetacardTypes that they support.  It maintains a list of all supported MetacardTypes in the CatalogFramework, so that other components such as Endpoints, Plugins, and Transformers can make use of those MetacardTypes.  The MetacardType is essential for a component in the CatalogFramework to understand how it should interpret a metacard by knowing what attributes are available in that metacard. 

For example, an endpoint receiving incoming metadata can perform a lookup in the MetacardTypeRegistry to find a corresponding MetacardType.  The discovered MetacardType will then be used to help the endpoint populate a metacard based on the specified attributes in the MetacardType.  By doing this, all the incoming metadata elements can then be available for processing, cataloging, and searching by the rest of the CatalogFramework.

MetacardTypes should be registered with the MetacardTypeRegistry.  The MetacardTypeRegistry makes those MetacardTypes available to other DDF CatalogFramework components.  Other components that need to know how to interpret metadata or metacards should look up the appropriate MetacardType from the registry.  By having these MetacardTypes available to the CatalogFramework, these components can be aware of the custom attributes. 

The MetacardTypeRegistry is accessible as an OSGi service.  The following blueprint snippet shows how to inject that service into another component:

MetacardTypeRegistry Service Injection
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    <argument ref="metacardTypeRegistry" />
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<reference id="metacardTypeRegistry" interface="ddf.catalog.data.MetacardTypeRegistry"/>

The reference to this service can then be used to register new MetacardTypes or to lookup existing ones. 

Typically, new MetacardTypes will be registered by CatalogProviders or sources indicating they know how to persist, index, and query attributes from that type.  Typically, Endpoints or InputTransformers will use the lookup functionality to access a MetacardType based on a parameter in the incoming metadata.  Once the appropriate MetacardType is discovered and obtained from the registry, the component will know how to translate incoming raw metadata into a DDF Metacard.

16.1.3. Attributes

An attribute is a single field of a metacard, an instance of an attribute type. Attributes are typically indexed for searching by a source or catalog provider.

16.1.3.1. Attribute Types

An attribute type indicates the attribute format of the value stored as an attribute.  It is a model for an attribute.

16.1.3.1.1. Attribute Format

An enumeration of attribute formats are available in the catalog. Only these attribute formats may be used.

Table 61. Attribute Formats
AttributeFormat Description

BINARY

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java byte[] and AttributeType.getBinding() should return Class<Array>of byte.

BOOLEAN

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java boolean.

DATE

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java date.

DOUBLE

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java double.

FLOAT

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java float.

GEOMETRY

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a WKT-formatted Java string.

INTEGER

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java integer.

LONG

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java long.

OBJECT

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that implements the serializable interface.

SHORT

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java short.

STRING

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a Java string and treated as plain text.

XML

Attributes of this attribute format must have a value that is a XML-formatted Java string.

16.1.3.1.2. Attribute Naming Conventions

Catalog taxonomy elements follow the naming convention of group-or-namespace.specific-term, except for extension fields outside of the core taxonomy. These follow the naming convention of ext.group-or-namespace.specific-term and must be namespaced. Nesting is not permitted.

16.1.3.2. Result

A single "hit" included in a query response.

A result object consists of the following:

  • a metacard.

  • a relevance score if included.

  • distance in meters if included.

16.1.4. Creating Metacards

The quickest way to create a Metacard is to extend or construct the MetacardImpl object.  MetacardImpl is the most commonly used and extended Metacard implementation in the system because it provides a convenient way for developers to retrieve and set Attributes without having to create a new MetacardType (see below). MetacardImpl uses BASIC_METACARD as its MetacardType.  

16.1.4.1. Limitations

A given developer does not have all the information necessary to programmatically interact with any arbitrary source.  Developers hoping to query custom fields from extensible Metacards of other sources cannot easily accomplish that task with the current API. A developer cannot question a source for all its queryable fields. A developer only knows about the MetacardTypes which that individual developer has used or created previously. 

The only exception to this limitation is the Metacard.ID field, which is required in every Metacard that is stored in a source. A developer can always request Metacards from a source for which that developer has the Metacard.ID value.  The developer could also perform a wildcard search on the Metacard.ID field if the source allows.

16.1.4.2. Processing Metacards

As Metacard objects are created, updated, and read throughout the Catalog, care should be taken by all catalog components to interrogate the MetacardType to ensure that additional Attributes are processed accordingly.

16.1.4.3. Basic Types

The Catalog includes definitions of several basic types all found in the ddf.catalog.data.BasicTypes class.

Table 62. Basic Types
Name Type Description

BASIC_METACARD

MetacardType

Represents all required Metacard Attributes.

BINARY_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.BINARY.

BOOLEAN_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.BOOLEAN.

DATE_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.DATE.

DOUBLE_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.DOUBLE.

FLOAT_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.FLOAT.

GEO_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.GEOMETRY.

INTEGER_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.INTEGER.

LONG_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.LONG.

OBJECT_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.OBJECT.

SHORT_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.SHORT.

STRING_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.STRING.

XML_TYPE

AttributeType

A Constant for an AttributeType with AttributeType.AttributeFormat.XML.


17. Operations

catalog architecture operations

The Catalog provides the capability to query, create, update, and delete metacards; retrieve resources; and retrieve information about the sources in the enterprise.

Each of these operations follow a request/response paradigm. The request is the input to the operation and contains all of the input parameters needed by the Catalog Framework’s operation to communicate with the Sources. The response is the output from the execution of the operation that is returned to the client, which contains all of the data returned by the sources. For each operation there is an associated request/response pair, e.g., the QueryRequest and QueryResponse pair for the Catalog Framework’s query operation.

All of the request and response objects are extensible in that they can contain additional key/value properties on each request/response. This allows additional capability to be added without changing the Catalog API, helping to maintain backwards compatibility.


18. Resources

Resources Architecture
Resources Architecture

Resources are the data that is represented by the cataloged metadata in DDF.

Metacards are used to describe those resources through metadata.  This metadata includes the time the resource was created, the location where the resource was created, etc.  A DDF Metacard contains the getResourceUri method, which is used to locate and retrieve its corresponding resource.

Content Data Component Architecture
Content Data Component Architecture

18.1. Content Item

ContentItem is the domain object populated by the Storage Provider that represents the information about the content to be stored or content that has been stored in the Storage Provider. A ContentItem encapsulates the content’s globally unique ID, mime type, and input stream (i.e., the actual content). The unique ID of a ContentItem will always correspond to a Metacard ID.

18.1.1. Retrieving Resources

When a client attempts to retrieve a resource, it must provide a metacard ID or URI corresponding to a unique resource.  As mentioned above, the resource URI is obtained from a Metacard's getResourceUri method.  The CatalogFramework has three methods that can be used by clients to obtain a resource: getEnterpriseResourcegetResource, and getLocalResource. The getEnterpriseResource method invokes the retrieveResource method on a local ResourceReader as well as all the Federated and Connected Sources inthe DDF enterprise.  The second method, getResource, takes in a source ID as a parameter and only invokes retrieveResource on the specified Source.  The third method invokes retrieveResource on a local ResourceReader

The parameter for each of these methods in the CatalogFramework is a ResourceRequest.  DDF includes two implementations of ResourceRequestResourceRequestById and ResourceRequestByProductUri.  Since these implementations extend OperationImpl, they can pass a Map of generic properties through the CatalogFramework to customize how the resource request is carried out.  One example of this is explained in the Retrieving Resource Options section below.  The following is a basic example of how to create a ResourceRequest and invoke the CatalogFramework resource retrieval methods to process the request.   

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Map<String, Serializable> properties = new HashMap<String, Serializable>();
properties.put("PropertyKey1", "propertyA"); //properties to customize Resource retrieval
ResourceRequestById resourceRequest = new ResourceRequestById("0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef", properties); //object containing ID of Resource to be retrieved
String sourceName = "LOCAL_SOURCE"; //the Source ID or name of the local Catalog or a Federated Source
ResourceResponse resourceResponse; //object containing the retrieved Resource and the request that was made to get it.
resourceResponse = catalogFramework.getResource(resourceRequest, sourceName); //Source-based retrieve Resource request
Resource resource = resourceResponse.getResource(); //actual Resource object containing InputStream, mime type, and Resource name

DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceReader instances can be discovered via the OSGi Service Registry. The system can contain multiple ResourceReaders.  The CatalogFramework determines which one to call based on the scheme of the resource’s URI and what schemes the ResourceReader supports.  The supported schemes are obtained by a ResourceReader's getSupportedSchemes method.  As an example, one ResourceReader may know how to handle file-based URIs with the scheme file, whereas another ResourceReader may support HTTP-based URIs with the scheme http.

The ResourceReader or Source is responsible for locating the resource, reading its bytes, adding the binary data to a Resource implementation, then returning that Resource in a ResourceResponse.  The ResourceReader or Source is also responsible for determining the Resource's name and mime type, which it sends back in the Resource implementation.

18.1.1.1. BinaryContent

BinaryContent is an object used as a container to store translated or transformed DDF components.  Resource extends BinaryContent and includes a getName method.  BinaryContent has methods to get the InputStreambyte array, MIME type, and size of the represented binary data. An implementation of BinaryContent (BinaryContentImpl) can be found in the Catalog API in the DDF.catalog.data package.

18.1.2. Retrieving Resource Options

Options can be specified on a retrieve resource request made through any of the supporting endpoint.  To specify an option for a retrieve resource request, the endpoint needs to first instantiate a ResourceRequestByProductUri or a ResourceRequestById.  Both of these ResourceRequest implementations allow a Map of properties to be specified.  Put the specified option into the Map under the key RESOURCE_OPTION.  

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ResourceRequestById resourceRequest = new ResourceRequestById("0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef", properties);

Depending on the support that the ResourceReader or Source provides for options, the properties Map will be checked for the RESOURCE_OPTION entry.  If that entry is found, the option will be handled.  If the ResourceReader or Source does not support options, that entry will be ignored.

A new ResourceReader or Source implementation can be created to support options in a way that is most appropriate.  Since the option is passed through the catalog framework as a property, the ResourceReader or Source will have access to that option as long as the endpoint supports options.

18.1.3. Storing Resources

Resources are saved using a ResourceWriterDDF.catalog.resource.ResourceWriter instances can be discovered via the OSGi Service Registry. Once retrieved, the ResourceWriter instance provides clients with a way to store resources and get a corresponding URI that can be used to subsequently retrieve the resource via a ResourceReader.  Simply invoke either of the storeResource methods with a resource and any potential arguments.   The ResourceWriter implementation is responsible for determining where the resource is saved and how it is saved.  This allows flexibility for a resource to be saved in any one of a variety of data stores or file systems.  The following is an example of how to use a generic implementation of ResourceWriter.

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InputStream inputStream = <Video_Input_Stream>; //InputStream of raw Resource data
MimeType mimeType = new MimeType("video/mpeg"); //Mime Type or content type of Resource
String name = "Facility_Video";  //Descriptive Resource name
Resource resource = new ResourceImpl(inputStream, mimeType, name);
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resourceUri = writer.storeResource(resource, optionalArguments); //Null can be passed in here

18.2. Resource Components

Resource components are used when working with resources

A resource is a URI-addressable entity that is represented by a metacard.

Resources may exist either locally or on a remote data store.

Examples of resources include:

  • NITF image

  • MPEG video

  • Live video stream

  • Audio recording

  • Document

A resource object in DDF contains an InputStream with the binary data of the resource.  It describes that resource with a name, which could be a file name, URI, or another identifier.  It also contains a mime type or content type that a client can use to interpret the binary data.  

18.3. Resource Readers

A resource reader retrieves resources associated with metacards via URIs. Each resource reader must know how to interpret the resource’s URI and how to interact with the data store to retrieve the resource.

There can be multiple resource readers in a Catalog instance. The Catalog Framework selects the appropriate resource reader based on the scheme of the resource’s URI. 

In order to make a resource reader available to the Catalog Framework, it must be exported to the OSGi Service Registry as a DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceReader

18.3.1. URL Resource Reader

The URLResourceReader is an implementation of ResourceReader which is included in the DDF Catalog.  It obtains a resource given an http, https, or file-based URL.  The URLResourceReader will connect to the provided Resource URL and read the resource’s bytes into an InputStream.  

Warning

When a resource linked using a file-based URL is in the product cache, the URLResourceReader's rootResourceDirectories is not checked when downloading. It is downloaded from the product cache which bypasses the URLResourceReader. For example, if path /my/valid/path is configured in the URLResourceReader's rootResourceDirectories and one downloads the product with resource-uri file:///my/valid/path/product.txt and then one removes /my/valid/path from the URLResourceReader's rootResourceDirectories configuration, the product will still be accessible via the product cache.

18.3.1.1. Installing the URL Resource Reader

The URLResourceReader is installed by default with a standard installation in the Catalog application.

18.3.1.2. Configuring Permissions for the URL Resource Reader

Configuring the URL Resource Reader to retrieve files requires adding Security Manager read permission entries for the directory containing the resources. To add the correct permission entries, edit the file <DDF_HOME>/security/configurations.policy. In the URL Resource Reader section of the file, add two new permission for each top-level directory that the Resource Reader needs to access. The Resource Reader needs one permission to read the directory and another to read its contents.

Warning
Adding New Permissions

After adding permission entries, a system restart is required for them to take effect.

grant codeBase "file:/org.apache.tika.core/catalog-core-urlresourcereader" { permission java.io.FilePermission "<DIRECTORY_PATH>", "read"; permission java.io.FilePermission "<OTHER_DIRECTORY_PATH>", "read"; }

Trailing slashes after <DIRECTORY_PATH> have no effect on the permissions granted. For example, adding a permission for "${/}test${/}path" and "${/}test${/}path${/}" are equivalent. The recursive forms "${/}test${/}path${/}-", and "${/}test${/}path${/}${/}-" are also equivalent.

18.3.1.3. Configuring the URL Resource Reader

Configure the URL Resource Reader from the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the URL Resource Reader.

See URL Resource Reader configurations for all possible configurations.

18.3.1.4. Using the URL Resource Reader

URLResourceReader will be used by the Catalog Framework to obtain a resource whose metacard is cataloged in the local data store. This particular ResourceReader will be chosen by the CatalogFramework if the requested resource’s URL has a protocol of httphttps, or file.  

For example, requesting a resource with the following URL will make the Catalog Framework invoke the URLResourceReader for retrieval.

Example
file:///home/users/DDF_user/data/example.txt

If a resource was requested with the URL udp://123.45.67.89:80/SampleResourceStream, the URLResourceReader would not be invoked.

Supported Schemes:
  • http

  • https

  • file

Note

If a file-based URL is passed to the URLResourceReader, that file path needs to be accessible by the DDF instance.

18.4. Resource Writers

A resource writer stores a resource and produces a URI that can be used for retrieval. The resource URI uniquely locates and identifies the resource. Resource writers can interact with an underlying data store and store the resource in the proper place. Each implementation can do this differently, providing flexibility in the data stores used to persist the resources.

Resource Writers should be used within the Content Framework if and when implementing a custom Storage Provider to store data. The default Storage Provider that comes with the DDF writes the resources to the file system.

19. Queries

Clients use ddf.catalog.operation.Query objects to describe which metacards are needed from Sources

Query objects have two major components:

A Source uses the Filter criteria constraints to find the requested set of metacards within its domain of metacards. The Query Options are used to further restrict the Filter’s set of requested metacards.


19.1. Filters

An OGC Filter is a Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard This link is outside the DDF documentation that describes a query expression in terms of Extensible Markup Language (XML) and key-value pairs (KVP).  The OGC Filter is used to represent a query to be sent to sources and the Catalog Provider, as well as to represent a Subscription. The OGC Filter provides support for expression processing, such as adding or dividing expressions in a query, but that is not the intended use for DDF.

The Catalog Framework does not use the XML representation of the OGC Filter standard. DDF instead uses the Java implementation provided by GeoTools This link is outside the DDF documentation. GeoTools provides Java equivalent classes for OGC Filter XML elements. GeoTools originally provided the standard Java classes for the OGC Filter Encoding 1.0 under the package name org.opengis.filter. The same package name is used today and is currently used by DDF.  Java developers do not parse or view the XML representation of a Filter in DDF. Instead, developers use only the Java objects to complete query tasks.

Note that the ddf.catalog.operation.Query interface extends the org.opengis.filter.Filter interface, which means that a Query object is an OGC Java Filter with Query Options.

A Query is an OGC Filter
public interface Query extends Filter

19.1.1. FilterBuilder API

To avoid the complexities of working with the Filter interface directly and implementing the DDF Profile of the Filter specification, the Catalog includes an API, primarily in DDF.filter, to build Filters using a fluent API.

To use the FilterBuilder API, an instance of DDF.filter.FilterBuilder should be used via the OSGi registry. Typically, this will be injected via a dependency injection framework. Once an instance of FilterBuilder is available, methods can be called to create and combine Filters.

Tip

The fluent API is best accessed using an IDE that supports code-completion. For additional details, refer to the [Catalog API Javadoc].

19.1.1.1. Boolean Operators

Filters use a number of boolean operators.

FilterBuilder.allOf(Filter …​)

creates a new Filter that requires all provided Filters are satisfied (Boolean AND), either from a List or Array of Filter instances.

FilterBuilder.anyOf(Filter …​)

creates a new Filter that requires at least one of the provided Filters are satisfied (Boolean OR), either from a List or Array of Filter instances.

FilterBuilder.not(Filter filter)

creates a new Filter that requires the provided Filter must not match (Boolean NOT).

19.1.1.2. Attribute

Filters can be based on specific attributes.

FilterBuilder.attribute(String attributeName):: begins a fluent API for creating an Attribute-based Filter, i.e., a Filter that matches on Metacards with Attributes of a particular value.

20. Action Framework

The Action Framework was designed as a way to limit dependencies between applications (apps) in a system. For instance, a feature in an app, such as an Atom feed generator, might want to include an external link as part of its feed’s entries. That feature does not have to be coupled to a REST endpoint to work, nor does it have to depend on a specific implementation to get a link. In reality, the feature does not identify how the link is generated, but it does identify whether the link works or does not work when retrieving the intended entry’s metadata. Instead of creating its own mechanism or adding an unrelated feature, it could use the Action Framework to query the OSGi container for any service that can provide a link. This does two things: it allows the feature to be independent of implementations, and it encourages reuse of common services. 

The Action Framework consists of two major Java interfaces in its API:

  1. ddf.action.Action

  2. ddf.action.ActionProvider

    Actions

    Specific tasks that can be performed as services.

    Action Providers

    Lists of related actions that a service is capable of performing.


20.1. Action Providers

Included Action Providers
Download Resource ActionProvider

Downloads a resource to the local product cache.

IdP Logout Action Provider

Identity Provider Logout.

Karaf Logout Action

Local Logout.

LDAP Logout Action

Ldap Logout.

Overlay ActionProvider

Provides a metacard URL that transforms the metacard into a geographically aligned image (suitable for overlaying on a map).

View Metacard ActionProvider

Provides a URL to a metacard.

Metacard Transformer ActionProvider

Provides a URL to a metacard that has been transformed into a specified format.

21. Asynchronous Processing Framework

Note

This code is experimental. While this interface is functional and tested, it may change or be removed in a future version of the library.

The Asynchronous Processing Framework is a way to run plugins asynchronously. Generally, plugins that take a significant amount of processing time and whose results are not immediately required are good candidates for being asynchronously processed. A Processing Framework can either be run on the local or remote system. Once the Processing Framework finishes processing incoming requests, it may submit (Create|Update|Delete)Requests to the Catalog. The type of plugins that a Processing Framework runs are the Post-Process Plugins. The Post-Process Plugins are triggered by the Processing Post Ingest Plugin, which is a Post-Ingest Plugin. Post-Ingest Plugins are run after the metacard has been ingested into the Catalog. This feature is uninstalled by default.

Warning

The Processing Framework does not support partial updates to the Catalog. This means that if any changes are made to a metacard in the Catalog between the time asynchronous processing starts and ends, those changes will be overwritten by the ProcessingFramework updates sent back to the Catalog. This feature should be used with caution.

Processing Framework Architecture
Processing Framework Architecture
The Asynchronous Processing Framework API Interfaces
  1. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.processingframework.api.internal.ProcessingFramework

  2. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.plugin.api.internal.PostProcessPlugin

  3. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessItem

  4. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessCreateItem

  5. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessUpdateItem

  6. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessDeleteItem

  7. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessRequest

  8. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessResoure

  9. org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.data.api.internal.ProcessResourceItem

Processing Framework Interface Diagram
Processing Framework Interface Diagram
ProcessingFramework

The ProcessingFramework is responsible for processing incoming ProcessRequests that contain a ProcessItem. A ProcessingFramework should never block. It receives its ProcessRequests from a PostIngestPlugin on all CUD operations to the Catalog. In order to determine whether or not asynchronous processing is required by the ProcessingFramework, the ProcessingFramework should mark any request it has submitted back the Catalog, otherwise a processing loop may occur. For example, the default In-Memory Processing Framework adds a POST_PROCESS_COMPLETE flag to the Catalog CUD request after processing. This flag is checked by the ProcessingPostIngestPlugin before a ProcessRequest is sent to the ProcessingFramework. For an example of a ProcessingFramework, please refer to the org.codice.ddf.catalog.async.processingframework.impl.InMemoryProcessingFramework.

ProcessRequest

A ProcessRequest contains a list of ProcessItems for the ProcessingFramework to process. Once a ProcessRequest has been processed by a ProcessingFramework, the ProcessingFramework should mark the ProcessRequest as already been processed, so that it does not process it again.

PostProcessPlugin

The PostProcessPlugin is a plugin that will be run by the ProcessingFramework. It is capable of processing ProcessCreateItems, ProcessUpdateItems, and ProcessDeleteItems.

Warning
ProcessItem

Do not implement ProcessItem directly; it is intended for use only as a common base interface for ProcessResourceItem and ProcessDeleteItem.

The ProcessItem is contained by a ProcessRequest. It can be either a ProcessCreateItem, ProcessUpdateItem, or ProcessDeleteItem.

ProcessResource

The ProcessResource is a piece of content that is attached to a metacard. The piece of content can be either local or remote.

ProcessResourceItem

The ProcessResourceItem indicates that the item being processed may have a ProcessResource associated with it.

Warning
ProcessResourceItem Warning

Do not implement ProcessResourceItem directly; it is intended for use only as a common base interface for ProcessCreateItem and ProcessUpdateItem.

ProcessCreateItem

The ProcessCreateItem is an item for a metacard that has been created in the Catalog. It contains the created metacard and, optionally, a ProcessResource.

ProcessUpdateItem

The ProcessUpdateItem is an item for a metacard that has been updated in the Catalog. It contains the original metacard, the updated metacard and, optionally, a ProcessResource.

ProcessDeleteItem

The ProcessDeleteItem is an item for a metacard that has been deleted in the Catalog. It contains the deleted metacard.


22. Eventing

Eventing Architecture
Eventing Architecture

The Eventing capability of the Catalog allows endpoints (and thus external users) to create a "standing query" and be notified when a matching metacard is created, updated, or deleted.

Notably, the Catalog allows event evaluation on both the previous value (if available) and new value of a Metacard when an update occurs.

Eventing allows DDFs to receive events on operations (e.g. create, update, delete) based on particular queries or actions. Once subscribed, users will receive notifications of events such as update or create on any source.

22.1. Eventing Components

The key components of DDF Eventing include:


23. Security Framework

The DDF Security Framework utilizes Apache Shiro as the underlying security framework. The classes mentioned in this section will have their full package name listed, to make it easy to tell which classes come with the core Shiro framework and which are added by DDF.

23.1. Subject

ddf.security.Subject <extends> org.apache.shiro.subject.Subject

The Subject is the key object in the security framework. Most of the workflow and implementations revolve around creating and using a Subject. The Subject object in DDF is a class that encapsulates all information about the user performing the current operation. The Subject can also be used to perform permission checks to see if the calling user has acceptable permission to perform a certain action (e.g., calling a service or returning a metacard). This class was made DDF-specific because the Shiro interface cannot be added to the Query Request property map.

Table 63. Implementations of Subject:
Classname Description

ddf.security.impl.SubjectImpl

Extends org.apache.shiro.subject.support.DelegatingSubject

23.1.1. Security Manager

ddf.security.service.SecurityManager

The Security Manager is a service that handles the creation of Subject objects. A proxy to this service should be obtained by an endpoint to create a Subject and add it to the outgoing QueryRequest. The Shiro framework relies on creating the subject by obtaining it from the current thread. Due to the multi-threaded and stateless nature of the DDF framework, utilizing the Security Manager interface makes retrieving Subjects easier and safer.

Table 64. Implementations of Security Managers:
Classname Description

ddf.security.service.SecurityManagerImpl

This implementation of the Security Manager handles taking in both org.apache.shiro.authc. AuthenticationToken and org.apache.cxf.ws.security.tokenstore.SecurityToken objects.

23.1.2. Realms

DDF uses Apache Shiro This link is outside the DDF documentation for the concept of Realms This link is outside the DDF documentation for Authentication and Authorization. Realms are components that access security data such as such as users or permissions.

23.1.2.1. Authenticating Realms

org.apache.shiro.realm.AuthenticatingRealm

Authenticating Realms are used to authenticate an incoming Authentication Token and return Authentication Info This link is outside the DDF documentation on successful authentication. This Authentication Info is used by the Shiro framework to put together a resulting Subject. A Subject represents the application user and contains all available security-relevant information about that user.

Table 65. Implementations of Authenticating Realms in DDF:
Classname Description

org.codice.ddf.security.guest.realm.GuestRealm

This realm checks if Guest access is allowed on the incoming Authentication Token, and if so the Guest realm returns the Guest Authentication Info.

org.codice.ddf.security.oidc.realm.OidcRealm

This realm takes in any OIDC/OAuth credentials found on the incoming Authentication Token, and if so resolves the ID_Token using those credentials. The ID_Token is then used to put together the resulting Authentication Info.

ddf.security.realm.sts.StsRealm

This realm delegates authentication to the Secure Token Service (STS). It creates a RequestSecurityToken message from the incoming Authentication Token and converts a successful STS response into Authentication Info.

23.1.2.2. Authorizing Realms

org.apache.shiro.realm.AuthorizingRealm

Authorizing Realms are used to perform authorization on the current Subject. These are used when performing both service authorization and filtering. They are passed in the AuthorizationInfo of the Subject along with the permissions of the object wanting to be accessed. The response from these realms is a true (if the Subject has permission to access) or false (if the Subject does not).

Table 66. Other implementations of the Security API within DDF
Classname Description

org.codice.ddf.platform.filter.delegate.DelegateServletFilter

The DelegatingHttpFilterHandler detects any servlet filters that have been exposed as OSGi services implementing org.codice.ddf.platform.filter.SecurityFilter and places them in-order in front of any servlet or web application running on the container.

org.codice.ddf.security.filter.websso.WebSSOFilter

This filter is the main security filter that works with a number of handlers to protect a variety of web contexts, each using different authentication schemes and policies. It attaches an Authentication Token to the request by either checking the session or calling the configured Security Handlers.

org.codice.ddf.security.handler.basic.BasicAuthenticationHandler

Checks for basic authentication credentials in the http request header. If no credentials are found, it supports the acquisition of basic credentials on user-agent requests.

org.codice.ddf.security.handler.pki.PKIHandler

Handler for PKI based authentication. X509 chain will be extracted from the HTTP request.

org.codice.security.idp.client.IdpHandler

Handler for IdP/SAML based authentication. If no credentials are found, it supports the acquisition of credentials through the configured SAML IdP.

org.codice.ddf.security.handler.oidc.OidcHandler

Handler for OIDC based authentication. If no credentials are found, and is a user-agent request, this handler supports the acquisition of credentials through the configured OIDC IdP.

org.codice.ddf.security.handler.oauth.OAuthHandler

Handler for OAuth based authentication. Does not support the acquisition of credentials.

org.codice.ddf.security.filter.login.LoginFilter

This filter runs immediately after the WebSSOFilter and exchanges an Authentication Token found in the request with a Subject via Shiro.

org.codice.ddf.security.filter.authorization.AuthorizationFilter

This filter runs immediately after the LoginFilter and checks any permissions assigned to the web context against the attributes of the Subject via Shiro.

org.apache.shiro.realm.AuthenticatingRealm

This is an abstract authenticating realm that exchanges an org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationToken for a org.apache.shiro.authc.AuthenticationInfo, which is used by the Shiro framework to put together a ddf.security.Subject.

ddf.security.service.AbstractAuthorizingRealm

This is an abstract authorizing realm that takes care of caching and parsing the Subject’s AuthorizingInfo and should be extended to allow the implementing realm to focus on making the decision.

ddf.security.pdp.realm.AuthZRealm

This realm performs the authorization decision and may or may not delegate out to the external XACML processing engine. It uses the incoming permissions to create a decision. However, it is possible to extend this realm using the ddf.security.policy.extension.PolicyExtension interface. This interface allows an integrator to add additional policy information to the PDP that can’t be covered via its generic matching policies. This approach is often easier to configure for those that are not familiar with XACML.

org.codice.ddf.security.validator.*

A number of validators are provided for X.509 and Username tokens.

Warning

An update was made to the IdpHandler to pass SAML assertions through the Authorization HTTP header. Cookies are still accepted and processed to maintain legacy federation compatibility, but assertions are sent in the header on outbound requests. While a machine’s identity will still federate between versions, a user’s identity will ONLY be federated when a DDF version 2.7.x server communicates with a DDF version 2.8.x+ server, or between two servers whose versions are 2.8.x or higher.

23.2. Security Core

The Security Core application contains all of the necessary components that are used to perform security operations (authentication, authorization, and auditing) required in the framework.

23.2.1. Security Core API

The Security Core API contains all of the DDF APIs that are used to perform security operations within DDF.

23.2.1.1. Installing the Security Core API

The Security Services App installs the Security Core API by default. Do not uninstall the Security Core API as it is integral to system function and all of the other security services depend upon it.

23.2.1.2. Configuring the Security Core API

The Security Core API has no configurable properties.

23.2.2. Security Core Implementation

The Security Core Implementation contains the reference implementations for the Security Core API interfaces that come with the DDF distribution.

23.2.2.1. Installing the Security Core Implementation

The Security Core app installs this bundle by default. It is recommended to use this bundle as it contains the reference implementations for many classes used within the Security Framework.

23.2.2.2. Configuring the Security Core Implementation

The Security Core Implementation has no configurable properties.

23.2.3. Security Core Commons

The Security Core Services bundle contains services that are used within DDF to help with performing common security operations. Most notably, this bundle contains the ddf.security.audit.SecurityLogger class that performs the security audit logging within DDF.

23.2.3.1. Configuring the Security Core Commons

The Security Core Commons bundle has no configurable properties.

23.3. Security Encryption

The Security Encryption application offers an encryption framework and service implementation for other applications to use. This service is commonly used to encrypt and decrypt default passwords that are located within the metatype and Admin Console.

The encryption service and encryption command, which are based on tink This link is outside the DDF documentation, provide an easy way for developers to add encryption capabilities to DDF.

23.3.1. Security Encryption API

The Security Encryption API bundle provides the framework for the encryption service. Applications that use the encryption service should use the interfaces defined within it instead of calling an implementation directly.

23.3.1.1. Installing Security Encryption API

This bundle is installed by default as part of the security-encryption feature. Many applications that come with DDF depend on this bundle and it should not be uninstalled.

23.3.1.2. Configuring the Security Encryption API

The Security Encryption API has no configurable properties.

23.3.2. Security Encryption Implementation

The Security Encryption Implementation bundle contains all of the service implementations for the Encryption Framework and exports those implementations as services to the OSGi service registry.

23.3.2.1. Installing Security Encryption Implementation

This bundle is installed by default as part of the security-encryption feature. Other projects are dependent on the services this bundle exports and it should not be uninstalled unless another security service implementation is being added.

23.3.2.2. Configuring Security Encryption Implementation

The Security Encryption Implementation has no configurable properties.

23.3.3. Security Encryption Commands

The Security Encryption Commands bundle enhances the DDF system console by allowing administrators and integrators to encrypt and decrypt values directly from the console.

The security:encrypt command allows plain text to be encrypted using AES for encryption. It uses randomly generated keys and associated data that are created when the system is installed, and can be found in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/keysets directory. This is useful when displaying password fields in a GUI.

Below is an example of the security:encrypt command used to encrypt the plain text "myPasswordToEncrypt". The output, bR9mJpDVo8bTRwqGwIFxHJ5yFJzatKwjXjIo/8USWm8=, is the encrypted value.

ddf@local>security:encrypt myPasswordToEncrypt

bR9mJpDVo8bTRwqGwIFxHJ5yFJzatKwjXjIo/8USWm8=
23.3.3.1. Installing the Security Encryption Commands

This bundle is installed by default with the security-encryption feature. This bundle is tied specifically to the DDF console and can be uninstalled if not needed. When uninstalled, however, administrators will not be able to encrypt and decrypt data from the console.

23.3.3.2. Configuring the Security Encryption Commands

The Security Encryption Commands have no configurable properties.

23.4. Security LDAP

The DDF LDAP application allows the user to configure either an embedded or a standalone LDAP server. The provided features contain a default set of schemas and users loaded to help facilitate authentication and authorization testing.

23.4.1. Embedded LDAP Server

DDF includes an embedded LDAP server (OpenDJ) for testing and demonstration purposes.

Warning

The embedded LDAP server is intended for testing purposes only and is not recommended for production use.

23.4.1.1. Installing the Embedded LDAP Server

The embedded LDAP server is not installed by default with a standard installation.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the opendj-embedded feature.

23.4.1.2. Configuring the Embedded LDAP

Configure the Embedded LDAP from the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the OpenDj Embedded application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 67. OpenDJ Embedded Configurable Properties
Configuration Name Description

LDAP Port

Sets the port for LDAP (plaintext and startTLS). 0 will disable the port.

LDAPS Port

Sets the port for LDAPS. 0 will disable the port.

Base LDIF File

Location on the server for a LDIF file. This file will be loaded into the LDAP and overwrite any existing entries. This option should be used when updating the default groups/users with a new LDIF file for testing. The LDIF file being loaded may contain any LDAP entries (schemas, users, groups, etc.). If the location is left blank, the default base LDIF file will be used that comes with DDF.

23.4.1.3. Connecting to Standalone LDAP Servers

DDF instances can connect to external LDAP servers by installing and configuring the security-jaas-ldap and security-claims-ldap features detailed here.

In order to connect to more than one LDAP server, configure these features for each LDAP server.

23.4.1.4. Embedded LDAP Configuration

The Embedded LDAP application contains an LDAP server (OpenDJ version 2.6.2) that has a default set of schemas and users loaded to help facilitate authentication and authorization testing.

Table 68. Embedded LDAP Default Ports Settings
Protocol Default Port

LDAP

1389

LDAPS

1636

StartTLS

1389

Table 69. Embedded LDAP Default Users
Username Password Groups Description

testuser1

password1

General test user for authentication

testuser2

password2

 

General test user for authentication

nromanova

password1

avengers

General test user for authentication

lcage

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

jhowlett

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

pparker

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

jdrew

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

tstark

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

bbanner

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

srogers

password1

admin, avengers

General test user for authentication, Admin user for karaf

admin

admin

admin

Admin user for karaf

Table 70. Embedded LDAP Default Admin User Settings
Username Password Groups Attributes Description

admin

secret

Administrative User for LDAP

23.4.1.5. Schemas

The default schemas loaded into the LDAP instance are the same defaults that come with OpenDJ.

Table 71. Embedded LDAP Default Schemas
Schema File Name Schema Description This link is outside the DDF documentation

00-core.ldif

This file contains a core set of attribute type and objectlass definitions from several standard LDAP documents, including draft-ietf-boreham-numsubordinates, draft-findlay-ldap-groupofentries, draft-furuseth-ldap-untypedobject, draft-good-ldap-changelog, draft-ietf-ldup-subentry, draft-wahl-ldap-adminaddr, RFC 1274, RFC 2079, RFC 2256, RFC 2798, RFC 3045, RFC 3296, RFC 3671, RFC 3672, RFC 4512, RFC 4519, RFC 4523, RFC 4524, RFC 4530, RFC 5020, and X.501.

01-pwpolicy.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from draft-behera-ldap-password-policy, which defines a mechanism for storing password policy information in an LDAP directory server.

02-config.ldif

This file contains the attribute type and objectclass definitions for use with the directory server configuration.

03-changelog.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from draft-good-ldap-changelog, which defines a mechanism for storing information about changes to directory server data.

03-rfc2713.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 2713, which defines a mechanism for storing serialized Java objects in the directory server.

03-rfc2714.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 2714, which defines a mechanism for storing CORBA objects in the directory server.

03-rfc2739.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 2739, which defines a mechanism for storing calendar and vCard objects in the directory server. Note that the definition in RFC 2739 contains a number of errors, and this schema file has been altered from the standard definition in order to fix a number of those problems.

03-rfc2926.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 2926, which defines a mechanism for mapping between Service Location Protocol (SLP) advertisements and LDAP.

03-rfc3112.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 3112, which defines the authentication password schema.

03-rfc3712.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 3712, which defines a mechanism for storing printer information in the directory server.

03-uddiv3.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 4403, which defines a mechanism for storing UDDIv3 information in the directory server.

04-rfc2307bis.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from the draft-howard-rfc2307bis specification, used to store naming service information in the directory server.

05-rfc4876.ldif

This file contains schema definitions from RFC 4876, which defines a schema for storing Directory User Agent (DUA) profiles and preferences in the directory server.

05-samba.ldif

This file contains schema definitions required when storing Samba user accounts in the directory server.

05-solaris.ldif

This file contains schema definitions required for Solaris and OpenSolaris LDAP naming services.

06-compat.ldif

This file contains the attribute type and objectclass definitions for use with the directory server configuration.

23.4.1.6. Starting and Stopping the Embedded LDAP

The embedded LDAP application installs a feature with the name ldap-embedded. Installing and uninstalling this feature will start and stop the embedded LDAP server. This will also install a fresh instance of the server each time. If changes need to persist, stop then start the embedded-ldap-opendj bundle (rather than installing/uninstalling the feature).

All settings, configurations, and changes made to the embedded LDAP instances are persisted across DDF restarts. If DDF is stopped while the LDAP feature is installed and started, it will automatically restart with the saved settings on the next DDF start.

23.4.1.7. Limitations of the Embedded LDAP

Current limitations for the embedded LDAP instances include:

  • Inability to store the LDAP files/storage outside of the DDF installation directory. This results in any LDAP data (i.e., LDAP user information) being lost when the ldap-embedded feature is uninstalled.

  • Cannot be run standalone from DDF. In order to run embedded-ldap, the DDF must be started.

Location to the default base LDIF file in the DDF source code This link is outside the DDF documentation.

23.4.1.9. LDAP Administration

OpenDJ provides a number of tools for LDAP administration. Refer to the OpenDJ Admin Guide This link is outside the DDF documentation.

23.4.1.10. Downloading the Admin Tools

Download OpenDJ (Version 2.6.4) This link is outside the DDF documentation and the included tool suite.

23.4.1.11. Using the Admin Tools

The admin tools are located in <opendj-installation>/bat for Windows and <opendj-installation>/bin for nix.  These tools can be used to administer both local and remote LDAP servers by setting the *host and port parameters appropriately.

In this example, the user Bruce Banner (uid=bbanner) is disabled using the manage-account command on Windows. Run manage-account --help for usage instructions.

Example Commands for Disabling/Enabling a User’s Account
D:\OpenDJ-2.4.6\bat>manage-account set-account-is-disabled -h localhost -p 4444 -O true
-D "cn=admin" -w secret -b "uid=bbanner,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
The server is using the following certificate:
    Subject DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Issuer DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Validity:  Wed Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2013 through Fri Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2015
Do you wish to trust this certificate and continue connecting to the server?
Please enter "yes" or "no":yes
Account Is Disabled:  true

Notice Account Is Disabled: true in the listing:

Verifying an Account is Disabled
D:\OpenDJ-2.4.6\bat>manage-account get-all -h localhost -p 4444  -D "cn=admin" -w secret
-b "uid=bbanner,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
The server is using the following certificate:
    Subject DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Issuer DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Validity:  Wed Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2013 through Fri Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2015
Do you wish to trust this certificate and continue connecting to the server?
Please enter "yes" or "no":yes
Password Policy DN:  cn=Default Password Policy,cn=Password Policies,cn=config
Account Is Disabled:  true
Account Expiration Time:
Seconds Until Account Expiration:
Password Changed Time:  19700101000000.000Z
Password Expiration Warned Time:
Seconds Until Password Expiration:
Seconds Until Password Expiration Warning:
Authentication Failure Times:
Seconds Until Authentication Failure Unlock:
Remaining Authentication Failure Count:
Last Login Time:
Seconds Until Idle Account Lockout:
Password Is Reset:  false
Seconds Until Password Reset Lockout:
Grace Login Use Times:
Remaining Grace Login Count:  0
Password Changed by Required Time:
Seconds Until Required Change Time:
Password History:
Enabling an Account
D:\OpenDJ-2.4.6\bat>manage-account clear-account-is-disabled  -h localhost -p 4444  -D
"cn=admin" -w secret -b "uid=bbanner,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
The server is using the following certificate:
    Subject DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Issuer DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Validity:  Wed Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2013 through Fri Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2015
Do you wish to trust this certificate and continue connecting to the server?
Please enter "yes" or "no":yes
Account Is Disabled:  false

Notice Account Is Disabled: false in the listing.

Verifying an Account is Enabled
D:\OpenDJ-2.4.6\bat>manage-account get-all -h localhost -p 4444  -D "cn=admin" -w secret
-b "uid=bbanner,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com"
The server is using the following certificate:
    Subject DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Issuer DN:  CN=Win7-1, O=Administration Connector Self-Signed Certificate
    Validity:  Wed Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2013 through Fri Sep 04 15:36:46 MST 2015
Do you wish to trust this certificate and continue connecting to the server?
Please enter "yes" or "no":yes
Password Policy DN:  cn=Default Password Policy,cn=Password Policies,cn=config
Account Is Disabled:  false
Account Expiration Time:
Seconds Until Account Expiration:
Password Changed Time:  19700101000000.000Z
Password Expiration Warned Time:
Seconds Until Password Expiration:
Seconds Until Password Expiration Warning:
Authentication Failure Times:
Seconds Until Authentication Failure Unlock:
Remaining Authentication Failure Count:
Last Login Time:
Seconds Until Idle Account Lockout:
Password Is Reset:  false
Seconds Until Password Reset Lockout:
Grace Login Use Times:
Remaining Grace Login Count:  0
Password Changed by Required Time:
Seconds Until Required Change Time:
Password History:

23.5. Security PDP

The Security Policy Decision Point (PDP) module contains services that are able to perform authorization decisions based on configurations and policies. In the Security Framework, these components are called realms, and they implement the org.apache.shiro.realm.Realm and org.apache.shiro.authz.Authorizer interfaces. Although these components perform decisions on access control, enforcement of this decision is performed by components within the notional PEP application.

