perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Michael Johnson <>]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing that information; based on this, I was able to figure out what was going on. A fix has committed and should be available in the next day or so.  

This issue seems to only affect perfSONAR 4.0 on CentOS 6, and only when viewed through SSL. 

For those who are interested in the details, in 4.0, Esmond has an issue 
where the URL it returns doesn't match the requested URL (it always returns 
http, never https). The charts were using this URL to fetch the data, which 
failed due to mixed content issues. Now the charts are using the MA url 
specified to them, and only the URI portion from Esmond, to get around the 
issue.

Let me know if the next charts update doesn't fix the issue for you.

Thanks,
Michael

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:50:39AM -0400, Mark Maciolek wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> https://perf-rcc.unh.edu/toolkit/  I see it happen in Chrome and Opera web
> browsers
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
>
> [mailto:]
>  On Behalf Of Michael Johnson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 5:19 PM
> To: 
>
> Cc: 
>
> Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Error loading test results after upgrade
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for reporting this issue -- I'm trying to reproduce it, but I can't
> seem to get the same behavior. I've tried Chrome, Firefox and Safari, and
> for me, all work fine via http or https. I am looking at this test node --
> are any of you unable to load the "Details" graphs on this node?
>
> http://perfsonar-dev8.grnoc.iu.edu/toolkit/
> https://perfsonar-dev8.grnoc.iu.edu/toolkit/
>
> If one or more of you who are seeing this behavior have a
> publicly-accessible instance they could share with me, that would help me
> figure out what's going on.
>
> The new graphs are more sensitive to http vs https, because they are now
> entirely client-side and browsers (rightly) don't like mixed content. The
> way it SHOULD work is, if you load the page via http, the links to the
> details pages should also use http. Simiarly, if the main page loads via
> https, the details pages should, too. Maybe something isn't working
> correctly there.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 03:19:18PM -0400, Jim Nauer CWRU wrote:
> > Aha! HTTP(S) does seem to be the issue, and specifically in Chrome.  Both
> > Firefox & Safari are perfectly happy connecting via HTTP, and show the
> > 'Details' page just fine as a result.
> >
> > Chrome _really_ wants to use HTTPS--even when I change it to "HTTP" in the
> > URL bar, the main PerfSONAR page (/toolkit/) auto-loads in HTTPS.  Then I
> > can click on a "Details" like, get the error page via HTTPS, and change
> > protocol to HTTP to see the working page.
> >
> >  --Jim
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 3:03 PM, C. Aaron Smith 
> > <>
> >  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Mark,
> > >
> > > Thanks for posting.  When I changed browser from Chrome to Firefox the
> > > "Details" page now has actual details instead of the errors.
> > >
> > > With that in mind, I went back to Chrome and used http instead of https
> > > and now the details page comes up without any problems.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On 4/18/2017 2:48 PM, Mark Maciolek wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I get the same results but using Opera for my browser I get a pop up
> > > telling
> > > > me it being blocked. When I unblock it then displays the graphs.
> > > >
> > > > Mixing secure and unsecure content seems to be the reason why.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: 
> > >
> > > > 
> > > [mailto:]
> > >  On Behalf Of Vollmer,
> > > David
> > > > 
> > > ()
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 2:04 PM
> > > > To: C. Aaron Smith 
> > > <>
> > > > Cc: 
> > >
> > > > Subject: Re: [perfsonar-user] Error loading test results after upgrade
> > > >
> > > > Same trouble here.
> > > >
> > > >> On Apr 18, 2017, at 10:46 AM, C. Aaron Smith 
> > > <>
> > >  wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Hello everyone,
> > > >>
> > > >> A test box was allowed to upgrade to 4.0 this morning and now
> "Details"
> > > >> of the test results are not showing.
> > > >> The base web page is shown without any errors.  When selecting
> "Details"
> > > >> under a specific test, the new page shows these messages:
> > > >> "Error loading data
> > > >> Error retrieving data
> > > >> No data found in the measurement archive"
> > > >>
> > > >> Not sure where to start.
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Aaron
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> C. Aaron Smith
> > > >> Senior Network Engineer
> > > >> ISC Tech Services
> > > >> University of Pennsylvania
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > C. Aaron Smith
> > > Senior Network Engineer
> > > ISC Tech Services
> > > University of Pennsylvania
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> >
> >
> >
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> Michael Johnson
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Michael Johnson
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