Bug #3939
Kepler Unique LSID Namespace generation
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Description
The Kepler installer should generate a public/private key pair upon installation. The private key is then used to digitally sign generated KARs from that particular Kepler instance. The public key is included inside the KAR as a separate KAREntry. This public key along with the locally generated LSID will provide for determining the uniqueness of KARs regardless of internet connectivity.
History
#2 Updated by Aaron Aaron about 10 years ago
The following requirements have been implemented:
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A Kepler instance always has a unique authority/namespace.
Ship Kepler with a list of valid authorities for providing unique namespaces.
During installation of a Kepler instance
IF a network connection is available
and an authority can be reached
and a namespace can be assigned
record authority and assigned namespace in the common module directory (not the cache directory)
call this file InstanceAuthNamespace { file contents example: kepler-project.org:3271 }
refer to an LSID generated using this kind of Authorized Namespace as a Verified LSID (VLSID)
ELSE
create a version 4 UUID and save it to disk as the existing namespace using "uuid" as the authority
call this file InstanceAuthNamespace { file contents example: uuid:7e1d1daf-4890-4e84-bcf4-e9192254461a }
refer to an LSID generated using this kind of Unauthorized Namespace as a Probabilistic LSID (PLSID)
#3 Updated by Aaron Aaron about 10 years ago
To test out getting a unique namespace from the test Authority Namespace service, delete the InstanceAuthNamespace file in the root directory of the common module (if it exists). A new file will be generated the next time you start Kepler.
#4 Updated by Aaron Aaron almost 10 years ago
Documentation for the KeplerLSID system will be maintained here:
https://kepler-project.org/developers/teams/framework/kepler-life-science-identifiers-keplerlsid
#5 Updated by Redmine Admin about 6 years ago
Original Bugzilla ID was 3939