23.5.1. Security PDP AuthZ Realm

The Security PDP AuthZ Realm exposes a realm service that makes decisions on authorization requests using the attributes stored within the metacard to determine if access should be granted. This realm can use XACML and will delegate decisions to an external processing engine if internal processing fails. Decisions are first made based on the "match-all" and "match-one" logic. Any attributes listed in the "match-all" or "match-one" sections will not be passed to the XACML processing engine and they will be matched internally. It is recommended to list as many attributes as possible in these sections to avoid going out to the XACML processing engine for performance reasons. If it is desired that all decisions be passed to the XACML processing engine, remove all of the "match-all" and "match-one" configurations. The configuration below provides the mapping between user attributes and the attributes being asserted - one map exists for each type of mapping (each map may contain multiple values).

Match-All Mapping:: This mapping is used to guarantee that all values present in the specified metacard attribute exist in the corresponding user attribute. Match-One Mapping:: This mapping is used to guarantee that at least one of the values present in the specified metacard attribute exists in the corresponding user attribute.

23.5.1.1. Configuring the Security PDP AuthZ Realm
  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select Security Application.

  3. Select Configuration tab.

  4. Select Security AuthZ Realm.

See Security AuthZ Realm for all possible configurations.

23.5.2. Guest Interceptor

The goal of the GuestInterceptor is to allow non-secure clients (such as SOAP requests without security headers) to access secure service endpoints. 

All requests to secure endpoints must satisfy the WS-SecurityPolicy that is included in the WSDL.

Rather than reject requests without user credentials, the guest interceptor detects the missing credentials and inserts an assertion that represents the "guest" user. The attributes included in this guest user assertion are configured by the administrator to represent any unknown user on the current network.

23.5.2.1. Installing Guest Interceptor

The GuestInterceptor is installed by default with Security Application.

23.5.2.2. Configuring Guest Interceptor

Configure the Guest Interceptor from the Admin Console:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console at https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/admin

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

  4. Select the Guest Claims Configuration configuration.

  5. Select the + next to Attributes to add a new attribute.

  6. Add any additional attributes that will apply to every user.

  7. Select Save changes.

Once these configurations have been added, the GuestInterceptor is ready for use. Both secure and non-secure requests will be accepted by all secure DDF service endpoints.

23.6. Web Service Security Architecture

The Web Service Security (WSS) functionality that comes with DDF is integrated throughout the system. This is a central resource describing how all of the pieces work together and where they are located within the system.

DDF comes with a Security Framework and Security Services. The Security Framework is the set of APIs that define the integration with the DDF framework and the Security Services are the reference implementations of those APIs built for a realistic end-to-end use case.

23.6.1. Securing REST

Security Architecture
Security Architecture

The Jetty Authenticator is the topmost handler of all requests. It initializes all Security Filters and runs them in order according to service ranking:

  1. The Web SSO Filter reads from the web context policy manager and functions as the first decision point. If the request is from a whitelisted context, no further authentication is needed and the request skips through the rest of the security filters to the desired endpoint.

If the context is not on the whitelist, the filter will first attempt to pull authentication information off of the session. If authentication information cannot be found on the session, the filter will then attempt to get an authentication handler for the context. The filter loops through all configured context handlers until one signals that it has found authentication information that it can use to build a token. This configuration can be changed by modifying the web context policy manager configuration. If unable to resolve the context, the filter will return an authentication error and the process stops. If a handler is successfully found, an auth token is assigned and the request continues to the login filter.

  1. The Login Filter receives an authentication token and returns a subject. To retrieve the subject, the authentication token is sent through Shiro to the configured authenticating realms. The realms will take the authentication token and attempt to return authentication info to the Shiro framework in order to put together a subject.

  2. If the Subject is returned, the request moves to the AuthZ Filter to check permissions on the user. If the user has the correct permissions to access that web context, the request can hit the endpoint.

SAML IdP Architecture

security idp architecture

The SAML Handler is a configured handler on the Web SSO Filter just like the other handlers in the previous diagram. The SAML Handler and the Assertion Consumer Service are both part of the IdP client that can be used to interface with any compliant SAML 2.0 Web SSO Identity Provider.

The Metadata Exchange happens asynchronously from any login event. The exchange can happen via HTTP or File, or the metadata XML itself can be pasted into the configuration for the SAML client. The metadata contains information about what bindings are accepted by the client or server and whether or not either expects messages to be signed, etc. The redirect from the Assertion Consumer Service to the Endpoint will cause the client to pass back through the entire filter chain, which will get caught at the Has Session point of the WebSsoFilter. The request will proceed through the rest of the filters as any other connection would in the previous diagram.

Unauthenticated non-browser clients that pass the HTTP headers signaling that they understand SAML ECP can authenticate via that mechanism as explained below.

SAML ECP Architecture
SAML ECP Architecture

SAML ECP can be used to authenticate a non-browser client or non-person entity (NPE). This method of authentication is useful when there is no human in the loop, but authentication with an IdP is still desired. The SAML Handler will send a PAOS (Reverse SOAP) request as an initial response back to the Secure Client, assuming the client has sent the necessary HTTP headers to declare that it supports this function. That response does not complete the request/response loop, but is instead caught by a SOAP intermediary, which is implemented through a CXF interceptor. The PAOS response contains an <AuthNRequest> request message, which is intended to be rerouted to a SAML IdP via SOAP. The SOAP intermediary will then contact an IdP (selection of the IdP is not covered by the spec). The IdP will either reject the login attempt, or issue a Signed <Response> that is to be delivered to the Assertion Consumer Service by the intermediary. The method of logging into the IdP is not covered by the spec and is up to the implementation. The SP is then signaled to supply the originally requested resource, assuming the signed Response message is valid and the user has permission to view the resource.

The ambiguity in parts of the spec with regard to selecting an IdP to use and logging into that IdP can lead to integration issues between different systems. However, this method of authentication is not necessarily expected to work by default with anything other than other instances of DDF. It does, however, provide a starting point that downstream projects can leverage in order to provide ECP based authentication for their particular scenario or to connect to other systems that utilize SAML ECP.

23.7. Security PEP

The Security Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) application contains bundles that allow for policies to be enforced at various parts of the system, for example: to reach contexts, view metacards, access catalog operations, and others.

23.7.1. Security PEP Interceptor

The Security PEP Interceptor bundle contains the ddf.security.pep.interceptor.PEPAuthorizingInterceptor class. This class uses CXF to intercept incoming SOAP messages and enforces service authorization policies by sending the service request to the security framework.

23.7.1.1. Installing the Security PEP Interceptor

This bundle is not installed by default but can be added by installing the security-pep-serviceauthz feature.

Warning

To perform service authorization within a default install of DDF, this bundle MUST be installed.

23.7.1.2. Configuring the Security PEP Interceptor

The Security PEP Interceptor has no configurable properties.

23.8. Filtering

Metacard filtering is performed by the Filter Plugin after a query has been performed, but before the results are returned to the requestor.

Each metacard result will contain security attributes that are populated by the CatalogFramework based on the PolicyPlugins (Not provided! You must create your own plugin for your specific metadata!) that populates this attribute. The security attribute is a HashMap containing a set of keys that map to lists of values. The metacard is then processed by a filter plugin that creates a KeyValueCollectionPermission from the metacard’s security attribute. This permission is then checked against the user subject to determine if the subject has the correct claims to view that metacard. The decision to filter the metacard eventually relies on the PDP (feature:install security-pdp-authz). The PDP returns a decision, and the metacard will either be filtered or allowed to pass through.

The security attributes populated on the metacard are completely dependent on the type of the metacard. Each type of metacard must have its own PolicyPlugin that reads the metadata being returned and returns the metacard’s security attribute. If the subject permissions are missing during filtering, all resources will be filtered.

Example (represented as simple XML for ease of understanding):
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    <security>
        <map>
            <entry key="entry1" value="A,B" />
            <entry key="entry2" value="X,Y" />
            <entry key="entry3" value="USA,GBR" />
            <entry key="entry4" value="USA,AUS" />
        </map>
    </security>
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<user>
    <claim name="claim1">
        <value>A</value>
        <value>B</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="claim2">
        <value>X</value>
        <value>Y</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="claim3">
        <value>USA</value>
    </claim>
    <claim name="claim4">
        <value>USA</value>
    </claim>
</user>

In the above example, the user’s claims are represented very simply and are similar to how they would actually appear in a SAML 2 assertion. Each of these user (or subject) claims will be converted to a KeyValuePermission object. These permission objects will be implied against the permission object generated from the metacard record. In this particular case, the metacard might be allowed if the policy is configured appropriately because all of the permissions line up correctly.

To enable filtering on a new type of record, implement a PolicyPlugin that is able to read the string metadata contained within the metacard record. Note that, in DDF, there is no default plugin that parses a metacard. A plugin must be created to create a policy for the metacard.

23.9. Expansion Service

The Expansion Service and its corresponding expansion-related commands provide an easy way for developers to add expansion capabilities to DDF during user attribute and metadata card processing. In addition to these two defined uses of the expansion service, developers are free to utilize the service in their own implementations.

Expansion Service Rulesets

Each instance of the expansion service consists of a collection of rulesets. Each ruleset consists of a key value and its associated set of rules. Callers of the expansion service provide a key and a value to be expanded. The expansion service then looks up the set of rules for the specified key. The expansion service cumulatively applies each of the rules in the set, starting with the original value. The result is returned to the caller.

Table 72. Expansion Service Ruleset Format
Key (Attribute) Rules (original → new)

key1

value1

replacement1

value2

replacement2

value3

replacement3

key2

value1

replacement1

value2

replacement2

Included Expansions

Note that the rules listed for each key are processed in order, so they may build upon each other, i.e., a new value from the new replacement string may be expanded by a subsequent rule. In the example Location:Goodyear would expand to Goodyear AZ USA and Title:VP-Sales would expand to VP-Sales VP Sales.

To use the expansion service, modify the following two files within the <DDF_HOME>/etc/pdp directory:

  • <DDF_HOME>/etc/pdp/ddf-metacard-attribute-ruleset.cfg

  • <DDF_HOME>/etc/pdp/ddf-user-attribute-ruleset.cfg

The examples below use the following collection of rulesets:

Table 73. Expansion Service Example Ruleset
Key (Attribute) Rules (original → new)

Location

Goodyear

Goodyear AZ

AZ

AZ USA

CA

CA USA

Title

VP-Sales

VP-Sales VP Sales

VP-Engineering

VP-Engineering VP Engineering

It is expected that multiple instances of the expansion service will be running at the same time. Each instance of the service defines a unique property that is useful for retrieving specific instances of the expansion service. There are two pre-defined instances used by DDF: one for expanding user attributes and one for metacard attributes.

Property Name Value Description

mapping

security.user.attribute.mapping

This instance is configured with rules that expand the user’s attribute values for security checking.

mapping

security.metacard.attribute.mapping

This instance is configured with rules that expand the metacard’s security attributes before comparing with the user’s attributes.

Expansion Service Configuration Files

Additional instance of the expansion service can be configured using a configuration file. The configuration file can have three different types of lines:

comments

any line prefixed with the # character is ignored as a comment (for readability, blank lines are also ignored)

attribute separator

a line starting with separator= defines the attribute separator string.

rule

all other lines are assumed to be rules defined in a string format <key>:<original value>:<new value>

The following configuration file defines the rules shown above in the example table (using the space as a separator):

Sample Expansion Configuration File
# This defines the separator that will be used when the expansion string contains multiple
# values - each will be separated by this string. The expanded string will be split at the
# separator string and each resulting attribute added to the attribute set (duplicates are
# suppressed). No value indicates the default value of ' ' (space).
separator=

# The following rules define the attribute expansion to be performed. The rules are of the
# form:
#       <attribute name>:<original value>:<expanded value>
# The rules are ordered, so replacements from the first rules may be found in the original
# values of subsequent rules.
Location:Goodyear:Goodyear AZ
Location:AZ:AZ USA
Location:CA:CA USA
Title:VP-Sales:VP-Sales VP Sales
Title:VP-Engineering:VP-Engineering VP Engineering
Expansion Commands

DDF includes commands to work with the Expansion service.

Table 74. Included Expansion Commands
Title Namespace Description

DDF::Security::Expansion::Commands

security

The expansion commands provide detailed information about the expansion rules in place and the ability to see the results of expanding specific values against the active ruleset.

Command

Description

Sample Input

Results

security:expand

Runs the expansion service on the provided data returning the expanded value. It takes an attribute and an original value, expands the original value using the current expansion service and ruleset and dumps the results.

ddf@local>security:expand Location Goodyear

[Goodyear, USA, AZ]

ddf@local>security:expand Title VP-Engineering

[VP-Engineering, Engineering, VP]

ddf@local>expand Title "VP-Engineering Manager"

[VP-Engineering, Engineering, VP, Manager]

security:expansions

Displays the ruleset for each active expansion service.

Expansion service configured:

ddf@local>security:expansions

[Location : Goodyear : Goodyear AZ
Location : AZ : AZ USA
Location : CA : CA USA
Title : VP-Sales : VP-Sales VP Sales
Title : VP-Engineering : VP-Engineering VP Engineering]

No active expansion service:

ddf@local>security:expansions

No expansion services currently available.

23.10. Federated Identity

Each instance of DDF may be configured with its own security policy that determines the resources a user may access and the actions they may perform. To decide whether a given request is permitted, DDF references any attributes stored internally in the requestor’s Subject. Based on these attributes and the configured policy, DDF makes an authorization decision. See Security PDP for more information.

This authorization process works when the requestor authenticates directly with DDF as they are guaranteed to have a Subject. However, when federating, DDF proxies requests to federated Sources and this poses a problem. The requestor doesn’t authenticate with federated Sources, but Sources still need to make authorization decisions.

To solve this problem, DDF uses federated identity. When performing any federated request (query, resource retrival, etc), DDF attaches the requestor’s SAML assertion to the outgoing request. The federated Source extracts the assertion and validates its signature to make sure it was generated by a trusted entity. If so, the federated Source will construct a Subject for the requestor and perform the request using that Subject. The Source can then make authorization decisions using the process already described.

How DDF attaches SAML assertions to federated requests depends on the endpoint used to connect to a federated Source. When using a REST endpoint such as CSW, DDF places the assertion in the HTTP Authorization header. When using a SOAP endpoint, it places the assertion in the SOAP security header.

The figure below shows a federated query between two instances of DDF that support federated identity.

federated identity
  1. A user submits a search to DDF.

  2. DDF generates a catalog request, attaches the user’s Subject, and sends the request to the Catalog Framework.

  3. The Catalog Framework extracts the SAML assertion from the Subject and sends an HTTP request to each federated Source with the assertion attached.

  4. A federated Source receives this request and extracts the SAML assertion. The federated Source then validates the authenticity of the SAML Assertion. If the assertion is valid, the federated Source generates a Subject from the assertion to represent the user who initiated the request.

  5. The federated Source filters all results that the user is not authorized to view and returns the rest to DDF.

  6. DDF takes the results from all Sources, filters those that the user is not authorized to view and returns the remaining results to the user.

Note
With federated identity, results are filtered both by the federated Source and client DDF. This is important as each may have different authorization policies.
Warning
Support for federated identity was added in DDF 2.8.x. Federated Sources older than this will not perform any filtering. Instead, they will return all available results and leave filtering up to the client.

24. Developing DDF Components

Create custom implementations of DDF components.

24.1. Developing Complementary Catalog Frameworks

DDF and the underlying OSGi technology can serve as a robust infrastructure for developing frameworks that complement the Catalog.

24.1.1. Simple Catalog API Implementations

The Catalog API implementations, which are denoted with the suffix of Impl on the Java file names, have multiple purposes and uses:

  • First, they provide a good starting point for other developers to extend functionality in the framework. For instance, extending the MetacardImpl allows developers to focus less on the inner workings of DDF and more on the developer’s intended purposes and objectives. 

  • Second, the Catalog API Implementations display the proper usage of an interface and an interface’s intentions. Also, they are good code examples for future implementations. If a developer does not want to extend the simple implementations, the developer can at least have a working code reference on which to base future development.

24.1.2. Use of the Whiteboard Design Pattern

The Catalog makes extensive use of the Whiteboard Design Pattern. Catalog Components are registered as services in the OSGi Service Registry, and the Catalog Framework or any other clients tracking the OSGi Service Registry are automatically notified by the OSGi Framework of additions and removals of relevant services.

The Whiteboard Design Pattern is a common OSGi technique that is derived from a technical whitepaper provided by the OSGi Alliance in 2004. It is recommended to use the Whiteboard pattern over the Listener pattern in OSGi because it provides less complexity in code (both on the client and server sides), fewer deadlock possibilities than the Listener pattern, and closely models the intended usage of the OSGi framework.

24.1.3. Recommendations for Framework Development

  • Provide extensibility similar to that of the Catalog.

  • Make use of the Catalog wherever possible to store, search, and transform information.

  • Utilize OSGi standards wherever possible.

    • ConfigurationAdmin

    • MetaType

  • Utilize the sub-frameworks available in DDF.

    • Karaf

    • CXF

    • PAX Web and Jetty

24.1.4. Catalog Framework Reference

The Catalog Framework can be requested from the OSGi Service Registry.

Blueprint Service Reference
<reference id="catalogFramework" interface="DDF.catalog.CatalogFramework" />
24.1.4.1. Methods

The CatalogFramework provides convenient methods to transform Metacards and QueryResponses using a reference to the CatalogFramework.

24.1.4.1.1. Create, Update, and Delete Methods

Create, Update, and Delete (CUD) methods add, change, or remove stored metadata in the local Catalog Provider.

Example Create, Update, Delete Methods
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public CreateResponse create(CreateRequest createRequest) throws IngestException, SourceUnavailableException;
public UpdateResponse update(UpdateRequest updateRequest) throws IngestException, SourceUnavailableException;
public DeleteResponse delete(DeleteRequest deleteRequest) throws IngestException, SourceUnavailableException;

CUD operations process PolicyPlugin, AccessPlugin, and PreIngestPlugin instances before execution and PostIngestPlugin instances after execution.

24.1.4.1.2. Query Methods

Query methods search metadata from available Sources based on the QueryRequest properties and Federation Strategy. Sources could include Catalog Provider, Connected Sources, and Federated Sources.

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public QueryResponse query(QueryRequest queryRequest, FederationStrategy strategy) throws SourceUnavailableException, UnsupportedQueryException, FederationException;

Query requests process  PolicyPlugin, AccessPlugin, and PreQueryPlugin instances before execution and  PolicyPlugin, AccessPlugin, and PostQueryPlugin instances after execution.

24.1.4.1.3. Resource Methods

Resource methods retrieve data resources from Sources.

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public ResourceResponse getLocalResource(ResourceRequest request) throws IOException, ResourceNotFoundException, ResourceNotSupportedException;
public ResourceResponse getResource(ResourceRequest request, String resourceSiteName) throws IOException, ResourceNotFoundException, ResourceNotSupportedException;

Resource requests process PreResourcePlugins before execution and PostResourcePlugins after execution.

24.1.4.1.4. Source Methods

Source methods can get a list of Source identifiers or request descriptions about Sources.

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public SourceInfoResponse getSourceInfo(SourceInfoRequest sourceInfoRequest) throws SourceUnavailableException;
24.1.4.1.5. Transform Methods

Transform methods provide convenience methods for using Metacard Transformers and Query Response Transformers.

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public BinaryContent transform(Metacard metacard, String transformerId, Map<String,Serializable> requestProperties) throws CatalogTransformerException;

// Query Response Transformer
public BinaryContent transform(SourceResponse response, String transformerId, Map<String, Serializable> requestProperties) throws CatalogTransformerException;
24.1.4.2. Implementing Catalog Methods
Query Response Transform Example
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     this.catalogFramework = catalogFramework ;
     // implementation
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private void convert(QueryResponse queryResponse ) {
    // ...
    String transformerId = "rss";

    BinaryContent content = catalogFramework.transform(queryResponse, transformerId, null);

    // ...

}
24.1.4.3. Dependency Injection

Using Blueprint or another injection framework, transformers can be injected from the OSGi Service Registry.

Blueprint Service Reference
<reference id="[[Reference Id" interface="DDF.catalog.transform.[[Transformer Interface Name]]" filter="(shortname=[[Transformer Identifier]])" />

Each transformer has one or more transform methods that can be used to get the desired output.

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Metacard entry = inputTransformer.transform(messageInputStream);
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BinaryContent content = queryResponseTransformer.transform(sourceSesponse, arguments);
24.1.4.4. OSGi Service Registry
Important

In the vast majority of cases, working with the OSGi Service Reference directly should be avoided. Instead, dependencies should be injected via a dependency injection framework like Blueprint.

Transformers are registered with the OSGi Service Registry. Using a BundleContext and a filter, references to a registered service can be retrieved.

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InputTransformer inputTransformer = (InputTransformer) context.getService(refs[0]);
Metacard entry = inputTransformer.transform(messageInputStream);

24.2. Developing Metacard Types

Create custom Metacard types with Metacard Type definition files.

24.2.1. Metacard Type Definition File

To define Metacard Types, the definition file must have a metacardTypes key in the root object.

{
    "metacardTypes": [...]
}

The value of metacardTypes must be an array of Metacard Type Objects, which are composed of the type (required), extendsTypes (optional), and attributes (optional) keys.

Sample Top Level metacardTypes Definition
{
    "metacardTypes": [
        {
            "type": "my-metacard-type",
            "extendsTypes": ["core", "security"],
            "attributes": {...}
        }
    ]
}

The value of the type key is the name of the metacard type being defined. This field is required.

The value of the extendsTypes key is an array of metacard type names (strings) whose attributes you wish to include in your type. Valid Metacard Types already defined in the system or any Metacard Types already defined in this file will work. Please note this section is evaluated from top to bottom so order any types used in other definitions above where they are used in the extendsTypes of other definitions. This key and value may be completely omitted to not extend any types.

The value of the attributes key is a map where each key is the name of an attribute type to include in this metacard type and each value is a map with a single key named required and a boolean value. Required attributes are used for metacard validation - metacards that lack required attributes will be flagged with validation errors. attributes may be completely omitted. required may be omitted.

Sample Complete metacardTypes Definition
{
    "metacardTypes": [
        {
            "type": "my-metacard-type",
            "attributes": {
                "resolution": {
                    "required": true
                },
                "target-areas": {
                    "required": false
                },
                "expiration": {},
                "point-of-contact": {
                    "required": true
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}
Note

The DDF basic metacard attribute types are added to custom metacard types by default. If any attribute types are required by a metacard type, just include them in the attributes map and set required to true, as shown in the above example with point-of-contact.

Multiple Metacard Types in a Single File
{
    "metacardTypes": [
        {
            "type": "my-metacard-type",
            "attributes": {
                "resolution": {
                    "required": true
                },
                "target-areas": {
                    "required": false
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "type": "another-metacard-type",
            "attributes": {
                "effective": {
                    "required": true
                },
                "resolution": {
                    "required": false
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

24.3. Developing Global Attribute Validators

24.3.1. Global Attribute Validators File

To define Validators, the definition file must have a validators key in the root object.

{
    "validators": {...}
}

The value of validators is a map of the attribute name to a list of validators for that attribute.

{
    "validators": {
        "point-of-contact": [...]
    }
}

Each object in the list of validators is the validator name and list of arguments for that validator.

{
    "validators": {
        "point-of-contact": [
            {
                "validator": "pattern",
                "arguments": [".*regex.+\\s"]
            }
        ]
    }
}
Warning

The value of the arguments key must always be an array of strings, even for numeric arguments, e.g. ["1", "10"]

The validator key must have a value of one of the following:

1. validator Possible Values
  • size (validates the size of Strings, Arrays, Collections, and Maps)

    • arguments: (2) [integer: lower bound (inclusive), integer: upper bound (inclusive)]

      • lower bound must be greater than or equal to zero and the upper bound must be greater than or equal to the lower bound

  • pattern

    • arguments: (1) [regular expression]

  • pastdate

    • arguments: (0) [NO ARGUMENTS]

  • futuredate

    • arguments: (0) [NO ARGUMENTS]

  • range

    • (2) [number (decimal or integer): inclusive lower bound, number (decimal or integer): inclusive upper bound]

      • uses a default epsilon of 1E-6 on either side of the range to account for floating point representation inaccuracies

    • (3) [number (decimal or integer): inclusive lower bound, number (decimal or integer): inclusive upper bound, decimal number: epsilon (the maximum tolerable error on either side of the range)]

  • enumeration

    • arguments: (unlimited) [list of strings: each argument is one case-sensitive, valid enumeration value]

  • relationship

    • arguments: (4+) [attribute value or null, one of mustHave|cannotHave|canOnlyHave, target attribute name, null or target attribute value(s) as additional arguments]

  • match_any

    • validators: (unlimited) [list of previously defined validators: valid if any validator succeeds]

Example Validator Definition
{
    "validators": {
        "title": [
            {
                "validator": "size",
                "arguments": ["1", "50"]
            },
            {
                "validator": "pattern",
                "arguments": ["\\D+"]
            }
        ],
        "created": [
            {
                "validator": "pastdate",
                "arguments": []
            }
        ],
        "expiration": [
            {
                "validator": "futuredate",
                "arguments": []
            }
        ],
        "page-count": [
            {
                "validator": "range",
                "arguments": ["1", "500"]
            }
        ],
        "temperature": [
            {
                "validator": "range",
                "arguments": ["12.2", "19.8", "0.01"]
            }
        ],
        "resolution": [
            {
                "validator": "enumeration",
                "arguments": ["1080p", "1080i", "720p"]
            }
        ],
        "datatype": [
            {
                "validator": "match_any",
                "validators": [
                    {
                        "validator": "range",
                        "arguments": ["1", "25"]
                    },
                    {
                        "validator": "enumeration",
                        "arguments": ["Collection", "Dataset", "Event"]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "topic.vocabulary": [
             {
                 "validator": "relationship",
                 "arguments": ["animal", "canOnlyHave", "topic.category", "cat", "dog", "lizard"]
             }
         ]
    }
}

24.4. Developing Metacard Validators

24.4.1. Metacard Validator Definition

Metacard Validator definitions are similar to the Validators definitions. To define Metacard Validators, your definition file must have a metacardvalidators key in the root object.

{
    "metacardvalidators": {...}
}

The value of metacardvalidators is a list of maps, where each map contains a key that is the name of the metacard type the corresponding validators will apply to. Its value is a list of maps of the validator configuration parameters that specify which validators to configure for the given metacard type.

{
    "metacardvalidators": [{
        "metacard.type" : [{
            "validator": "requiredattributes",
            "key": "value"
        }]
      }]
}
Important

The configuration for the metacard validator must always contain a validator key that specifies the type of validator to create. Additional key/value pairs may be required to configure the validator.

The validator key must have a value of one of the following:

  • requiredattributes (checks that metacards of the specified type contain certain attributes)

    • Must add the key requiredattributes whose value is a list of strings naming the required attributes

Examples:

{
  "metacardvalidators": [{
    "fallback.common": [{
        "validator": "requiredattributes",
        "requiredattributes": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "attr"
        ]
    }]
  }]
}

24.5. Developing Attribute Types

Create custom attribute types with Attribute Type definition files.

24.5.1. Attribute Type Definition File

To define Attribute Types, the definition file must have an attributeTypes key in the root object.

{
    "attributeTypes": {...}
}

The value of attributeTypes must be a map where each key is the attribute type’s name and each value is a map that includes the data type and whether the attribute type is stored, indexed, tokenized, or multi-valued.

Attribute Types
{
    "attributeTypes": {
        "temperature": {
            "type": "DOUBLE_TYPE",
            "stored": true,
            "indexed": true,
            "tokenized": false,
            "multivalued": false
        }
    }
}

The attributes stored, indexed, tokenized, and multivalued must be included and must have a boolean value.

2. Required Attribute Definitions
stored

If true, the value of the attribute should be stored in the underlying datastore. Some attributes may only be indexed or used in transit and do not need to be persisted.

indexed

If true, then the value of the attribute should be included in the datastore’s index and therefore be part of query evaluation.

tokenized

Only applicable to STRING_TYPE attributes, if true then stopwords and punctuation will be stripped prior to storing and/or indexing. If false, only an exact string will match.

multi-valued

If true, then the attribute values will be Lists of the attribute type rather than single values.

The type attribute must also be included and must have one of the allowed values:

3. type Attribute Possible Values
  • DATE_TYPE

  • STRING_TYPE

  • XML_TYPE

  • LONG_TYPE

  • BINARY_TYPE

  • GEO_TYPE

  • BOOLEAN_TYPE

  • DOUBLE_TYPE

  • FLOAT_TYPE

  • INTEGER_TYPE

  • OBJECT_TYPE

  • SHORT_TYPE

An example with multiple attributes defined:

Multiple Attributes Defined
{
    "attributeTypes": {
        "resolution": {
            "type": "STRING_TYPE",
            "stored": true,
            "indexed": true,
            "tokenized": false,
            "multivalued": false
        },
        "target-areas": {
            "type": "GEO_TYPE",
            "stored": true,
            "indexed": true,
            "tokenized": false,
            "multivalued": true
        }
    }
}

24.6. Developing Default Attribute Types

Create custom default attribute types.

24.6.1. Default Attribute Values

To define default attribute values, the definition file must have a defaults key in the root object.

{
    "defaults": [...]
}

The value of defaults is a list of objects where each object contains the keys attribute, value, and optionally metacardTypes.

{
    "defaults": [
        {
            "attribute": ...,
            "value": ...,
            "metacardTypes": [...]
        }
    ]
}

The value corresponding to the attribute key is the name of the attribute to which the default value will be applied. The value corresponding to the value key is the default value of the attribute.

Note

The attribute’s default value must be of the same type as the attribute, but it has to be written as a string (i.e., enclosed in quotation marks) in the JSON file.

Dates must be UTC datetimes in the ISO 8601 format, i.e., yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ

The metacardTypes key is optional. If it is left out, then the default attribute value will be applied to every metacard that has that attribute. It can be thought of as a 'global' default value. If the metacardTypes key is included, then its value must be a list of strings where each string is the name of a metacard type. In this case, the default attribute value will be applied only to metacards that match one of the types given in the list.

Note

In the event that an attribute has a 'global' default value as well as a default value for a specific metacard type, the default value for the specific metacard type will be applied (i.e., the more specific default value wins).

Example:

{
    "defaults": [
        {
            "attribute": "title",
            "value": "Default Title"
        },
        {
            "attribute": "description",
            "value": "Default video description",
            "metacardTypes": ["video"]
        },
        {
            "attribute": "expiration",
            "value": "2020-05-06T12:00:00Z",
            "metacardTypes": ["video", "nitf"]
        },
        {
            "attribute": "frame-rate",
            "value": "30"
        }
    ]
}

24.7. Developing Attribute Injections

Attribute injections are defined attributes that will be injected into all metacard types or into specific metacard types. This capability allows metacard types to be extended with new attributes.

24.7.1. Attribute Injection Definition

To define attribute injections, create a JSON file in the <DDF_HOME>/etc/definitions directory. The definition file must have an inject key in the root object.

Inject Key
{
  "inject": [...]
}

The value of inject is simply a list of objects where each object contains the key attribute and optionally metacardTypes.

Inject Values
{
  "inject": [
    {
      "attribute": ...,
      "metacardTypes": [...]
    }
  ]
}

The value corresponding to the attribute key is the name of the attribute to inject.

The metacardTypes key is optional. If it is left out, then the attribute will be injected into every metacard type. In that case it can be thought of as a 'global' attribute injection. If the metacardTypes key is included, then its value must be a list of strings where each string is the name of a metacard type. In this case, the attribute will be injected only into metacard types that match one of the types given in the list.

Global and Specific Inject Values
{
  "inject": [
    // Global attribute injection, all metacards
    {
      "attribute": "rating"
    },
    // Specific attribute injection, only "video" metacards
    {
      "attribute": "cloud-cover",
      "metacardTypes": "video"
    }
  ]
}
Note

Attributes must be registered in the attribute registry (see the AttributeRegistry interface) to be injected into metacard types. For example, attributes defined in JSON definition files are placed in the registry, so they can be injected.

Add a second key for attributeTypes to register the new types defined previously. For each attribute injections, specify the name and properties for that attribute.

  • type: Data type of the possible values for this attribute.

  • indexed: Boolean, attribute is indexed.

  • stored: Boolean, attribute is stored.

  • tokenized: Boolean, attribute is stored.

  • multivalued: Boolean, attribute can hold multiple values.

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  "inject": [
    // Global attribute injection, all metacards
    {
      "attribute": "rating"
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    // Specific attribute injection, only "video" metacards
    {
      "attribute": "cloud-cover",
      "metacardTypes": "video"
    }
  ],
  "attributeTypes": {
    "rating": {
    "type": "STRING_TYPE",
    "indexed": true,
    "stored": true,
    "tokenized": true,
    "multivalued": true
    },
    "cloud-cover": {
      "type": "STRING_TYPE",
      "indexed": true,
      "stored": true,
      "tokenized": true,
      "multivalued": false
    }
  }
}

24.8. Developing Endpoints

Custom endpoints can be created, if necessary. See Endpoints for descriptions of provided endpoints.

Complete the following procedure to create an endpoint. 

  1. Create a Java class that implements the endpoint’s business logic. Example: Creating a web service that external clients can invoke.

  2. Add the endpoint’s business logic, invoking CatalogFramework calls as needed.  

  3. Import the DDF packages to the bundle’s manifest for run-time (in addition to any other required packages):
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog, ddf.catalog.*

  4. Retrieve an instance of CatalogFramework from the OSGi registry. (Refer to OSGi Basics - Service Registry for examples.)

  5. Deploy the packaged service to DDF. (Refer to OSGi Basics - Bundles.)

Note

It is recommended to use the maven bundle plugin to create the Endpoint bundle’s manifest as opposed to directly editing the manifest file.

Tip

No implementation of an interface is required
Unlike other DDF components that require you to implement a standard interface, no implementation of an interface is required in order to create an endpoint.

Table 75. Common Endpoint Business Logic
Methods Use

Ingest

Add, modify, and remove metadata using the ingest-related CatalogFramework methods: 

create, update, and delete. 

Query

Request metadata using the query method.

Source

Get available Source information.

Resource

Retrieve resources referenced in Metacards from Sources.

Transform

Convert common Catalog Framework data types to and from other data formats.

24.9. Developing Input Transformers

DDF supports the creation of custom input transformers for use cases not covered by the included implementations.

Creating a custom input Transformer:
  1. Create a new Java class that implements ddf.catalog.transform.InputTransformer.
    public class SampleInputTransformer implements ddf.catalog.transform.InputTransformer

  2. Implement the transform methods.
    public Metacard transform(InputStream input) throws IOException, CatalogTransformerException
    public Metacard transform(InputStream input, String id) throws IOException, CatalogTransformerException

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.transform

  4. Create an OSGi descriptor file to communicate with the OSGi Service Registry (described in the OSGi Basics section). Export the service to the OSGi Registry and declare service properties.

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    <service ref="SampleInputTransformer" interface="ddf.catalog.transform.InputTransformer">
        <service-properties>
            <entry key="shortname" value="[[sampletransform]]" />
            <entry key="title" value="[[Sample Input Transformer]]" />
            <entry key="description" value="[[A new transformer for metacard input.]]" />
        </service-properties>
    </service>
    ...
    Table 76. Input Transformer Variable Descriptions / Blueprint Service Properties
    Key Description of Value Example

    shortname

    (Required) An abbreviation for the return-type of the BinaryContent being sent to the user.

    atom

    title

    (Optional) A user-readable title that describes (in greater detail than the shortname) the service.

    Atom Entry Transformer Service

    description

    (Optional) A short, human-readable description that describes the functionality of the service and the output.

    This service converts a single metacard xml document to an atom entry element.

  5. Deploy OSGi Bundle to OSGi runtime.

24.9.1. Create an XML Input Transformer using SaxEventHandlers

For a transformer to transform XML, (as opposed to JSON or a Word document, for example) there is a simpler solution than fully implementing a MetacardValidator. DDF includes an extensible, configurable XmlInputTransformer. This transformer can be instantiated via blueprint as a managed service factory and configured via metatype. The XmlInputTransformer takes a configuration of SaxEventHandlers. A SaxEventHandler is a class that handles SAX Events (a very fast XML parser) to parse metadata and create metacards. Any number of SaxEventHandlers can be implemented and included in the XmlInputTransformer configuration. See the catalog-transformer-streaming-impl bundle for examples (XmlSaxEventHandlerImpl which parses the DDF Metacard XML Metadata and the GmlHandler which parses GML 2.0) Each SaxEventHandler implementation has a SaxEventHandlerFactory associated with it. The SaxEventHandlerFactory is responsible for instantiating new SaxEventHandlers - each transform request gets a new instance of XmlInputTransformer and set of SaxEventHandlers to be thread- and state-safe.

The following diagrams intend to clarify implementation details:

The XmlInputTransformer Configuration diagram shows the XmlInputTransformer configuration, which is configured using the metatype and has the SaxEventHandlerFactory ids. Then, when a transform request is received, the ManagedServiceFactory instantiates a new XmlInputTransformer. This XmlInputTransformer then instantiates a new SaxEventHandlerDelegate with the configured SaxEventHandlersFactory ids. The factories all in turn instantiate a SaxEventHandler. Then, the SaxEventHandlerDelegate begins parsing the XML input document, handing the SAX Events off to each SaxEventHandler, which handle them if they can. After parsing is finished, each SaxEventHandler returns a list of Attributes to the SaxEventHandlerDelegate and XmlInputTransformer which add the attributes to the metacard and then return the fully constructed metacard.

`XMLInputTransformer` Configuration
XMLInputTransformer Configuration
`XMLInputTransformer` `SaxEventHandlerDelegate` Configuration
XMLInputTransformer SaxEventHandlerDelegate Configuration

For more specific details, see the Javadoc for the org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.* package. Additionally, see the source code for the org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.impl.GmlHandler.java, org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.impl.GmlHandlerFactory, org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.impl.XmlInputTransformerImpl, and org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.impl.XmlInputTransformerImplFactory.

Note
  1. The XmlInputTransformer & SaxEventHandlerDelegate create and configure themselves based on String matches of the configuration ids with the SaxEventHandlerFactory ids, so ensure these match.

  2. The XmlInputTransformer uses a DynamicMetacardType. This is pertinent because a metacards attributes are only stored in the CatalogProvider if they are declared on the MetacardType. Since the DynamicMetacardType is constructed dynamically, attributes are declared by the SaxEventHandlerFactory that parses them, as opposed to the MetacardType. See org.codice.ddf.transformer.xml.streaming.impl.XmlSaxEventHandlerFactoryImpl.java vs ddf.catalog.data.impl.BasicTypes.java

24.9.2. Create an Input Transformer Using Apache Camel

Alternatively, make an Apache Camel route in a blueprint file and deploy it using a feature file or via hot deploy.

24.9.2.1. Input Transformer Design Pattern (Camel)

Follow this design pattern for compatibility:

From

When using from, catalog:inputtransformer?id=text/xml, an Input Transformer will be created and registered in the OSGi registry with an id of text/xml.

To

When using to, catalog:inputtransformer?id=text/xml, an Input Transformer with an id matching text/xml will be discovered from the OSGi registry and invoked.

Table 77. InputTransformer Message Formats

Exchange Type

Field

Type

Request (comes from <from> in the route)

body

java.io.InputStream

Response (returned after called via <to> in the route)

body

ddf.catalog.data.Metacard

Tip

Its always a good idea to wrap the mimeType value with the RAW parameter as shown in the example above. This will ensure that the value is taken exactly as is, and is especially useful when you are using special characters.

InputTransformer Creation Example
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    <camelContext xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint">
        <route>
            <from uri="catalog:inputtransformer?mimeType=RAW(id=text/xml;id=vehicle)"/>
            <to uri="xslt:vehicle.xslt" /> <!-- must be on classpath for this bundle -->
            <to uri="catalog:inputtransformer?mimeType=RAW(id=application/json;id=geojson)" />
        </route>
    </camelContext>
</blueprint>
InputTransformer Creation Details
  1. Defines this as an Apache Aries blueprint file.

  2. Defines the Apache Camel context that contains the route.

  3. Defines start of an Apache Camel route.

  4. Defines the endpoint/consumer for the route. In this case it is the DDF custom catalog component that is an InputTransformer registered with an id of text/xml;id=vehicle meaning it can transform an InputStream of vehicle data into a metacard. Note that the specified XSL stylesheet must be on the classpath of the bundle that this blueprint file is packaged in.

  5. Defines the XSLT to be used to transform the vehicle input into GeoJSON format using the Apache Camel provided XSLT component.

  6. Defines the route node that accepts GeoJSON formatted input and transforms it into a Mmtacard, using the DDF custom catalog component that is an InputTransformer registered with an id of application/json;id=geojson.

Note

An example of using an Apache Camel route to define an InputTransformer in a blueprint file and deploying it as a bundle to an OSGi container can be found in the DDF SDK examples at DDF/sdk/sample-transformers/xslt-identity-input-transformer

24.9.3. Input Transformer Boot Service Flag

The org.codice.ddf.platform.bootflag.BootServiceFlag service with a service property of id=inputTransformerBootFlag is used to indicate certain Input Transformers are ready in the system. Adding an Input Transformers ID to a new or existing JSON file under <DDF_HOME>/etc/transformers will cause the service to wait for an Input Transformer with the given ID.

24.10. Developing Metacard Transformers

In general, a MetacardTransformer is used to transform a Metacard into some desired format useful to the end user or as input to another process. Programmatically, a MetacardTransformer transforms a Metacard into a BinaryContent instance, which translates the Metacard into the desired final format. Metacard transformers can be used through the Catalog Framework transform convenience method or requested from the OSGi Service Registry by endpoints or other bundles.

24.10.1. Creating a New Metacard Transformer

Existing metacard transformers are written as Java classes, and these steps walk through the steps to create a custom metacard transformer.

  1. Create a new Java class that implements ddf.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer.
    public class SampleMetacardTransformer implements ddf.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer

  2. Implement the transform method.
    public BinaryContent transform(Metacard metacard, Map<String, Serializable> arguments) throws CatalogTransformerException

    1. transform must return a Metacard or throw an exception. It cannot return null.

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.transform

  4. Create an OSGi descriptor file to communicate with the OSGi Service registry (described in the OSGi Basics section). Export the service to the OSGi registry and declare service properties.

