From 87920fb1d7ef67aecc3ce8866bfb700f1ef3fd5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Langhammer Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:49:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] website/docs: add docs for websocket connections Signed-off-by: Jens Langhammer --- website/developer-docs/{ => api}/api.md | 0 .../developer-docs/{ => api}/flow-executor.md | 0 .../{ => api}/making-schema-changes.md | 0 website/developer-docs/api/websocket.md | 48 +++++++++++++++++++ .../frontend-only-dev-environment.md | 0 .../{ => setup}/full-dev-environment.md | 0 website/sidebarsDev.js | 30 ++++++------ 7 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) rename website/developer-docs/{ => api}/api.md (100%) rename website/developer-docs/{ => api}/flow-executor.md (100%) rename website/developer-docs/{ => api}/making-schema-changes.md (100%) create mode 100644 website/developer-docs/api/websocket.md rename website/developer-docs/{ => setup}/frontend-only-dev-environment.md (100%) rename website/developer-docs/{ => setup}/full-dev-environment.md (100%) diff --git a/website/developer-docs/api.md b/website/developer-docs/api/api.md similarity index 100% rename from website/developer-docs/api.md rename to website/developer-docs/api/api.md diff --git a/website/developer-docs/flow-executor.md b/website/developer-docs/api/flow-executor.md similarity index 100% rename from website/developer-docs/flow-executor.md rename to website/developer-docs/api/flow-executor.md diff --git a/website/developer-docs/making-schema-changes.md b/website/developer-docs/api/making-schema-changes.md similarity index 100% rename from website/developer-docs/making-schema-changes.md rename to website/developer-docs/api/making-schema-changes.md diff --git a/website/developer-docs/api/websocket.md b/website/developer-docs/api/websocket.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b664ccac9 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/developer-docs/api/websocket.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: Websocket API +--- + +authentik has two different WebSocket endpoints, one is used for web-based clients to get real-time updates, and the other is used for outposts to report their healthiness. + + +### Web `/ws/client/` + +:::info +Authentication is done using the session, so make sure to send the `Cookie` header. +::: + +All messages have a common field called `message_type` to discern the type of message. + +#### `message` type: + +This type is used when the backend has a notice to show to the user. A full payload looks like: + +```json +{ + "message_type": "message", + "level": "error" | "warning" | "success" | "info", + "tags": "", + "message": "a message", +} +``` + +### Outpost `/ws/outpost//` + +:::info +Authentication is done via the `Authorization` header, same as the regular API. You must send a valid token with a `Bearer ` prefix. +::: + +All messages have two fields, `instruction` and `args`. Instruction is any number from this list: + +- `0`: ACK, simply acknowledges the previous message +- `1`: HELLO, used for monitoring and regularly sent by outposts +- `2`: TRIGGER_UPDATE, sent by authentik to trigger a reload of the configuration + +Arguments for these messages vary, all though these common args are always sent: + +- `args['uuid']`: A unique UUID generated on startup of an outpost, used to uniquely identify it. + +These fields are only sent for HELLO instructions: + +- `args['version']`: Version of the outpost +- `args['buildHash']`: Build hash of the outpost, when available diff --git a/website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md b/website/developer-docs/setup/frontend-only-dev-environment.md similarity index 100% rename from website/developer-docs/frontend-only-dev-environment.md rename to website/developer-docs/setup/frontend-only-dev-environment.md diff --git a/website/developer-docs/full-dev-environment.md b/website/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md similarity index 100% rename from website/developer-docs/full-dev-environment.md rename to website/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md diff --git a/website/sidebarsDev.js b/website/sidebarsDev.js index 0435711d5..e6ad0979e 100644 --- a/website/sidebarsDev.js +++ b/website/sidebarsDev.js @@ -5,28 +5,26 @@ module.exports = { id: "index", }, { - type: "doc", - id: "full-dev-environment", + type: "category", + label: "Setup", + items: [ + "api/api", + "api/flow-executor", + "api/making-schema-changes", + "api/websocket", + ], }, { - type: "doc", - id: "frontend-only-dev-environment", - }, - { - type: "doc", - id: "making-schema-changes", - }, - { - type: "doc", - id: "api", + type: "category", + label: "Setup", + items: [ + "setup/full-dev-environment", + "setup/frontend-only-dev-environment", + ], }, { type: "doc", id: "translation", }, - { - type: "doc", - id: "flow-executor", - }, ], };