    Metacard Transformer Blueprint Descriptor Example
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    <service ref="SampleMetacardTransformer" interface="ddf.catalog.transform.MetacardTransformer">
        <service-properties>
            <entry key="shortname" value="[[sampletransform]]" />
            <entry key="title" value="[[Sample Metacard Transformer]]" />
            <entry key="description" value="[[A new transformer for metacards.]]" />
        </service-properties>
    </service>
    ...
  5. Deploy OSGi Bundle to OSGi runtime.

Table 78. Metacard Transformer Blueprint Service Properties / Variable Descriptions
Key Description of Value Example

shortname

(Required) An abbreviation for the return type of the BinaryContent being sent to the user.

atom

title

(Optional) A user-readable title that describes (in greater detail than the shortname) the service.

Atom Entry Transformer Service

description

(Optional) A short, human-readable description that describes the functionality of the service and the output.

This service converts a single metacard xml document to an atom entry element.

24.11. Developing Query Response Transformers

A QueryResponseTransformer is used to transform a List of Results from a SourceResponse. Query Response Transformers can be used through the Catalog transform convenience method or requested from the OSGi Service Registry by endpoints or other bundles.

  1. Create a new Java class that implements ddf.catalog.transform.QueryResponseTransformer.
    public class SampleResponseTransformer implements ddf.catalog.transform.QueryResponseTransformer

  2. Implement the transform method.
    public BinaryContent transform(SourceResponse upstreamResponse, Map<String, Serializable> arguments) throws CatalogTransformerException

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog, ddf.catalog.transform

  4. Create an OSGi descriptor file to communicate with the OSGi Service Registry (described in OSGi Basics). Export the service to the OSGi registry and declare service properties.

  5. Deploy OSGi Bundle to OSGi runtime.

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            <entry key="id" value="[[sampleId]]" />
            <entry key="shortname" value="[[sampletransform]]" />
            <entry key="title" value="[[Sample Response Transformer]]" />
            <entry key="description" value="[[A new transformer for response queues.]]" />
        </service-properties>
    </service>
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Table 79. Query Response Transformer Blueprint Service Properties / Variable Descriptions
Key Description of Value Example

id

A unique identifier to target a specific query response transformer.

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shortname

An abbreviation for the return type of the BinaryContent being sent to the user.

atom

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A user-readable title that describes (in greater detail than the shortname) the service.

Atom Entry Transformer Service

description

A short, human-readable description that describes the functionality of the service and the output.

This service converts a single metacard xml document to an atom entry element.


24.12. Developing Sources

Sources are components that enable DDF to talk to back-end services. They let DDF perform query and ingest operations on catalog stores and query operations on federated sources.

Source Architecture
Source Architecture

24.12.1. Implement a Source Interface

There are three types of sources that can be created to perform query operations. All of these sources must also be able to return their availability and the list of content types currently stored in their back-end data stores.

Catalog Provider

ddf.catalog.source.CatalogProvider is used to communicate with back-end storage and allows for Query and Create/Update/Delete operations.

Federated Source

ddf.catalog.source.FederatedSource is used to communicate with remote systems and only allows query operations.

Connected Source

ddf.catalog.source.ConnectedSource is similar to a Federated Source with the following exceptions:

  • Queried on all local queries

  • SiteName is hidden (masked with the DDF sourceId) in query results

  • SiteService does not show this Source’s information separate from DDF’s.

Catalog Store

catalog.store.interface is used to store data.

The procedure for implementing any of the source types follows a similar format:

  1. Create a new class that implements the specified Source interface, the ConfiguredService and the required methods.

  2. Create an OSGi descriptor file to communicate with the OSGi registry. (Refer to OSGi Services.)

    1. Import DDF packages.

    2. Register source class as service to the OSGi registry.

  3. Deploy to DDF.

Important

The factory-pid property of the metatype must contain one of the following in the name: service, Service, source, Source

Note

Remote sources currently extend the ResourceReader interface. However, a RemoteSource is not treated as a ResourceReader. The getSupportedSchemes() method should never be called on a RemoteSource, thus the suggested implementation for a RemoteSource is to return an empty set. The retrieveResource( …​ ) and getOptions( …​ ) methods will be called and MUST be properly implemented by a RemoteSource.

24.12.1.1. Developing Catalog Providers

Create a custom implementation of a catalog provider.

  1. Create a Java class that implements CatalogProvider.
    public class TestCatalogProvider implements ddf.catalog.source.CatalogProvider

  2. Implement the required methods from the ddf.catalog.source.CatalogProvider interface.
    public CreateResponse create(CreateRequest createRequest) throws IngestException; public UpdateResponset update(UpdateRequest updateRequest) throws IngestException; public DeleteResponse delete(DeleteRequest deleteRequest) throws IngestException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog, ddf.catalog.source

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.

Catalog Provider Blueprint example
<service ref="TestCatalogProvider" interface="ddf.catalog.source.CatalogProvider" />

See the existing Catalog Provider list for examples of Catalog Providers included in DDF.

24.12.1.2. Developing Federated Sources
  1. Create a Java class that implements FederatedSource and ConfiguredService.
    public class TestFederatedSource implements ddf.catalog.source.FederatedSource, ddf.catalog.service.ConfiguredService

  2. Implement the required methods of the ddf.catalog.source.FederatedSource and ddf.catalog.service.ConfiguredService interfaces.

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog, ddf.catalog.source

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.

Federated Source Blueprint example
<service ref="TestFederatedSource" interface="ddf.catalog.source.FederatedSource" />
24.12.1.3. Developing Connected Sources

Create a custom implementation of a connected source.

  1. Create a Java class that implements ConnectedSource and ConfiguredService.
    public class TestConnectedSource implements ddf.catalog.source.ConnectedSource, ddf.catalog.service.ConfiguredService

  2. Implement the required methods of the ddf.catalog.source.ConnectedSource and ddf.catalog.service.ConfiguredService interfaces.

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog, ddf.catalog.source

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.

Connected Source Blueprint example
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Important

In some Providers that are created, there is a need to make Web Service calls through JAXB clients. It is best to NOT create a JAXB client as a global variable. There may be intermittent failures with the creation of Providers and federated sources when clients are created in this manner. To avoid this issue, create any JAXB within the methods requiring it.

24.12.1.4. Exception Handling

In general, sources should only send information back related to the call, not implementation details.

24.12.1.4.1. Exception Examples

Follow these guidelines for effective exception handling:

  • Use a "Site XYZ not found" message rather than the full stack trace with the original site not found exception.

  • If the caller issues a malformed search request, return an error describing the right form, or specifically what was not recognized in the request. Do not return the exception and stack trace where the parsing broke.

  • If the caller leaves something out, do not return the null pointer exception with a stack trace, rather return a generic exception with the message "xyz was missing."

24.13. Developing Catalog Plugins

Plugins extend the functionality of the Catalog Framework by performing actions at specified times during a transaction.  Plugin interfaces are located in the Catalog Core API. By implementing a plugin interface, actions can be performed at the desired time. 

The following types of plugins can be created:

Table 80. Plugin Interfaces
Plugin Type Plugin Interface Invocation Order

Pre-Authorization

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreAuthorizationPlugin

Before any security rules are applied.

Policy

ddf.catalog.plugin.PolicyPlugin

After pre-authorization plugins, but before other catalog plugins to establish the policy for requests/responses.

Access

ddf.catalog.plugin.AccessPlugin

Directly after any policy plugins

Pre-Ingest

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreIngestPlugin

Before the Create/Update/Delete method is sent to the Catalog Provider.

Post-Ingest

ddf.catalog.plugin.PostIngestPlugin

After the Create/Update/Delete method is sent to the Catalog Provider.

Pre-Query

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreQueryPlugin

Prior to the Query/Read method being sent to the Source.

Post-Query

ddf.catalog.plugin.PostQueryPlugin

After results have been retrieved from the query but before they are posted to the Endpoint.

Pre-Federated-Query

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreFederatedQueryPlugin

Before a federated query is executed.

Post-Federated-Query

ddf.catalog.plugin.PostFederatedQueryPlugin

After a federated query has been executed.

Pre-Resource

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreResourcePlugin

Prior to a Resource being retrieved.

Post-Resource

ddf.catalog.plugin.PostResourcePlugin

After a Resource is retrieved, but before it is sent to the Endpoint.

Pre-Create Storage

ddf.catalog.content.plugin.PreCreateStoragePlugin

Experimental Before an item is created in the content repository.

Post-Create Storage

ddf.catalog.content.plugin.PostCreateStoragePlugin

Experimental After an item is created in the content repository.

Pre-Update Storage

ddf.catalog.content.plugin.PreUpdateStoragePlugin

Experimental Before an item is updated in the content repository.

Post-Update Storage

ddf.catalog.content.plugin.PostUpdateStoragePlugin

Experimental After an item is updated in the content repository.

Pre-Subscription

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreSubscriptionPlugin

Prior to a Subscription being created or updated.

Pre-Delivery

ddf.catalog.plugin.PreDeliveryPlugin

Prior to the delivery of a Metacard when an event is posted.

24.13.1. Implementing Catalog Plugins

The procedure for implementing any of the plugins follows a similar format:

  1. Create a new class that implements the specified plugin interface.

  2. Implement the required methods.

  3. Create an OSGi descriptor file to communicate with the OSGi registry.

    1. Register the plugin class as a service to OSGi registry.

  4. Deploy to DDF.

Note
Plugin Performance Concerns

Plugins should include a check to determine if requests are local or not. It is usually preferable to take no action on non-local requests.

Tip

Refer to the Javadoc for more information on all Requests and Responses in the ddf.catalog.operation and ddf.catalog.event packages.

24.13.1.1. Catalog Plugin Failure Behavior

In the event that this Catalog Plugin cannot operate but does not wish to fail the transaction, a PluginExecutionException should be thrown. If processing is to be explicitly stopped, a StopProcessingException should be thrown. For any other exceptions, the Catalog should "fail fast" and cancel the Operation.

24.13.1.2. Implementing Pre-Ingest Plugins

Develop a custom Pre-Ingest Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PreIngestPlugin.
    public class SamplePreIngestPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PreIngestPlugin

  2. Implement the required methods.

    • public CreateRequest process(CreateRequest input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

    • public UpdateRequest process(UpdateRequest input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

    • public DeleteRequest process(DeleteRequest input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    Blueprint descriptor example <service ref="SamplePreIngestPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PreIngestPlugin" />

24.13.1.3. Implementing Post-Ingest Plugins

Develop a custom Post-Ingest Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PostIngestPlugin.
    public class SamplePostIngestPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PostIngestPlugin

  2. Implement the required methods.

    • public CreateResponse process(CreateResponse input) throws PluginExecutionException;

    • public UpdateResponse process(UpdateResponse input) throws PluginExecutionException;

    • public DeleteResponse process(DeleteResponse input) throws PluginExecutionException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    Blueprint descriptor example <service ref="SamplePostIngestPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PostIngestPlugin" />

24.13.1.4. Implementing Pre-Query Plugins

Develop a custom Pre-Query Plugin

  1. Create a Java class that implements PreQueryPlugin.
    public class SamplePreQueryPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PreQueryPlugin

  2. Implement the required method.
    public QueryRequest process(QueryRequest input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    <service ref="SamplePreQueryPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PreQueryPlugin" />

24.13.1.5. Implementing Post-Query Plugins

Develop a custom Post-Query Plugin

  1. Create a Java class that implements PostQueryPlugin.
    public class SamplePostQueryPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PostQueryPlugin

  2. Implement the required method.
    public QueryResponse process(QueryResponse input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    <service ref="SamplePostQueryPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PostQueryPlugin" />

24.13.1.6. Implementing Pre-Delivery Plugins

Develop a custom Pre-Delivery Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PreDeliveryPlugin.
    public class SamplePreDeliveryPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PreDeliveryPlugin

  2. Implement the required methods.
    public Metacard processCreate(Metacard metacard) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException; public Update processUpdateMiss(Update update) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

    • public Update processUpdateHit(Update update) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

    • public Metacard processCreate(Metacard metacard) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin,ddf.catalog.operation,ddf.catalog.event

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    Blueprint descriptor example
    <service ref="SamplePreDeliveryPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PreDeliveryPlugin" />

24.13.1.7. Implementing Pre-Subscription Plugins

Develop a custom Pre-Subscription Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PreSubscriptionPlugin.
    public class SamplePreSubscriptionPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PreSubscriptionPlugin

  2. Implement the required method.

    • public Subscription process(Subscription input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

24.13.1.8. Implementing Pre-Resource Plugins

Develop a custom Pre-Resource Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PreResourcePlugin. public class SamplePreResourcePlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PreResourcePlugin

  2. Implement the required method.

    • public ResourceRequest process(ResourceRequest input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin,ddf.catalog.operation

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry. .Blueprint descriptor example

<service ref="SamplePreResourcePlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PreResourcePlugin" />
24.13.1.9. Implementing Post-Resource Plugins

Develop a custom Post-Resource Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PostResourcePlugin.
    public class SamplePostResourcePlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PostResourcePlugin

  2. Implement the required method.

    • public ResourceResponse process(ResourceResponse input) throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin,ddf.catalog.operation

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.

Blueprint descriptor example
<]]" inter"[[SamplePostResourcePlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PostResourcePlugin" />
24.13.1.10. Implementing Policy Plugins

Develop a custom Policy Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements PolicyPlugin.
    public class SamplePolicyPlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.PolicyPlugin

  2. Implement the required methods.

    • PolicyResponse processPreCreate(Metacard input, Map<String, Serializable> properties) throws StopProcessingException;

    • PolicyResponse processPreUpdate(Metacard input, Map<String, Serializable> properties) throws StopProcessingException;

    • PolicyResponse processPreDelete(String attributeName, List<Serializable> attributeValues, Map<String, Serializable> properties) throws StopProcessingException;

    • PolicyResponse processPreQuery(Query query, Map<String, Serializable> properties) throws StopProcessingException;

    • PolicyResponse processPostQuery(Result input, Map<String, Serializable> properties) throws StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin,ddf.catalog.operation

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    Blueprint descriptor example
    <]]" inter"[[SamplePolicyPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.PolicyPlugin" />

24.13.1.11. Implementing Access Plugins

Develop a custom Access Plugin.

  1. Create a Java class that implements AccessPlugin.
    public class SamplePostResourcePlugin implements ddf.catalog.plugin.AccessPlugin

  2. Implement the required methods.

    • CreateRequest processPreCreate(CreateRequest input) throws StopProcessingException;

    • UpdateRequest processPreUpdate(UpdateRequest input) throws StopProcessingException;

    • DeleteRequest processPreDelete(DeleteRequest input) throws StopProcessingException;

    • QueryRequest processPreQuery(QueryRequest input) throws StopProcessingException;

    • QueryResponse processPostQuery(QueryResponse input) throws StopProcessingException;

  3. Import the DDF interface packages to the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
    Import-Package: ddf.catalog,ddf.catalog.plugin,ddf.catalog.operation

  4. Export the service to the OSGi registry.
    Blueprint descriptor example
    <]]" inter"[[SampleAccessPlugin" interface="ddf.catalog.plugin.AccessPlugin" />

24.14. Developing Token Validators

Token validators are used by the Security Token Service (STS) to validate incoming token requests. The TokenValidator CXF interface must be implemented by all custom token validators. The canHandleToken and validateToken methods must be overridden. The canHandleToken method should return true or false based on the ValueType value of the token that the validator is associated with. The validator may be able to handle any number of different tokens that you specify. The validateToken method returns a TokenValidatorResponse object that contains the Principal of the identity being validated and also validates the ReceivedToken object collected from the RST (RequestSecurityToken) message.

24.15. Developing STS Claims Handlers

Develop a custom claims handler to retrieve attributes from an external attribute store.

A claim is an additional piece of data about a subject that can be included in a token along with basic token data. A claims manager provides hooks for a developer to plug in claims handlers to ensure that the STS includes the specified claims in the issued token.

The following steps define the procedure for adding a custom claims handler to the STS.

  1. The new claims handler must implement the org.apache.cxf.sts.claims.ClaimsHander interface.

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     * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
     * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
     * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
     * specific language governing permissions and limitations
     * under the License.
     */
    
    package org.apache.cxf.sts.claims;
    
    import java.net.URI;
    import java.util.List;
    
    /**
     * This interface provides a pluggable way to handle Claims.
     */
    public interface ClaimsHandler {
    
        List<URI> getSupportedClaimTypes();
    
        ClaimCollection retrieveClaimValues(RequestClaimCollection claims, ClaimsParameters parameters);
    
    }
  2. Expose the new claims handler as an OSGi service under the org.apache.cxf.sts.claims.ClaimsHandler interface.

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    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0">
    
        <bean id="CustomClaimsHandler" class="security.sts.claimsHandler.CustomClaimsHandler" />
    
        <service ref="customClaimsHandler" interface="org.apache.cxf.sts.claims.ClaimsHandler"/>
    
    </blueprint>
  3. Deploy the bundle.

If the new claims handler is hitting an external service that is secured with SSL/TLS, a developer may need to add the root CA of the external site to the DDF trustStore and add a valid certificate into the DDF keyStore. For more information on certificates, refer to Configuring a Java Keystore for Secure Communications.

Note

This XML file is found inside of the STS bundle and is named ws-trust-1.4-service.wsdl.

STS WS-Trust WSDL Document
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions xmlns:tns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/" xmlns:wstrust="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/" xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/" xmlns:wsap10="http://www.w3.org/2006/05/addressing/wsdl" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsp="http://www.w3.org/ns/ws-policy" xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:wsam="http://www.w3.org/2007/05/addressing/metadata" targetNamespace="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/">
    <wsdl:types>
        <xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
            <xs:element name="RequestSecurityToken" type="wst:AbstractRequestSecurityTokenType"/>
            <xs:element name="RequestSecurityTokenResponse" type="wst:AbstractRequestSecurityTokenType"/>
            <xs:complexType name="AbstractRequestSecurityTokenType">
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:any namespace="##any" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                </xs:sequence>
                <xs:attribute name="Context" type="xs:anyURI" use="optional"/>
                <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##other" processContents="lax"/>
            </xs:complexType>
            <xs:element name="RequestSecurityTokenCollection" type="wst:RequestSecurityTokenCollectionType"/>
            <xs:complexType name="RequestSecurityTokenCollectionType">
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="RequestSecurityToken" type="wst:AbstractRequestSecurityTokenType" minOccurs="2" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                </xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType>
            <xs:element name="RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection" type="wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollectionType"/>
            <xs:complexType name="RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollectionType">
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element ref="wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
                </xs:sequence>
                <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##other" processContents="lax"/>
            </xs:complexType>
        </xs:schema>
    </wsdl:types>
    <!-- WS-Trust defines the following GEDs -->
    <wsdl:message name="RequestSecurityTokenMsg">
        <wsdl:part name="request" element="wst:RequestSecurityToken"/>
    </wsdl:message>
    <wsdl:message name="RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg">
        <wsdl:part name="response" element="wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponse"/>
    </wsdl:message>
    <wsdl:message name="RequestSecurityTokenCollectionMsg">
        <wsdl:part name="requestCollection" element="wst:RequestSecurityTokenCollection"/>
    </wsdl:message>
    <wsdl:message name="RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollectionMsg">
        <wsdl:part name="responseCollection" element="wst:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection"/>
    </wsdl:message>
    <!-- This portType an example of a Requestor (or other) endpoint that
         Accepts SOAP-based challenges from a Security Token Service -->
    <wsdl:portType name="WSSecurityRequestor">
        <wsdl:operation name="Challenge">
            <wsdl:input message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
    </wsdl:portType>
    <!-- This portType is an example of an STS supporting full protocol -->
    <wsdl:portType name="STS">
        <wsdl:operation name="Cancel">
            <wsdl:input wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Cancel" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTR/CancelFinal" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Issue">
            <wsdl:input wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTRC/IssueFinal" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollectionMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Renew">
            <wsdl:input wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Renew" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTR/RenewFinal" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Validate">
            <wsdl:input wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Validate" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTR/ValidateFinal" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="KeyExchangeToken">
            <wsdl:input wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/KET" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output wsam:Action="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTR/KETFinal" message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="RequestCollection">
            <wsdl:input message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenCollectionMsg"/>
            <wsdl:output message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollectionMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
    </wsdl:portType>
    <!-- This portType is an example of an endpoint that accepts
         Unsolicited RequestSecurityTokenResponse messages -->
    <wsdl:portType name="SecurityTokenResponseService">
        <wsdl:operation name="RequestSecurityTokenResponse">
            <wsdl:input message="tns:RequestSecurityTokenResponseMsg"/>
        </wsdl:operation>
    </wsdl:portType>
    <wsdl:binding name="STS_Binding" type="wstrust:STS">
        <wsp:PolicyReference URI="#STS_policy"/>
        <soap:binding style="document" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/>
        <wsdl:operation name="Issue">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Validate">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Validate"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Cancel">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Cancel"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="Renew">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Renew"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="KeyExchangeToken">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/KeyExchangeToken"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
        <wsdl:operation name="RequestCollection">
            <soap:operation soapAction="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/RequestCollection"/>
            <wsdl:input>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:input>
            <wsdl:output>
                <soap:body use="literal"/>
            </wsdl:output>
        </wsdl:operation>
    </wsdl:binding>
    <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="STS_policy">
        <wsp:ExactlyOne>
            <wsp:All>
                <wsap10:UsingAddressing/>
                <wsp:ExactlyOne>
                    <sp:TransportBinding xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                        <wsp:Policy>
                            <sp:TransportToken>
                                <wsp:Policy>
                                    <sp:HttpsToken>
                                        <wsp:Policy/>
                                    </sp:HttpsToken>
                                </wsp:Policy>
                            </sp:TransportToken>
                            <sp:AlgorithmSuite>
                                <wsp:Policy>
                                    <sp:Basic128/>
                                </wsp:Policy>
                            </sp:AlgorithmSuite>
                            <sp:Layout>
                                <wsp:Policy>
                                    <sp:Lax/>
                                </wsp:Policy>
                            </sp:Layout>
                            <sp:IncludeTimestamp/>
                        </wsp:Policy>
                    </sp:TransportBinding>
                </wsp:ExactlyOne>
                <sp:Wss11 xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <wsp:Policy>
                        <sp:MustSupportRefKeyIdentifier/>
                        <sp:MustSupportRefIssuerSerial/>
                        <sp:MustSupportRefThumbprint/>
                        <sp:MustSupportRefEncryptedKey/>
                    </wsp:Policy>
                </sp:Wss11>
                <sp:Trust13 xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <wsp:Policy>
                        <sp:MustSupportIssuedTokens/>
                        <sp:RequireClientEntropy/>
                        <sp:RequireServerEntropy/>
                    </wsp:Policy>
                </sp:Trust13>
            </wsp:All>
        </wsp:ExactlyOne>
    </wsp:Policy>
    <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="Input_policy">
        <wsp:ExactlyOne>
            <wsp:All>
                <sp:SignedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <sp:Body/>
                    <sp:Header Name="To" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="From" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="FaultTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="ReplyTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="MessageID" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="RelatesTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="Action" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                </sp:SignedParts>
                <sp:EncryptedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <sp:Body/>
                </sp:EncryptedParts>
            </wsp:All>
        </wsp:ExactlyOne>
    </wsp:Policy>
    <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="Output_policy">
        <wsp:ExactlyOne>
            <wsp:All>
                <sp:SignedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <sp:Body/>
                    <sp:Header Name="To" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="From" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="FaultTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="ReplyTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="MessageID" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="RelatesTo" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                    <sp:Header Name="Action" Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing"/>
                </sp:SignedParts>
                <sp:EncryptedParts xmlns:sp="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-securitypolicy/200702">
                    <sp:Body/>
                </sp:EncryptedParts>
            </wsp:All>
        </wsp:ExactlyOne>
    </wsp:Policy>
    <wsdl:service name="SecurityTokenService">
        <wsdl:port name="STS_Port" binding="tns:STS_Binding">
            <soap:address location="http://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/SecurityTokenService"/>
        </wsdl:port>
    </wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>

24.15.1. Example Requests and Responses for SAML Assertions

A client performs a RequestSecurityToken operation against the STS to receive a SAML assertion. The DDF STS offers several different ways to request a SAML assertion. For help in understanding the various request and response formats, samples have been provided. The samples are divided out into different request token types.

24.15.2. BinarySecurityToken (CAS) SAML Security Token Samples

Most endpoints in DDF require the X.509 PublicKey SAML assertion.

BinarySecurityToken (CAS) SAML Security Token Sample Request
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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Header>
        <Action xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue</Action>
        <MessageID xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:60652909-faca-4e4a-a4a7-8a5ce243a7cb</MessageID>
        <To xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</To>
        <ReplyTo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
            <Address>http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</Address>
        </ReplyTo>
        <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" soap:mustUnderstand="1">
            <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-1">
                <wsu:Created>2013-04-29T18:35:10.688Z</wsu:Created>
                <wsu:Expires>2013-04-29T18:40:10.688Z</wsu:Expires>
            </wsu:Timestamp>
        </wsse:Security>
    </soap:Header>
    <soap:Body>
        <wst:RequestSecurityToken xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
            <wst:RequestType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Issue</wst:RequestType>
            <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
                <wsa:EndpointReference xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
                    <wsa:Address>https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</wsa:Address>
                </wsa:EndpointReference>
            </wsp:AppliesTo>
            <wst:Claims xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity">
                <ic:ClaimType xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier"/>
                <ic:ClaimType xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress"/>
                <ic:ClaimType xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname"/>
                <ic:ClaimType xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname"/>
                <ic:ClaimType xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role"/>
            </wst:Claims>
            <wst:OnBehalfOf>
                <BinarySecurityToken ValueType="#CAS" EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary" ns1:Id="CAS" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns1="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">U1QtMTQtYUtmcDYxcFRtS0FxZG1pVDMzOWMtY2FzfGh0dHBzOi8vdG9rZW5pc3N1ZXI6ODk5My9zZXJ2aWNlcy9TZWN1cml0eVRva2VuU2VydmljZQ==</BinarySecurityToken>
            </wst:OnBehalfOf>
            <wst:TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</wst:TokenType>
            <wst:KeyType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/PublicKey</wst:KeyType>
            <wst:UseKey>
                <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                    <ds:X509Data>
                        <ds:X509Certificate>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</ds:X509Certificate>
                    </ds:X509Data>
                </ds:KeyInfo>
            </wst:UseKey>
            <wst:Renewing/>
        </wst:RequestSecurityToken>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
BinarySecurityToken (CAS) SAML Security Token Sample Response
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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Header>
        <Action xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTRC/IssueFinal</Action>
        <MessageID xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:7a6fde04-9013-41ef-b08b-0689ffa9c93e</MessageID>
        <To xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</To>
        <RelatesTo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:60652909-faca-4e4a-a4a7-8a5ce243a7cb</RelatesTo>
        <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" soap:mustUnderstand="1">
            <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-2">
                <wsu:Created>2013-04-29T18:35:11.459Z</wsu:Created>
                <wsu:Expires>2013-04-29T18:40:11.459Z</wsu:Expires>
            </wsu:Timestamp>
        </wsse:Security>
    </soap:Header>
    <soap:Body>
        <RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" xmlns:ns2="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns3="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:ns5="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200802">
            <RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
                <TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</TokenType>
                <RequestedSecurityToken>
                    <saml2:Assertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ID="_BDC44EB8593F47D1B213672605113671" IssueInstant="2013-04-29T18:35:11.370Z" Version="2.0" xsi:type="saml2:AssertionType">
                        <saml2:Issuer>tokenissuer</saml2:Issuer>
                        <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                            <ds:SignedInfo>
                                <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
                                <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
                                <ds:Reference URI="#_BDC44EB8593F47D1B213672605113671">
                                    <ds:Transforms>
                                        <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
                                        <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#">
                                            <ec:InclusiveNamespaces xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" PrefixList="xs"/>
                                        </ds:Transform>
                                    </ds:Transforms>
                                    <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
                                    <ds:DigestValue>6wnWbft6Pz5XOF5Q9AG59gcGwLY=</ds:DigestValue>
                                </ds:Reference>
                            </ds:SignedInfo>
                            <ds:SignatureValue>h+NvkgXGdQtca3/eKebhAKgG38tHp3i2n5uLLy8xXXIg02qyKgEP0FCowp2LiYlsQU9YjKfSwCUbH3WR6jhbAv9zj29CE+ePfEny7MeXvgNl3wId+vcHqti/DGGhhgtO2Mbx/tyX1BhHQUwKRlcHajxHeecwmvV7D85NMdV48tI=</ds:SignatureValue>
                            <ds:KeyInfo>
                                <ds:X509Data>
                                    <ds:X509Certificate>MIIDmjCCAwOgAwIBAgIBBDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADB1MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMH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HM0dPfiQLQ99ElWkv/0=</ds:X509Certificate>
                                </ds:X509Data>
                            </ds:KeyInfo>
                        </ds:Signature>
                        <saml2:Subject>
                            <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified" NameQualifier="http://cxf.apache.org/sts">srogers</saml2:NameID>
                            <saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:holder-of-key">
                                <saml2:SubjectConfirmationData xsi:type="saml2:KeyInfoConfirmationDataType">
                                    <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                                        <ds:X509Data>
                                            <ds:X509Certificate>MIIC5DCCAk2gAwIBAgIJAKj7ROPHjo1yMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGKMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQ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</ds:X509Certificate>
                                        </ds:X509Data>
                                    </ds:KeyInfo>
                                </saml2:SubjectConfirmationData>
                            </saml2:SubjectConfirmation>
                        </saml2:Subject>
                        <saml2:Conditions NotBefore="2013-04-29T18:35:11.407Z" NotOnOrAfter="2013-04-29T19:05:11.407Z">
                            <saml2:AudienceRestriction>
                                <saml2:Audience>https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</saml2:Audience>
                            </saml2:AudienceRestriction>
                        </saml2:Conditions>
                        <saml2:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2013-04-29T18:35:11.392Z">
                            <saml2:AuthnContext>
                                <saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:unspecified</saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>
                            </saml2:AuthnContext>
                        </saml2:AuthnStatement>
                        <saml2:AttributeStatement>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers@example.com</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">Steve Rogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">avengers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">admin</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                        </saml2:AttributeStatement>
                    </saml2:Assertion>
                </RequestedSecurityToken>
                <RequestedAttachedReference>
                    <ns3:SecurityTokenReference xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd" wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0">
                        <ns3:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_BDC44EB8593F47D1B213672605113671</ns3:KeyIdentifier>
                    </ns3:SecurityTokenReference>
                </RequestedAttachedReference>
                <RequestedUnattachedReference>
                    <ns3:SecurityTokenReference xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd" wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0">
                        <ns3:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_BDC44EB8593F47D1B213672605113671</ns3:KeyIdentifier>
                    </ns3:SecurityTokenReference>
                </RequestedUnattachedReference>
                <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
                    <wsa:EndpointReference xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
                        <wsa:Address>https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</wsa:Address>
                    </wsa:EndpointReference>
                </wsp:AppliesTo>
                <Lifetime>
                    <ns2:Created>2013-04-29T18:35:11.444Z</ns2:Created>
                    <ns2:Expires>2013-04-29T19:05:11.444Z</ns2:Expires>
                </Lifetime>
            </RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
        </RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

To obtain a SAML assertion to use in secure communication to DDF, a RequestSecurityToken (RST) request has to be made to the STS.

A Bearer SAML assertion is automatically trusted by the endpoint. The client doesn’t have to prove it can own that SAML assertion. It is the simplest way to request a SAML assertion, but many endpoints won’t accept a KeyType of Bearer.

24.15.3. UsernameToken Bearer SAML Security Token Sample

  • WS-Addressing header with Action, To, and Message ID

  • Valid, non-expired timestamp

  • Username Token containing a username and password that the STS will authenticate

  • Issued over HTTPS

  • KeyType of http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Bearer

  • Claims (optional): Some endpoints may require that the SAML assertion include attributes of the user, such as an authenticated user’s role, name identifier, email address, etc. If the SAML assertion needs those attributes, the RequestSecurityToken must specify which ones to include.

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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Header xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
        <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" soap:mustUnderstand="1">
            <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-1">
                <wsu:Created>2013-04-29T17:47:37.817Z</wsu:Created>
                <wsu:Expires>2013-04-29T17:57:37.817Z</wsu:Expires>
            </wsu:Timestamp>
            <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="UsernameToken-1">
                <wsse:Username>srogers</wsse:Username>
                <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">password1</wsse:Password>
            </wsse:UsernameToken>
        </wsse:Security>
        <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue</wsa:Action>
        <wsa:MessageID>uuid:a1bba87b-0f00-46cc-975f-001391658cbe</wsa:MessageID>
        <wsa:To>https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</wsa:To>
    </soap:Header>
    <soap:Body>
        <wst:RequestSecurityToken xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
            <wst:SecondaryParameters>
                <t:TokenType xmlns:t="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</t:TokenType>
                <t:KeyType xmlns:t="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Bearer</t:KeyType>
                <t:Claims xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" xmlns:t="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity">
                    <!--Add any additional claims you want to grab for the service-->
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/uid"/>
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role"/>
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier"/>
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress"/>
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname"/>
                    <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname"/>
                </t:Claims>
            </wst:SecondaryParameters>
            <wst:RequestType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Issue</wst:RequestType>
            <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
                <wsa:EndpointReference xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
                    <wsa:Address>https://server:8993/services/QueryService</wsa:Address>
                </wsa:EndpointReference>
            </wsp:AppliesTo>
            <wst:Renewing/>
        </wst:RequestSecurityToken>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

This is the response from the STS containing the SAML assertion to be used in subsequent requests to QCRUD endpoints:

The saml2:Assertion block contains the entire SAML assertion.

The Signature block contains a signature from the STS’s private key. The endpoint receiving the SAML assertion will verify that it trusts the signer and ensure that the message wasn’t tampered with.

The AttributeStatement block contains all the Claims requested.

The Lifetime block indicates the valid time interval in which the SAML assertion can be used.

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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <soap:Header>
        <Action xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTRC/IssueFinal</Action>
        <MessageID xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:eee4c6ef-ac10-4cbc-a53c-13d960e3b6e8</MessageID>
        <To xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</To>
        <RelatesTo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">uuid:a1bba87b-0f00-46cc-975f-001391658cbe</RelatesTo>
        <wsse:Security xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" soap:mustUnderstand="1">
            <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-2">
                <wsu:Created>2013-04-29T17:49:12.624Z</wsu:Created>
                <wsu:Expires>2013-04-29T17:54:12.624Z</wsu:Expires>
            </wsu:Timestamp>
        </wsse:Security>
    </soap:Header>
    <soap:Body>
        <RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" xmlns:ns2="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns3="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing" xmlns:ns5="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200802">
            <RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
                <TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</TokenType>
                <RequestedSecurityToken>
                    <saml2:Assertion xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ID="_7437C1A55F19AFF22113672577526132" IssueInstant="2013-04-29T17:49:12.613Z" Version="2.0" xsi:type="saml2:AssertionType">
                        <saml2:Issuer>tokenissuer</saml2:Issuer>
                        <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                            <ds:SignedInfo>
                                <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
                                <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
                                <ds:Reference URI="#_7437C1A55F19AFF22113672577526132">
                                    <ds:Transforms>
                                        <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
                                        <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#">
                                            <ec:InclusiveNamespaces xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" PrefixList="xs"/>
                                        </ds:Transform>
                                    </ds:Transforms>
                                    <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
                                    <ds:DigestValue>ReOqEbGZlyplW5kqiynXOjPnVEA=</ds:DigestValue>
                                </ds:Reference>
                            </ds:SignedInfo>
                            <ds:SignatureValue>X5Kzd54PrKIlGVV2XxzCmWFRzHRoybF7hU6zxbEhSLMR0AWS9R7Me3epq91XqeOwvIDDbwmE/oJNC7vI0fIw/rqXkx4aZsY5a5nbAs7f+aXF9TGdk82x2eNhNGYpViq0YZJfsJ5WSyMtG8w5nRekmDMy9oTLsHG+Y/OhJDEwq58=</ds:SignatureValue>
                            <ds:KeyInfo>
                                <ds:X509Data>
                                    <ds:X509Certificate>MIIDmjCCAwOgAwIBAgIBBDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADB1MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEQMA4GA1UECBMH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</ds:X509Certificate>
                                </ds:X509Data>
                            </ds:KeyInfo>
                        </ds:Signature>
                        <saml2:Subject>
                            <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified" NameQualifier="http://cxf.apache.org/sts">srogers</saml2:NameID>
                            <saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:bearer"/>
                        </saml2:Subject>
                        <saml2:Conditions NotBefore="2013-04-29T17:49:12.614Z" NotOnOrAfter="2013-04-29T18:19:12.614Z">
                            <saml2:AudienceRestriction>
                                <saml2:Audience>https://server:8993/services/QueryService</saml2:Audience>
                            </saml2:AudienceRestriction>
                        </saml2:Conditions>
                        <saml2:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2013-04-29T17:49:12.613Z">
                            <saml2:AuthnContext>
                                <saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:unspecified</saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>
                            </saml2:AuthnContext>
                        </saml2:AuthnStatement>
                        <saml2:AttributeStatement>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers@example.com</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">srogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">Steve Rogers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">avengers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                            <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                                <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">admin</saml2:AttributeValue>
                            </saml2:Attribute>
                        </saml2:AttributeStatement>
                    </saml2:Assertion>
                </RequestedSecurityToken>
                <RequestedAttachedReference>
                    <ns3:SecurityTokenReference xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd" wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0">
                        <ns3:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_7437C1A55F19AFF22113672577526132</ns3:KeyIdentifier>
                    </ns3:SecurityTokenReference>
                </RequestedAttachedReference>
                <RequestedUnattachedReference>
                    <ns3:SecurityTokenReference xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd" wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0">
                        <ns3:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_7437C1A55F19AFF22113672577526132</ns3:KeyIdentifier>
                    </ns3:SecurityTokenReference>
                </RequestedUnattachedReference>
                <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy" xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
                    <wsa:EndpointReference xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
                        <wsa:Address>https://server:8993/services/QueryService</wsa:Address>
                    </wsa:EndpointReference>
                </wsp:AppliesTo>
                <Lifetime>
                    <ns2:Created>2013-04-29T17:49:12.620Z</ns2:Created>
                    <ns2:Expires>2013-04-29T18:19:12.620Z</ns2:Expires>
                </Lifetime>
            </RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
        </RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection>
    </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

In order to obtain a SAML assertion to use in secure communication to DDF, a RequestSecurityToken (RST) request has to be made to the STS.

An endpoint’s policy will specify the type of security token needed. Most of the endpoints that have been used with DDF require a SAML v2.0 assertion with a required KeyType of http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/PublicKey. This means that the SAML assertion provided by the client to a DDF endpoint must contain a SubjectConfirmation block with a type of "holder-of-key" containing the client’s public key. This is used to prove that the client can possess the SAML assertion returned by the STS.

24.15.4. X.509 PublicKey SAML Security Token Sample

X.509 PublicKey SAML Security Token Request

The STS that comes with DDF requires the following to be in the RequestSecurityToken request in order to issue a valid SAML assertion. See the request block below for an example of how these components should be populated.

  • WS-Addressing header containing Action, To, and MessageID blocks

  • Valid, non-expired timestamp

  • Issued over HTTPS

  • TokenType of http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0

  • KeyType of http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/PublicKey

  • X509 Certificate as the Proof of Possession or POP. This needs to be the certificate of the client that will be both requesting the SAML assertion and using the SAML assertion to issue a query

  • Claims (optional): Some endpoints may require that the SAML assertion include attributes of the user, such as an authenticated user’s role, name identifier, email address, etc. If the SAML assertion needs those attributes, the RequestSecurityToken must specify which ones to include.

    • UsernameToken: If Claims are required, the RequestSecurityToken security header must contain a UsernameToken element with a username and password.

X.509 PublicKey SAML Security Token Sample Request
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<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:ns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Header xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
      <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RST/Issue</wsa:Action>
      <wsa:MessageID>uuid:527243af-94bd-4b5c-a1d8-024fd7e694c5</wsa:MessageID>
      <wsa:To>https://server:8993/services/SecurityTokenService</wsa:To>
      <wsse:Security soapenv:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
         <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-17">
            <wsu:Created>2014-02-19T17:30:40.771Z</wsu:Created>
            <wsu:Expires>2014-02-19T19:10:40.771Z</wsu:Expires>
         </wsu:Timestamp>

         <!-- OPTIONAL: Only required if the endpoint that the SAML assertion will be sent to requires claims. -->
         <wsse:UsernameToken wsu:Id="UsernameToken-16">
            <wsse:Username>pparker</wsse:Username>
            <wsse:Password Type="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText">password1</wsse:Password>
            <wsse:Nonce EncodingType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0#Base64Binary">LCTD+5Y7hlWIP6SpsEg9XA==</wsse:Nonce>
            <wsu:Created>2014-02-19T17:30:37.355Z</wsu:Created>
         </wsse:UsernameToken>
      </wsse:Security>
   </soapenv:Header>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <wst:RequestSecurityToken xmlns:wst="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512">
         <wst:TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</wst:TokenType>
         <wst:KeyType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/PublicKey</wst:KeyType>

         <!-- OPTIONAL: Only required if the endpoint that the SAML assertion will be sent to requires claims. -->
         <wst:Claims Dialect="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity" xmlns:ic="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity">
            <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role"/>
            <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier"/>
            <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress"/>
            <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname"/>
            <ic:ClaimType Optional="true" Uri="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname"/>
         </wst:Claims>
         <wst:RequestType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Issue</wst:RequestType>
            <wsp:AppliesTo xmlns:wsp="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/policy">
            <wsa:EndpointReference xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
            <wsa:Address>https://server:8993/services/QueryService</wsa:Address>
            </wsa:EndpointReference>
         </wsp:AppliesTo>
         <wst:UseKey>
            <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
               <ds:X509Data>
                  <ds:X509Certificate>MIIFGDCCBACgAwIBAgICJe0wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwXDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxGDAWBgNVBAoT
D1UuUy4gR292ZXJubWVudDEMMAoGA1UECxMDRG9EMQwwCgYDVQQLEwNQS0kxFzAVBgNVBAMTDkRP
RCBKSVRDIENBLTI3MB4XDTEzMDUwNzAwMjU0OVoXDTE2MDUwNzAwMjU0OVowaTELMAkGA1UEBhMC
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bml0LmRpc2EubWlsL2NybC9ET0RKSVRDQ0FfMjcuY3JsMIGUoIGRoIGOhoGLbGRhcDovL2NybC5n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</ds:X509Certificate>
               </ds:X509Data>
            </ds:KeyInfo>
         </wst:UseKey>
      </wst:RequestSecurityToken>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
X.509 PublicKey SAML Security Token Response

This is the response from the STS containing the SAML assertion to be used in subsequent requests to QCRUD endpoints.

The saml2:Assertion block contains the entire SAML assertion.

The Signature block contains a signature from the STS’s private key. The endpoint receiving the SAML assertion will verify that it trusts the signer and ensure that the message wasn’t tampered with.

The SubjectConfirmation block contains the client’s public key, so the server can verify that the client has permission to hold this SAML assertion. The AttributeStatement block contains all of the claims requested.

X.509 PublicKey SAML Security Token Sample Response
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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soap:Header>
      <Action xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/RSTRC/IssueFinal</Action>
      <MessageID xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">urn:uuid:b46c35ad-3120-4233-ae07-b9e10c7911f3</MessageID>
      <To xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous</To>
      <RelatesTo xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">uuid:527243af-94bd-4b5c-a1d8-024fd7e694c5</RelatesTo>
      <wsse:Security soap:mustUnderstand="1" xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:wsu="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd">
         <wsu:Timestamp wsu:Id="TS-90DBA0754E55B4FE7013928310431357">
            <wsu:Created>2014-02-19T17:30:43.135Z</wsu:Created>
            <wsu:Expires>2014-02-19T17:35:43.135Z</wsu:Expires>
         </wsu:Timestamp>
      </wsse:Security>
   </soap:Header>
   <soap:Body>
      <ns2:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200802" xmlns:ns2="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512" xmlns:ns3="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns4="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
         <ns2:RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
            <ns2:TokenType>http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0</ns2:TokenType>
            <ns2:RequestedSecurityToken>
               <saml2:Assertion ID="_90DBA0754E55B4FE7013928310431176" IssueInstant="2014-02-19T17:30:43.117Z" Version="2.0" xsi:type="saml2:AssertionType" xmlns:saml2="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                  <saml2:Issuer>tokenissuer</saml2:Issuer>
                  <ds:Signature xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                     <ds:SignedInfo>
                        <ds:CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
                        <ds:SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1"/>
                        <ds:Reference URI="#_90DBA0754E55B4FE7013928310431176">
                           <ds:Transforms>
                              <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature"/>
                              <ds:Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#">
                                 <ec:InclusiveNamespaces PrefixList="xs" xmlns:ec="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"/>
                              </ds:Transform>
                           </ds:Transforms>
                           <ds:DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
                           <ds:DigestValue>/bEGqsRGHVJbx298WPmGd8I53zs=</ds:DigestValue>
                        </ds:Reference>
                     </ds:SignedInfo>
                     <ds:SignatureValue>
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                     <ds:KeyInfo>
                        <ds:X509Data>
                           <ds:X509Certificate>MIIFHTCCBAWgAwIBAgICJe8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwXDELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxGDAWBgNVBAoT
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                        </ds:X509Data>
                     </ds:KeyInfo>
                  </ds:Signature>
                  <saml2:Subject>
                     <saml2:NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:unspecified" NameQualifier="http://cxf.apache.org/sts">pparker</saml2:NameID>
                     <saml2:SubjectConfirmation Method="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:cm:holder-of-key">
                        <saml2:SubjectConfirmationData xsi:type="saml2:KeyInfoConfirmationDataType">
                           <ds:KeyInfo xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
                              <ds:X509Data>
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                              </ds:X509Data>
                           </ds:KeyInfo>
                        </saml2:SubjectConfirmationData>
                     </saml2:SubjectConfirmation>
                  </saml2:Subject>
                  <saml2:Conditions NotBefore="2014-02-19T17:30:43.119Z" NotOnOrAfter="2014-02-19T18:00:43.119Z"/>
                  <saml2:AuthnStatement AuthnInstant="2014-02-19T17:30:43.117Z">
                     <saml2:AuthnContext>
                        <saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:unspecified</saml2:AuthnContextClassRef>
                     </saml2:AuthnContext>
                  </saml2:AuthnStatement>

                  <!-- This block will only be included if Claims were requested in the RST. -->
                  <saml2:AttributeStatement>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">pparker</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">pparker@example.com</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">pparker</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">Peter Parker</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">users</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">users</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">avengers</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                     <saml2:Attribute Name="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role" NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified">
                        <saml2:AttributeValue xsi:type="xs:string">admin</saml2:AttributeValue>
                     </saml2:Attribute>
                  </saml2:AttributeStatement>
               </saml2:Assertion>
            </ns2:RequestedSecurityToken>
            <ns2:RequestedAttachedReference>
               <ns4:SecurityTokenReference wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0" xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd">
                  <ns4:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_90DBA0754E55B4FE7013928310431176</ns4:KeyIdentifier>
               </ns4:SecurityTokenReference>
            </ns2:RequestedAttachedReference>
            <ns2:RequestedUnattachedReference>
               <ns4:SecurityTokenReference wsse11:TokenType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0" xmlns:wsse11="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.1.xsd">
                  <ns4:KeyIdentifier ValueType="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLID">_90DBA0754E55B4FE7013928310431176</ns4:KeyIdentifier>
               </ns4:SecurityTokenReference>
            </ns2:RequestedUnattachedReference>
            <ns2:Lifetime>
               <ns3:Created>2014-02-19T17:30:43.119Z</ns3:Created>
               <ns3:Expires>2014-02-19T18:00:43.119Z</ns3:Expires>
            </ns2:Lifetime>
         </ns2:RequestSecurityTokenResponse>
      </ns2:RequestSecurityTokenResponseCollection>
   </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

24.16. Developing Registry Clients

Registry Clients create Federated Sources using the OSGi Configuration Admin. Developers should reference an individual Source's (Federated, Connected, or Catalog Provider) documentation for the Configuration properties (such as a Factory PID, addresses, intervals, etc) necessary to establish that Source in the framework. 

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Dictionary properties = new Dictionary() ;
properties.put(QUERY_ADDRESS_PROPERTY,queryAddress);
currentConfiguration.update( properties );

Note that the QUERY_ADDRESS_PROPERTY is specific to this Configuration and might not be required for every Source. The properties necessary for creating a Configuration are different for every Source.

24.17. Developing Resource Readers

ResourceReader is a class that retrieves a resource from a native/external source and returns it to DDF. A simple example is that of a File ResourceReader. It takes a file from the local file system and passes it back to DDF. New implementations can be created in order to support obtaining Resources from various Resource data stores. 

24.17.1. Creating a New ResourceReader

Complete the following procedure to create a ResourceReader.

  1. Create a Java class that implements the DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceReader interface.

  2. Deploy the OSGi bundled packaged service to the DDF run-time.

24.17.1.1. Implementing the ResourceReader Interface
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ResourceReader has a couple of key methods where most of the work is performed.

Note

URI
It is recommended to become familiar with the Java API URI class in order to properly build a ResourceReader.  Furthermore, a URI should be used according to its specification This link is outside the DDF documentation.

24.17.1.2. retrieveResource
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This method is the main entry to the ResourceReader. It is used to retrieve a Resource and send it back to the caller (generally the CatalogFramework). Information needed to obtain the entry is contained in the URI reference. The URI Scheme will need to match a scheme specified in the getSupportedSchemes method. This is how the CatalogFramework determines which ResourceReader implementation to use.  If there are multiple ResourceReaders supporting the same scheme, these ResourceReaders will be invoked iteratively.  Invocation of the ResourceReaders stops once one of them returns a Resource.

Arguments are also passed in. These can be used by the ResourceReader to perform additional operations on the resource.

The URLResourceReader is an example ResourceReader that reads a file from a URI.

Note

The Map<String, Serializable> arguments parameter is passed in to support any options or additional information associated with retrieving the resource.

24.17.1.3. Implement retrieveResource()
  1. Define supported schemes (e.g., file, http, etc.).

  2. Check if the incoming URI matches a supported scheme. If it does not, throw ResourceNotSupportedException.

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  1. Implement the business logic.

  2. For example, the URLResourceReader will obtain the resource through a connection:

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    mimeType = URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromName( url.getFile() );
}
InputStream is = conn.getInputStream();
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The Resource needs to be accessible from the DDF installation (see the rootResourceDirectories property of the URLResourceReader).  This includes being able to find a file locally or reach out to a remote URI.  This may require Internet access, and DDF may need to be configured to use a proxy (http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort can be added to the system properties on the command line script).

  1. Return Resource in ResourceResponse.

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If the Resource cannot be found, throw a ResourceNotFoundException.  

24.17.1.4. getSupportedSchemes
public Set<String> getSupportedSchemes();

This method lets the ResourceReader inform the CatalogFramework about the type of URI scheme that it accepts and should be passed. For single-use ResourceReaders (like a URLResourceReader), there may be only one scheme that it can accept while others may understand more than one. A ResourceReader must, at minimum, accept one qualifier.  As mentioned before, this method is used by the CatalogFramework to determine which ResourceReader to invoke. 

Note

ResourceReader extends Describable
Additionally, there are other methods that are used to uniquely describe a ResourceReader. The describe methods are straight-forward and can be implemented with guidance from the Javadoc.

24.17.1.5. Export to OSGi Service Registry

In order for the ResourceReader to be used by the CatalogFramework, it should be exported to the OSGi Service Registry as a DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceReader.

See the XML below for an example:

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<service ref="customResourceReaderId" interface="DDF.catalog.source.ResourceReader" />

24.18. Developing Resource Writers

ResourceWriter is an object used to store or delete a ResourceResourceWriter objects should be registered within the OSGi Service Registry, so clients can retrieve an instance when they need to store a Resource

24.18.1. Create a New ResourceWriter

Complete the following procedure to create a ResourceWriter.

  1. Create a Java class that implements the DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceWriter interface.

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import java.net.URI;
import java.util.Map;
import DDF.catalog.resource.Resource;
import DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceNotFoundException;
import DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceNotSupportedException;
import DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceWriter;

public class SampleResourceWriter implements ResourceWriter {

        @Override
        public void deleteResource(URI uri, Map<String, Object> arguments) throws ResourceNotFoundException, IOException {
           // WRITE IMPLEMENTATION
         }

        @Override
        public URI storeResource(Resource resource, Map<String, Object> arguments)throws ResourceNotSupportedException, IOException {
           // WRITE IMPLEMENTATION
           return null;
        }

        @Override
        public URI storeResource(Resource resource, String id, Map<String, Object> arguments) throws ResourceNotSupportedException, IOException {
           // WRITE IMPLEMENTATION
           return null;
        }

}
  1. Register the implementation as a Service in the OSGi Service Registry.

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<service ref="ResourceWriterReference" interface="DDF.catalog.resource.ResourceWriter" />
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  1. Deploy the OSGi bundled packaged service to the DDF run-time (Refer to the OSGi Basics - Bundles section.)

Tip

ResourceWriter Javadoc
Refer to the Catalog API Javadoc for more information about the methods required for implementing the interface. 

24.19. Developing Filters

The common way to create a Filter is to use the GeoTools FilterFactoryImpl object, which provides Java implementations for the various types of filters in the Filter Specification. Examples are the easiest way to understand how to properly create a Filter and a Query

Note

Refer to the GeoTools javadoc for more information on FilterFactoryImpl.

Warning

Implementing the Filter interface directly is only for extremely advanced use cases and is highly discouraged. Instead, use of the DDF-specific FilterBuilder API is recommended.

Developers create a Filter object in order to filter or constrain the amount of records returned from a Source. The OGC Filter Specification has several types of filters that can be combined in a tree-like structure to describe the set of metacards that should be returned. 

Categories of Filters
  • Comparison Operators

  • Logical Operators

  • Expressions

  • Literals

  • Functions

  • Spatial Operators

  • Temporal Operators

24.19.1. Units of Measure

According to the OGC Filter Specifications: 09-026r1 This link is outside the DDF documentation and OGC Filter Specifications: 04-095 This link is outside the DDF documentation, units of measure can be expressed as a URI. To fulfill that requirement, DDF utilizes the GeoTools class org.geotools.styling.UomOgcMapping for spatial filters requiring a standard for units of measure for scalar distances. Essentially, the UomOgcMapping maps the OGC Symbology Encoding This link is outside the DDF documentation standard URIs to Java Units. This class provides three options for units of measure: 

  • FOOT

  • METRE

  • PIXEL

DDF only supports FOOT and METRE since they are the most applicable to scalar distances.

24.19.2. Filter Examples

The example below illustrates creating a query, and thus an OGC Filter, that does a case-insensitive search for the phrase "mission" in the entire metacard’s text. Note that the OGC PropertyIsLike Filter is used for this simple contextual query.

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boolean isCaseSensitive = false ;

String wildcardChar = "*" ; // used to match zero or more characters
String singleChar = "?" ; // used to match exactly one character
String escapeChar = "\\" ; // used to escape the meaning of the wildCard, singleChar,
and the escapeChar itself

String searchPhrase = "mission" ;
org.opengis.filter.Filter propertyIsLikeFilter =
    filterFactory.like(filterFactory.property(Metacard.ANY_TEXT), searchPhrase, wildcardChar, singleChar, escapeChar, isCaseSensitive);
DDF.catalog.operation.QueryImpl query = new QueryImpl( propertyIsLikeFilter );

The example below illustrates creating an absolute temporal query, meaning the query is searching for Metacards whose modified timestamp occurred during a specific time range. Note that this query uses the During OGC Filter for an absolute temporal query.

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org.opengis.temporal.Instant startInstant = new org.geotools.temporal.object.DefaultInstant(new DefaultPosition(start));

org.opengis.temporal.Instant endInstant = new org.geotools.temporal.object.DefaultInstant(new DefaultPosition(end));

org.opengis.temporal.Period period =  new org.geotools.temporal.object.DefaultPeriod(startInstant, endInstant);

String property = Metacard.MODIFIED ; // modified date of a metacard

org.opengis.filter.Filter filter = filterFactory.during( filterFactory.property(property), filterFactory.literal(period)  );

DDF.catalog.operation.QueryImpl query = new QueryImpl(filter) ;
24.19.2.1. Contextual Searches

Most contextual searches can be expressed using the PropertyIsLike filter. The special characters that have meaning in a PropertyIsLike filter are the wildcard, single wildcard, and escape characters (see Example Creating-Filters-1).

Table 81. PropertyIsLike Special Characters
Character Description

Wildcard

Matches zero or more characters.

Single Wildcard

Matches exactly one character.

Escape

Escapes the meaning of the Wildcard, Single Wildcard, and the Escape character itself

Characters and words, such as AND&andOR|orNOT, ~not{, and }, are treated as literals in a PropertyIsLike filter. In order to create equivalent logical queries, a developer must instead use the Logical Operator filters {AND, OR, NOT}. The Logical Operator filters can be combined together with PropertyIsLike filters to create a tree that represents the search phrase expression. 

Creating the search phrase "mission and planning"
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boolean isCaseSensitive = false ;

String wildcardChar = "*" ; // used to match zero or more characters
String singleChar = "?" ; // used to match exactly one character
String escapeChar = "\\" ; // used to escape the meaning of the wildCard, singleChar, and the escapeChar itself

Filter filter =
    filterFactory.and(
       filterFactory.like(filterFactory.property(Metacard.METADATA), "mission" ,
wildcardChar, singleChar, escapeChar, isCaseSensitive),
       filterFactory.like(filterFactory.property(Metacard.METADATA), "planning" ,
wildcardChar, singleChar, escapeChar, isCaseSensitive)
    );

DDF.catalog.operation.QueryImpl query = new QueryImpl( filter );
24.19.2.1.1. Tree View of Creating Filters 

Filters used in DDF can always be represented in a tree diagram.

Filter Example Tree Diagram
Filter Example Tree Diagram
24.19.2.1.2. XML View of Creating Filters

Another way to view this type of Filter is through an XML model, which is shown below.

Pseudo XML of Example Creating-Filters-3
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<Filter>
   <And>
      <PropertyIsLike wildCard="*" singleChar="?" escapeChar="\">
           <PropertyName>metadata</PropertyName>
           <Literal>mission</Literal>
      </PropertyIsLike>
      <PropertyIsLike wildCard="*" singleChar="?" escapeChar="\">
           <PropertyName>metadata</PropertyName>
           <Literal>planning</Literal>
      </PropertyIsLike>
   <And>
</Filter>

Using the Logical Operators and PropertyIsLike filters, a developer can create a whole language of search phrase expressions.

24.19.2.2. Fuzzy Operations

DDF only supports one custom function. The Filter specification does not include a fuzzy operator, so a Filter function was created to represent a fuzzy operation. The function and class is called FuzzyFunction, which is used by clients to notify the Sources to perform a fuzzy search. The syntax expected by providers is similar to the Fuzzy Function. Refer to the example below.

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String wildcardChar = "*" ; // used to match zero or more characters
String singleChar = "?" ; // used to match exactly one character
String escapeChar = "\\" ; // used to escape the meaning of the wildCard, singleChar

boolean isCaseSensitive = false ;

Filter fuzzyFilter = filterFactory.like(
     new DDF.catalog.impl.filter.FuzzyFunction(
          Arrays.asList((Expression) (filterFactory.property(Metacard.ANY_TEXT))),
          filterFactory.literal("")),
     searchPhrase,
     wildcardChar,
     singleChar,
     escapeChar,
     isCaseSensitive);

QueryImpl query = new QueryImpl(fuzzyFilter);

24.19.3. Parsing Filters

According to the OGC Filter Specification 04-095 This link is outside the DDF documentation: a "(filter expression) representation can be …​ parsed and then transformed into whatever target language is required to retrieve or modify object instances stored in some persistent object store." Filters can be thought of as the WHERE clause for a SQL SELECT statement to "fetch data stored in a SQL-based relational database." 

Sources can parse OGC Filters using the FilterAdapter and FilterDelegate. See Developing a Filter Delegate for more details on implementing a new FilterDelegate. This is the preferred way to handle OGC Filters in a consistent manner.

Alternately, org.opengis.filter.Filter implementations can be parsed using implementations of the interface org.opengis.filter.FilterVisitor.  The FilterVisitor uses the Visitor pattern This link is outside the DDF documentation. Essentially, FilterVisitor instances "visit" each part of the Filter tree allowing developers to implement logic to handle the filter’s operations.  GeoTools 8 includes implementations of the FilterVisitor interface. The DefaultFilterVisitor, as an example, provides only business logic to visit every node in the Filter tree. The DefaultFilterVisitor methods are meant to be overwritten with the correct business logic.  The simplest approach when using FilterVisitor instances is to build the appropriate query syntax for a target language as each part of the Filter is visited. For instance, when given an incoming Filter object to be evaluated against a RDBMS, a CatalogProvider instance could use a FilterVisitor to interpret each filter operation on the Filter object and translate those operations into SQL. The FilterVisitor may be needed to support Filter functionality not currently handled by the FilterAdapter and FilterDelegate reference implementation.

24.19.3.1. Interpreting a Filter to Create SQL

If the FilterAdapter encountered or "visited" a PropertyIsLike filter with its property assigned as title and its literal expression assigned as mission, the FilterDelegate could create the proper SQL syntax similar to title LIKE mission.

Parsing Filters Tree Diagram
Parsing Filters Tree Diagram
24.19.3.2. Interpreting a Filter to Create XQuery

If the FilterAdapter encountered an OR filter, such as in Figure Parsing-Filters2 and the target language was XQuery, the FilterDelegate could yield an expression such as 

ft:query(//inventory:book/@subject,'math') union
ft:query(//inventory:book/@subject,'science').
Parsing Filters XQuery
Parsing Filters XQuery
24.19.3.2.1. FilterAdapter/Delegate Process for Figure Parsing
  1. FilterAdapter visits the OR filter first.

  2. OR filter visits its children in a loop. 

  3. The first child in the loop that is encountered is the LHS PropertyIsLike.

  4. The FilterAdapter will call the FilterDelegate PropertyIsLike method with the LHS property and literal.

  5. The LHS PropertyIsLike delegate method builds the XQuery syntax that makes sense for this particular underlying object store. In this case, the subject property is specific to this XML database, and the business logic maps the subject property to its index at //inventory:book/@subject Note that ft:query in this instance is a custom XQuery module for this specific XML database that does full text searches.

  6. The FilterAdapter then moves back to the OR filter, which visits its second child.

  7. The FilterAdapter will call the FilterDelegate PropertyIsLike method with the RHS property and literal.

  8. The RHS PropertyIsLike delegate method builds the XQuery syntax that makes sense for this particular underlying object store. In this case, the subject property is specific to this XML database, and the business logic maps the subject property to its index at //inventory:book/@subject Note that ft:query in this instance is a custom XQuery module for this specific XML database that does full text searches. . The FilterAdapter then moves back to its OR Filter which is now done with its children.

  9. It then collects the output of each child and sends the list of results to the FilterDelegate OR method.

  10. The final result object will be returned from the FilterAdapter adapt method.

24.19.3.2.2. FilterVisitor Process for Figure Parsing
  1. FilterVisitor visits the OR filter first.

  2. OR filter visits its children in a loop. 

  3. The first child in the loop that is encountered is the LHS PropertyIsLike.

  4. The LHS PropertyIsLike builds the XQuery syntax that makes sense for this particular underlying object store. In this case, the subject property is specific to this XML database, and the business logic maps the subject property to its index at //inventory:book/@subject. Note that ft:query in this instance is a custom XQuery module for this specific XML database that does full text searches.

  5. The FilterVisitor then moves back to the OR filter, which visits its second child.

  6. The RHS PropertyIsLike builds the XQuery syntax that makes sense for this particular underlying object store. In this case, the subject property is specific to this XML database, and the business logic maps the subject property to its index at //inventory:book/@subject. Note that ft:query in this instance is a custom XQuery module for this specific XML database that does full text searches.

  7. The FilterVisitor then moves back to its OR filter, which is now done with its children. It then collects the output of each child and could potentially execute the following code to produce the above expression.

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...
   /* the equivalent statement for the OR filter in this domain (XQuery) */
   xQuery = childFilter1Output + " union " + childFilter2Output;
...
}

24.19.4. Filter Profile

The filter profile maps filters to metacard types.

24.19.4.1. Role of the OGC Filter

Both Queries and Subscriptions extend the OGC GeoAPI Filter interface.

The Filter Builder and Adapter do not fully implement the OGC Filter Specification. The filter support profile contains suggested filter to metacard type mappings. For example, even though a Source could support a PropertyIsGreaterThan filter on XML_TYPE, it would not likely be useful.

24.19.4.2. Catalog Filter Profile

The following table displays the common metacard attributes with their respective types for reference.

Table 82. Metacard Attribute To Type Mapping
Metacard Attribute Metacard Type

ANY_DATE

DATE_TYPE

ANY_GEO

GEO_TYPE

ANY_TEXT

STRING_TYPE

CONTENT_TYPE

STRING_TYPE

CONTENT_TYPE_VERSION

STRING_TYPE

CREATED

DATE_TYPE

EFFECTIVE

DATE_TYPE

GEOGRAPHY

GEO_TYPE

ID

STRING_TYPE

METADATA

XML_TYPE

MODIFIED

DATE_TYPE

RESOURCE_SIZE

STRING_TYPE

RESOURCE_URI

STRING_TYPE

SOURCE_ID

STRING_TYPE

TARGET_NAMESPACE

STRING_TYPE

THUMBNAIL

BINARY_TYPE

TITLE

STRING_TYPE

24.19.4.2.1. Comparison Operators

Comparison operators compare the value associated with a property name with a given Literal value. Endpoints and sources should try to use metacard types other than the object type. The object type only supports backwards compatibility with java.net.URI.   Endpoints that send other objects will not be supported by standard sources. The following table maps the metacard types to supported comparison operators.

Table 83. Metacard Types to Comparison Operators
PropertyIs Between EqualTo GreaterThan GreaterThan OrEqualTo LessThan LessThan OrEqualTo Like NotEqualTo Null

BINARY_TYPE

X

BOOLEAN_TYPE

X

DATE_TYPE

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

DOUBLE_TYPE

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

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FLOAT_TYPE

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X

X

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X

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X

X

X

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GEO_TYPE

X

INTEGER_TYPE

X

X

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X

X

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LONG_TYPE

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X

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OBJECT_TYPE

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X

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X

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SHORT_TYPE

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STRING_TYPE

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Table 84. Comparison Operators
Operator Description

PropertyIsBetween

Lower ⇐ Property ⇐ Upper

PropertyIsEqualTo

Property == Literal

PropertyIsGreaterThan

Property > Literal

PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo

Property >= Literal

PropertyIsLessThan

Property < Literal

PropertyIsLessThanOrEqualTo

Property ⇐ Literal

PropertyIsLike

Property LIKE Literal

Equivalent to SQL "like" 

PropertyIsNotEqualTo

Property != Literal

PropertyIsNull

Property == null

24.19.4.2.2. Logical Operators

Logical operators apply Boolean logic to one or more child filters.

Table 85. Supported Logical Operators
And Not Or

Supported Filters

X

X

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24.19.4.2.3. Temporal Operators

Temporal operators compare a date associated with a property name to a given Literal date or date range.

Table 86. Supported Temporal Operators
After AnyInteracts Before Begins BegunBy During EndedBy Meets MetBy OverlappedBy TContains

DATE_TYPE

X

X

X

Literal values can be either date instants or date periods.

Table 87. Temporal Operator Descriptions
Operator Description

After

Property > (Literal || Literal.end)

Before

Property < (Literal || Literal.start)

During

Literal.start < Property < Literal.end

24.19.4.2.4. Spatial Operators

Spatial operators compare a geometry associated with a property name to a given Literal geometry. 

Table 88. Supported Spatial Operators.

BBox

Beyond

Contains

Crosses

Disjoint

Equals

DWithin

Intersects

Overlaps

Touches

Within

GEO_TYPE

X

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X

X

X

X

Geometries are usually represented as Well-Known Text (WKT).

Table 89. Spatial Operator Descriptions
Operator Description

Beyond

Property geometries beyond given distance of Literal geometry

Contains

Property geometry contains Literal geometry

Crosses

Property geometry crosses Literal geometry

Disjoint

Property geometry direct positions are not interior to Literal geometry

DWithin

Property geometry lies within distance to Literal geometry

Intersects

Property geometry intersects Literal geometry; opposite to the Disjoint operator 

Overlaps

Property geometry interior overlaps Literal geometry interior somewhere

Touches

Property geometry touches but does not overlap Literal geometry

Within

Property geometry completely contains Literal geometry

24.20. Developing Filter Delegates

Filter Delegates help reduce the complexity of parsing OGC Filters. The reference Filter Adapter implementation contains the necessary boilerplate visitor code and input normalization to handle commonly supported OGC Filters.

24.20.1. Creating a New Filter Delegate

A Filter Delegate contains the logic that converts normalized filter input into a form that the target data source can handle. Delegate methods will be called in a depth first order as the Filter Adapter visits filter nodes.

24.20.1.1. Implementing the Filter Delegate
  1. Create a Java class extending FilterDelegate.
    public class ExampleDelegate extends DDF.catalog.filter.FilterDelegate<ExampleReturnObjectType> {

  2. FilterDelegate will throw an appropriate exception for all methods not implemented. Refer to the DDF JavaDoc for more details about what is expected of each FilterDelegate method.

Note

A code example of a Filter Delegate can be found in DDF.catalog.filter.proxy.adapter.test of the filter-proxy bundle.

24.20.1.2. Throwing Exceptions

Filter delegate methods can throw UnsupportedOperationException run-time exceptions. The GeotoolsFilterAdapterImpl will catch and re-throw these exceptions as UnsupportedQueryExceptions.

24.20.1.3. Using the Filter Adapter

The FilterAdapter can be requested from the OSGi registry.

<reference id="filterAdapter" interface="DDF.catalog.filter.FilterAdapter" />

The Query in a QueryRequest implements the Filter interface. The Query can be passed to a FilterAdapter and FilterDelegate to process the Filter.

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    throws DDF.catalog.source.UnsupportedQueryException {

    DDF.catalog.operation.Query query = queryRequest.getQuery();

    DDF.catalog.filter.FilterDelegate<ExampleReturnObjectType> delegate = new ExampleDelegate();

    // DDF.catalog.filter.FilterAdapter adapter injected via Blueprint
    ExampleReturnObjectType result = adapter.adapt(query, delegate);
}

Import the Catalog API Filter package and the reference implementation package of the Filter Adapter in the bundle manifest (in addition to any other required packages).
Import-Package: DDF.catalog, DDF.catalog.filter, DDF.catalog.source

24.20.1.4. Filter Support

Not all OGC Filters are exposed at this time. If demand for further OGC Filter functionality is requested, it can be added to the Filter Adapter and Delegate so sources can support more complex filters. The following OGC Filter types are currently available:

Logical

And

Or

Not

Include

Exclude

Property Comparison

PropertyIsBetween

PropertyIsEqualTo

PropertyIsGreaterThan

PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo

PropertyIsLessThan

PropertyIsLessThanOrEqualTo

PropertyIsLike

PropertyIsNotEqualTo

PropertyIsNull

Spatial Definition

Beyond

True if the geometry being tested is beyond the stated distance of the geometry provided.

Contains

True if the second geometry is wholly inside the first geometry.

Crosses

True if: * the intersection of the two geometries results in a value whose dimension is less than the geometries * the maximum dimension of the intersection value includes points interior to both the geometries * the intersection value is not equal to either of the geometries.

Disjoint

True if the two geometries do not touch or intersect.

DWithin

True if the geometry being tested is within the stated distance of the geometry provided.

Intersects

True if the two geometries intersect. This is a convenience method as Not Disjoint(A,B) gets the same result.

Overlaps

True if the intersection of the geometries results in a value of the same dimension as the geometries that is different from both of the geometries.

Touches

True if and only if the only common points of the two geometries are in the union of the boundaries of the geometries.

Within

True if the first geometry is wholly inside the second geometry.

Temporal

After This link is outside the DDF documentation

Before This link is outside the DDF documentation

During This link is outside the DDF documentation

24.21. Developing Action Components

To provide a service, such as a link to a metacard, the ActionProvider interface should be implemented. An ActionProvider essentially provides a List of Actions when given input that it can recognize and handle. For instance, if a REST endpoint ActionProvider was given a metacard, it could provide a link based on the metacard’s ID.  An Action Provider performs an action when given a subject that it understands. If it does not understand the subject or does not know how to handle the given input, it will return Collections.emptyList(). An Action Provider is required to have an ActionProvider id. The Action Provider must register itself in the OSGi Service Registry with the ddf.action.ActionProvider interface and must also have a service property value for id.  An action is a URL that, when invoked, provides a resource or executes intended business logic. 

24.21.1. Action Component Naming Convention

For each Action, a title and description should be provided to describe what the action does. The recommended naming convention is to use the verb 'Get' when retrieving a portion of a metacard, such as the metadata or thumbnail, or when downloading a resource. The verb 'Export' or the expression 'Export as' is recommended when the metacard is being exported in a different format or presented after going some transformation.

24.21.1.1. Action Component Taxonomy

An Action Provider registers an id as a service property in the OGSi Service Registry based on the type of service or action that is provided. Regardless of implementation, if more than one Action Provider provides the same service, such as providing a URL to a thumbnail for a given metacard, they must both register under the same id. Therefore, Action Provider implementers must follow an Action Taxonomy. 

The following is a sample taxonomy: 

  1. catalog.data.metacard shall be the grouping that represents Actions on a Catalog metacard.

    1. catalog.data.metacard.view

    2. catalog.data.metacard.thumbnail

    3. catalog.data.metacard.html

    4. catalog.data.metacard.resource

    5. catalog.data.metacard.metadata

Table 90. Action ID Service Descriptions
ID Required Action Naming Convention

catalog.data.metacard.view

Provides a valid URL to view a metacard. Format of data is not specified; i.e. the representation can be in XML, JSON, or other.

Export as …​

catalog.data.metacard.thumbnail

Provides a valid URL to the bytes of a thumbnail (Metacard.THUMBNAIL) with MIME type image/jpeg.

Export as Thumbnail

catalog.data.metacard.map.overlay.thumbnail

Provides a metacard URL that translates the metacard into a geographically aligned image (suitable for overlaying on a map).

Export as Thumbnail Overlay

catalog.data.metacard.html

Provides a valid URL that, when invoked, provides an HTML representation of the metacard.

Export as HTML

catalog.data.metacard.xml

Provides a valid URL that, when invoked, provides an XML representation of the metacard.

Export as XML

catalog.data.metacard.geojson

Provides a valid URL that, when invoked, provides an XML representation of the metacard.

Export as GeoJSON

catalog.data.metacard.resource

Provides a valid URL that, when invoked, provides the underlying resource of the metacard.

Export as Resource

catalog.data.metacard.metadata

Provides a valid URL to the XML metadata in the metacard (Metacard.METADATA).

Export as Metadata

24.22. Developing Query Options

The easiest way to create a Query is to use the ddf.catalog.operation.QueryImpl object. It is first necessary to create an OGC Filter object then set the Query Options after QueryImpl has been constructed.

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  Builds a query that requests a total results count and
  that the first record to be returned is the second record found from
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 QueryImpl query = new QueryImpl( filterFactory.equals(filterFactory.property(property),

filterFactory.literal(value))) ;

 query.setStartIndex(2) ;

 query.setRequestsTotalResultsCount(true);

24.22.1. Evaluating a query

Every Source must be able to evaluate a Query object. Nevertheless, each Source could evaluate the Query differently depending on what that Source supports as to properties and query capabilities. For instance, a common property all Sources understand is id, but a Source could possibly store frequency values under the property name "frequency." Some Sources may not support frequency property inquiries and will throw an error stating it cannot interpret the property. In addition, some Sources might be able to handle spatial operations, while others might not. A developer should consult a Source’s documentation for the limitations, capabilities, and properties that a Source can support.

Table 91. Query Options
Option Description

StartIndex

1-based index that states which metacard the Source should return first out of the requested metacards.

PageSize

Represents the maximum amount of metacards the Source should return.

SortBy

Determines how the results are sorted and on which property.

RequestsTotalResultsCount

Determines whether the total number of results should be returned.

TimeoutMillis

The amount of time in milliseconds before the query is to be abandoned. If a zero or negative timeout is set, the catalog framework will default to a value configurable via the Admin UI under Catalog → Configuration → Query Operations.

24.22.2. Commons-DDF Utilities

The commons-DDF bundle provides utilities and functionality commonly used across other DDF components, such as the endpoints and providers. 

24.22.2.1. FuzzyFunction

DDF.catalog.impl.filter.FuzzyFunction class is used to indicate that a PropertyIsLike filter should interpret the search as a fuzzy query. 

24.22.2.2. XPathHelper

DDF.util.XPathHelper provides convenience methods for executing XPath operations on XML. It also provides convenience methods for converting XML as a String from a org.w3c.dom.Document object and vice versa.

24.23. Configuring Managed Service Factory Bundles

Services that are created using a Managed Service Factory can be configured using .config files as well. These configuration files, however, follow a different naming convention than .cfg files. The filenames must start with the Managed Service Factory PID, be followed by a dash and a unique identifier, and have a .config extension. For instance, assuming that the Managed Service Factory PID is org.codice.ddf.factory.pid and two instances of the service need to be configured, files org.codice.ddf.factory.pid-<UNIQUE ID 1>.config and org.codice.ddf.factory.pid-<UNIQUE ID 2>.config should be created and added to <DDF_HOME>/etc.

The unique identifiers used in the file names have no impact on the order in which the configuration files are processed. No specific processing order should be assumed. Also, a new service will be created and configured every time a configuration file matching the Managed Service Factory PID is added to the directory, regardless of the unique id used.

Any service.factoryPid and service.pid values in these .config files will be overridden by the values parsed from the file name, so .config files should not contain these properties.

24.23.1. File Format

The basic syntax of the .config configuration files is similar to the older .cfg files but introduces support for lists and types other than simple strings. The type associated with a property must match the type attribute used in the corresponding metatype.xml file when applicable.

The following table shows the format to use for each property type supported.

Table 92. Property Formats
Type Format (see details below for variations) Example

String

name="value"

name="John"

Boolean

name=B"true|false"

authorized=B"true"

Integer

name=I"value"

timeout=I"10"

Long

name=L"value"

diameter=L"100"

Float

name=F"value"

cost=F"1093140480"

Double

name=D"value"

latitude=D"4636745974857667812"

List of Strings

name=["value1","value2",…​]

complexStringArray=[ \
  "{\"url\"\ \"http://test.sample.com\"\ \"layers\"\ [\"0\"]\ \"VERSION\"\ \"1.1|1.2\"\ \"image/png\"}\ \"beta\"\ 1}", \
  "{\"url\"\ \"http://test.sample.com"\ 0.5}", \
  "/security-config\=SAML|basic", \
  ]

List of Booleans

name=B["true|false","true|false",…​]

authorizedList=B[ \
  "true", \
  "false", \
  ]

List of Integers

name=I["value1","value2",…​]

sizes=I[ \
  "10", \
  "20", \
  "30", \
  ]

List of Longs

name=L["value1","value2",…​]

sizes=L[ \
  "100", \
  "200", \
  "300", \
  ]

List of Floats

name=F["value1","value2",…​]

sizes=F[ \
  "1066192077", \
  "1074580685", \
  "1079194419", \
  ]

List of Doubles

name=D["value1","value2",…​]

sizes=D[ \
  "4607736361554183979", \
  "4612212939583790252", \
  "4614714689176794563", \
  ]
Note
  • Values with types other than String must be prefixed with a lower-case or upper-case character. See the examples in the table.

    • Boolean: B or b

    • Integer: I or i

    • Long: L or l

    • Float: F or f

    • Double: D or d

  • Equal signs (=), double quotes ("), and spaces within values must must be escaped using a backslash (\).

  • When properties are split over multiple lines for readability, end of lines must be specified with a backslash (\). See the examples for lists in the table.

  • A comma (,) after the last value in a list is optional.

  • Surrounding the equal signs (=) with spaces for properties is optional. Because there is a known issue when using OPS4J Pax Exam 4.11.0 and modifying .config files that include spaces, all default .config files that may be modified in OPS4J Pax Exam 4.11.0 tests should not include spaces.

  • Boolean values will default to false if any value other than true is provided.

  • Float values must be representated in the IEEE 754 floating-point "single format" bit layout, preserving Not-a-Number (NaN) values. For example, F"1093140480" corresponds to F"10.5". See the documentation for java.lang.Integer#parseInt(java.lang.String) and java.lang.Float#intBitsToFloat(int) for more details.

  • Double values must be represented in the IEEE 754 floating-point "double format" bit layout, preserving Not-a-Number (NaN) values. For example, D"4636745974857667812" corresponds to D"100.1234". See the documentation for java.lang.Long#parseLong(java.lang.String) and java.lang.Double#longBitsToDouble for more details.

Sample configuration file
webAuthenticationTypes="basic"
endpointAuthenticationTypes=""
sessionAccess=B"true"
guestAccess=B"true"
realms=[ \
  "/\=karaf", \
  ]
requiredAttributes=[ \
  "/\=", \
  "/admin\={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role\=admin}", \
  "/system\={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role\=admin}", \
  "/security-config\={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role\=admin}", \
  ]
whiteListContexts=[ \
  "/services/SecurityTokenService", \
  "/services/internal/metrics", \
  "/services/saml", \
  "/proxy", \
  "/services/csw", \
  ]

24.24. Developing XACML Policies

This document assumes familiarity with the XACML schema and does not go into detail on the XACML language. When creating a policy, a target is used to indicate that a certain action should be run only for one type of request. Targets can be used on both the main policy element and any individual rules. Targets are geared toward the actions that are set in the request. These actions generally consist of the standard CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete) or a SOAPAction if the request is coming through a SOAP endpoint.

Note

These are only the action values that are currently created by the components that come with DDF. Additional components can be created and added to DDF to identify specific actions.

In the examples below, the policy has specified targets for the above type of calls. For the Filtering code, the target was set for "filter", and the Service validation code targets were geared toward two services: query and LocalSiteName. In a production environment, these actions for service authorization will generally be full URNs that are described within the SOAP WSDL.

24.24.1. XACML Policy Attributes

Attributes for the XACML request are populated with the information in the calling subject and the resource being checked.

24.24.2. XACML Policy Subject

The attributes for the subject are obtained from the SAML claims and populated within the XACML policy as individual attributes under the urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:subject-category:access-subject category. The name of the claim is used for the AttributeId value. Examples of the items being populated are available at the end of this page.

24.24.3. XACML Policy Resource

The attributes for resources are obtained through the permissions process. When checking permissions, the XACML processing engine retrieves a list of permissions that should be checked against the subject. These permissions are populated outside of the engine and should be populated with the attributes that should be asserted against the subject. When the permissions are of a key-value type, the key being used is populated as the AttributeId value under the urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:3.0:attribute-category:resource category.

24.24.4. Using a XACML Policy

To use a XACML policy, copy the XACML policy into the <DDF_HOME>/etc/pdp/policies directory.

24.25. Assuring Authenticity of Bundles and Applications

DDF Artifacts in the JAR file format (such as bundles or KAR files) can be signed and verified using the tools included as part of the Java Runtime Environment.

24.25.1. Prerequisites

To work with Java signatures, a keystore/truststore is required. For testing or trial purposes DDF can sign and validate using a self-signed certificate, generated with the keytool utility. In an actuall installation, a certificate issued from a trusted Certificate Authority will be used.

Additional documentation on keytool can be found at Keytool home This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Using keytool to generate a self-signed certificate keystore
~ $ keytool -genkey -keyalg RSA -alias selfsigned -keystore keystore.jks -storepass password -validity 360 -keysize 2048
What is your first and last name?
  [Unknown]:  Nick Fury
What is the name of your organizational unit?
  [Unknown]:  Marvel
What is the name of your organization?
  [Unknown]:  SHIELD
What is the name of your City or Locality?
  [Unknown]:  New York
What is the name of your State or Province?
  [Unknown]:  NY
What is the two-letter country code for this unit?
  [Unknown]:  US
Is CN=Nick Fury, OU=SHIELD, O=Marvel, L="New  York", ST=NY, C=US correct?
  [no]:  yes
Enter key password for <selfsigned>
    (RETURN if same as keystore password):
Re-enter new password:

24.25.2. Signing a JAR/KAR

Once a keystore is available, the JAR can be signed using the jarsigner tool.

Additional documentation on jarsigner can be found at Jarsigner This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Using jarsigner to sign a KAR
~ $ jarsigner -keystore keystore.jks -keypass shield -storepass password  catalog-app-2.5.1.kar selfsigned
24.25.2.1. Verifying a JAR/KAR

The jarsigner utility is also used to verify a signature in a JAR-formatted file.

Using jarsigner to verify a file
~ $ jarsigner -verify -verbose -keystore keystore.jks catalog-app-2.5.1.kar
        9447 Mon Oct 06 17:05:46 MST 2014 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
        9503 Mon Oct 06 17:05:46 MST 2014 META-INF/SELFSIGN.SF

[... section abbreviated for space]

smk     6768 Wed Sep 17 17:13:58 MST 2014 repository/ddf/catalog/security/catalog-security-logging/2.5.1/catalog-security-logging-2.5.1.jar
  s = signature was verified
  m = entry is listed in manifest
  k = at least one certificate was found in keystore
  i = at least one certificate was found in identity scope
jar verified.

Note the last line: jar verified. This indicates that the signatures used to sign the JAR (or in this case, KAR) were valid according to the trust relationships specified by the keystore.

24.26. WFS Services

The Web Feature Service (WFS) is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Specification. DDF supports the ability to integrate WFS 1.1, and 2.0 Web Services.

Note

DDF does not include a supported WFS Web Service (Endpoint) implementation. Therefore, federation for 2 DDF instances is not possible via WFS.

WFS Features

When a query is issued to a WFS server, the output of the query is an XML document that contains a collection of feature member elements. Each WFS server can have one or more feature types with each type being defined by a schema that extends the WFS featureMember schema. The schema for each type can be discovered by issuing a DescribeFeatureType request to the WFS server for the feature type in question. The WFS source handles WFS capability discovery and requests for feature type description when an instance of the WFS source is configured and created.

See the WFS v1.1.0 Source, or WFS v2.0.0 Source for more information about how to configure a WFS source.

Converting a WFS Feature

In order to expose WFS features to DDF clients, the WFS feature must be converted into the common data format of the DDF, a metacard. The OGC package contains a GenericFeatureConverter that attempts to populate mandatory metacard fields with properties from the WFS feature XML. All properties will be mapped directly to new attributes in the metacard. However, the GenericFeatureConverter may not be able to populate the default metacard fields with properties from the feature XML.

Creating a Custom Converter

To more accurately map WFS feature properties to fields in the metacard, a custom converter can be created. The OGC package contains an interface, FeatureConverter, which extends the http://xstream.codehaus.org/javadoc/com/thoughtworks/xstream/converters/Converter.htmlConverter interface provided by the XStream project. XStream is an open source API for serializing XML into Java objects and vice-versa. Additionally, a base class, AbstractFeatureConverter, has been created to handle the mapping of many fields to reduce code duplication in the custom converter classes.

  1. Create the CustomConverter class extending the ogc.catalog.common.converter.AbstractFeatureConverter class.

    public class CustomConverter extends ogc.catalog.common.converter.AbstractFeatureConverter
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24.27. JSON Definition Files

DDF supports adding new attribute types, metacard types, validators, and more using json-formatted definition files.

The following may be defined in a JSON definition file:

24.27.1. Definition File Format

A definition file follows the JSON format as specified in ECMA-404 This link is outside the DDF documentation. All definition files must be valid JSON in order to be parsed.

A single definition file may define as many of the types as needed. This means that types can be defined across multiple files for grouping or clarity.

24.27.2. Deploying Definition Files

The file must have a .json extension in order to be picked up by the deployer. Once the definition file is ready to be deployed, put the definition file <filename>.json into the etc/definitions folder.

Definition files can be added, updated, and/or deleted in the etc/definitions folder. The changes are applied dynamically and no restart is required.

If a definition file is removed from the etc/definitions folder, the changes that were applied by that file will be undone.

24.28. Developing Subscriptions

Subscriptions represent "standing queries" in the Catalog. Like a query, subscriptions are based on the OGC Filter specification.

24.28.1. Subscription Lifecycle

A Subscription itself is a series of events during which various plugins or transformers can be called to process the subscription.

24.28.1.1. Creation
  • Subscriptions are created directly with the Event Processor or declaratively through use of the Whiteboard Design Pattern.

  • The Event Processor will invoke each Pre-Subscription Plugin and, if the subscription is not rejected, the subscription will be activated.

24.28.1.2. Evaluation
  • When a metacard matching the subscription is created, updated, or deleted in any Source, each Pre-Delivery Plugin will be invoked.

  • If the delivery is not rejected, the associated Delivery Method callback will be invoked.

24.28.1.3. Update Evaluation

Notably, the Catalog allows event evaluation on both the previous value (if available) and new value of a Metacard when an update occurs.

24.28.1.4. Durability

Subscription durability is not provided by the Event Processor. Thus, all subscriptions are transient and will not be recreated in the event of a system restart. It is the responsibility of Endpoints using subscriptions to persist and re-establish the subscription on startup. This decision was made for the sake of simplicity, flexibility, and the inability of the Event Processor to recreate a fully-configured Delivery Method without being overly restrictive.

Important

Subscriptions are not persisted by the Catalog itself.
Subscriptions must be explicitly persisted by an endpoint and are not persisted by the Catalog. The Catalog Framework, or more specifically the Event Processor itself, does not persist subscriptions. Certain endpoints, however, can persist the subscriptions on their own and recreate them on system startup.

24.28.2. Creating a Subscription

Currently, the Catalog reference implementation does not contain a subscription endpoint. Therefore, an endpoint that exposes a web service interface to create, update, and delete subscriptions would provide a client’s subscription filtering criteria to be used by Catalog’s Event Processor to determine which events are of interest to the client. The endpoint client also provides the callback URL of the event consumer to be called when an event matching the subscription’s criteria is found. This callback to the event consumer is made by a Delivery Method implementation that the client provides when the subscription is created.  Whenever an event occurs in the Catalog matching the subscription, the Delivery Method implementation will be called by the Event Processor.  The Delivery Method will, in turn, send the event notification out to the event consumer.  As part of the subscription creation process, the Catalog verifies that the event consumer at the specified callback URL is available to receive callbacks. Therefore, the client must ensure the event consumer is running prior to creating the subscription. The Catalog completes the subscription creation by executing any pre-subscription Catalog Plugins, and then registering the subscription with the OSGi Service Registry. The Catalog does not persist subscriptions by default.

24.28.2.1. Event Processing and Notification

If an event matches a subscription’s criteria, any pre-delivery plugins that are installed are invoked, the subscription’s DeliveryMethod is retrieved, and its operation corresponding to the type of ingest event is invoked.  For example, the DeliveryMethod created() function is called when a metacard is created. The DeliveryMethod operations subsequently invoke the corresponding operation in the client’s event consumer service, which is specified by the callback URL provided when the DeliveryMethod was created. An internal subscription tracker monitors the OSGi registry, looking for subscriptions to be added (or deleted). When it detects a subscription being added, it informs the Event Processor, which sets up the subscription’s filtering and is responsible for posting event notifications to the subscriber when events satisfying their criteria are met.

The Standard Event Processor is an implementation of the Event Processor and provides the ability to create/delete subscriptions. Events are generated by the CatalogFramework as metacards are created/updated/deleted and the Standard Event Processor is called since it is also a Post-Ingest Plugin. The Standard Event Processor checks each event against each subscription’s criteria.

When an event matches a subscription’s criteria the Standard Event Processor:

  • invokes each pre-delivery plugin on the metacard in the event.

  • invokes the DeliveryMethod operation corresponding to the type of event being processed, e.g., created() operation for the creation of a metacard.

Available Event Processor
24.28.2.1.1. Using DDF Implementation

If applicable, the implementation of Subscription that comes with DDF should be used. It is available at ddf.catalog.event.impl.SubscriptionImpl and offers a constructor that takes in all of the necessary objects. Specifically, all that is needed is a FilterDeliveryMethodSet<String> of source IDs, and a boolean for enterprise.

The following is an example code stub showing how to create a new instance of Subscription using the DDF implementation. 

Creating a Subscription
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// This set is empty as the subscription is not specific to any sources
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// Set the isEnterprise boolean value
// This subscription example should notifications from all sources (not just local)
boolean isEnterprise = true;

Subscription subscription = new SubscriptionImpl(filter, deliveryMethod, sourceIds,isEnterprise);
24.28.2.2. Delivery Method

A Delivery Method provides the operation (created, updated, deleted) for how an event’s metacard can be delivered.

A Delivery Method is associated with a subscription and contains the callback URL of the event consumer to be notified of events. The Delivery Method encapsulates the operations to be invoked by the Event Processor when an event matches the criteria for the subscription. The Delivery Method’s operations are responsible for invoking the corresponding operations on the event consumer associated with the callback URL.

24.29. Contributing to Documentation

DDF documentation is included in the source code, so it is edited and maintained in much the same way.

src/main/resources

Table 93. Documentation Directory Structure and Contents

Directory

Contents

content

Asciidoctor-formatted files containing documentation contents and the header information needed to organize them.

images

Screenshots, icons, and other image files used in documentation.

templates

Template files used to compile the documentation for display.

jbake.properties

Properties file defining content types and other parameters.

24.29.1. Editing Existing Documentation

Update existing content when code behavior changes, new capabilities are added to features, or the configuration process changes. Content is organized within the content directory in sub directories according to the audience and purpose for each document in the documentation library. Use this list to determine placement of new content.

Documentation Sections
Introduction/Core Concepts

This section is intended to be a high-level, executive summary of the features and capabilities of DDF. Content here should be written at a non-technical level.

Quick Start

This section is intended for getting set up with a test, demonstration, or trial instance of DDF. This is the place for non-production shortcuts or workarounds that would not be used in a secured, hardened installation.

Managing

The managing section covers "how-to" instructions to be used to install, configure, and maintain an instance of DDF in a production environment. This content should be aimed at system administrators. Security hardening should be integrated into these sections.

Using

This section is primarily aimed at the final end users who will be performing tasks with DDF. This content should guide users through common tasks and user interfaces.

Integrating

This section guides developers building other projects looking to connect to new or existing instances of DDF.

Developing

This section provides guidance and best practices on developing custom implementations of DDF components, especially ones that may be contributed into the code baseline.

Architecture

This section is a detailed description of the architectural design of DDF and how components work together.

Reference

This section is a comprehensive list of features and possible configurations.

Metadata Reference

This section details how metadata is extracted and normalized by DDF.

Documentation

This is a collection of all of the individual documentation pages in one html or pdf file.

See the style guide for more guidance on stylistic and formatting concerns.

24.29.2. Adding New Documentation Content

If creating a new section is required, there are some minimal requirements for a new .adoc file.

Header content

The templates scan the header information to place it into the correct place within the documentation. Different sections have different headers required, but some common attributes are always required.

  • type: roughly maps to the section or subSection of the documentation.

  • title: title of the section or subsection contained in the file.

  • status: set to published to include within the documentation, set to draft to hide a work-in-progress section.

  • order: used in sections where order needs to be enforced.

  • summary: brief summary of section contents. Some, but not all, summaries are included by templates.

24.29.3. Creating a New Documentation Template

To create a new, standalone documentation page, create a new template in the templates directory. Optionally, this template can include some of the internal templates in the templates/build directory, but this is not required.

For guidance on using the freemarker syntax, see the Freemarker documentation This link is outside the DDF documentation.

24.29.4. Extending Documentation in Downstream Distributions

By mimicking the build and directory structure of the documentation, downstream projects are able to leverage the existing documentation and insert content before and after sections of the DDF documentation.

Documentation Module Directory Structure
-docs
  -src
    -main
      -resources
        -content
        -images
        -templates
content

Contains the .adoc files that make up the content. Sub-directories are organized according to the documents that make up the main library.

images

any pre-existing images, such as screenshots, to be included in the documentation.

templates

template files used to create documentation artifacts. A build sub-directory holds the templates that will not be standalone documents to render specific sections.

25. Development Guidelines

25.1. Contributing

The Distributed Data Framework is free and open-source software offered under the GNU Lesser General Public License. The DDF is managed under the guidance of the Codice Foundation This link is outside the DDF documentation. Contributions are welcomed and encouraged. Please visit the Codice DDF Contributor Guidelines This link is outside the DDF documentation and the DDF source code repository This link is outside the DDF documentation for more information.

25.2. OSGi Basics

DDF runs on top of an OSGi framework, a Java virtual machine (JVM), several choices of operating systems, and the physical hardware infrastructure. The items within the dotted line represent the standard DDF components.

DDF is a customized and branded distribution of Apache Karaf This link is outside the DDF documentation. DDF could also be considered to be a more lightweight OSGi distribution, as compared to Apache ServiceMix, FUSE ESB, or Talend ESB, all of which are also built upon Apache Karaf. Similar to its peers, DDF incorporates (additional upstream dependencies This link is outside the DDF documentation).

The DDF framework hosts DDF applications, which are extensible by adding components via OSGi. The best example of this is the DDF Catalog (API), which offers extensibility via several types of Catalog Components. The DDF Catalog API serves as the foundation for several applications and resides in the applications tier.

The Catalog Components consist of Endpoints, Plugins, Catalog Frameworks, Sources, and Catalog Providers. Customized components can be added to DDF.

Capability

A general term used to refer to an ability of the system.

Component

Represents a portion of an Application that can be extended.

Bundle

Java Archives (JARs) with special OSGi manifest entries.

Feature

One or more bundles that form an installable unit; defined by Apache Karaf but portable to other OSGi containers.

Application

A JSON file defining a collection of bundles with configurations to be displayed in the Admin Console.

25.2.1. Packaging Capabilities as Bundles

Services and code are physically deployed to DDF using bundles. The bundles within DDF are created using the maven bundle plug-in. Bundles are Java JAR files that have additional metadata in the MANIFEST.MF that is relevant to an OSGi container.

The best resource for learning about the structure and headers in the manifest definition is in section 3.6 of the OSGi Core Specification This link is outside the DDF documentation. The bundles within DDF are created using the maven bundle plug-in This link is outside the DDF documentation, which uses the BND tool This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Tip
Alternative Bundle Creation Methods

Using Maven is not necessary to create bundles. Many alternative tools exist, and OSGi manifest files can also be created by hand, although hand-editing should be avoided by most developers.

25.2.1.1. Creating a Bundle
25.2.1.1.1. Bundle Development Recommendations
Avoid creating bundles by hand or editing a manifest file

Many tools exist for creating bundles, notably the Maven Bundle plugin, which handle the details of OSGi configuration and automate the bundling process including generation of the manifest file.

Always make a distinction on which imported packages are optional or required

Requiring every package when not necessary can cause an unnecessary dependency ripple effect among bundles.

Embedding is an implementation detail

Using the Embed-Dependency instruction provided by the maven-bundle-plugin will insert the specified jar(s) into the target archive and add them to the Bundle-ClassPath. These jars and their contained packages/classes are not for public consumption; they are for the internal implementation of this service implementation only.

Bundles should never be embedded

Bundles expose service implementations; they do not provide arbitrary classes to be used by other bundles.

Bundles should expose service implementations

This is the corollary to the previous rule. Bundles should not be created when arbitrary concrete classes are being extracted to a library. In that case, a library/jar is the appropriate module packaging type.

Bundles should generally only export service packages

If there are packages internal to a bundle that comprise its implementation but not its public manifestation of the API, they should be excluded from export and kept as private packages.

Concrete objects that are not loaded by the root classloader should not be passed in or out of a bundle

This is a general rule with some exceptions (JAXB generated classes being the most prominent example). Where complex objects need to be passed in or out of a service method, an interface should be defined in the API bundle.

Bundles separate contract from implementation and allow for modularized development and deployment of functionality. For that to be effective, they must be defined and used correctly so inadvertent coupling does not occur. Good bundle definition and usage leads to a more flexible environment.

25.2.1.1.2. Maven Bundle Plugin

Below is a code snippet from a Maven pom.xml for creating an OSGi Bundle using the Maven Bundle plugin.

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25.2.1.2. Third Party and Utility Bundles

It is recommended to avoid building directly on included third party and utility bundles. These components do provide utility and reuse potential; however, they may be upgraded or even replaced at anytime as bug fixes and new capabilities dictate. For example, web services may be built using CXF. However, the distributions frequently upgrade CXF between releases to take advantage of new features. If building on these components, be aware of the version upgrades with each distribution release.

Instead, component developers should package and deliver their own dependencies to ensure future compatibility. For example, if re-using a bundle, the specific bundle version that you are depending on should be included in your packaged release, and the proper versions should be referenced in your bundle(s).

25.2.1.3. Deploying a Bundle

A bundle is typically installed in one of two ways:

  1. Installed as a feature

  2. Hot deployed in the /deploy directory

The fastest way to deploy a created bundle during development is to copy it to the /deploy directory of a running DDF. This directory checks for new bundles and deploys them immediately. According to Karaf documentation, "Karaf supports hot deployment of OSGi bundles by monitoring JAR files inside the [home]/deploy directory. Each time a JAR is copied in this folder, it will be installed inside the runtime. It can be updated or deleted and changes will be handled automatically. In addition, Karaf also supports exploded bundles and custom deployers (Blueprint and Spring DM are included by default)." Once deployed, the bundle should come up in the Active state, if all of the dependencies were properly met. When this occurs, the service is available to be used.

25.2.1.4. Verifying Bundle State

To verify if a bundle is deployed and running, go to the running command console and view the status.

  • Execute the list command.

  • If the name of the bundle is known, the list command can be piped to the grep command to quickly find the bundle.

The example below shows how to verify if a Client is deployed and running.

Verifying with grep
ddf@local>list | grep -i example
[ 162] [Active    ] [       ] [  ] [ 80] DDF :: Registry :: example Client (2.0.0)

The state is Active, indicating that the bundle is ready for program execution.

25.3. High Availability Guidance

Capabilities that need to function in a Highly Available Cluster should have one of the two below properties.

Stateless

Stateless capabilities will function in an Highly Available Cluster because no synchronization between DDF nodes is necessary.

Common storage

If a capability must store data or share state with another node, then the data or shared state must be accessible to all nodes in the Highly Available Cluster. For example, the Catalog’s storage provider must be accessible to all DDF nodes.

Appendices

Appendix A: Application References

26. Application Reference

Installation and configuration details by application.

26.1. Admin Application Reference

The Admin Application contains components that are integral for the configuration of DDF applications. It contains various services and interfaces that allow administrators control over their systems and enhances administrative capabilities.

26.1.2. Installing the Admin Application

Install the Admin application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the admin-app feature.

26.1.3. Configuring the Admin Application

To configure the Admin Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Admin application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 94. Admin Available Configurations
Name Property Description

Admin Configuration Policy

org.codice.ddf.admin.config.policy.AdminConfigPolicy

Admin Configuration Policy configurations.

Admin UI

org.codice.admin.ui.configuration

Admin UI configurations.

Table 95. Admin Configuration Policy
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Feature and App Permissions

featurePolicies

String

When enabled, the desired features or apps will only be modifiable and viewable to users with the set attributes. The entry should be the format of: feature name/app name = "user attribute name=user attribute value"

false

Configuration Permissions

servicePolicies

String

When enabled, the desired service will only be modifiable and viewable to users with the set attributes. The entry should be the format of: configuration ID = "user attribute name=user attribute value"

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false

Table 96. Admin UI
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Enable System Usage message

systemUsageEnabled

Boolean

Turns on a system usage message, which is shown when the Admin Application is opened.

false

true

System Usage Message Title

systemUsageTitle

String

A title for the system usage message when the application is opened.

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System Usage Message

systemUsageMessage

String

A system usage message to be displayed to the user each time the user opens the application.

true

Show System Usage Message once per session

systemUsageOncePerSession

Boolean

With this selected,the system usage message will be shown once for each browser session. Uncheck this to have the usage message appear every time the admin page is opened or refreshed.

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Ignored Installer Applications

disabledInstallerApps

String

Comma delimited list (appName, appName2, …​appNameN) of applications that will be disabled in the installer.

admin-app,platform-app

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26.2. Catalog Application Reference

The Catalog provides a framework for storing, searching, processing, and transforming information.

Clients typically perform create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations against the Catalog.

At the core of the Catalog functionality is the Catalog Framework, which routes all requests and responses through the system, invoking additional processing per the system configuration.

26.2.1. Catalog Application Prerequisites

To use the Catalog Application, the following applications/features must be installed:

  • Platform

26.2.2. Installing the Catalog Application

Install the Catalog application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the catalog-app feature.

26.2.3. Configuring the Catalog Application

To configure the Catalog Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 97. Catalog Available Configurations
Name Property Description

Catalog Federation Strategy

ddf.catalog.federation.impl.CachingFederationStrategy

Catalog Federation Strategy.

Catalog Backup Plugin

ddf.catalog.backup.CatalogBackupPlugin

Catalog Backup Plugin configurations.

Catalog Standard Framework

ddf.catalog.CatalogFrameworkImpl

Catalog Standard Framework configurations.

Confluence Federated Source

Confluence_Federated_Source

Confluence Federated Source.

Content Directory Monitor

org.codice.ddf.catalog.content.monitor.ContentDirectoryMonitor

Content Directory Monitor configurations.

Content File System Storage Provider

org.codice.ddf.catalog.content.impl.FileSystemStorageProvider

Content File System Storage Provider.

CSW Connected Source

Csw_Connected_Source

CSW Connected Source.

Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.plugin.expiration.ExpirationDatePlugin

Catalog pre-ingest plugin to set an expiration date on metacards.

Historian

ddf.catalog.history.Historian

Enables versioning of both metacards and content.

Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.security.policy.metacard.MetacardAttributeSecurityPolicyPlugin

Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin.

Catalog Metacard Ingest Network Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.plugin.metacard.MetacardIngestNetworkPlugin

Catalog Metacard Ingest Network Plugin.

Metacard Validation Filter Plugin

ddf.catalog.metacard.validation.MetacardValidityFilterPlugin

Metacard Validation Filter Plugin.

Metacard Validation Marker Plugin

ddf.catalog.metacard.validation.MetacardValidityMarkerPlugin

Metacard Validation Marker Plugin.

Metacard Backup File Storage Provider

Metacard_File_Storage_Route

Enable data backup of metacards using a configurable transformer.

Resource Download Settings

Metacard_S3_Storage_Route

Resource Download Configuration.

Catalog OpenSearch Federated Source

OpenSearchSource

Catalog OpenSearch Federated Source.

Resource Download Settings

ddf.catalog.resource.download.ReliableResourceDownloadManager

Resource Download configurations.

Schematron Validation Services

ddf.services.schematron.SchematronValidationService

Schematron Validation Services configurations.

Security Audit Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.plugin.security.audit.SecurityAuditPlugin

Security Audit Plugin.

Tika Input Transformer

ddf.catalog.transformer.input.tika.TikaInputTransformer

Tika Input Transformer.

URL Resource Reader

ddf.catalog.resource.impl.URLResourceReader

URL Resource Reader

Video Thumbnail Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.content.plugin.video.VideoThumbnailPlugin

Video Thumbnail Plugin.

XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.security.policy.xml.XmlAttributeSecurityPolicyPlugin

XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin.

Xml Query Transformer

ddf.catalog.transformer.xml.XmlResponseQueueTransformer

Xml Response Query Transformer.

PDF Input Transformer

ddf.catalog.transformer.input.pdf.PdfInputTransformer

PDF Input Transformer configurations.

Catalog Preview

org.codice.ddf.transformer.preview

Allow Preview to be Extracted From Metadata.

Catalog Policy Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.security.CatalogPolicy

Catalog Policy Plugin.

Resource URI Policy Plugin

org.codice.ddf.catalog.security.ResourceUriPolicy

Resource URI Policy Plugin.

Status Source Poller Runner

org.codice.ddf.catalog.sourcepoller.StatusSourcePollerRunner

Status Source Poller Runner.

Table 98. Catalog Federation Strategy
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Maximum start index

maxStartIndex

Integer

Sets a limit on the number of results this sorted federation strategy can handle from each federated source. A large start index in conjunction with several federated sources could yield a large result set, which the sorted federation strategy has a limited ability to do. The admin can make a rough calculation to decide what maximum start index to use based on the amount of memory in the system, the amount of federated sources, the number of threads, and the expected amount of query results requested ( (average # of threads) * (maximum # of federated sources) * (maxStartIndex + maximumQueryResults) ) must fit into the allocated memory of the running distribution. This field will be removed when sorted federation strategy has the ability to sort a larger amount of results.

50000

true

Expiration Interval

expirationIntervalInMinutes

Long

Interval that Solr Cache checks for expired documents to remove.

10

true

Expiration Age

expirationAgeInMinutes

Long

The number of minutes a document will remain in the cache before it will expire. Default is 7 days.

10080

true

Query Result Cache Strategy

cacheStrategy

String

Strategy for caching query results. Valid entries are ALL, FEDERATED, and NONE.

ALL

true

Cache Remote Ingests

cacheRemoteIngests

Boolean

Cache remote ingest results

false

true

Table 99. Catalog Backup Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Root backup directory path

rootBackupDir

String

Root backup directory for Metacards. A relative path is relative to <DDF_HOME>.

data/backup

true

Subdirectory levels

subDirLevels

Integer

Number of subdirectory levels to create. Two characters from the ID will be used to name each subdirectory level.

2

true

Table 100. Catalog Standard Framework
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Enable Fanout Proxy

fanoutEnabled

Boolean

When enabled the Framework acts as a proxy, federating requests to all available sources. All requests are executed as federated queries and resource retrievals, allowing the framework to be the sole component exposing the functionality of all of its Federated Sources.

false

true

Enable Notifications

notificationEnabled

Boolean

Check to enable notifications.

true

false

Fanout tag blacklist

fanoutTagBlacklist

String

Ingest operations with tags in this list will be rejected.

true

Table 101. Confluence Federated Source
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Source Name

shortname

String

Yes

Confluence Rest URL

endpointUrl

String

The Confluence Rest API endpoint URL. Example: https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/rest/api/content

Yes

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

Password

Password for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Include Page Contents In Results

includePageContent

Boolean

Flag indicating if Confluence page contents should be included in the returned results.

false

No

Include Archived Spaces

includeArchivedSpaces

Boolean

Flag indicating if archived confluence spaces should be included in search results.

false

No

Exclude Confluence Spaces

excludeSpaces

Boolean

Flag indicating if the list of Confluence Spaces should be excluded from searches instead of included.

false

No

Confluence Spaces

confluenceSpaces

String cardinality=1000

The confluence spaces to include/exclude from searches. If no spaces are specified, all visible spaces will be searched.

No

Attribute Overrides

additionalAttributes

String cardinality=100

Attribute Overrides - Optional: Metacard attribute overrides (Key-Value pairs) that can be set on the results comming from this source. If an attribute is specified here, it will overwrite the metacard’s attribute that was created from the Confluence source. The format should be 'key=value'. The maximum allowed size of an attribute override is 65,535 bytes. All attributes in the catalog taxonomy tables are injected into all metacards by default and can be overridden.

No

Availability Poll Interval

availabilityPollInterval

Long

Availability polling interval in milliseconds.

60000

No

Table 102. Catalog Content Directory Monitor
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Directory Path

monitoredDirectoryPath

String

"Specifies the directory to be monitored, can be a filesystem path or webdav address (only supported for Monitor in place)"

false

true

Maximum Concurrent Files

numThreads

Integer

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent files to be processed within a directory (maximum of 8). If this number exceeds 8, 8 will be used in order to preserve system resources. Make sure that your system has enough memory to support the number of concurrent processing threads across all directory monitors.

1

true

ReadLock Time Interval

readLockIntervalMilliseconds

Integer

Specifies the time to wait (in milliseconds) before acquiring a lock on a file in the monitored directory. This interval is used for sleeping between attempts to acquire the read lock on a file to be ingested. The default value of 100 milliseconds is recommended.

100

true

Processing Mechanism

processingMechanism

String

Choose what happens to the content item after it is ingested. Delete will remove the original file after storing it in the content store. Move will store the item in the content store, and a copy under ./ingested, then remove the original file. (NOTE: this will double the amount of disk space used.) Monitor in place will index the file and serve it from its original location. If in place is used, then the URLResourceReader root resource directories configuration must be updated to allow downloading from the monitored directory (See URL Resource Reader).

in_place

false

Attribute Overrides

attributeOverrides

String

Optional: Metacard attribute overrides (Key-Value pairs) that can be set on the content monitor. If an attribute is specified here, it will overwrite the metacard’s attribute that was created from the content directory. The format should be 'key=value'. The maximum allowed size of an attribute override is 65,535 bytes. All attributes in the catalog taxonomy tables are injected into all metacards by default and can be overridden.

null

false

Table 103. Content File System Storage Provider
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Content Repository File Path

baseContentDirectory

String

Specifies the directory to use for the content repository. A shutdown of the server is necessary for this property to take effect. If a filepath is provided with directories that don’t exist, File System Provider will attempt to create them.

<DDF_HOME>/data/content/store

true

Table 104. CSW Connected Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source.

CSW

true

CSW URL

cswUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) spec.

null

true

Event Service Address

eventServiceAddress

String

DDF Event Service endpoint. Do NOT include .wsdl or ?wsdl.

null

false

Register for Events

registerForEvents

Boolean

Check to register for events from this connected source.

false

false

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

String

Password for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Force Longitude/Latitude coordinate order

isLonLatOrder

Boolean

Force Longitude/Latitude coordinate order.

false

true

Use posList in LinearRing

usePosList

Boolean

Use a <posList> element rather than a series of <pos> elements when issuing geospatial queries containing a LinearRing.

false

false

Metacard Mappings

metacardMappings

String

Mapping of the Metacard Attribute names to their CSW property names. The format should be 'title=dc:title'.

effective=created, created=dateSubmitted, modified=modified, thumbnail=references, content-type=type, id=identifier, resource-uri=source

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Output Schema

outputSchema

String

Output Schema

http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2

true

Query Type Name

queryTypeName

String

Qualified Name for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request.

csw:Record

true

Query Type Namespace

queryTypeNamespace

String

Namespace prefix for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request.

http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2

true

Force CQL Text as the Query Language

isCqlForced

Boolean

Force CQL Text.

false

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Table 105. Expiration Date Pre-Ingest Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Overwrite If Empty

overwriteIfBlank

Boolean

If this is checked, overwrite all blank expiration dates in metacards. If this is not checked, leave metacards with blank expiration dates as-is.

false

true

Overwrite If Exists

overwriteIfExists

Boolean

If this is checked, overwrite all existing non-empty expiration dates in metacards with a new date. If this is not checked, leave metacards with an existing expiration date.

false

true

Offset from Created Date (in days)

offsetFromCreatedDate

Integer

A metacard’s new expiration date is calculated by adding this value (in days) to its created date.

30

true

Table 106. Historian
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Enable Versioning

historyEnabled

Boolean

Enables versioning of both metacards and content.

true

true

Table 107. Metacard Attribute Security Policy Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Metacard Intersect Attributes:

intersectMetacardAttributes

List of rules

Each line item in the configuration is a rule. The format of a rule is the name of a single source attribute, followed by an equals sign, followed by the destination attribute. For example: source_attribute1=destination_attribute. The plugin gathers the source attributes that have a common destination. It takes the combined values of the source attributes and makes them the values of a (new) metacard attribute, the destination attribute. The strategy for combining the values is intersection, which means only the values common to all source attribute are added to the destination attribute. Note: Do not use the same destination attributes in both the Intersect and Union rule sets. The plugin will behave unpredictably.

none

false

Metacard Union Attributes:

unionMetacardAttributes

List of rules

Each line item in the configuration is a rule. The format of a rule is the name of a single source attribute, followed by an equals sign, followed by the destination attribute. For example: source_attribute1=destination_attribute. The plugin gathers the source attributes that have a common destination. It takes the combined values of the source attributes and makes them the values of a (new) metacard attribute, the destination attribute. The strategy for combining the values is union, which means only all the values of the source attribute are added to the destination attribute (excluding duplicates) Note: Do not use the same destination attributes in both the Intersect and Union rule sets. The plugin will behave unpredictably.

none

false

Table 108. Catalog Metacard Ingest Network Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required Criteria

criteriaKey

String

Specifies the criteria for the test of equality; which value will be tested? IP Address? Hostname?

remoteAddr

true

Expected Value

expectedValue

String

The value that the criteria must equate to for the attribute overrides to occur.

true

New Attributes

newAttributes

String"

Table 109. Metacard Validation Filter Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Attribute map

attributeMap

String

Mapping of Metacard SECURITY attribute to user attribute. Users with this role will always receive metacards with errors and/or warnings.

invalid-state=localhost-data-manager

false

Filter errors

filterErrors

Boolean

Sets whether metacards with validation errors are filtered for users without the configured user attribute.

true

false

Filter warnings

filterWarnings

Boolean

Sets whether metacards with validation warnings are filtered for users without the configured user attribute.

false

false

Table 110. Metacard Validation Marker Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Enforced Validators

enforcedMetacardValidators

String

ID of Metacard Validator to enforce. Metacards that fail these validators will NOT be ingested.

false

Enforce errors

enforceErrors

Boolean

Sets whether validation errors are enforced. This prevents ingest if errors are present.

true

true

Enforce warnings

Table 111. Metacard Backup File Storage Provider
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Keep Deleted Metacard

keepDeletedMetacards

Boolean

Should backups for deleted metacards be kept or removed.

false

true

Metacard Transformer Id

metacardTransformerId

String

ID of the metacard transformer to use to serialize metacard for backup.

metacard

true

Backup Invalid Metacards

keepDeletedMetacards

Boolean

Keep backups for metacards that fail validation with warnings or errors.

true

true

Metacard Backup Output Provider(s)

metacardOutputProviderIds

Comma delimited list of metacard output provider IDs.

Metacard Backup Provider IDs to use for this backup plugin.

fileStorageProvider

true

Table 112. Metacard Backup S3 Storage Provider
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Keep Deleted Metacard

keepDeletedMetacards

Boolean

Should backups for deleted metacards be kept or removed.

false

true

Metacard Transformer Id

metacardTransformerId

String

ID of the metacard transformer to use to serialize metacard for backup.

metacard

true

Backup Invalid Metacards

keepDeletedMetacards

Boolean

Keep backups for metacards that fail validation with warnings or errors.

true

true

Metacard Tags

backupMetacardTags

String

Backup only metacards with one of the tags specified.

resource

true

S3 Access Key

s3AccessKey

String

The access key to use for S3. Leave blank if on an EC2 host with roles assigned.

""

true

S3 Secret Key

s3SecretKey

Password

The secret key to use for S3. Leave blank if on an EC2 host with roles assigned.

true

S3 Bucket

s3Bucket

String

The S3 Bucket in which to store the backed up metacard data.

true

S3 Endpoint

s3Endpoint

String

The endpoint for the region in which the bucket is located.

true

Object Template

objectTemplate

String

Template specifying the S3 object key for the metacard data. The template uses handlebars syntax.

Use [] to reference dotted attributes e.g. {{[attribute.name]}}.

If you wish to include date, you would use {{dateFormat created yyyy-MM-dd}}

data/backup/metacard/{{substring id 0 3}}/{{substring id 3 6}}/{Metacard_S3_Storage_Route}.xml

true

Table 113. Catalog OpenSearch Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source Name

shortname

String

null

DDF-OS

true

OpenSearch service URL

endpointUrl

String

The OpenSearch endpoint URL or DDF’s OpenSearch endpoint (https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/services/catalog/query)

${org.codice.ddf.system.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.system.port}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/catalog/query

true

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username to use with HTTP Basic Authentication. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

Password

password

Password

Password to use with HTTP Basic Authentication. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

OAuth Discovery Url

oauthDiscoveryUrl

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

https://localhost:8443/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

false

OAuth Client ID

oauthClientId

String

Client ID registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

ddf-client

false

OAuth Client Secret

oauthClientSecret

String

Client Secret registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

secret

false

OAuth Flow

oauthFlow

String

The OAuth flow to use when federating. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

code

false

OpenSearch query parameters

parameters

String

Query parameters to use with the OpenSearch connection.

q,src,mr,start,count,mt,dn,lat,lon,radius,bbox,geometry,polygon,dtstart,dtend,dateName,filter,sort

true

Always perform local query

localQueryOnly

Boolean

When federating with other DDFs, keep this checked. If checked, this source performs a local query on the remote site (by setting src=local in endpoint URL), as opposed to an enterprise search.

true

true

Convert to BBox

shouldConvertToBBox

Boolean

Converts Polygon and Point-Radius searches to a Bounding Box for compatibility with older interfaces. Generated bounding box is a very rough representation of the input geometry.

true

true

Multi Point-Radius polygon approximation vertices

numMultiPointRadiusVertices

Integer

When performing a multi point-radius search, increase this value for more accurate polygon approximation. Minimum value is 4, maximum value is 32.

32

true

Point radius polygon simplification distance tolerance

distanceTolerance

Integer

The maximum distance (in meters) from the original vertices a reduced vertex may lie on a simplified circular polygon.

1

true

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Entry XML Element

markUpSet

String

XML Element from the Response Entry to transform into a Metacard.

false

Table 114. Resource Download Settings
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Product Cache Directory

productCacheDirectory

String

Directory where retrieved products will be cached for faster, future retrieval. If a directory path is specified with directories that do not exist, Product Download feature will attempt to create those directories. Without configuration, the product cache directory is <DDF_HOME>/data/product-cache. If a relative path is provided it will be relative to the <DDF_HOME>. It is recommended to enter an absolute directory path such as /opt/product-cache in Linux or C:\product-cache in Windows.

false

Enable Product Caching

cacheEnabled

Boolean

Check to enable caching of retrieved products.

true

false

Delay (in seconds) between product retrieval retry attempts

delayBetweenRetryAttempts

Integer

The time to wait (in seconds) between attempting to retry retrieving a product.

10

false

Max product retrieval retry attempts

maxRetryAttempts

Integer

The maximum number of attempts to retry retrieving a product.

3

false

Product Retrieval Monitor Period

retrievalMonitorPeriod

Integer

How many seconds to wait and not receive product data before retrying to retrieve a product.

5

false

Always Cache Product

cacheWhenCanceled

Boolean

Check to enable caching of retrieved products even if client cancels the download. Note: this has no effect if product caching is disabled.

false

false

Table 115. Schematron Validation Services
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Ruleset Name

id

String

Give this ruleset a name

null

true

Root Namespace

namespace

String

The root namespace of the XML

null

true

Schematron File Names

schematronFileNames

String

Names of schematron files (*.sch) against which to validate metadata ingested into the Catalog. Absolute paths or relative paths may be specified. Relative paths are assumed to be relative to <DDF_HOME>/schematron.

null

true

Table 116. Security Audit Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Security attributes to audit

auditAttributes

String

List of security attributes to audit when modified

security.access-groups,security.access-individuals

true

Table 117. Tika Input Transformer
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Use Resource Title

useResourceTitleAsTitle

Boolean

Use the resource’s metadata to determine the metacard title. If this is not enabled, the metacard title will be the file name.

false

true

Table 118. URL Resource Reader
Name Property Type Description Default Value

Follow Server Redirects

followRedirects

Boolean

Check the box if you want the Resource Reader to automatically follow server issued redirects (HTTP Response Code 300 series).

true

Root Resource Directories

rootResourceDirectories

String

List of root resource directories. A relative path is relative to <DDF_HOME>. Specifies the only directories the URLResourceReader has access to when attempting to download resources linked using file-based URLs.

data/products

Table 119. Video Thumbnail Plugin
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Maximum video file size to process (Megabytes)

maxFileSizeMB

Long

Maximum video file size in Megabytes for which to create a thumbnail. Default is 120 Megabytes. Processing large videos may affect system performance.

120

false

Table 120. XML Attribute Security Policy Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

XML Elements:

xmlElements

String

XML elements within the metadata that will be searched for security attributes. If these elements contain matching attributes, the values of the attributes will be combined.

true

Security Attributes (union):

securityAttributeUnions

String

Security Attributes. These attributes, if they exist on any of the XML elements listed above, will have their values extracted and the union of all of the values will be saved to the metacard. For example: if element1 and element2 both contain the attribute 'attr' and that attribute has values X,Y and X,Z, respectively, then the final result will be the union of those values: X,Y,Z. The X,Y,Z value will be the value that is placed within the security attribute on the metacard.

false

Security Attributes (intersection):

securityAttributeIntersections

String

Security Attributes. These attributes, if they exist on any of the XML elements listed above, will have their values extracted and the intersection of all of the values will be saved to the metacard. For example: if element1 and element2 both contain the attribute 'attr' and that attribute has values X,Y and X,Z, respectively, then the final result will be the intersection of those values: X. The X value will be the value that is placed within the security attribute on the metacard.

null

false

Table 121. Xml Query Transformer
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Parallel Marhsalling Threshold

threshold

Integer

Response size threshold above which marshalling is run in parallel

50

true

Table 122. PDF Input Transformer
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Use PDF Title

usePdfTitleAsTitle

Boolean

Use the PDF’s metadata to determine the metacard title. If this is not enabled, the metacard title will be the file name.

false

true

Maximum text extraction length (bytes)

previewMaxLength

Integer

The maximum length of text to be extracted.

30000

true

Maximum xml metadata length (bytes)

metadataMaxLength

Integer

The maximum length of xml metadata to be extracted.

5000000

true

Table 123. Catalog Preview
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Preview From Metadata

previewFromMetadata

Boolean

Allow Preview to be Extracted From Metadata.

false

true

Element Names to Preview

previewElements

String

Specify element names to preview from XML. Will take the text content of the first available element for preview. Note: This list will not be used unless Preview From Metadata is enabled.

text,TEXT

true

Table 124. Catalog Policy Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Create Required Attributes

createPermissions

String

Roles/attributes required for the create operations. Example: role=role1,role2

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Update Required Attributes

updatePermissions

String

Roles/attributes required for the update operation. Example: role=role1,role2

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Delete Required Attributes

deletePermissions

String

Roles/attributes required for the delete operation. Example: role=role1,role2

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Read Required Attributes

readPermissions

String

Roles/attributes required for the read operations (query and resource). Example: role=role1,role2

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Table 125. Resource URI Policy Plugin
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Permit Resource URI on Creation

createPermissions

String

Allow users to provide a resource URI when creating a metacard

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Permit Resource URI on Update

updatePermissions

String

Allow users to provide a resource URI when updating a metacard

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Table 126. Status Source Poller Runner
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Poll Interval (minutes)

pollIntervalMinutes

Integer

The interval (in minutes) at which to recheck the availability of all sources. Must be at least 1 minute.

WARNING: There is a maximum delay of 2*pollIntervalMinutes for the Source Poller to be updated after the availability of a source changes or a source is created/modified/deleted. Currently the Standard Catalog Framework and the Catalog REST Endpoint use the Source Poller to get source availabilities. The pollIntervalMinutes should not be set to value a which results in an unacceptable maximum delay.

1

true

26.3. Platform Application Reference

The Platform application is considered to be a core application of the distribution. The Platform application provides the fundamental building blocks that the distribution needs to run. These building blocks include subsets of:

A Command Scheduler is also included as part of the Platform application to allow users to schedule Command Line Shell Commands.

26.3.2. Installing Platform

Install the Platform application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the platform-app feature.

26.3.3. Configuring the Platform Application

To configure the Platform Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Platform application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 127. Platform Available Configurations
Name Property Description

MIME Custom Types

DDF_Custom_Mime_Type_Resolver

DDF Custom Mime Types.

Logging Service

org.codice.ddf.platform.logging.LoggingService

Logging Service configurations.

HTTP Response Security

org.codice.ddf.security.response.filter.ResponseHeaderConfig

HTTP Response Security response configurations.

Email Service

org.codice.ddf.platform.email.impl.SmtpClientImpl

Email Service configurations.

Landing Page

org.codice.ddf.distribution.landingpage.properties

Starting page for users to interact with DDF.

Platform UI

ddf.platform.ui.config

Platform UI configurations.

Platform Command Scheduler

ddf.platform.scheduler.Command

Platform Command Scheduler.

Table 128. MIME Custom Types
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Resolver Name

name

String

null

DDF Custom Resolver

false

Priority

priority

Integer

null

10

true

File Extensions to Mime Types

customMimeTypes

String

List of key/value pairs where key is the file extension and value is the mime type, e.g., nitf=image/nitf

null

true

Table 129. Logging Service
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Max Log Events

maxLogEvents

Integer

The maximum number of log events stored for display in the Admin Console. This must be greater than 0 and must not exceed 5000.

500

true

Table 130. HTTP Response Security
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Content Security Policy

xContentSecurityPolicy

String

Instructions for the client browser detailing which location and/or which type of resources may be loaded.

true

X-Frame-Options

xFrameOptions

String

The X-Frame-Options HTTP response header can be used to indicate whether or not a browser may render a page in a frame, iframe or object.

true

X-XSS-Protection

xXssProtection

String

The HTTP X-XSS-Protection response header is a feature that stops pages from loading when they detect reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

true

Table 131. Email Service
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Host

hostName

String

Mail server hostname (must be resolvable by DNS) or IP address.

Yes

Port

portNumber

Integer

Mail server port number.

25

Yes

User Name

userName

String

Mail server user name used only for authenticated connections over TLS.

No

Password

password

Password

Mail server password used only for authenticated connections over TLS.

No

Table 132. Landing Page
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Description

description

String

Specifies the description to display on the landing page.

As a common data layer, DDF provides secure enterprise-wide data access for both users and systems.

true

Phone Number

phone

String

Specifies the phone number to display on the landing page.

true

Email Address

email

String

Specifies the email address to display on the landing page.

true

External Web Site

externalUrl

String

Specifies the external web site URL to display on the landing page.

true

Announcements

announcements

String

Announcements that will be displayed on the landing page.

null

true

Branding Background

background

String

Specifies the landing page background color. Use html css colors or #rrggbb.

true

Branding Foreground

foreground

String

Specifies the landing page foreground color. Use html css colors or #rrggbb.

true

Branding Logo

logo

String

Specifies the landing page logo. Use a base64 encoded image.

true

Additional Links

links

String

Additional links to be displayed on the landing page. Use the format <text>,<link> (e.g. example, http://www.example.com). Empty entries are ignored.

yes

Table 133. Platform UI Configuration
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Enable System Usage Message

systemUsageEnabled

Boolean

Turns on a system usage message, which is shown when the Search Application is opened.

false

true

System Usage Message Title

systemUsageTitle

String

A title for the system usage Message when the application is opened.

false

System Usage Message

systemUsageMessage

String

A system usage message to be displayed to the user each time the user opens the application.

false

Show System Usage Message once per session

systemUsageOncePerSession

Boolean

With this selected, the system usage message will be shown once for each browser session. Uncheck this to have the usage message appear every time the search window is opened or refreshed.

true

true

Header

header

String

Specifies the header text to be rendered on all pages.

false

Footer

footer

String

Specifies the footer text to be rendered on all pages.

false

Text Color

color

String

Specifies the Text Color of the Header and Footer. Use html css colors or #rrggbb.

false

Background Color

background

String

Specifies the Background Color of the Header and Footer. Use html css colors or #rrggbb.

false

Session Timeout

timeout

Integer

Specifies the length of inactivity (in minutes) that will cause a user to be logged out automatically. This value must be 2 minutes or greater, as users are warned when only 1 minute remains. If a value of less than 2 minutes is used, the timeout is set to the default time of 15 minutes.

15

true

Table 134. Platform Command Scheduler
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Command

command

String

Shell command to be used within the container. For example, log:set DEBUG">

true

Interval

intervalString

String

The Interval String for each execution. Based on the Interval Type, this will either be a Cron String or a Second Interval. (e.x. '0 0 0 1/1 * ? *' or '12')

true

Interval Type

intervalType

String

Interval Type

cronString

true

26.4. Security Application Reference

The Security application provides authentication, authorization, and auditing services for the DDF. These services comprise both a framework that developers and integrators can extend as well as a reference implementation that meets security requirements.

This section documents the installation, maintenance, and support of this application.

Features Included in Security
  • Security Core

  • Security Encryption

  • Security PEP

  • Security PDP

26.4.1. Security Prerequisites

To use the Security application, the following applications/features must be installed:

  • Platform

26.4.2. Installing Security

Install the Security application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the security-app feature.

26.4.3. Configuring the Security Application

To configure the Security Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Security application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 135. Security Available Configurations
Name Property Description

Security STS LDAP and Roles Claims Handler

Claims_Handler_Manager

STS Ldap and Roles Claims Handler Configuration.

Security SOAP Guest Interceptor

org.codice.ddf.security.interceptor.GuestInterceptor

Security SOAP Guest Interceptor.

IdP Client

org.codice.ddf.security.idp.client.IdpMetadata

IdP Client configurations.

Logout Page

org.codice.ddf.security.idp.client.LogoutRequestService

Logout Page configurations.

OIDC Handler

org.codice.ddf.security.handler.oidc.OidcHandler

OIDC Handler configurations.

Web Context Policy Manager

org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context.impl.PolicyManager

Web Context Security Policies.

File Based Claims Handler

org.codice.ddf.security.sts.claims.property.PropertyFileClaimsHandler

File Based Claims Handler.

Session

org.codice.ddf.security.filter.login.Session

Session configurations.

SAML Handler

org.codice.ddf.security.idp.client.IdpHandler

IdP Handler configurations.

Security AuthZ Realm

ddf.security.pdp.realm.AuthzRealm

AuthZ Security configurations.

SAML NameID Policy

ddf.security.service.SecurityManager

SAML NameID Policy.

Security STS Server

ddf.security.sts

STS configurations.

Security STS Client

ddf.security.sts.client.configuration

STS Client configurations.

Guest Claims Configuration

ddf.security.guest.realm

Guest Claims configurations.

Security STS PKI Token Validator

org.codice.ddf.security.validator.pki

STS PKI Token Validator configurations.

Table 136. Security STS LDAP and Roles Claims Handler
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

LDAP URL

url

String

true

ldaps://${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:1636

LDAP or LDAPS server and port

StartTLS

startTls

Boolean

Determines whether or not to use StartTLS when connecting via the ldap protocol. This setting is ignored if the URL uses ldaps.

false

true

LDAP Bind User DN

ldapBindUserDn

String

DN of the user to bind with LDAP. This user should have the ability to verify passwords and read attributes for any user.

cn=admin

true

LDAP Bind User Password

password

Password

Password used to bind user with LDAP.

secret

true

LDAP Group User Membership Attribute

membershipUserAttribute

String

Attribute used as the membership attribute for the user in the group. Usually this is uid, cn, or something similar.

uid

true

LDAP User Login Attribute

loginUserAttribute

String

Attribute used as the login username. Usually this is uid, cn, or something similar.

uid

true

LDAP Base User DN

userBaseDn

String

Full LDAP path to where users can be found.

ou=users\,dc=example\,dc=com

true

Override User Certificate DN

overrideCertDn

Boolean

When checked, this setting will ignore the DN of a user and instead use the LDAP Base User DN value.

false

true

LDAP Group ObjectClass

objectClass

String

ObjectClass that defines structure for group membership in LDAP. Usually this is groupOfNames or groupOfUniqueNames.

groupOfNames

true

LDAP Membership Attribute

memberNameAttribute

String

Attribute used to designate the user’s name as a member of the group in LDAP. Usually this is member or uniqueMember.

member

true

LDAP Base Group DN

groupBaseDn

String

Full LDAP path to where groups can be found.

ou=groups\,dc=example\,dc=com

true

Attribute Map File

propertyFileLocation

String

Location of the file which contains user attribute maps to use.

<INSTALL_HOME>/etc/ws-security/attributeMap.properties

true

Table 137. Security SOAP Guest Interceptor
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Deny Guest Access

guestAccessDenied

Boolean

If set to true, no guest access will be allowed via this guest interceptor. If set to false, this interceptor will generate guest tokens for incoming requests that lack a WS-Security header.

false

false

Table 138. IdP Client
Name Id Type Description Default Value

IdP Metadata

metadata

String

(https://)

https://${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort}/services/idp/login/metadata

Perform User-Agent Check

userAgentCheck

Boolean

If selected, this will allow clients that do not support ECP and are not browsers to fall back to PKI, BASIC, and potentially GUEST authentication, if enabled.

true

Table 139. Logout Page
Name Id Type Description Default Value

Logout Page Time Out

logOutPageTimeOut

Long

This is the time limit that the SAML client will wait for a user to click log out on the logout page. Any requests that take longer than this time for the user to submit will be rejected."/>

3600000

Table 140. OIDC Handler
Name Id Type Description Default Value

IdP Type

idpType

String

IdP type to use.

Keycloak

Client ID

clientId

String

Unique ID for the client, this may be provided by the Identity Provider.

ddf-client

Realm/Tenant

realm

String

Realm to use for a multi-tenant environment. This is required for Keycloak or Azure.

master

Secret

secret

String

This value must match the value set on the Identity Provider.

secret

Discovery URI

discoveryUri

String

Discovery URI for fetching OP metadata (http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html).

http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

Base URI

baseUri

String

Base URI for IdP. Do not fill out both this and the Discovery URI. Only one is needed depending on the IdP in use.

http://localhost:8080/auth

Logout URI

logoutUri

String

URI directing to single logout service of the IdP in use.

http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/logout

Scope

scope

String

OIDC scopes.

openid profile email resource.read

Use Nonce

useNonce

Boolean

Whether or not to use nonce in JWT.

true

Response Type

responseType

String

Response type to use.

code

Mode

responseMode

String

Mode. Leave blank if you are unsure of the value to use.

form_post

Table 141. Web Context Policy Manager
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Context Traversal Depth

traversalDepth

Integer

Depth to which paths will be traversed. Any value greater than 500 will be set to 500.

20

true

Allow Guest Access

guestAccess

Boolean

Allow guest access to all web contexts. Required attributes can be used to restrict access to contexts from guest users.

true

true

Allow Session Storage

sessionAccess

Boolean

Allow for session cookies to be used. Note that the SAML and OIDC authentication types require session storage to be enabled.

true

true

Authentication Types for Web Pages

webAuthenticationTypes

String

List of authentication types required for all web pages (these are all context paths except /services). List of valid authentication types are: BASIC, PKI, SAML, and OIDC. Example: AUTH1

AUTH2

AUTH3

PKI

BASIC

true

Authentication Types for Endpoints

endpointAuthenticationTypes

String

List of authentication types required for all endpoints (these are context paths that start with /services). List of valid authentication types are: BASIC, PKI, SAML, and OIDC. Example: AUTH1

AUTH2

AUTH3

PKI

BASIC

true

Required Attributes

requiredAttributes

String

List of attributes required for each Web Context. Example: /context={role=role1;type=type1}

/=,/admin={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=system-admin},/system={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=system-admin},/security-config={http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=system-admin}

true

White Listed Contexts

whiteListContexts

String

List of contexts that will not use security. Note that sub-contexts to ones listed here will also skip security, unless authentication types are provided for it. For example: if /foo is listed here, then /foo/bar will also not require any sort of authentication. However, if /foo is listed and /foo/bar has authentication types provided in the 'Authentication Types' field, then that more specific policy will be used.

${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/SecurityTokenService,${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/internal/metrics,/proxy,${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/saml,${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/idp,/idp,${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/platform/config/ui,/logout

true

Table 142. File Based Claims Handler
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Role Claim Type

roleClaimType

String

Role claim URI.

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role

true

ID Claim Type

idClaimType

String

ID claim URI.

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier

true

User Role File

propertyFileLocation

String

Location of the file which maps roles to users.

etc/users.properties

true

User Attribute File

usersAttributesFileLocation

String

Location of the file which maps attributes to users.

etc/users.attributes

true

Table 143. Session
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Session Timeout (in minutes)

expirationTime

Integer

Specifies the length of inactivity (in minutes) between client requests before the servlet container will invalidate the session (this applies to all client sessions). This value must be 2 minutes or greater, as users are warned when only 1 minute remains. If a value of less than 2 minutes is used, the timeout is set to the default time of 31 minutes.

See also: Platform UI Config.

31

true

Table 144. SAML Handler
Name Id Type Description Default Value

Authentication Context Class

authContextClasses

String

Authentication Context Classes that are considered acceptable means of authentication by the SAML handler.

urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:Password,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:X509,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:SmartcardPKI,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:SoftwarePKI,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:SPKI,urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:TLSClient

Table 145. Security AuthZ Realm
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Match-All Mappings

matchAllMappings

String

List of 'Match-All' subject attribute to Metacard attribute mapping. All values of this metacard key must be present in the corresponding subject key values. Format is subjectAttrName=metacardAttrName.

false

Match-One Mappings

matchOneMappings

String

List of 'Match-One' subject attribute to Metacard attribute mapping. One value of this metacard key must be present in the corresponding subject key values. Format is subjectAttrName=metacardAttrName.

false

Environment Attributes

environmentAttributes

String

List of environment attributes to pass to the XACML engine. Format is attributeId=attributeValue1,attributeValue2.

false

Table 146. SAML NameID Policy
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

SAML NameID Policy

usernameAttributeList

String

List of attributes that are considered for replacing the username of the logged in user. If any of these attributes match any of the attributes within the SecurityAssertion, the value of the first matching attribute will be used as the username. (Does not apply when NameIDFormat is of the following: X509, persistent, kerberos or unspecified, and the username is not empty).

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier, uid

true

Table 147. Security STS Server
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

SAML Assertion Lifetime

lifetime

Long

Set the number of seconds that an issued SAML assertion will be good for.

1800

true

Token Issuer

issuer

String

The name of the server issuing tokens. Generally this is unique identifier of this IdP.

https://${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.system.httpsPort}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/idp/login

true

Signature Username

signatureUsername

String

Alias of the private key in the STS Server’s keystore used to sign messages.

${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}

true

Encryption Username

encryptionUsername

String

Alias of the private key in the STS Server’s keystore used to encrypt messages.

${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}

true

Table 148. Security STS Client
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

SAML Assertion Type

assertionType

String

The version of SAML to use. Most services require SAML v2.0. Changing this value from the default could cause services to stop responding.

http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/oasis-wss-saml-token-profile-1.1#SAMLV2.0

true

SAML Key Type

keyType

String

The key type to use with SAML. Most services require Bearer. Changing this value from the default could cause services to stop responding.

http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/Bearer

true

SAML Key Size

keySize

String

The key size to use with SAML. The default key size is 256 and this is fine for most applications. Changing this value from the default could cause services to stop responding.

256

true

Use Key

useKey

Boolean

Signals whether or not the STS Client should supply a public key to embed as the proof key. Changing this value from the default could cause services to stop responding.

true

true

STS WSDL Address

address

String

STS WSDL Address

${org.codice.ddf.system.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.system.port}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/SecurityTokenService?wsdl

true

STS Endpoint Name

endpointName

String

STS Endpoint Name.

{http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/}STS_Port

false

STS Service Name

serviceName

String

STS Service Name.

{http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-sx/ws-trust/200512/}SecurityTokenService

false

Signature Properties

signatureProperties

String

Path to Signature crypto properties. This path can be part of the classpath, relative to <DDF_HOME>, or an absolute path on the system.

etc/ws-security/server/signature.properties

true

Encryption Properties

encryptionProperties

String

Path to Encryption crypto properties file. This path can be part of the classpath, relative to <DDF_HOME>, or an absolute path on the system.

etc/ws-security/server/encryption.properties

true

STS Properties

tokenProperties

String

Path to STS crypto properties file. This path can be part of the classpath, relative to <DDF_HOME>, or an absolute path on the system.

etc/ws-security/server/signature.properties

true

Claims

claims

String

List of claims that should be requested by the STS Client.

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier,http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/emailaddress,http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname,http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname,http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role

true

Table 149. Guest Claims Configuration
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Attributes

attributes

String

The attributes to be returned for any Guest user.

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/nameidentifier=guest,http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role=guest

true

Table 150. Security STS PKI Token Validator
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Realms

realms

String

The realms to be validated by this validator.

karaf

true

Do Full Path Validation

pathValidation

Boolean

Validate the full certificate path. Uncheck to only validate the subject cert. (RFC5280 6.1)

true

true

26.5. Solr Catalog Application Reference

DDF uses Solr for data storage, by default.

26.5.1. Solr Catalog Prerequisites

To use the Solr Catalog Application, the following apps/features must be installed:

  • Platform

  • Catalog

26.5.2. Installing Solr Catalog

Install the Solr Catalog application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the catalog-solr-app feature.

26.5.3. Configuring the Solr Catalog Application

To configure the Solr Catalog Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Solr Catalog application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 151. Solr Catalog Available Configurations
Name Property Description

Solr Catalog Provider

ddf.catalog.solr.provider.SolrCatalogProvider

Solr Catalog Provider.

Table 152. Solr Catalog Provider
Name Property Type Description Default Value Required

Force Auto Commit

forceAutoCommit

Boolean

WARNING: Performance Impact. Only in special cases should auto-commit be forced. Forcing auto-commit makes the search results visible immediately.

false

true

26.6. Spatial Application Reference

The Spatial Application provides KML transformer and a KML network link endpoint that allows a user to generate a View-based KML Query Results Network Link.

26.6.1. Offline Gazetteer Service

In the Spatial Application, the offline-gazetteer is installed by default. This feature enables you to use an offline source of GeoNames data (as an alternative to the GeoNames Web service enabled by the webservice-gazetteer feature) to perform searches via the gazetteer search box in the Search UI.

Installing the offline-gazetteer-index feature will provide a small set of GeoNames data to use with the offline gazetteer. The GeoNames data is stored as metacards in the core catalog and are tagged with geonames and gazetteer. This collection of GeoNames metacards can be expanded or updated by using the gazetteer:update command.

26.6.1.1. Spatial Gazetteer Console Commands

The gazetteer commands provide the ability to interact with the local GeoNames metacard collection in the core catalog. These GeoNames metacards are used by the offline-gazetteer feature, which is an optional feature available in this application and is explained above. Note that these commands are only available if the offline-gazetteer feature is installed.

Table 153. Gazetteer Command Descriptions
Command Description

gazetteer:update

Adds new gazetteer metacards to the core catalog from a resource.

The resource argument can be one of three types:

  • a local file path to a .txt, .zip, or .geo.json GeoNames data file. If a path to a file ends in .geo.json, it will processed as a geoJSON feature collection and imported as supplementary shape data for GeoNames entries.

  • a URL to a .txt or .zip GeoNames data file. GeoJSON URLs are not supported.

  • a keyword to automatically process a GeoNames file from from http://download.geonames.org/export/dump. Valid keywords include

    • a country code, which will add the country as GeoNames metacards in the core catalog. The full list of country codes available can be found in http://download.geonames.org/export/dump/countryInfo.txt.

    • cities1000, cities5000, and cities15000, which will add cities to the index that have at least 1000, 5000, or 15000 people, respectively.

    • all, which will download all of the current country codes. This process may take some time.

The -c or --create flag can be used to clear out the existing gazetteer metacards before adding new entries.

build-suggester-index

Builds the Solr suggester index used for placename autocompletion when using the offline gazetteer. This index is built automatically whenever gazetteer metacards are created, updated, or deleted, but if those builds fail then this command can be used to attempt to build the index again.

26.6.2. Standalone Solr Offline Gazetteer Feature

The Standalone Solr Offline Gazetteer is a reflection of the gazetteer data stored in the catalog but separated from other data. This allows the suggester to be separately rebuilt much quicker than for the entire catalog collection.

26.6.2.1. Installing Standalone Solr Offline Gazetteer

The Standalone Solr Offline Gazetteer is not installed by default but can be installed by running feature:install catalog-solr-offline-gazetteer. This will install:

  • The plugin that intercepts gazetteer metacard creates/updates/deletes to the catalog collection (and stores them in the standalone solr gazetteer collection)

  • The gazetteer query service which registers the Query component that responds to requests from the UI gazetteer search box

  • The offline-solr-gazetteer:removeall command which will delete all records in the gazetteer collection.

  • The offline-solr-gazetteer:synccatalog command which will sync with the catalog and update all records in the gazetteer collection to reflect it (or add them if they are not yet created)

26.6.2.2. Special Note Regarding Installation

If the Spatial Geocoding Offline Catalog bundle and the bundle using the Gazetteer query service (for example, Intrigue) are both already running, you will need to restart the bundles consuming the service (for example, Intrigue) in order to pick up the correct one.

26.6.2.3. Building the suggester index on Standalone Solr Offline Gazetteer

The suggester index will be built when any of the other methods of building the catalog gazetteer are run, along with on initial install. So you can run gazetteer:build-suggester-index or offline-solr-gazetteer:build-suggester-index to build the suggester.

Another option is to send a build request via a solr client. An example of this is done through the Solr Dashboard after selecting the gazetteer collection and clicking query. Ensure that the Request-Handler (qt) is set to /suggest and then in the 'Extra Parameters' field add suggest.build=true&suggest.dictionary=suggestPlace&suggest.q=bla.

26.6.3. Spatial Prerequisites

To use the Spatial Application, the following apps/features must be installed:

  • Platform

  • Catalog

26.6.4. Installing Spatial

Install the Spatial application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the spatial-app feature.

26.6.5. Configuring the Spatial Application

To configure the Spatial Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Spatial application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 154. Spatial Available Configurations
Name Property Description

CSW Specification Profile Federated Source

Csw_Federated_Source

CSW Specification Profile Federated Source should be used when federating to an external CSW service.

CSW Federation Profile Source

Csw_Federation_Profile_Source

DDF’s full-fidelity CSW Federation Profile. Use this when federating to a DDF-based system.

CSW Transactional Profile Federated Source

Csw_Transactional_Federated_Source

CSW Federated Source that supports transactions (create, update, delete).

GeoCoder Plugin

org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoding.plugin.GeoCoderPlugin

GeoCoder Plugin.

GMD CSW ISO Federated Source

Gmd_Csw_Federated_Source

CSW Federated Source using the Geographic MetaData (GMD) format (ISO 19115:2003).

Spatial KML Endpoint

org.codice.ddf.spatial.kml.endpoint.KmlEndpoint

Spatial KML Endpoint.

Metacard to WFS Feature Map

org.codice.ddf.spatial.ogc.wfs.catalog.mapper.MetacardMapper

Metacard to WFS Feature Map.

WFS 1.1.0 Federated Source

Wfs_v1_1_0_Federated_Source

WFS 1.1.0 Federated Source.

WFS 2.0.0 Connected Source

Wfs_v2_0_0_Connected_Source

WFS 2.0.0 Connected Source.

WFS 2.0.0 Federated Source

Wfs_v2_0_0_Federated_Source

WFS 2.0.0 Federated Source.

Spatial KML Style Map Entry

org.codice.ddf.spatial.kml.style

Spatial KML Style Map Entry.

Table 155. CSW Specification Profile Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

null

true

CSW URL

cswUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) spec

${org.codice.ddf.external.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.external.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.external.port}${org.codice.ddf.external.context}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw

true

Event Service Address

eventServiceAddress

String

DDF Event Service endpoint.

${org.codice.ddf.external.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.external.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.external.port}${org.codice.ddf.external.context}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw/subscription

false

Register for Events

registerForEvents

Boolean

Check to register for events from this source.

false

false

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

Password

Password for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

OAuth Discovery Url

oauthDiscoveryUrl

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

https://localhost:8443/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

false

OAuth Client ID

oauthClientId

String

Client ID registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

ddf-client

false

OAuth Client Secret

oauthClientSecret

String

Client Secret registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

secret

false

OAuth Flow

oauthFlow

String

The OAuth flow to use when federating. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

code

false

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Coordinate Order

coordinateOrder

String

Coordinate order that remote source expects and returns spatial data in

LON_LAT

true

Use posList in LinearRing

usePosList

Boolean

Use a <posList> element rather than a series of <pos> elements when issuing geospatial queries containing a LinearRing

false

false

Metacard Mappings

metacardMappings

String

Mapping of the Metacard Attribute names to their CSW property names. The format should be 'title=dc:title'.

effective=created,created=dateSubmitted,modified=modified,thumbnail=references,content-type=type,id=identifier,resource-uri=source

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out,in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out,in milliseconds.

60000

true

Output Schema

outputSchema

String

Output Schema

http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2

true

Query Type Name

queryTypeName

String

Qualified Name for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

csw:Record

true

Query Type Namespace

queryTypeNamespace

String

Namespace for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2

true

Force CQL Text as the Query Language

isCqlForced

Boolean

Force CQL Text

false

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Security Attributes

securityAttributeStrings

String

Security attributes for this source

null

true

Table 156. CSW Federation Profile Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

CSW

true

CSW URL

cswUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) spec

${org.codice.ddf.external.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.external.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.external.port}${org.codice.ddf.external.context}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw

true

CSW Event Service Address

eventServiceAddress

String

CSW Event Service endpoint.

${org.codice.ddf.external.protocol}${org.codice.ddf.external.hostname}:${org.codice.ddf.external.port}${org.codice.ddf.external.context}${org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw/subscription

false

Register for Events

registerForEvents

Boolean

Check to register for events from this connected source.

false

false

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

String

Password for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

OAuth Discovery Url

oauthDiscoveryUrl

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

https://localhost:8443/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

false

OAuth Client ID

oauthClientId

String

Client ID registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

ddf-client

false

OAuth Client Secret

oauthClientSecret

String

Client Secret registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

secret

false

OAuth Flow

oauthFlow

String

The OAuth flow to use when federating. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

code

false

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out,in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out,in milliseconds.

60000

true

Table 157. CSW Transactional Profile Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

true

CSW URL

cswUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) spec

${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.protocol}${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.port}${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw

true

Event Service Address

eventServiceAddress

String

Event Service endpoint.

${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.protocol}${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.hostname}:${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.port}${variable-name}org.codice.ddf.system.rootContext}/csw/subscription

false

Register for Events

registerForEvents

Boolean

Check to register for events from this source.

false

false

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

Password

password

Password

Password for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

OAuth Discovery Url

oauthDiscoveryUrl

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

https://localhost:8443/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

false

OAuth Client ID

oauthClientId

String

Client ID registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

ddf-client

false

OAuth Client Secret

oauthClientSecret

String

Client Secret registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

secret

false

OAuth Flow

oauthFlow

String

The OAuth flow to use when federating. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

code

false

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Coordinate Order

coordinateOrder

String

Coordinate order expected and returned by remote source

LON_LAT

true

Use posList in LinearRing

usePosList

Boolean

Use a <posList> element rather than a series of <pos> elements when issuing geospatial queries containing a LinearRing

false

false

Metacard Mappings

metacardMappings

String

Mapping of the Metacard Attribute names to their CSW property names. The format should be 'title=dc:title'.

effective=created,created=dateSubmitted,modified=modified,thumbnail=references,content-type=type,id=identifier,resource-uri=source

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Output Schema

outputSchema

String

Output Schema

urn:catalog:metacard

true

Query Type Name

queryTypeName

String

Qualified Name for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

csw:Record

true

Query Type Namespace

queryTypeNamespace

String

Namespace for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

http://www.opengis.net/cat/csw/2.0.2

true

Force CQL Text

isCqlForced

Boolean

Force CQL Text as the Query Language

false

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Security Attributes

securityAttributeStrings

String

Security attributes for this source

true

Table 158. GeoCoder Plugin
Title Property Type Description Default Value

Radius

radiusInKm

Integer

The search radius from a Point in kilometers.

10

Table 159. GMD CSW ISO Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

true

CSW URL

cswUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Catalogue Service for Web (CSW) spec

true

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

Authentication type to use when federating.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

Password

password

Password

Password for CSW Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

false

OAuth Discovery Url

oauthDiscoveryUrl

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

https://localhost:8443/auth/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration

false

OAuth Client ID

oauthClientId

String

Client ID registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

ddf-client

false

OAuth Client Secret

oauthClientSecret

String

Client Secret registered with the OAuth provider. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

secret

false

OAuth Flow

oauthFlow

String

The OAuth flow to use when federating. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

code

false

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Coordinate Order

coordinateOrder

String

Coordinate order expected and returned by remote source

LON_LAT

true

Use posList in LinearRing

usePosList

Boolean

Use a <posList> element rather than a series of <pos> elements when issuing geospatial queries containing a LinearRing

false

false

Metacard Mappings

metacardMappings

String

Mapping of the Metacard Attribute names to their CSW property names. The format should be 'title=dc:title'.

id=apiso:Identifier,effective=apiso:PublicationDate,created=apiso:CreationDate,modified=apiso:RevisionDate,title=apiso:AlternateTitle,AnyText=apiso:AnyText,ows:BoundingBox=apiso:BoundingBox,language=apiso:Language,language=apiso:ResourceLanguage,datatype=apiso:Type,description=apiso:Abstract,contact.point-of-contact-name=apiso:OrganisationName,topic.keyword=apiso:Subject,media.format=apiso:Format,modified=apiso:Modified

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Output Schema

outputSchema

String

Output Schema

http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd

true

Query Type Name

queryTypeName

String

Qualified Name for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

gmd:MD_Metadata

true

Query Type Namespace

queryTypeNamespace

String

Namespace for the Query Type used in the CSW GetRecords request

http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd

true

Force CQL Text

isCqlForced

Boolean

Force CQL Text as the Query Language

false

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Security Attributes

securityAttributeStrings

String

Security attributes for this source

true

Table 160. Spatial KML Endpoint
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Style Document

styleUrl

String

KML Document containing custom styling. This will be served up by the KmlEndpoint. (e.g. file:///path/to/kml/style/doc.kml)

false

Icons Location

iconLoc

String

Location of icons for the KML endpoint

false

Description

description

String

Description of this NetworkLink. Enter a short description of what this NetworkLink provides.

false

Web Site

webSite

String

URL of the web site to be displayed in the description.

false

Logo

logo

String

URL to the logo to be displayed in the description.

false

Visible By Default

visibleByDefault

Boolean

Check if the source NetworkLinks should be visible by default.

false

false

Max Number of Results

maxResults

Integer

The maximum number of results that should be returned from each layer.

100

false

Table 161. Metacard to WFS Feature Map
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Feature Type

featureType

String

Feature Type. Format is {URI}local-name

true

Metacard Title to WFS Feature Property Mapping

titleMapping

String

Metacard Title to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Created Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

createdDateMapping

String

Metacard Created Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Modified Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

modifiedDateMapping

String

Metacard Modified Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Effective Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

effectiveDateMapping

String

Metacard Effective Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Expiration Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

expirationDateMapping

String

Metacard Expiration Date to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Resource URI to WFS Feature Property Mapping

resourceUriMapping

String

Metacard Resource URI to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Resource Size to WFS Feature Property Mapping

resourceSizeMapping

String

Metacard Resource Size to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

The Units of the Feature Property that corresponds to the Metacard Resource Size

dataUnit

String

The Units of the Feature Property that corresponds to the Metacard Resource Size

B

true

Metacard Thumbnail to WFS Feature Property Mapping

thumbnailMapping

String

Metacard Thumbnail to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Metacard Geography to WFS Feature Property Mapping

geographyMapping

String

Metacard Geography to WFS Feature Property Mapping

false

Temporal Sort By Feature Property

sortByTemporalFeatureProperty

String

When Sorting Temporally, Sort By This Feature Property.

false

Relevance Sort By Feature Property

sortByRelevanceFeatureProperty

String

When Sorting By Relevance, Sort By This Feature Property.

false

Distance Sort By Feature Property

sortByDistanceFeatureProperty

String

When Sorting By Distance, Sort By This Feature Property.

false

Table 162. WFS v1.1.0 Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

WFS

true

WFS URL

wfsUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Web Feature Service (WFS) spec

null

true

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Coordinate Order

coordinateOrder

String

Coordinate order that remote source expects and returns spatial data in

LAT_LON

true

Forced Feature Type

forcedFeatureType

String

Force only a specific FeatureType to be queried instead of all featureTypes

null

false

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

Password

Password for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Non Queryable Properties

nonQueryableProperties

String

Properties listed here will NOT be queryable and any attempt to filter on these properties will result in an exception.

null

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

SRS Name

srsName

String

SRS Name to use in outbound GetFeature requests. The SRS Name parameter is used to assert the specific CRS transformation to be applied to the geometries of the features returned in a response document.

EPSG:4326

false

Table 163. WFS 2.0.0 Connected Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

WFS

true

WFS URL

wfsUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Web Feature Service (WFS) 2.0.0 spec

null

true

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Force Longitude/Latitude coordinate order

isLonLatOrder

Boolean

Force Longitude/Latitude coordinate order

false

true

Disable Sorting

disableSorting

Boolean

When selected, the system will not specify sort criteria with the query. This should only be used if the remote source is unable to handle sorting even when the capabilities states 'ImplementsSorting' is supported.

false

true

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

Password

Password for WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Non Queryable Properties

nonQueryableProperties

String

Properties listed here will NOT be queryable and any attempt to filter on these properties will result in an exception.

null

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Table 164. WFS 2.0.0 Federated Source
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Source ID

id

String

The unique name of the Source

WFS_v2_0_0

true

WFS URL

wfsUrl

String

URL to the endpoint implementing the Web Feature Service (WFS) 2.0.0 spec

null

true

Disable CN Check

disableCnCheck

Boolean

Disable CN check for the server certificate. This should only be used when testing.

false

true

Coordinate Order

coordinateOrder

String

Coordinate order that remote source expects and returns spatial data in

LAT_LON

true

Forced Feature Type

forcedFeatureType

String

Force only a specific FeatureType to be queried instead of all featureTypes

null

false

Disable Sorting

disableSorting

Boolean

When selected, the system will not specify sort criteria with the query. This should only be used if the remote source is unable to handle sorting even when the capabilities states 'ImplementsSorting' is supported.

false

true

Authentication Type

authenticationType

String

The Discovery URL where the metadata of the OAuth Provider protecting the source is hosted. Required if OAuth 2.0 authentication type is selected.

saml

true

Username

username

String

Username for the WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Password

password

Password

Password for the WFS Service. Required if basic authentication type is selected.

null

false

Non Queryable Properties

nonQueryableProperties

String

Properties listed here will NOT be queryable and any attempt to filter on these properties will result in an exception.

null

false

Poll Interval

pollInterval

Integer

Poll Interval to Check if the Source is available (in minutes - minimum 1).

5

true

Forced Spatial Filter Type

forceSpatialFilter

String

Force only the selected Spatial Filter Type as the only available Spatial Filter.

NO_FILTER

false

Connection Timeout

connectionTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to attempt to establish a connection before timing out, in milliseconds.

30000

true

Receive Timeout

receiveTimeout

Integer

Amount of time to wait for a response before timing out, in milliseconds.

60000

true

Table 165. Spatial KML Style Map Entry
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Attribute Name

attributeName

String

The name of the Metacard Attribute to match against. e.g. title, metadata-content-type, etc

null

true

Attribute Value

attributeValue

String

The value of the Metacard Attribute.

null

true

Style URL

styleUrl

String

The full qualified URL to the KML Style. e.g. http://example.com/styles#myStyle

null

true

26.7. Search UI Application Reference

The Search UI is a user interface that enables users to search a catalog and associated sites for content and metadata.

26.7.1. Search UI Prerequisites

To use the Search UI application, the following applications/features must be installed:

  • Platform

  • Catalog

26.7.2. Installing Search UI

Install the Search UI application through the Admin Console.

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the System tab.

  3. Select the Features tab.

  4. Install the search-ui-app feature.

26.7.3. Configuring the Search UI Application

To configure the Search UI Application:

  1. Navigate to the Admin Console.

  2. Select the Search UI application.

  3. Select the Configuration tab.

Table 166. Search UI Available Configurations
Name Property Description

Email Notifier

org.codice.ddf.catalog.ui.query.monitor.email.EmailNotifier

Email Notifier.

Facet Attribute Whitelist

org.codice.ddf.catalog.plugin.facetattributeaccess.facetwhitelist

Facet Attribute Whitelist

Search UI Redirect

org.codice.ddf.ui.searchui.filter.RedirectServlet

Search UI redirect.

Catalog UI Search Transformer Blacklists

org.codice.ddf.catalog.ui.transformer.TransformerDescriptors

Catalog UI Search Transformer Blacklists.

Catalog UI Search Workspace Query Monitor

org.codice.ddf.catalog.ui.query.monitor.impl.WorkspaceQueryService

Catalog UI Search Workspace Query Monitor.

Catalog UI Search Workspace Service

org.codice.ddf.catalog.ui.query.monitor.impl.WorkspaceServiceImpl

Catalog UI Search Workspace Service.

Catalog UI Search Workspace Security

org.codice.ddf.catalog.ui.security

Catalog UI Search Workspace Security.

Table 167. Catalog UI Search Email Notifier
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Subject

subjectTemplate

String

Set the subject line template.

Workspace '%[attribute=title]' notification

true

Body

bodyTemplate

String

Set the body template.

The workspace '%[attribute=title]' contains up to %[hitCount] results. Log in to see results https://{FQDN}:{PORT}/search/catalog/#workspaces/%attribute=id.

true

From Address

fromEmail

String

Set the 'from' email address.

donotreply@example.com

true

Table 168. Facet Attribute Whitelist
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Facet Attribute Whitelist

facetAttributeWhitelist

String

Attributes that can be faceted against through the catalog framework. Caution: Suggestion values are not protected by any security. Only choose attributes whose values will be safe for all users to view.

false

Table 169. Search UI Redirect
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Redirect URI

defaultUri

String

Specifies the redirect URI to use when accessing the /search URI.

${org.codice.ddf.external.context}/search/simple/

true

Table 170. Catalog UI Search Transformer Blacklists
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Metacard Transformer Blacklist

blackListedMetacardTransformerIds

String

The IDs of all Metacard Transformers services that will not show up as export actions in the UI. Every ID in this set will remove that transformer as an export option in the UI.

[]

false

Query Response Transformer Blacklist

blackListedQueryResponseTransformerIds

String

The IDs of all Query Response Transformers services that will not show up as export actions in the UI. Every ID in this set will remove that transformer as an export option in the UI.

[zipCompression]

false

Table 171. Catalog UI Search Workspace Query Monitor
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Query Timeout

queryTimeoutMinutes

Long

Set the number of minutes to wait for query to complete.

5

true

Notification Time Interval

queryTimeInterval

Integer

Set the Relative Time Search (past X minutes up to 24 hours). Note: This will query for results from the interval to the time the query is sent out.

1440

true

Table 172. Catalog UI Search Workspace Service
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

Maximum Subscriptions

maxSubscriptions

Integer

Specifies the maximum number of workspace subscriptions that may be queried for email notifications.

100

true

Table 173. Catalog UI Search Workspace Security
Name Id Type Description Default Value Required

System User Attribute

systemUserAttribute

String

The name of the attribute to determine the system user.

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/role

true

System User Attribute Value

systemUserAttributeValue

String

The value of the attribute to determine the system user.

system-user

true

Appendix B: Application Whitelists

Within each DDF application, certain packages are exported for use by third parties.

B.1. Packages Removed From Whitelist

In the transition of the whitelist from the ambiguous package listing to the new class listing several errors were found. The packages originally listed that were removed either did not exist, contained experimental interfaces, or contained only internal implementations and should have never been included in the whitelist. The following is a list of packages that were listed in error and have been removed from the whitelist.

Note

None of the packages in this list have been removed from the distribution. They may however be changed or removed in the future.

Admin

  • org.codice.ddf.ui.admin.api.plugin

  • org.codice.ddf.admin.configuration.plugin

Catalog

  • org.codice.ddf.admin.configuration.plugin

  • ddf.catalog.data.metacardtype

  • ddf.catalog.federation.impl

  • ddf.catalog.plugin.groomer

  • ddf.catalog.pubsub

  • ddf.catalog.pubsub.tracker

  • ddf.catalog.resource.data

  • ddf.catalog.resource.impl

  • ddf.catalog.resourceretriever

  • ddf.catalog.transformer.metacard.geojson

  • ddf.common

  • org.codice.ddf.endpoints

  • org.codice.ddf.endpoints.rest

  • org.codice.ddf.endpoints.rest.action

  • org.codice.ddf.opensearch.query

  • org.codice.ddf.opensearch.query.filter

Platform

  • org.codice.ddf.configuration.admin

  • org.codice.ddf.configuration.migration

  • org.codice.ddf.configuration.persistence

  • org.codice.ddf.configuration.persistence.felix

  • org.codice.ddf.configuration.status

  • org.codice.ddf.parser

  • org.codice.ddf.parser.xml

  • org.codice.ddf.platform.error.handler

  • org.codice.ddf.platform.util

Security

  • ddf.security.assertion.impl

  • ddf.security.common.audit

  • ddf.security.http.impl

  • ddf.security.impl

  • ddf.security.pdp.realm

  • ddf.security.permission

  • ddf.security.principal

  • ddf.security.realm.sts

  • ddf.security.samlp.impl

  • ddf.security.service.impl

  • ddf.security.settings

  • ddf.security.soap.impl

  • ddf.security.sts

  • ddf.security.ws.policy.impl

  • org.codice.ddf.security.certificate.generator

  • org.codice.ddf.security.certificate.keystore.editor

  • org.codice.ddf.security.common

  • org.codice.ddf.security.filter.authorization

  • org.codice.ddf.security.filter.login

  • org.codice.ddf.security.filter.websso

  • org.codice.ddf.security.handler.basic

  • org.codice.ddf.security.handler.guest.configuration

  • org.codice.ddf.security.handler.guest

  • org.codice.ddf.security.handler.pki

  • org.codice.ddf.security.handler.saml

  • org.codice.ddf.security.interceptor

  • org.codice.ddf.security.interceptor

  • org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context.impl

  • org.codice.ddf.security.servlet.logout

  • org.codice.ddf.security.validator.username

Spatial

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoder

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoder.geonames

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoding

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.geocoding.context

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.kml.endpoint

  • org.codice.ddf.spatial.ogc.catalog.resource.impl

B.2. Catalog Whitelist

The following classes have been exported by the Catalog application and are approved for use by third parties:

In package ddf.catalog

  • CatalogFramework

  • Constants

In package ddf.catalog.cache

  • ResourceCacheInterface Deprecated

In package ddf.catalog.data

  • Attribute

  • AttributeDescriptor

  • AttributeType

  • BinaryContent

  • ContentType

  • Metacard

  • MetacardCreationException

  • MetacardType

  • MetacardTypeUnregistrationException

  • Result

In package ddf.catalog.event

  • DeliveryException

  • DeliveryMethod

  • EventException

  • EventProcessor

  • InvalidSubscriptionException

  • Subscriber

  • Subscription

  • SubscriptionExistsException

  • SubscriptionNotFoundException

In package ddf.catalog.federation

  • Federatable

  • FederationException

  • FederationStrategy

In package ddf.catalog.filter

  • AttributeBuilder

  • BufferedSpatialExpressionBuilder

  • ContextualExpressionBuilder

  • EqualityExpressionBuilder

  • ExpressionBuilder

  • FilterAdapter

  • FilterBuilder

  • FilterDelegate

  • NumericalExpressionBuilder

  • NumericalRangeExpressionBuilder

  • SpatialExpressionBuilder

  • TemporalInstantExpressionBuilder

  • TemporalRangeExpressionBuilder

  • XPathBasicBuilder

  • XPathBuilder

In package ddf.catalog.filter.delegate

  • CopyFilterDelegate

  • FilterToTextDelegate

In package ddf.catalog.operation

  • CreateRequest

  • CreateResponse

  • DeleteRequest

  • DeleteResponse

  • Operation

  • OperationTransaction

  • Pingable

  • ProcessingDetails

  • Query

  • QueryRequest

  • QueryResponse

  • Request

  • ResourceRequest

  • ResourceResponse

  • Response

  • SourceInfoRequest

  • SourceInfoResponse

  • SourceProcessingDetails

  • SourceResponse

  • Update

  • UpdateRequest

  • UpdateResponse

In package ddf.catalog.plugin

  • AccessPlugin

  • PluginExecutionException

  • PolicyPlugin

  • PolicyResponse

  • PostFederatedQueryPlugin

  • PostIngestPlugin

  • PostQueryPlugin

  • PostResourcePlugin

  • PreDeliveryPlugin

  • PreFederatedQueryPlugin

  • PreIngestPlugin

  • PreQueryPlugin

  • PreResourcePlugin

  • PreSubscriptionPlugin

  • StopProcessingException

In package ddf.catalog.resource

  • DataUsageLimitExceededException

  • Resource

  • ResourceNotFoundException

  • ResourceNotSupportedException

  • ResourceReader

  • ResourceWriter

In package ddf.catalog.service

  • ConfiguredService

In package ddf.catalog.source

  • CatalogProvider

  • ConnectedSource

  • FederatedSource

  • IngestException

  • InternalIngestException

  • RemoteSource

  • Source

  • SourceDescriptor

  • SourceMonitor

  • SourceUnavailableException

  • UnsupportedQueryException

In package ddf.catalog.transform

  • CatalogTransformerException

  • InputCollectionTransformer

  • InputTransformer

  • MetacardTransformer

  • QueryResponseTransformer

In package ddf.catalog.transformer.api

  • MetacardMarshaller

  • PrintWriter

  • PrintWriterProvider

In package ddf.catalog.util

  • Describable Deprecated

  • Maskable

In package ddf.catalog.validation

  • MetacardValidator

  • ValidationException

In package ddf.geo.formatter

  • CompositeGeometry

  • GeometryCollection

  • LineString

  • MultiLineString

  • MultiPoint

  • MultiPolygon

  • Point

  • Polygon

In package ddf.util

  • InetAddressUtil

  • NamespaceMapImpl

  • NamespaceResolver

  • WktStandard

  • XPathCache

  • XPathHelper

  • XSLTUtil

B.3. Platform Whitelist

The following classes have been exported by the Platform application and are approved for use by third parties:

In package ddf.action

  • Action

  • ActionProvider

  • ActionRegistry

In package org.codice.ddf.branding

  • BrandingPlugin

  • BrandingRegistry

In package org.codice.ddf.configuration

  • ConfigurationWatcher Deprecated

B.4. Security Whitelist

The following classes have been exported by the Security application and are approved for use by third parties:

In package ddf.security

  • SecurityConstants

  • Subject

In package ddf.security.assertion

  • SecurityAssertion

In package ddf.security.common.util

  • Security Deprecated

  • SecurityProperties

  • ServiceComparator

  • SortedServiceList Deprecated

In package ddf.security.encryption

  • EncryptionService

In package ddf.security.expansion

  • Expansion

In package ddf.security.http

  • SessionFactory

In package ddf.security.service

  • SecurityManager

  • SecurityServiceException

  • TokenRequestHandler

In package ddf.security.sts.client.configuration

  • STSClientConfiguration

In package ddf.security.ws.policy

  • AbstractOverrideInterceptor

  • PolicyLoader

In package org.codice.ddf.security.handler.api

  • AuthenticationHandler

In package org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context.attributes

  • ContextAttributeMapping

In package org.codice.ddf.security.policy.context

  • ContextPolicy

  • ContextPolicyManager

B.5. Solr Catalog Whitelist

The following classes have been exported by the Solr Catalog application and are approved for use by third parties:

None.

B.6. Search UI Whitelist

The following classes have been exported by the Search UI application and are approved for use by third parties:

None.

27. DDF Dependency List

This list of DDF dependencies is automatically generated:

27.1. DDF 2.26.17 Dependency List.

  • c3p0:c3p0:jar:0.9.1.1

  • ca.juliusdavies:not-yet-commons-ssl:jar:0.3.11

  • ch.qos.logback:logback-access:jar:1.2.3

  • ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.2.3

  • ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.2.3

  • com.auth0:java-jwt:jar:3.8.1

  • com.codahale.metrics:metrics-core:jar:3.0.1

  • com.connexta.arbitro:arbitro-core:jar:1.0.0

  • com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:jar:2.9.8

  • com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:jar:2.9.8

  • com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:jar:2.9.8

  • com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:jar:5.3.0

  • com.github.drapostolos:type-parser:jar:0.5.0

  • com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-core:jar:1.3.1

  • com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-jpeg2000:jar:1.3.1_CODICE_3

  • com.github.jknack:handlebars:jar:2.0.0

  • com.github.lookfirst:sardine:jar:5.7

  • com.google.code.gson:gson:jar:2.8.5

  • com.google.crypto.tink:tink:jar:1.2.2

  • com.google.guava:guava:jar:25.1-jre

  • com.google.http-client:google-http-client:jar:1.22.0

  • com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:jar:3.6.1

  • com.googlecode.json-simple:json-simple:jar:1.1.1

  • com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer:jar:20171016.1

  • com.hazelcast:hazelcast:jar:3.2.1

  • com.jayway.restassured:rest-assured:jar:2.9.0

  • com.jhlabs:filters:jar:2.0.235-1

  • com.nimbusds:lang-tag:jar:1.4.4

  • com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt:jar:6.5

  • com.nimbusds:oauth2-oidc-sdk:jar:6.5

  • com.rometools:rome-utils:jar:1.9.0

  • com.rometools:rome:jar:1.9.0

  • com.sparkjava:spark-core:jar:2.5.5

  • com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:jar:2.2.11

  • com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:jar:2.2.11

  • com.thoughtworks.xstream:xstream:jar:1.4.9

  • com.unboundid:unboundid-ldapsdk:jar:3.2.1

  • com.vividsolutions:jts-core:jar:1.14.0

  • com.vividsolutions:jts-io:jar:1.14.0

  • com.xebialabs.restito:restito:jar:0.8.2

  • com.zensols.jrtf:tutego.jrtf:jar:0.1.0

  • commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:jar:1.9.4

  • commons-codec:commons-codec:jar:1.12

  • commons-collections:commons-collections:jar:3.2.2

  • commons-configuration:commons-configuration:jar:1.10

  • commons-digester:commons-digester:jar:1.8.1

  • commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:jar:1.3.3

  • commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.1

  • commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.4

  • commons-io:commons-io:jar:2.6

  • commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:2.6

  • commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:1.2

  • commons-net:commons-net:jar:3.5

  • commons-validator:commons-validator:jar:1.6

  • de.micromata.jak:JavaAPIforKml:jar:2.2.0

  • de.micromata.jak:JavaAPIforKml:jar:2.2.1_CODICE_1

  • io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:jar:3.2.6

  • io.sgr:s2-geometry-library-java:jar:1.0.0

  • javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.2

  • javax.inject:javax.inject:jar:1

  • javax.mail:javax.mail-api:jar:1.6.2

  • javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:jar:3.1.0

  • javax.servlet:servlet-api:jar:2.5

  • javax.validation:validation-api:jar:1.1.0.Final

  • javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:jar:2.1

  • javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar:2.2.11

  • joda-time:joda-time:jar:2.10.3

  • junit:junit:jar:4.12

  • log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.17

  • net.jodah:failsafe:jar:0.9.3

  • net.jodah:failsafe:jar:0.9.5

  • net.jodah:failsafe:jar:1.0.0

  • net.minidev:accessors-smart:jar:1.2

  • net.minidev:asm:jar:1.0.2

  • net.minidev:json-smart:jar:2.3

  • net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:jar:9.5.1-3

  • net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:jar:9.6.0-4

  • org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:jar:4.3

  • org.apache.abdera:abdera-extensions-geo:jar:1.1.3

  • org.apache.abdera:abdera-extensions-opensearch:jar:1.1.3

  • org.apache.ant:ant-launcher:jar:1.9.7

  • org.apache.ant:ant:jar:1.9.7

  • org.apache.aries.jmx:org.apache.aries.jmx.api:jar:1.1.5

  • org.apache.aries.jmx:org.apache.aries.jmx.core:jar:1.1.8

  • org.apache.aries.proxy:org.apache.aries.proxy:jar:1.1.4

  • org.apache.aries:org.apache.aries.util:jar:1.1.3

  • org.apache.camel:camel-aws:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-blueprint:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-context:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-core-osgi:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-core:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-http-common:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-http4:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-http:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-quartz:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-saxon:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.camel:camel-servlet:jar:2.24.2

  • org.apache.commons:commons-collections4:jar:4.1

  • org.apache.commons:commons-compress:jar:1.18

  • org.apache.commons:commons-csv:jar:1.4

  • org.apache.commons:commons-exec:jar:1.3

  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.0

  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.3.2

  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.4

  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:jar:3.9

  • org.apache.commons:commons-math3:jar:3.6.1

  • org.apache.commons:commons-math:jar:2.2

  • org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:jar:2.5.0

  • org.apache.commons:commons-text:jar:1.6

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-core:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxrs:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-frontend-jaxws:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-client:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-jose-jaxrs:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-jose:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-sso-saml:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-rs-security-xml:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-transports-http:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-policy:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.cxf:cxf-rt-ws-security:jar:3.2.9

  • org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.configadmin:jar:1.9.14

  • org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:jar:3.6.4

  • org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.framework:jar:5.6.12

  • org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.scr:jar:2.0.14

  • org.apache.felix:org.apache.felix.utils:jar:1.11.2

  • org.apache.ftpserver:ftplet-api:jar:1.0.6

  • org.apache.ftpserver:ftpserver-core:jar:1.0.6

  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.5.3

  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:jar:4.5.6

  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:jar:4.4.10

  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:jar:4.5.3

  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:jar:4.5.6

  • org.apache.karaf.bundle:org.apache.karaf.bundle.core:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.features:org.apache.karaf.features.core:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.features:standard:xml:features:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.itests:common:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.boot:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.config:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.jaas:org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.log:org.apache.karaf.log.core:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.console:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.shell:org.apache.karaf.shell.core:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf.system:org.apache.karaf.system.core:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf:tar.gz:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf:apache-karaf:zip:4.2.6

  • org.apache.karaf:org.apache.karaf.util:jar:4.2.6

  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:jar:2.11.0

  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.11.0

  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.8.2

  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar:2.11.0

  • org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:jar:2.11.0

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-analyzers-common:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:jar:3.0.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-core:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-queries:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-queryparser:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-sandbox:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-spatial-extras:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-spatial3d:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.lucene:lucene-spatial:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.mina:mina-core:jar:2.0.6

  • org.apache.pdfbox:fontbox:jar:2.0.11

  • org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox-tools:jar:2.0.11

  • org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox:jar:2.0.11

  • org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:jar:3.17

  • org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpad:jar:3.17

  • org.apache.poi:poi:jar:3.17

  • org.apache.servicemix.bundles:org.apache.servicemix.bundles.poi:jar:3.17_1

  • org.apache.servicemix.specs:org.apache.servicemix.specs.jsr339-api-2.0:jar:2.6.0

  • org.apache.shiro:shiro-core:jar:1.4.0

  • org.apache.solr:solr-core:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.solr:solr-solrj:jar:7.7.2

  • org.apache.tika:tika-core:jar:1.18

  • org.apache.tika:tika-parsers:jar:1.18

  • org.apache.ws.commons.axiom:axiom-api:jar:1.2.14

  • org.apache.ws.xmlschema:xmlschema-core:jar:2.2.2

  • org.apache.ws.xmlschema:xmlschema-core:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-bindings:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-policy:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-common:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-dom:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-policy-stax:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.wss4j:wss4j-ws-security-stax:jar:2.2.3

  • org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:jar:3.4.14

  • org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj-diagram:jar:1.5.4.1

  • org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:jar:1.5.6

  • org.assertj:assertj-core:jar:2.1.0

  • org.awaitility:awaitility:jar:3.1.5

  • org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15on:jar:1.61

  • org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk15on:jar:1.61

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:jar:1.61

  • org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api:jar:4.2

  • org.codice.acdebugger:acdebugger-api:jar:1.7

  • org.codice.acdebugger:acdebugger-backdoor:jar:1.7

  • org.codice.countrycode:converter:jar:0.1.8

  • org.codice.httpproxy:proxy-camel-route:jar:2.21.0-SNAPSHOT

  • org.codice.httpproxy:proxy-camel-servlet:jar:2.21.0-SNAPSHOT

  • org.codice.opendj.embedded:opendj-embedded-app:xml:features:1.3.3

  • org.codice.pro-grade:pro-grade:jar:1.1.3

  • org.codice.thirdparty:commons-httpclient:jar:3.1.0_1

  • org.codice.thirdparty:ffmpeg:zip:bin:4.0_2

  • org.codice.thirdparty:geotools-suite:jar:19.1_2

  • org.codice.thirdparty:gt-opengis:jar:19.1_1

  • org.codice.thirdparty:jts:jar:1.14.0_1

  • org.codice.thirdparty:lucene-core:jar:3.0.2_1

  • org.codice.thirdparty:ogc-filter-v_1_1_0-schema:jar:1.1.0_5

  • org.codice.thirdparty:picocontainer:jar:1.3_1

  • org.codice.thirdparty:tika-bundle:jar:1.18.0_5

  • org.codice.usng4j:usng4j-api:jar:0.4

  • org.codice.usng4j:usng4j-impl:jar:0.4

  • org.codice:lux:jar:1.2

  • org.cryptomator:siv-mode:jar:1.2.2

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:jar:9.4.18.v20190429

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-security:jar:9.4.18.v20190429

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:jar:9.4.18.v20190429

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlet:jar:9.4.18.v20190429

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets:jar:9.2.19.v20160908

  • org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-util:jar:9.4.18.v20190429

  • org.eclipse.platform:org.eclipse.osgi:jar:3.13.0

  • org.forgerock.commons:forgerock-util:jar:3.0.2

  • org.forgerock.commons:i18n-core:jar:1.4.2

  • org.forgerock.commons:i18n-slf4j:jar:1.4.2

  • org.forgerock.opendj:opendj-core:jar:3.0.0

  • org.forgerock.opendj:opendj-grizzly:jar:3.0.0

  • org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:jar:1.18

  • org.geotools.xsd:gt-xsd-gml3:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-cql:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-epsg-hsql:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-jts-wrapper:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-main:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-opengis:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-referencing:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-shapefile:jar:19.1

  • org.geotools:gt-xml:jar:19.1

  • org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-framework:jar:2.3.30

  • org.glassfish.grizzly:grizzly-http-server:jar:2.3.25

  • org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:jar:1.3

  • org.hisrc.w3c:xlink-v_1_0:jar:1.4.0

  • org.hisrc.w3c:xmlschema-v_1_0:jar:1.4.0

  • org.imgscalr:imgscalr-lib:jar:4.2

  • org.jasypt:jasypt:jar:1.9.0

  • org.jasypt:jasypt:jar:1.9.2

  • org.jcodec:jcodec:jar:0.2.0_1

  • org.jdom:jdom2:jar:2.0.6

  • org.joda:joda-convert:jar:1.2

  • org.jolokia:jolokia-osgi:jar:1.2.3

  • org.jruby:jruby-complete:jar:9.0.4.0

  • org.jscience:jscience:jar:4.3.1

  • org.json:json:jar:20170516

  • org.jsoup:jsoup:jar:1.11.3

  • org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-runtime:jar:0.10.0

  • org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-runtime:jar:0.11.0

  • org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-runtime:jar:0.6.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:filter-v_1_1_0:jar:2.6.1

  • org.jvnet.ogc:filter-v_2_0:jar:2.6.1

  • org.jvnet.ogc:filter-v_2_0_0-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:gml-v_3_1_1-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:gml-v_3_1_1:jar:2.6.1

  • org.jvnet.ogc:gml-v_3_2_1-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:gml-v_3_2_1:pom:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:ogc-tools-gml-jts:jar:1.0.3

  • org.jvnet.ogc:ows-v_1_0_0-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:ows-v_1_0_0:jar:2.6.1

  • org.jvnet.ogc:ows-v_1_1_0-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:ows-v_2_0:jar:2.6.1

  • org.jvnet.ogc:wcs-v_1_0_0-schema:jar:1.1.0

  • org.jvnet.ogc:wfs-v_1_1_0:jar:2.6.1

  • org.la4j:la4j:jar:0.6.0

  • org.locationtech.jts:jts-core:jar:1.15.0

  • org.locationtech.spatial4j:spatial4j:jar:0.6

  • org.locationtech.spatial4j:spatial4j:jar:0.7

  • org.mindrot:jbcrypt:jar:0.4

  • org.mockito:mockito-core:jar:1.10.19

  • org.objenesis:objenesis:jar:2.5.1

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-core:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-messaging-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-profile-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-security-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-security-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-soap-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-soap-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-storage-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xacml-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xacml-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xacml-saml-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xacml-saml-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xmlsec-api:jar:3.3.0

  • org.opensaml:opensaml-xmlsec-impl:jar:3.3.0

  • org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-container-karaf:jar:4.13.2.CODICE

  • org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-features:xml:4.13.2.CODICE

  • org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-junit4:jar:4.13.2.CODICE

  • org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam-link-mvn:jar:4.13.2.CODICE

  • org.ops4j.pax.exam:pax-exam:jar:4.13.2.CODICE

  • org.ops4j.pax.swissbox:pax-swissbox-extender:jar:1.8.2

  • org.ops4j.pax.tinybundles:tinybundles:jar:2.1.1

  • org.ops4j.pax.url:pax-url-aether:jar:2.4.5

  • org.ops4j.pax.url:pax-url-wrap:jar:2.4.5

  • org.ops4j.pax.web:pax-web-api:jar:7.2.11

  • org.ops4j.pax.web:pax-web-jsp:jar:7.2.11

  • org.osgi:org.osgi.compendium:jar:4.3.1

  • org.osgi:org.osgi.compendium:jar:5.0.0

  • org.osgi:org.osgi.core:jar:5.0.0

  • org.osgi:org.osgi.enterprise:jar:5.0.0

  • org.ow2.asm:asm-analysis:jar:6.2.1

  • org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:jar:6.2.1

  • org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:5.2

  • org.ow2.asm:asm:jar:6.2.1

  • org.pac4j:pac4j-core:jar:3.8.2

  • org.pac4j:pac4j-jwt:jar:3.8.2

  • org.pac4j:pac4j-oauth:jar:3.8.2

  • org.pac4j:pac4j-oidc:jar:3.8.2

  • org.parboiled:parboiled-core:jar:1.2.0

  • org.parboiled:parboiled-java:jar:1.2.0

  • org.quartz-scheduler:quartz-jobs:jar:2.2.3

  • org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:jar:2.1.7

  • org.quartz-scheduler:quartz:jar:2.2.3

  • org.rrd4j:rrd4j:jar:3.3.1

  • org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:jar:1.7.24

  • org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.24

  • org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.1

  • org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.24

  • org.slf4j:slf4j-ext:jar:1.7.1

  • org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.7.24

  • org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:jar:1.7.1

  • org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core:jar:2.3.2.RELEASE

  • org.springframework.osgi:spring-osgi-core:jar:1.2.1

  • org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.1.7.RELEASE

  • org.taktik:mpegts-streamer:jar:0.1.0_2

  • org.xmlunit:xmlunit-matchers:jar:2.5.1

  • xalan:serializer:jar:2.7.2

  • xalan:xalan:jar:2.7.2

  • xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.11.0

  • xerces:xercesImpl:jar:2.9.1

  • xml-apis:xml-apis:jar:1.4.01

  • xpp3:xpp3:jar:1.1.4c

27.2. DDF 2.26.17 Javascript Dependency List.

  • amdefine: 1.0.1

  • are-we-there-yet: 1.1.5

  • asn1: 0.2.4

  • atob: 2.1.2

  • base: 0.11.2

  • bcrypt-pbkdf: 1.0.2

  • builtins: 1.0.3

  • byline: 5.0.0

  • caller-path: 2.0.0

  • co: 4.6.0

  • code-point-at: 1.1.0

  • copy-descriptor: 0.1.1

  • cyclist: 1.0.1

  • dashdash: 1.14.1

  • debuglog: 1.0.1

  • decode-uri-component: 0.2.0

  • deep-is: 0.1.3

  • defaults: 1.0.3

  • define-properties: 1.1.3

  • dependency-tree: 7.0.2

  • detect-indent: 5.0.0

  • detective-amd: 3.0.0

  • detective-cjs: 3.1.1

  • detective-es6: 2.1.0

  • detective-less: 1.0.2

  • detective-postcss: 3.0.1

  • detective-sass: 3.0.1

  • detective-scss: 2.0.1

  • detective-stylus: 1.0.0

  • detective-typescript: 5.6.1

  • dezalgo: 1.0.3

  • doctrine: 1.5.0

  • duplexer: 0.1.1

  • ecc-jsbn: 0.1.2

  • err-code: 1.1.2

  • es-abstract: 1.16.0

  • es6-set: 0.1.5

  • es6-weak-map: 2.0.3

  • espree: 3.5.4

  • esrecurse: 4.2.1

  • exit-hook: 1.1.1

  • fast-levenshtein: 2.0.6

  • figures: 2.0.0

  • find-up: 2.1.0

  • flat-cache: 1.3.0

  • flatten: 1.0.2

  • front-matter: 2.1.2

  • fs-minipass: 1.2.6

  • gauge: 2.7.4

  • generate-function: 2.3.1

  • generate-object-property: 1.2.0

  • genfun: 5.0.0

  • get-own-enumerable-property-symbols: 3.0.1

  • getpass: 0.1.7

  • gonzales-pe-sl: 4.2.3

  • ignore: 4.0.6

  • ignore-walk: 3.0.3

  • indent-string: 2.1.0

  • indexes-of: 1.0.1

  • ip: 1.1.5

  • is-finite: 1.0.2

  • is-fullwidth-code-point: 2.0.0

  • is-my-ip-valid: 1.0.0

  • is-promise: 2.1.0

  • is-regexp: 1.0.0

  • is-resolvable: 1.1.0

  • isexe: 2.0.0

  • js-base64: 2.4.3

  • jsonify: 0.0.0

  • jsonpointer: 4.0.1

  • known-css-properties: 0.3.0

  • lcid: 1.0.0

  • levn: 0.3.0

  • lodash.capitalize: 4.2.1

  • lodash.kebabcase: 4.1.1

  • macos-release: 2.3.0

  • make-dir: 1.3.0

  • map-age-cleaner: 0.1.3

  • merge: 1.2.0

  • mimic-fn: 1.2.0

  • minizlib: 1.2.1

  • node-gyp: 3.8.0

  • bootstrap-sass: 3.3.6

  • bootswatch: 3.3.7

  • compass-mixins: 0.12.10

  • cpr: 3.0.1

  • lerna: 3.16.4

  • node-sass: 4.12.0

  • npm: 6.11.3

  • react: 16.8.6

  • react-dom: 16.8.6

  • graceful-fs: 4.1.11

  • minimist: 1.2.0

  • mkdirp: 0.5.1

  • rimraf: 2.6.2

  • : octokit/request-error

  • import-local: 2.0.0

  • npmlog: 0

  • dedent: 0.7.0

  • npm-package-arg: 6.1.0

  • p-map: 2.1.0

  • semver: 2

  • glob: 7.1.2

  • safe-buffer: 5.1.2

  • bluebird: 3.7.1

  • cacache: 12.0.3

  • chownr: 1.1.3

  • figgy-pudding: 3.5.1

  • get-stream: 4.1.0

  • infer-owner: 1.0.4

  • lru-cache: 4.1.5

  • make-fetch-happen: 5.0.1

  • minimatch: 3.0.4

  • minipass: 2.9.0

  • mississippi: 3.0.0

  • normalize-package-data: 2.5.0

  • npm-packlist: 1.4.4

  • npm-pick-manifest: 3.0.0

  • osenv: 0

  • promise-inflight: 1.0.1

  • promise-retry: 1.1.1

  • protoduck: 5.0.1

  • ssri: 6.0.1

  • tar: 4.4.10

  • unique-filename: 1.1.1

  • which: 1.3.1

  • fs.realpath: 1.0.0

  • inflight: 1.0.6

  • inherits: 2.0.3

  • once: 1.3.0

  • path-is-absolute: 1.0.0

  • move-concurrently: 1.0.1

  • y18n: 4.0.0

  • aproba: 2.0.0

  • copy-concurrently: 1.0.5

  • fs-write-stream-atomic: 1.0.10

  • run-queue: 1.0.0

  • iferr: 0.1.5

  • imurmurhash: 0.1.4

  • readable-stream: 3.4.0

  • pump: 3.0.0

  • yallist: 3.0.0

  • agentkeepalive: 3.5.2

  • http-cache-semantics: 3.8.1

  • http-proxy-agent: 2.1.0

  • https-proxy-agent: 2.2.3

  • node-fetch-npm: 2.0.2

  • socks-proxy-agent: 4.0.0

  • humanize-ms: 1.2.1

  • ms: 2.0.0

  • agent-base: 4.3.0

  • debug: 2.6.9

  • es6-promisify: 5.0.0

  • es6-promise: 4.2.8

  • encoding: 0.1.12

  • json-parse-better-errors: 1.0.2

  • iconv-lite: 0.4.24

  • concat-stream: 2.0.0

  • duplexify: 3.7.1

  • end-of-stream: 1.4.4

  • flush-write-stream: 1.1.1

  • from2: 2.3.0

  • parallel-transform: 1.1.0

  • pumpify: 1.3.3

  • stream-each: 1.1.0

  • through2: 2.0.0

  • buffer-from: 1.1.1

  • typedarray: 0.0.6

  • stream-shift: 1.0.0

  • core-util-is: 1.0.2

  • isarray: 1.0.0

  • process-nextick-args: 2.0.0

  • string_decoder: 1.1.1

  • util-deprecate: 1.0.1

  • is-ci: 1.1.0

  • execa: 1.0.0

  • lodash: 4.17.15

  • ci-info: 2.0.0

  • globby: 9.2.0

  • cosmiconfig: 5.2.1

  • dot-prop: 3.0.0

  • glob-parent: 3.1.0

  • load-json-file: 1.1.0

  • resolve-from: 4.0.0

  • write-json-file: 3.2.0

  • dir-glob: 2.2.2

  • array-union: 1.0.2

  • fast-glob: 2.2.7

  • pify: 2.3.0

  • slash: 1.0.0

  • path-type: 1.1.0

  • js-yaml: 3.13.1

  • import-fresh: 2.0.0

  • is-directory: 0.3.1

  • parse-json: 2.2.0

  • argparse: 1.0.10

  • esprima: 4.0.1

  • sprintf-js: 1.0.3

  • caller-callsite: 2.0.0

  • callsites: 2.0.0

  • is-obj: 1.0.1

  • is-glob: 3.1.0

  • strip-bom: 2.0.0

  • type-fest: 0.3.0

  • write-file-atomic: 2.3.0

  • cross-spawn: 3.0.1

  • is-stream: 1.1.0

  • npm-run-path: 2.0.0

  • p-finally: 1.0.0

  • signal-exit: 3.0.0

  • strip-eof: 1.0.0

  • nice-try: 1.0.5

  • path-key: 2.0.1

  • shebang-command: 1.2.0

  • multimatch: 3.0.0

  • array-differ: 2.1.0

  • arrify: 1.0.1

  • config-chain: 1.1.12

  • ini: 1.3.5

  • proto-list: 1.2.1

  • get-port: 4.2.0

  • p-map-series: 1.0.0

  • p-waterfall: 1.0.0

  • read-package-tree: 5.1.6

  • array-uniq: 1.0.3

  • fs-extra: 8.1.0

  • write-pkg: 3.1.0

  • path-exists: 2.1.0

  • npm-lifecycle: 3.1.2

  • is-windows: 1.0.2

  • mkdirp-promise: 5.0.1

  • mz: 2.7.0

  • any-promise: 1.3.0

  • object-assign: 4.0.1

  • thenify-all: 1.0.0

  • read-cmd-shim: 1.0.1

  • chalk: 1.1.3

  • columnify: 1.5.4

  • strip-ansi: 3.0.0

  • wcwidth: 1.0.0

  • inquirer: 6.5.2

  • ansi-escapes: 3.2.0

  • cli-cursor: 2.1.0

  • cli-width: 2.2.0

  • external-editor: 3.1.0

  • rxjs: 6.5.3

  • string-width: 2.1.1

  • mute-stream: 0.0.7

  • run-async: 2.2.0

  • through: >=2.2.7

  • restore-cursor: 2.0.0

  • chardet: 0.7.0

  • tmp: 0.0.33

  • safer-buffer: >=

  • escape-string-regexp: 1.0.5

  • tslib: 1.9.0

  • ansi-regex: 2.1.1

  • yargs: 11.0.0

  • yargs-parser: 11.1.1

  • cliui: 4.1.0

  • decamelize: 1.2.0

  • get-caller-file: 1.0.2

  • os-locale: 2.1.0

  • require-directory: 2.1.1

  • require-main-filename: 1.0.1

  • set-blocking: 2.0.0

  • which-module: 2.0.0

  • locate-path: 3.0.0

  • p-locate: 3.0.0

  • p-limit: 2.2.1

  • p-try: 2.2.0

  • camelcase: 2.1.1

  • wrap-ansi: 2.0.0

  • whatwg-url: 7.1.0

  • init-package-json: 1.10.3

  • p-reduce: 1.0.0

  • validate-npm-package-license: 3.0.3

  • validate-npm-package-name: 3.0.0

  • strong-log-transformer: 2.0.0

  • merge2: 1.3.0

  • micromatch: 3.1.10

  • call-me-maybe: 1.0.1

  • glob-to-regexp: 0.3.0

  • path-dirname: 1.0.0

  • is-extglob: 2.1.1

  • arr-diff: 4.0.0

  • array-unique: 0.3.2

  • braces: 2.3.2

  • define-property: 2.0.2

  • extend-shallow: 3.0.2

  • extglob: 2.0.4

  • fragment-cache: 0.2.1

  • kind-of: 6.0.2

  • nanomatch: 1.2.13

  • object.pick: 1.3.0

  • regex-not: 1.0.0

  • snapdragon: 0.8.1

  • to-regex: 3.0.1

  • arr-flatten: 1.1.0

  • fill-range: 4.0.0

  • isobject: 4.0.0

  • repeat-element: 1.1.2

  • snapdragon-node: 2.0.1

  • split-string: 3.0.2

  • is-extendable: 0.1.1

  • is-number: 3.0.0

  • repeat-string: 1.6.1

  • to-regex-range: 2.1.0

  • is-buffer: 1.1.6

  • is-descriptor: 1.0.2

  • is-accessor-descriptor: 1.0.0

  • is-data-descriptor: 1.0.0

  • assign-symbols: 1.0.0

  • is-plain-object: 3.0.0

  • expand-brackets: 2.1.4

  • posix-character-classes: 0.1.0

  • map-cache: 0.2.2

  • lodash.sortby: 4.7.0

  • tr46: 1.0.1

  • webidl-conversions: 4.0.2

  • jsonfile: 4.0.0

  • universalify: 0.1.0

  • promzard: 0.3.0

  • read: 1.0.1

  • read-package-json: 2.0.13

  • p-queue: 4.0.0

  • p-pipe: 1.2.0

  • JSONStream: 1.3.5

  • jsonparse: 1.3.1

  • byte-size: 5.0.1

  • has-unicode: 2.0.1

  • lodash.clonedeep: 4.5.0

  • temp-write: 3.4.0

  • conventional-changelog-angular: 5.0.5

  • conventional-changelog-core: 3.2.3

  • conventional-recommended-bump: 5.0.1

  • lodash.template: 4.5.0

  • compare-func: 1.3.2

  • q: 1.5.1

  • array-ify: 1.0.0

  • conventional-changelog-writer: 4.0.9

  • conventional-commits-parser: 3.0.5

  • dateformat: 3.0.3

  • get-pkg-repo: 1.4.0

  • git-raw-commits: 2.0.0

  • git-remote-origin-url: 2.0.0

  • git-semver-tags: 2.0.3

  • read-pkg: 1.1.0

  • read-pkg-up: 1.0.1

  • split: 1.0.1

  • conventional-commits-filter: 2.0.2

  • handlebars: 4.4.5

  • json-stringify-safe: 5.0.1

  • meow: 3.7.0

  • neo-async: 2.6.1

  • optimist: 0.6.1

  • source-map: 0.6.1

  • uglify-js: 3.1.4

  • is-text-path: 2.0.0

  • split2: 2.0.0

  • trim-off-newlines: 1.0.0

  • text-extensions: 2.0.0

  • hosted-git-info: 2.6.0

  • parse-github-repo-url: 1.3.0

  • camelcase-keys: 2.1.0

  • map-obj: 1.0.1

  • redent: 1.0.0

  • trim-newlines: 1.0.0

  • loud-rejection: 1.6.0

  • pinkie-promise: 2.0.0

  • error-ex: 1.3.2

  • is-utf8: 0.2.1

  • strip-indent: 1.0.1

  • repeating: 2.0.0

  • get-stdin: 4.0.1

  • dargs: 4.1.0

  • number-is-nan: 1.0.0

  • gitconfiglocal: 1.0.0

  • conventional-changelog-preset-loader: 2.2.0

  • lodash.ismatch: 4.4.0

  • modify-values: 1.0.1

  • decamelize-keys: 1.1.0

  • minimist-options: 3.0.2

  • quick-lru: 1.0.0

  • is-plain-obj: 1.1.0

  • lodash._reinterpolate: 3.0.0

  • lodash.templatesettings: 4.2.0

  • git-url-parse: 11.1.2

  • atob-lite: 2.0.0

  • before-after-hook: 2.1.0

  • btoa-lite: 1.0.0

  • deprecation: 2.3.1

  • lodash.get: 4.4.2

  • lodash.set: 4.3.2

  • lodash.uniq: 4.5.0

  • octokit-pagination-methods: 1.1.0

  • universal-user-agent: 4.0.0

  • node-fetch: 2.6.0

  • git-up: 4.0.1

  • is-ssh: 1.3.1

  • parse-url: 5.0.0

  • protocols: 1.1.0

  • ansi-styles: 2.2.1

  • supports-color: 2.0.0

  • color-convert: 1.9.3

  • color-name: 1.1.3

  • brace-expansion: 1.1.11

  • balanced-match: 1.0.0

  • concat-map: 0.0.1

  • pkg-dir: 3.0.0

  • resolve-cwd: 2.0.0

  • async-foreach: 0.1.3

  • gaze: 1.1.2

  • in-publish: 2.0.0

  • nan: 2.14.0

  • request: 2.88.0

  • sass-graph: 2.2.4

  • stdout-stream: 1.4.0

  • true-case-path: 1.0.2

  • globule: 1.2.0

  • has-ansi: 2.0.0

  • pseudomap: 1.0.2

  • wrappy: 1

  • currently-unhandled: 0.4.1

  • array-find-index: 1.0.2

  • is-arrayish: 0.2.1

  • resolve: 1.10.0

  • fstream: 1.0.12

  • nopt: 3.0.6

  • block-stream: 0.0.9

  • abbrev: 1.1.1

  • aws-sign2: 0.7.0

  • aws4: 1.8.0

  • caseless: 0.12.0

  • combined-stream: 1.0.8

  • extend: 3.0.2

  • forever-agent: 0.6.1

  • form-data: 2.3.3

  • http-signature: 1.2.0

  • is-typedarray: 1.0.0

  • isstream: 0.1.2

  • mime-types: 2.1.18

  • har-validator: 5.1.3

  • qs: 6.5.2

  • uuid: 3.3.2

  • oauth-sign: 0.9.0

  • performance-now: 2.1.0

  • tough-cookie: 2.4.3

  • tunnel-agent: 0.6.0

  • delayed-stream: 1.0.0

  • asynckit: 0.4.0

  • assert-plus: 1.0.0

  • jsprim: 1.4.1

  • sshpk: 1.7.0

  • extsprintf: 1.3.0

  • json-schema: 0.2.3

  • verror: 1.10.0

  • mime-db: 1.33.0

  • ajv: 6.10.2

  • har-schema: 2.0.0

  • fast-deep-equal: 2.0.1

  • fast-json-stable-stringify: 2.0.0

  • json-schema-traverse: 0.4.1

  • uri-js: 4.2.2

  • retry: 0.12.0

  • sha: 3.0.0

  • slide: 1.1.3

  • sorted-object: 2.0.1

  • sorted-union-stream: 2.1.3

  • stringify-package: 1.0.0

  • text-table: 0.2.0

  • tiny-relative-date: 1.3.0

  • uid-number: 0.0.6

  • umask: 1.1.0

  • unpipe: 1.0.0

  • update-notifier: 2.3.0

  • worker-farm: 1.6.0

  • boxen: 1.3.0

  • configstore: 3.1.2

  • crypto-random-string: 1.0.0

  • errno: 0.1.7

  • has-flag: 3.0.0

  • import-lazy: 2.1.0

  • is-installed-globally: 0.1.0

  • is-npm: 1.0.0

  • latest-version: 3.1.0

  • object.getownpropertydescriptors: 2.0.3

  • prepend-http: 1.0.4

  • psl: 1.1.29

  • punycode: 1.4.1

  • spdx-correct: 3.0.0

  • spdx-expression-parse: 3.0.0

  • wide-align: 1.1.0

  • split-on-first: 1.0.0

  • strict-uri-encode: 2.0.0

  • util-extend: 1.0.1

  • util-promisify: 2.1.0

28. Hardening Checklist

The following list enumerates the required mitigations needed for hardening. It is not intended to be a step-by-step procedure. To harden a new system, perform configuration as documented.

Appendix C: Metadata Reference

DDF extracts basic metadata from the resources ingested. Many file types contain additional file format-specific metadata attributes. A neutral Catalog Taxonomy enables transformation of metadata to other formats. See also a list of all formats supported for ingest.

C.1. Common Metadata Attributes

DDF supports a wide variety of file types and data types for ingest. The DDF’s internal Input Transformers extract the necessary data into a generalized format. DDF supports ingest of many datatypes and commonly used file formats, such as Microsoft office products: Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations as well as .pdf files, GeoJson and others. See complete list. Many of these file types support additional file format-specific attributes from which additional metadata can be extracted.

Note

These attributes will be available in all the specified file formats; however, values will only be present if present in the original document/resource.

These attributes are supported by any file type ingested into DDF:

Common Attributes in All Supported File Types
  • metadata

  • id

  • modified (date)

  • title (filename)

  • metadata content type (mime type)

  • effective (date)

  • created (date)

These 'media' file types have support for additional attributes to be available when ingested into DDF:

File Types Supporting Additional Attributes
  • Video Types

    • WMV

    • AVI

    • MP4

    • MOV

    • h.264 MPEG2

  • Image Types

    • JPEG-2000

  • Document Types

    • .DOC, .DOCX, .DOTX, .DOCM

    • .PPT, .PPTX

    • .XLS, .XLSX

    • .PDF

These are the attributes common to any of the media file types which support additional attributes:

Additional Possible Attributes Common to 'Media' File Types
  • media.format-version

  • media.format

  • media.bit-rate

  • media.bits-per-sample

  • media.compression

  • media.encoding

  • media.frame-center

  • media.frame-rate

  • media.height-pixels

  • media.number-of-bands

  • media.scanning-mode

  • media.type

  • media.duration

  • media.page-count

  • datatype

  • description

  • contact.point-of-contact-name

  • contact.contributor-name

  • contact.creator-name

  • contact.publisher-name

  • contact.point-of-contact-phone

  • topic.keyword

C.2. File Format-specific Attributes

Many file formats support additional metadata attributes that DDF is able to extract and make discoverable.

C.2.1. Mp4 Additional Attribute

Mp4 files have an additional attribute:

  • ext.mp4.audio-sample-rate

C.2.2. All File Formats Supported

Supported File Types

Using the various input transformers, DDF supports ingest of the following MIME types. While ingest is possible for these files, metadata will be limited unless otherwise noted.

Table 174. Application File Types

activemessage

andrew-inset

applefile

applixware

atom+xml

atomcat+xml

atomicmail

atomsvc+xml

auth-policy+xml

batch-smtp

beep+xml

bizagi-modeler

cals-1840

cbor

ccxml+xml

cea-2018+xml

cellml+xml

cnrp+xml

commonground

conference-info+xml

cpl+xml

csta+xml

cstadata+xml

cu-seeme

cybercash

davmount+xml

dca-rft

dec-dx

dialog-info+xml

dicom

dif+xml

dita+xml

dita+xml

dita+xml

dita+xml

dita+xml

dita+xml

dns

dvcs

ecmascript

edi-consent

edi-x12

edifact

emma+xml

epp+xml

epub+zip

eshop

example

fastinfoset

fastsoap

fits

font-tdpfr

gzip

h224

http

hyperstudio

ibe-key-request+xml

ibe-pkg-reply+xml

ibe-pp-data

iges

illustrator

im-iscomposing+xml

index

index.cmd

index.obj

index.response

index.vnd

inf

iotp

ipp

isup

java-archive

java-serialized-object

java-vm

javascript

json

kate

kpml-request+xml

kpml-response+xml

lost+xml

mac-binhex40

mac-compactpro

macwriteii

marc

mathematica

mathml+xml

mbms-associated-procedure-description+xml

mbms-deregister+xml

mbms-envelope+xml

mbms-msk+xml

mbms-msk-response+xml

mbms-protection-description+xml

mbms-reception-report+xml

mbms-register+xml

mbms-register-response+xml

mbms-user-service-description+xml

mbox

media_control+xml

mediaservercontrol+xml

mikey

moss-keys

moss-signature

mosskey-data

mosskey-request

mp4

mpeg4-generic

mpeg4-iod

mpeg4-iod-xmt

msword

msword2

msword5

mxf

nasdata

news-checkgroups

news-groupinfo

news-transmission

nss

ocsp-request

ocsp-response

octet-stream

oda

oebps-package+xml

ogg

onenote

parityfec

patch-ops-error+xml

pdf

pgp-encrypted

pgp-keys

pgp-signature

pics-rules

pidf+xml

pidf-diff+xml

pkcs10

pkcs7-mime

pkcs7-signature

pkix-cert

pkix-crl

pkix-pkipath

pkixcmp

pls+xml

poc-settings+xml

postscript

prs.alvestrand.titrax-sheet

prs.cww

prs.nprend

prs.plucker

qsig

quicktime

rdf+xml

reginfo+xml

relax-ng-compact-syntax

remote-printing

resource-lists+xml

resource-lists-diff+xml

riscos

rlmi+xml

rls-services+xml

rsd+xml

rss+xml

rtf

rtx

samlassertion+xml

samlmetadata+xml

sbml+xml

scvp-cv-request

scvp-cv-response

scvp-vp-request

scvp-vp-response

sdp

sereal

sereal

sereal

sereal

set-payment

set-payment-initiation

set-registration

set-registration-initiation

sgml

sgml-open-catalog

shf+xml

sieve

simple-filter+xml

simple-message-summary

simplesymbolcontainer

slate

sldworks

smil+xml

soap+fastinfoset

soap+xml

sparql-query

sparql-results+xml

spirits-event+xml

srgs

srgs+xml

ssml+xml

timestamp-query

timestamp-reply

tve-trigger

ulpfec

vemmi

vividence.scriptfile

vnd.3gpp.bsf+xml

vnd.3gpp.pic-bw-large

vnd.3gpp.pic-bw-small

vnd.3gpp.pic-bw-var

vnd.3gpp.sms

vnd.3gpp2.bcmcsinfo+xml

vnd.3gpp2.sms

vnd.3gpp2.tcap

vnd.3m.post-it-notes

vnd.accpac.simply.aso

vnd.accpac.simply.imp

vnd.acucobol

vnd.acucorp

vnd.adobe.aftereffects.project

vnd.adobe.aftereffects.template

vnd.adobe.air-application-installer-package+zip

vnd.adobe.xdp+xml

vnd.adobe.xfdf

vnd.aether.imp

vnd.airzip.filesecure.azf

vnd.airzip.filesecure.azs

vnd.amazon.ebook

vnd.americandynamics.acc

vnd.amiga.ami

vnd.android.package-archive

vnd.anser-web-certificate-issue-initiation

vnd.anser-web-funds-transfer-initiation

vnd.antix.game-component

vnd.apple.installer+xml

vnd.apple.iwork

vnd.apple.keynote

vnd.apple.numbers

vnd.apple.pages

vnd.arastra.swi

vnd.audiograph

vnd.autopackage

vnd.avistar+xml

vnd.blueice.multipass

vnd.bluetooth.ep.oob

vnd.bmi

vnd.businessobjects

vnd.cab-jscript

vnd.canon-cpdl

vnd.canon-lips

vnd.cendio.thinlinc.clientconf

vnd.chemdraw+xml

vnd.chipnuts.karaoke-mmd

vnd.cinderella

vnd.cirpack.isdn-ext

vnd.claymore

vnd.clonk.c4group

vnd.commerce-battelle

vnd.commonspace

vnd.contact.cmsg

vnd.cosmocaller

vnd.crick.clicker

vnd.crick.clicker.keyboard

vnd.crick.clicker.palette

vnd.crick.clicker.template

vnd.crick.clicker.wordbank

vnd.criticaltools.wbs+xml

vnd.ctc-posml

vnd.ctct.ws+xml

vnd.cups-pdf

vnd.cups-postscript

vnd.cups-ppd

vnd.cups-raster

vnd.cups-raw

vnd.curl.car

vnd.curl.pcurl

vnd.cybank

vnd.data-vision.rdz

vnd.denovo.fcselayout-link

vnd.dir-bi.plate-dl-nosuffix

vnd.dna

vnd.dolby.mlp

vnd.dolby.mobile.1

vnd.dolby.mobile.2

vnd.dpgraph

vnd.dreamfactory

vnd.dvb.esgcontainer

vnd.dvb.ipdcdftnotifaccess

vnd.dvb.ipdcesgaccess

vnd.dvb.ipdcroaming

vnd.dvb.iptv.alfec-base

vnd.dvb.iptv.alfec-enhancement

vnd.dvb.notif-aggregate-root+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-container+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-generic+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-ia-msglist+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-ia-registration-request+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-ia-registration-response+xml

vnd.dvb.notif-init+xml

vnd.dxr

vnd.dynageo

vnd.ecdis-update

vnd.ecowin.chart

vnd.ecowin.filerequest

vnd.ecowin.fileupdate

vnd.ecowin.series

vnd.ecowin.seriesrequest

vnd.ecowin.seriesupdate

vnd.emclient.accessrequest+xml

vnd.enliven

vnd.epson.esf

vnd.epson.msf

vnd.epson.quickanime

vnd.epson.salt

vnd.epson.ssf

vnd.ericsson.quickcall

vnd.eszigno3+xml

vnd.etsi.aoc+xml

vnd.etsi.asic-e+zip

vnd.etsi.asic-s+zip

vnd.etsi.cug+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvcommand+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvdiscovery+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvprofile+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvsad-bc+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvsad-cod+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvsad-npvr+xml

vnd.etsi.iptvueprofile+xml

vnd.etsi.mcid+xml

vnd.etsi.sci+xml

vnd.etsi.simservs+xml

vnd.eudora.data

vnd.ezpix-album

vnd.ezpix-package

vnd.f-secure.mobile

vnd.fdf

vnd.fdsn.mseed

vnd.fdsn.seed

vnd.ffsns

vnd.fints

vnd.flographit

vnd.fluxtime.clip

vnd.font-fontforge-sfd

vnd.framemaker

vnd.frogans.fnc

vnd.frogans.ltf

vnd.fsc.weblaunch

vnd.fujitsu.oasys

vnd.fujitsu.oasys2

vnd.fujitsu.oasys3

vnd.fujitsu.oasysgp

vnd.fujitsu.oasysprs

vnd.fujixerox.art-ex

vnd.fujixerox.art4

vnd.fujixerox.ddd

vnd.fujixerox.docuworks

vnd.fujixerox.docuworks.binder

vnd.fujixerox.hbpl

vnd.fut-misnet

vnd.fuzzysheet

vnd.genomatix.tuxedo

vnd.geogebra.file

vnd.geogebra.tool

vnd.geometry-explorer

vnd.gmx

vnd.google-earth.kml+xml

vnd.google-earth.kmz

vnd.grafeq

vnd.gridmp

vnd.groove-account

vnd.groove-help

vnd.groove-identity-message

vnd.groove-injector

vnd.groove-tool-message

vnd.groove-tool-template

vnd.groove-vcard

vnd.handheld-entertainment+xml

vnd.hbci

vnd.hcl-bireports

vnd.hhe.lesson-player

vnd.hp-hpgl

vnd.hp-hpid

vnd.hp-hps

vnd.hp-jlyt

vnd.hp-pcl

vnd.hp-pclxl

vnd.httphone

vnd.hydrostatix.sof-data

vnd.hzn-3d-crossword

vnd.ibm.afplinedata

vnd.ibm.electronic-media

vnd.ibm.minipay

vnd.ibm.modcap

vnd.ibm.rights-management

vnd.ibm.secure-container

vnd.iccprofile

vnd.igloader

vnd.immervision-ivp

vnd.immervision-ivu

vnd.informedcontrol.rms+xml

vnd.informix-visionary

vnd.intercon.formnet

vnd.intertrust.digibox

vnd.intertrust.nncp

vnd.intu.qbo

vnd.intu.qfx

vnd.iptc.g2.conceptitem+xml

vnd.iptc.g2.knowledgeitem+xml

vnd.iptc.g2.newsitem+xml

vnd.iptc.g2.packageitem+xml

vnd.ipunplugged.rcprofile

vnd.irepository.package+xml

vnd.is-xpr

vnd.jam

vnd.japannet-directory-service

vnd.japannet-jpnstore-wakeup

vnd.japannet-payment-wakeup

vnd.japannet-registration

vnd.japannet-registration-wakeup

vnd.japannet-setstore-wakeup

vnd.japannet-verification

vnd.japannet-verification-wakeup

vnd.jcp.javame.midlet-rms

vnd.jisp

vnd.joost.joda-archive

vnd.kahootz

vnd.kde.karbon

vnd.kde.kchart

vnd.kde.kformula

vnd.kde.kivio

vnd.kde.kontour

vnd.kde.kpresenter

vnd.kde.kspread

vnd.kde.kword

vnd.kenameaapp

vnd.kidspiration

vnd.kinar

vnd.koan

vnd.kodak-descriptor

vnd.liberty-request+xml

vnd.llamagraphics.life-balance.desktop

vnd.llamagraphics.life-balance.exchange+xml

vnd.lotus-1-2-3

vnd.lotus-approach

vnd.lotus-freelance

vnd.lotus-notes

vnd.lotus-organizer

vnd.lotus-screencam

vnd.lotus-wordpro

vnd.macports.portpkg

vnd.marlin.drm.actiontoken+xml

vnd.marlin.drm.conftoken+xml

vnd.marlin.drm.license+xml

vnd.marlin.drm.mdcf

vnd.mcd

vnd.medcalcdata

vnd.mediastation.cdkey

vnd.meridian-slingshot

vnd.mfer

vnd.mfmp

vnd.micrografx.flo

vnd.micrografx.igx

vnd.mif

vnd.mindjet.mindmanager

vnd.minisoft-hp3000-save

vnd.mitsubishi.misty-guard.trustweb

vnd.mobius.daf

vnd.mobius.dis

vnd.mobius.mbk

vnd.mobius.mqy

vnd.mobius.msl

vnd.mobius.plc

vnd.mobius.txf

vnd.mophun.application

vnd.mophun.certificate

vnd.motorola.flexsuite

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.adsi

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.fis

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.gotap

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.kmr

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.ttc

vnd.motorola.flexsuite.wem

vnd.motorola.iprm

vnd.mozilla.xul+xml

vnd.ms-artgalry

vnd.ms-asf

vnd.ms-cab-compressed

vnd.ms-excel

vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-excel.sheet.2

vnd.ms-excel.sheet.3

vnd.ms-excel.sheet.4

vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-excel.template.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-excel.workspace.3

vnd.ms-excel.workspace.4

vnd.ms-fontobject

vnd.ms-htmlhelp

vnd.ms-ims

vnd.ms-lrm

vnd.ms-outlook

vnd.ms-outlook-pst

vnd.ms-pki.seccat

vnd.ms-pki.stl

vnd.ms-playready.initiator+xml

vnd.ms-powerpoint

vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-powerpoint.slide.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-project

vnd.ms-tnef

vnd.ms-visio.drawing

vnd.ms-visio.drawing.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-visio.stencil

vnd.ms-visio.stencil.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-visio.template

vnd.ms-visio.template.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-visio.viewer

vnd.ms-wmdrm.lic-chlg-req

vnd.ms-wmdrm.lic-resp

vnd.ms-wmdrm.meter-chlg-req

vnd.ms-wmdrm.meter-resp

vnd.ms-word.document.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-word.template.macroenabled.12

vnd.ms-works

vnd.ms-wpl

vnd.ms-xpsdocument

vnd.mseq

vnd.msign

vnd.multiad.creator

vnd.multiad.creator.cif

vnd.music-niff

vnd.musician

vnd.muvee.style

vnd.ncd.control

vnd.ncd.reference

vnd.nervana

vnd.netfpx

vnd.neurolanguage.nlu

vnd.noblenet-directory

vnd.noblenet-sealer

vnd.noblenet-web

vnd.nokia.catalogs

vnd.nokia.conml+wbxml

vnd.nokia.conml+xml

vnd.nokia.iptv.config+xml

vnd.nokia.isds-radio-presets

vnd.nokia.landmark+wbxml

vnd.nokia.landmark+xml

vnd.nokia.landmarkcollection+xml

vnd.nokia.n-gage.ac+xml

vnd.nokia.n-gage.data

vnd.nokia.n-gage.symbian.install

vnd.nokia.ncd

vnd.nokia.pcd+wbxml

vnd.nokia.pcd+xml

vnd.nokia.radio-preset

vnd.nokia.radio-presets

vnd.novadigm.edm

vnd.novadigm.edx

vnd.novadigm.ext

vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart

vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.database

vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula

vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics

vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.image

vnd.oasis.opendocument.image-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation

vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-master

vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-template

vnd.oasis.opendocument.text-web

vnd.obn

vnd.olpc-sugar

vnd.oma-scws-config

vnd.oma-scws-http-request

vnd.oma-scws-http-response

vnd.oma.bcast.associated-procedure-parameter+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.drm-trigger+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.imd+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.ltkm

vnd.oma.bcast.notification+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.provisioningtrigger

vnd.oma.bcast.sgboot

vnd.oma.bcast.sgdd+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.sgdu

vnd.oma.bcast.simple-symbol-container

vnd.oma.bcast.smartcard-trigger+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.sprov+xml

vnd.oma.bcast.stkm

vnd.oma.dcd

vnd.oma.dcdc

vnd.oma.dd2+xml

vnd.oma.drm.risd+xml

vnd.oma.group-usage-list+xml

vnd.oma.poc.detailed-progress-report+xml

vnd.oma.poc.final-report+xml

vnd.oma.poc.groups+xml

vnd.oma.poc.invocation-descriptor+xml

vnd.oma.poc.optimized-progress-report+xml

vnd.oma.xcap-directory+xml

vnd.omads-email+xml

vnd.omads-file+xml

vnd.omads-folder+xml

vnd.omaloc-supl-init

vnd.openofficeorg.extension

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slide

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template

vnd.osa.netdeploy

vnd.osgi.bundle

vnd.osgi.dp

vnd.otps.ct-kip+xml

vnd.palm

vnd.paos.xml

vnd.pg.format

vnd.pg.osasli

vnd.piaccess.application-licence

vnd.picsel

vnd.poc.group-advertisement+xml

vnd.pocketlearn

vnd.powerbuilder6

vnd.powerbuilder6-s

vnd.powerbuilder7

vnd.powerbuilder7-s

vnd.powerbuilder75

vnd.powerbuilder75-s

vnd.preminet

vnd.previewsystems.box

vnd.proteus.magazine

vnd.publishare-delta-tree

vnd.pvi.ptid1

vnd.pwg-multiplexed

vnd.pwg-xhtml-print+xml

vnd.qualcomm.brew-app-res

vnd.quark.quarkxpress

vnd.rapid

vnd.recordare.musicxml

vnd.recordare.musicxml+xml

vnd.renlearn.rlprint

vnd.rim.cod

vnd.rn-realmedia

vnd.route66.link66+xml

vnd.ruckus.download

vnd.s3sms

vnd.sbm.cid

vnd.sbm.mid2

vnd.scribus

vnd.sealed.3df

vnd.sealed.csf

vnd.sealed.doc

vnd.sealed.eml

vnd.sealed.mht

vnd.sealed.net

vnd.sealed.ppt

vnd.sealed.tiff

vnd.sealed.xls

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.html

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.pdf

vnd.seemail

vnd.sema

vnd.semd

vnd.semf

vnd.shana.informed.formdata

vnd.shana.informed.formtemplate

vnd.shana.informed.interchange

vnd.shana.informed.package

vnd.simtech-mindmapper

vnd.smaf

vnd.smart.teacher

vnd.software602.filler.form+xml

vnd.software602.filler.form-xml-zip

vnd.solent.sdkm+xml

vnd.spotfire.dxp

vnd.spotfire.sfs

vnd.sss-cod

vnd.sss-dtf

vnd.sss-ntf

vnd.stardivision.calc

vnd.stardivision.draw

vnd.stardivision.impress

vnd.stardivision.math

vnd.stardivision.writer

vnd.stardivision.writer-global

vnd.street-stream

vnd.sun.wadl+xml

vnd.sun.xml.calc

vnd.sun.xml.calc.template

vnd.sun.xml.draw

vnd.sun.xml.draw.template

vnd.sun.xml.impress

vnd.sun.xml.impress.template

vnd.sun.xml.math

vnd.sun.xml.writer

vnd.sun.xml.writer.global

vnd.sun.xml.writer.template

vnd.sus-calendar

vnd.svd

vnd.swiftview-ics

vnd.symbian.install

vnd.syncml+xml

vnd.syncml.dm+wbxml

vnd.syncml.dm+xml

vnd.syncml.dm.notification

vnd.syncml.ds.notification

vnd.tao.intent-module-archive

vnd.tcpdump.pcap

vnd.tmobile-livetv

vnd.trid.tpt

vnd.triscape.mxs

vnd.trueapp

vnd.truedoc

vnd.ufdl

vnd.uiq.theme

vnd.umajin

vnd.unity

vnd.uoml+xml

vnd.uplanet.alert

vnd.uplanet.alert-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.bearer-choice

vnd.uplanet.bearer-choice-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.cacheop

vnd.uplanet.cacheop-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.channel

vnd.uplanet.channel-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.list

vnd.uplanet.list-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.listcmd

vnd.uplanet.listcmd-wbxml

vnd.uplanet.signal

vnd.vcx

vnd.vd-study

vnd.vectorworks

vnd.vidsoft.vidconference

vnd.visio

vnd.visionary

vnd.vividence.scriptfile

vnd.vsf

vnd.wap.sic

vnd.wap.slc

vnd.wap.wbxml

vnd.wap.wmlc

vnd.wap.wmlscriptc

vnd.webturbo

vnd.wfa.wsc

vnd.wmc

vnd.wmf.bootstrap

vnd.wordperfect

vnd.wqd

vnd.wrq-hp3000-labelled

vnd.wt.stf

vnd.wv.csp+wbxml

vnd.wv.csp+xml

vnd.wv.ssp+xml

vnd.xara

vnd.xfdl

vnd.xfdl.webform

vnd.xmi+xml

vnd.xmpie.cpkg

vnd.xmpie.dpkg

vnd.xmpie.plan

vnd.xmpie.ppkg

vnd.xmpie.xlim

vnd.yamaha.hv-dic

vnd.yamaha.hv-script

vnd.yamaha.hv-voice

vnd.yamaha.openscoreformat

vnd.yamaha.openscoreformat.osfpvg+xml

vnd.yamaha.smaf-audio

vnd.yamaha.smaf-phrase

vnd.yellowriver-custom-menu

vnd.zul

vnd.zzazz.deck+xml

voicexml+xml

watcherinfo+xml

whoispp-query

whoispp-response

winhlp

wita

wordperfect5.1

wsdl+xml

wspolicy+xml

x-123

x-7z-compressed

x-abiword

x-ace-compressed

x-adobe-indesign

x-adobe-indesign-interchange

x-apple-diskimage

x-appleworks

x-archive

x-arj

x-authorware-bin

x-authorware-map

x-authorware-seg

x-axcrypt

x-bcpio

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-berkeley-db

x-bibtex-text-file

x-bittorrent

x-bplist

x-bzip

x-bzip2

x-cdlink

x-chat

x-chess-pgn

x-chrome-package

x-compress

x-coredump

x-corelpresentations

x-cpio

x-csh

x-debian-package

x-dex

x-director

x-doom

x-dosexec

x-dtbncx+xml

x-dtbook+xml

x-dtbresource+xml

x-dvi

x-elc

x-elf

x-emf

x-erdas-hfa

x-executable

x-fictionbook+xml

x-filemaker

x-font-adobe-metric

x-font-bdf

x-font-dos

x-font-framemaker

x-font-ghostscript

x-font-libgrx

x-font-linux-psf

x-font-otf

x-font-pcf

x-font-printer-metric

x-font-snf

x-font-speedo

x-font-sunos-news

x-font-ttf

x-font-type1

x-font-vfont

x-foxmail

x-futuresplash

x-gnucash

x-gnumeric

x-grib

x-gtar

x-hdf

x-hwp

x-hwp-v5

x-ibooks+zip

x-isatab

x-isatab-assay

x-isatab-investigation

x-iso9660-image

x-itunes-ipa

x-java-jnilib

x-java-jnlp-file

x-java-pack200

x-kdelnk

x-killustrator

x-latex

x-lha

x-lharc

x-matlab-data

x-matroska

x-mobipocket-ebook

x-ms-application

x-ms-installer

x-ms-wmd

x-ms-wmz

x-ms-xbap

x-msaccess

x-msbinder

x-mscardfile

x-msclip

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msdownload

x-msmediaview

x-msmetafile

x-msmoney

x-mspublisher

x-msschedule

x-msterminal

x-mswrite

x-mysql-db

x-mysql-misam-compressed-index

x-mysql-misam-data

x-mysql-misam-index

x-mysql-table-definition

x-netcdf

x-object

x-pkcs12

x-pkcs7-certificates

x-pkcs7-certreqresp

x-project

x-prt

x-quattro-pro

x-rar-compressed

x-roxio-toast

x-rpm

x-sas

x-sas-access

x-sas-audit

x-sas-backup

x-sas-catalog

x-sas-data

x-sas-data-index

x-sas-dmdb

x-sas-fdb

x-sas-itemstor

x-sas-mddb

x-sas-program-data

x-sas-putility

x-sas-transport

x-sas-utility

x-sas-view

x-sc

x-sfdu

x-sh

x-shapefile

x-shar

x-sharedlib

x-shockwave-flash

x-silverlight-app

x-snappy-framed

x-sqlite3

x-staroffice-template

x-stuffit

x-stuffitx

x-sv4cpio

x-sv4crc

x-tar

x-tex

x-tex-tfm

x-texinfo

x-tika-iworks-protected

x-tika-java-enterprise-archive

x-tika-java-web-archive

x-tika-msoffice

x-tika-msoffice-embedded

x-tika-msoffice-embedded

x-tika-msoffice-embedded

x-tika-msworks-spreadsheet

x-tika-old-excel

x-tika-ooxml

x-tika-ooxml-protected

x-tika-staroffice

x-tika-unix-dump

x-tika-visio-ooxml

x-uc2-compressed

x-ustar

x-vhd

x-vmdk

x-wais-source

x-webarchive

x-x509-ca-cert

x-xfig

x-xmind

x-xpinstall

x-xz

x-zoo

x400-bp

xcap-att+xml

xcap-caps+xml

xcap-el+xml

xcap-error+xml

xcap-ns+xml

xcon-conference-info+xml

xcon-conference-info-diff+xml

xenc+xml

xhtml+xml

xhtml-voice+xml

xml

xml-dtd

xml-external-parsed-entity

xmpp+xml

xop+xml

xquery

xslfo+xml

xslt+xml

xspf+xml

xv+xml

zip

zlib

Table 175. Audio File Types

32kadpcm

3gpp

3gpp2

ac3

adpcm

amr

amr-wb

amr-wb+

asc

basic

bv16

bv32

clearmode

cn

dat12

dls

dsr-es201108

dsr-es202050

dsr-es202211

dsr-es202212

dvi4

eac3

evrc

evrc-qcp

evrc0

evrc1

evrcb

evrcb0

evrcb1

evrcwb

evrcwb0

evrcwb1

example

g719

g722

g7221

g723

g726-16

g726-24

g726-32

g726-40

g728

g729

g7291

g729d

g729e

gsm

gsm-efr

ilbc

l16

l20

l24

l8

lpc

midi

mobile-xmf

mp4

mp4a-latm

mpa

mpa-robust

mpeg

mpeg4-generic

ogg

opus

parityfec

pcma

pcma-wb

pcmu

pcmu-wb

prs.sid

qcelp

red

rtp-enc-aescm128

rtp-midi

rtx

smv

smv-qcp

smv0

sp-midi

speex

t140c

t38

telephone-event

tone

ulpfec

vdvi

vmr-wb

vnd.3gpp.iufp

vnd.4sb

vnd.adobe.soundbooth

vnd.audiokoz

vnd.celp

vnd.cisco.nse

vnd.cmles.radio-events

vnd.cns.anp1

vnd.cns.inf1

vnd.digital-winds

vnd.dlna.adts

vnd.dolby.heaac.1

vnd.dolby.heaac.2

vnd.dolby.mlp

vnd.dolby.mps

vnd.dolby.pl2

vnd.dolby.pl2x

vnd.dolby.pl2z

vnd.dts

vnd.dts.hd

vnd.everad.plj

vnd.hns.audio

vnd.lucent.voice

vnd.ms-playready.media.pya

vnd.nokia.mobile-xmf

vnd.nortel.vbk

vnd.nuera.ecelp4800

vnd.nuera.ecelp7470

vnd.nuera.ecelp9600

vnd.octel.sbc

vnd.qcelp

vnd.rhetorex.32kadpcm

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.mpeg

vnd.vmx.cvsd

vorbis

vorbis-config

x-aac

x-adbcm

x-aiff

x-dec-adbcm

x-dec-basic

x-flac

x-matroska

x-mod

x-mpegurl

x-ms-wax

x-ms-wma

x-oggflac

x-oggpcm

x-pn-realaudio

x-pn-realaudio-plugin

x-wav

Table 176. Chemical File Types

x-cdx

x-cif

x-cmdf

x-cml

x-csml

x-pdb

x-xyz

Table 177. Image File Types

bmp

cgm

example

fits

g3fax

gif

icns

ief

jp2

jpeg

jpm

jpx

naplps

nitf

png

prs.btif

prs.pti

svg+xml

t38

tiff

tiff-fx

vnd.adobe.photoshop

vnd.adobe.premiere

vnd.cns.inf2

vnd.djvu

vnd.dwg

vnd.dxb

vnd.dxf

vnd.dxf

vnd.dxf

vnd.fastbidsheet

vnd.fpx

vnd.fst

vnd.fujixerox.edmics-mmr

vnd.fujixerox.edmics-rlc

vnd.globalgraphics.pgb

vnd.microsoft.icon

vnd.mix

vnd.ms-modi

vnd.net-fpx

vnd.radiance

vnd.sealed.png

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.gif

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.jpg

vnd.svf

vnd.wap.wbmp

vnd.xiff

webp

x-bpg

x-cmu-raster

x-cmx

x-freehand

x-jp2-codestream

x-jp2-container

x-ms-bmp

x-niff

x-pcx

x-pict

x-portable-anymap

x-portable-bitmap

x-portable-graymap

x-portable-pixmap

x-raw-adobe

x-raw-canon

x-raw-casio

x-raw-epson

x-raw-fuji

x-raw-hasselblad

x-raw-imacon

x-raw-kodak

x-raw-leaf

x-raw-logitech

x-raw-mamiya

x-raw-minolta

x-raw-nikon

x-raw-olympus

x-raw-panasonic

x-raw-pentax

x-raw-phaseone

x-raw-rawzor

x-raw-red

x-raw-sigma

x-raw-sony

x-rgb

x-xbitmap

x-xcf

x-xpixmap

x-xwindowdump

Table 178. Message File Types

cpim

delivery-status

disposition-notification

example

external-body

global

global-delivery-status

global-disposition-notification

global-headers

http

imdn+xml

news

partial

rfc822

s-http

sip

sipfrag

tracking-status

vnd.si.simp

x-emlx

Table 179. Model File Types

example

iges

mesh

vnd.dwf

vnd.dwf

vnd.dwf

vnd.dwf

vnd.dwfx+xps

vnd.flatland.3dml

vnd.gdl

vnd.gs-gdl

vnd.gs.gdl

vnd.gtw

vnd.moml+xml

vnd.mts

vnd.parasolid.transmit.binary

vnd.parasolid.transmit.text

vnd.vtu

vrml

Table 180. Multipart File Types

alternative

appledouble

byteranges

digest

encrypted

example

form-data

header-set

mixed

parallel

related

report

signed

voice-message

Table 181. Text File Types

asp

aspdotnet

calendar

css

csv

directory

dns

ecmascript

enriched

example

html

iso19139+xml

parityfec

plain

prs.fallenstein.rst

prs.lines.tag

red

rfc822-headers

richtext

rtp-enc-aescm128

rtx

sgml

t140

tab-separated-values

troff

ulpfec

uri-list

vnd.abc

vnd.curl

vnd.curl.dcurl

vnd.curl.mcurl

vnd.curl.scurl

vnd.dmclientscript

vnd.esmertec.theme-descriptor

vnd.fly

vnd.fmi.flexstor

vnd.graphviz

vnd.in3d.3dml

vnd.in3d.spot

vnd.iptc.anpa

vnd.iptc.newsml

vnd.iptc.nitf

vnd.latex-z

vnd.motorola.reflex

vnd.ms-mediapackage

vnd.net2phone.commcenter.command

vnd.si.uricatalogue

vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor

vnd.trolltech.linguist

vnd.wap.si

vnd.wap.sl

vnd.wap.wml

vnd.wap.wmlscript

vtt

x-actionscript

x-ada

x-applescript

x-asciidoc

x-aspectj

x-assembly

x-awk

x-basic

x-c++hdr

x-c++src

x-cgi

x-chdr

x-clojure

x-cobol

x-coffeescript

x-coldfusion

x-common-lisp

x-csharp

x-csrc

x-d

x-diff

x-eiffel

x-emacs-lisp

x-erlang

x-expect

x-forth

x-fortran

x-go

x-groovy

x-haml

x-haskell

x-haxe

x-idl

x-ini

x-java-properties

x-java-source

x-jsp

x-less

x-lex

x-log

x-lua

x-matlab

x-ml

x-modula

x-objcsrc

x-ocaml

x-pascal

x-perl

x-php

x-prolog

x-python

x-rexx

x-rsrc

x-rst

x-ruby

x-scala

x-scheme

x-sed

x-setext

x-sql

x-stsrc

x-tcl

x-tika-text-based-message

x-uuencode

x-vbasic

x-vbdotnet

x-vbscript

x-vcalendar

x-vcard

x-verilog

x-vhdl

x-web-markdown

x-yacc

x-yaml

Table 182. Video File Types

3gpp

3gpp-tt

3gpp2

bmpeg

bt656

celb

daala

dv

example

h261

h263

h263-1998

h263-2000

h264

jpeg

jpeg2000

mj2

mp1s

mp2p

mp2t

mp4

mp4v-es

mpeg

mpeg4-generic

mpv

nv

ogg

parityfec

pointer

quicktime

raw

rtp-enc-aescm128

rtx

smpte292m

theora

ulpfec

vc1

vnd.cctv

vnd.dlna.mpeg-tts

vnd.fvt

vnd.hns.video

vnd.iptvforum.1dparityfec-1010

vnd.iptvforum.1dparityfec-2005

vnd.iptvforum.2dparityfec-1010

vnd.iptvforum.2dparityfec-2005

vnd.iptvforum.ttsavc

vnd.iptvforum.ttsmpeg2

vnd.motorola.video

vnd.motorola.videop

vnd.mpegurl

vnd.ms-playready.media.pyv

vnd.nokia.interleaved-multimedia

vnd.nokia.videovoip

vnd.objectvideo

vnd.sealed.mpeg1

vnd.sealed.mpeg4

vnd.sealed.swf

vnd.sealedmedia.softseal.mov

vnd.vivo

webm

x-dirac

x-f4v

x-flc

x-fli

x-flv

x-jng

x-m4v

x-matroska

x-mng

x-ms-asf

x-ms-wm

x-ms-wmv

x-ms-wmx

x-ms-wvx

x-msvideo

x-oggrgb

x-ogguvs

x-oggyuv

x-ogm

x-sgi-movie

Table 183. x-conference File Types

x-cooltalk

C.3. Catalog Taxonomy Definitions

To facilitate data sharing while maximizing the usefulness of metadata, the attributes on resources are normalized into a common taxonomy that maps to attributes in the desired output format.

Note

The taxonomy is presented here for reference only.

C.3.1. Core Attributes

Table 184. Core Attributes. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

title

A name for the resource. Dublin Core elements-title This link is outside the DDF documentation.

String

< 1024 characters

source-id

ID of the source where the Metacard is cataloged. While this cannot be moved or renamed for legacy reasons, it should be treated as non-mappable, since this field is overwritten by the system when federated results are retrieved.

String

< 1024 characters

metadata-content-type [deprecated] see Media Attributes

Content type of the resource.

String

< 1024 characters

 

metadata-content-type-version [deprecated] see Media Attributes

Version of the metadata content type of the resource.

String

< 1024 characters

 

metadata-target-namespace [deprecated] see Media Attributes

Target namespace of the metadata.

String

< 1024 characters

 

metadata

Additional XML metadata describing the resource.

XML

A valid XML string per RFC 4825 (must be well-formed but not necessarily schema-compliant).

location

The primary geospatial location of the resource.

Geometry

Valid Well Known Text (WKT) per http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wkt-crs This link is outside the DDF documentation
Coordinates must be in lon-lat coordinate order

POINT(150 30)

expiration

The expiration date of the resource.

Date

effective [deprecated]

The effective time of the event or resource represented by the metacard. Deprecated in favor of created and modified.

Date

 

point-of-contact [deprecated]

The name of the point of contact for the resource. This is set internally to the user’s subject and should be considered read-only to other DDF components.

String

< 1024 characters

resource-uri

Catalog-specific location of the resource for the metacard. This URI is used for internal catalog requests.

String

Valid URI per RFC 2396

resource-download-url

URL location of the resource for the metacard. This attributes provides a client-resolvable URL to the download location of the resource. Clients should use this URL for download requests.

String

Valid URL per RFC 2396

resource-size

Size in bytes of resource.

String

Although this type cannot be changed for legacy reasons, its value should always be a parsable whole number.

thumbnail

The thumbnail for the resource in JPEG format.

Base 64 encoded binary string per RFC 4648

⇐ 128 KB

description

An account of the resource. Dublin Core elements-description This link is outside the DDF documentation.

String

checksum

Checksum value for the primary resource for the metacard.

String

< 1024 characters

checksum-algorithm

Algorithm used to calculate the checksum on the primary resource of the metacard.

String

< 1024 characters

created

The creation date of the resource Dublin Core terms-created This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Date

modified

The modification date of the resource Dublin Core terms-modified This link is outside the DDF documentation.

Date

language

The language(s) of the resource. Dublin Core language This link is outside the DDF documentation.

List of Strings

Alpha-3 language code(s) per ISO_639-2

resource.derived-uri

Catalog-specific Location(s) for accessing the resources derived from another source (for example, an overlay of a larger image). This URI is used for internal catalog requests.

List of Strings

Valid URI per RFC 2396

resource.derived-download-url

Download URL(s) for accessing the resources derived from another source (for example, an overlay of a larger image). Clients should use this URL for download requests.

List of Strings

Valid URL(s) per RFC 2396

datatype

The generic type(s) of the resource including the Dublin Core terms-type This link is outside the DDF documentation. DCMI Type term labels are expected here as opposed to term names.

List of Strings

Collection, Dataset, Event, Image, Interactive Resource, Moving Image, Physical Object, Service, Software, Sound, Still Image, and/or Text

C.3.2. Associations Attributes

Table 185. Associations: Attributes in this group represent associations between resources. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

metacard.associations.derived

ID of one or more metacards derived from this metacard.

List of Strings

A valid metacard ID (conventionally, a type 4 random UUID with hyphens removed).

70809f17782c42b8ba15747b86b50ebf

metacard.associations.related

ID of one or more metacards related to this metacard.

List of Strings

A valid metacard ID (conventionally, a type 4 random UUID with hyphens removed).

70809f17782c42b8ba15747b86b50ebf

associations.external

One or more URI’s identifying external associated resources.

List of Strings

A valid URI.

https://infocorp.org/wikia/reference

C.3.3. Contact Attributes

Table 186. Contact: Attributes in this group reflect metadata about different kinds of people/groups/units/organizations that can be associated with a metacard. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

contact.creator-name

The name(s) of this metacard’s creator(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

 

contact.creator-address

The physical address(es) of this metacard’s creator(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.creator-email

The email address(es) of this metacard’s creator(s).

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

   

contact.creator-phone

The phone number(s) of this metacard’s creator(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

 

contact.publisher-name

 The name(s) of this metacard’s publisher(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.publisher-address

 The physical address(es) of this metacard’s publisher(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.publisher-email

 The email address(es) of this metacard’s publisher(s).

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

   

contact.publisher-phone

 The phone number(s) of this metacard’s publisher(s).

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.contributor-name

 The name of the contributor(s) to this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.contributor-address

 The physical address(es) of the contributor(s) to this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.contributor-email

 The email address(es) of the contributor(s) to this metacard.

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

   

contact.contributor-phone

 The phone number(s) of the contributor(s) to this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.point-of-contact-name

 The name(s) of the point(s) of contact for this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.point-of-contact-address

The physical address(es) of a point(s) of contact for this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

   

contact.point-of-contact-email

The email address(es) of the point(s) of contact for this metacard.

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

 

contact.point-of-contact-phone

The phone number(s) of the point(s) of contact for this metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

C.3.4. DateTime Attributes

Table 187. DateTime: Attributes in this group reflect temporal aspects about the resource. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value  

datetime.start

Start time(s) for the resource.

List of Dates

 

 

datetime.end

End time(s) for the resource.

List of Dates

 

   

datetime.name

A descriptive name for the corresponding temporal attributes. See datetime.start and datetime.end.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

 

C.3.5. History Attributes

Table 188. History: Attributes in this group describe the history/versioning of the metacard. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

metacard.version.id

Internal attribute identifier for which metacard this version is representing

String

A valid metacard ID (conventionally, a type 4 random UUID with hyphens removed).

70809f17782c42b8ba15747b86b50ebf

metacard.version.edited-by

Internal attribute identifying the editor of a history metacard.

String

A valid email address per RFC 5322

 

metacard.version.versioned-on

Internal attribute for the versioned date of a metacard version.

Date

 

 

metacard.version.action

Internal attribute for the action associated with a history metacard.

String

One of Deleted, Deleted-Content, Versioned, Versioned-Content

 

metacard.version.tags

Internal attribute for the tags that were on the original metacard.

String

 

 

metacard.version.type

Internal attribute for the metacard type of the original metacard.

String

 

 

metacard.version.type-binary

Internal attribute for the serialized metacard type of the original metacard.

Binary

 

 

metacard.version.resource-uri

Internal attribute for the original resource uri.

URI

C.3.6. Location Attributes

Table 189. Location: Attributes in this group reflect location aspects about the resource. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

location.altitude-meters

Altitude of the resource in meters.

List of Doubles

> 0

   

location.country-code

One or more country codes associated with the resource.

List of Strings

ISO_3166-1 alpha-3 codes

 

location.crs-code

Coordinate reference system code of the resource.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

EPSG:4326  

location.crs-name

Coordinate reference system name of the resource.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

WGS 84  

C.3.7. Media Attributes

Table 190. Media: Attributes in this group reflect metadata about media in general. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

media.format

The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource. Dublin Core elements-format This link is outside the DDF documentation

String

< 1024 characters

txt, docx, xml - typically the extension or a more complete name for such, note that this is not the mime type

media.format-version

The file format version of the resource. Note that the syntax can vary widely from format to format.

String

< 1024 characters

POSIX, 2016, 1.0

media.bit-rate

The bit rate of the media, in bits per second.

Double

media.frame-rate

The frame rate of the video, in frames per second.

Double

media.frame-center

The center of the video frame.

Geometry

Valid Well Known Text (WKT)

media.height-pixels

The height of the media resource in pixels.

Integer

media.width-pixels

The width of the media resource in pixels.

Integer

media.compression

The type of compression this media uses.

EXIF This link is outside the DDF documentation STANAG 4559 NC, NM, C1, M1, I1, C3, M3, C4, M4, C5, M5, C8, M8

String

One of the values defined for EXIF Compression tag.

media.bits-per-sample

The number of bits per image component.

Integer

media.type (RFC 2046)

A two-part identifier for file formats and format content.

String

A valid mime-type per https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt

application/json

media.encoding

The encoding format of the media.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

MPEG-2, RGB

media.number-of-bands

The number of spectral bands in the media.

Integer

The significance of this number is instrumentation-specific, but there are eight commonly recognized bands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multispectral_image

media.scanning-mode (MPEG2)

Indicate if progressive or interlaced scans are being applied. 

String

PROGRESSIVE, INTERLACED

C.3.8. Metacard Attributes

Table 191. Metacard: Attributes in this group describe the metacard itself. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

metacard.created

The creation date of the metacard.

Date

metacard.modified

The modified date of the metacard.

Date

metacard.owner

The email address of the metacard owner.

String

A valid email address per RFC 5322

metacard-tags

Collections of data that go together, used for filtering. query results. NOTE: these are system tags. For descriptive tags, Topic Attributes.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

C.3.9. Security Attributes

Table 192. Security: Attributes in this group relate to security of the resource and metadata. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

security.access-groups

Attribute name for storing groups to enforce access controls upon that will enable a user to read and write a metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

security.access-individuals

Attribute name for storing the email addresses of users to enforce access controls upon that will enable the ability to read and write a metacard.

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

 

security.access-individuals-read

Attribute name for storing the email addresses of users to enforce access controls upon that can read, but not explicitly write to a metacard.

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

 

security.access-groups-read

Attribute name for storing groups to enforce access controls upon that will enable a user to read, but not necessarily write to a metacard.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

security.access-administrators

Attribute name for explicitly stating who has the permissions to modify the access control values of a metacard. These values include changing the security.access-groups, security.access-individuals and the security.access-administrators values.

List of Strings

A valid email address per RFC 5322.

C.3.10. Topic Attributes

Table 193. Topic: Attributes in this group describe the topic of the resource. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

topic.category

A category code from a given vocabulary.

List of Strings

A valid entry from the corresponding controlled vocabulary.

topic.keyword

One or more keywords describing the subject matter of the metacard or resource.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

topic.vocabulary

An identifier of a controlled vocabulary from which the topic category is derived.

List of Strings

Valid URI per RFC 2396.

C.3.11. Validation Attributes

Table 194. Validation: Attributes in this group identify validation issues with the metacard and/or resource. Injected by default.
Term Definition Datatype Constraints Example Value

validation-warnings

Textual description of validation warnings on the resource.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry

validation-errors

Textual description of validation errors on the resource.

List of Strings

< 1024 characters per entry