Ok I submitted the issue #162 :
https://git.lavasoftware.org/lava/lava/issues/162

Thanks for the help.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 11:11, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 10:06, Axel Lebourhis <axel.lebourhis@linaro.org> wrote:
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>
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> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 10:33, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 09:20, Axel Lebourhis <axel.lebourhis@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 09:46, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> There is a separate problem here, on your local setup. Avoid making
>> >> changes to common.py which cannot go upstream because every package
>> >> update will assert the upstream version without any regard to your
>> >> change.
>> >>
>> >> It's possible you have a gunicorn process which isn't stopping
>> >> correcltly, possibly due to an earlier misconfiguration. It's also
>> >> possible you may need to restart Apache.
>> >>
>> >> What you have at the moment isn't a fix, it's only a step to work out
>> >> the actual fix.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes I just wanted to check if my config was actually took in count or not. I didn't know I could check this through
>> > the developer shell, will do next time.
>> >
>> >
>> >> Possibly try adding
>> >>    "CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY": false,
>> >>
>> >> in /etc/lava-server/settings.conf
>> >
>> >
>> > I added this line and I removed a line which was about LXC_PATH. Maybe this was the root of the problem,
>> > leading to an error when reading the settings and making django use the default settings.
>>
>> If that was the case, it's something that should be investigated to
>> see if it can be detected .
>>
>> The other tool to use in these situations (I keep forgetting to
>> recommend it) is:
>>
>> lava-server manage check --deploy
>>
>> Please could you file an issue on
>> https://git.lavasoftware.org/lava/lava/issues ? The issue should
>> investigate what Django does if there are errors in
>> /etc/lava-server/settings.conf and how those errors can be detected
>> with lava-server manage check --deploy
>
>
> I double checked, trying to recreate the problem by readding the LXC_PATH line and removing the line "CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY": false.
> Everything is still working fine... I made sure the settings was took in count by resetting the CSRF verification to true, and it is.
> Also checked with lava-server manage check --deploy, everything is how it is expected. So, I'm not sure what this was about... Surely an issue with my environment.
> Do you still want me to submit an issue ? I'm not sure it would be relevant as the issue seems to be linked to random environment issue (maybe a gunicorn process
> as you suggested before).

It would still useful if lava-server manage check --deploy could
report that the settings reported from Django don't match
/etc/lava-server/settings.conf or if /etc/lava-server/settings.conf
has some kind of syntax error. So, yes, an issue would be good.

> If so, do I have to create an account or do something ? Tried to log in with my Linaro account but didn't work.

If you have a GitHub account, click the GitHub icon and log in that
way. If not, please create a new account. It will be useful when there
are upstream changes you wish to contribute from your testing or
devices. e.g. a documentation update for identifying and fixing
problems with login.

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>>
>> > But now it works fine, so thank you for that.
>>
>> Thanks. I am always concerned when users resort to changing the
>> defaults in common.py - there is clearly a problem affecting their
>> system and it is never clear where the problem lies, only that
>> changing common.py is only a temporary fix. Authentication backends
>> are very opaque - whilst it's true that this avoids leaking details of
>> valid authentications, it is common to find a lack of useful debug
>> information in the same code. We hand off this part to Django, so we
>> don't get the chance to add debug during authentication. If we can
>> find a way to report that /etc/lava-server/settings.conf is invalid or
>> has been ignored for some reason, that should help others with their
>> problems.
>
>
> Yes this would be useful to put this kind of debug in the lava-master log (or whatever you prefer)
> because this is the first thing I checked and no information were provided.
>
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> You can also use the developer shell to load the settings and see what
>> >> has actually been set.
>> >>
>> >> $ sudo lava-server manage shell
>> >> >>> from django.conf import settings
>> >> >>> settings.CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE
>> >> False
>> >>
>> >> Again, avoid making changes here, those would only be temporary. Don't
>> >> be tempted to do much more than check the settings in the developer
>> >> shell - it is massively powerful and can easily trash your instance.
>> >> It is a useful tool, when used with caution.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://master.lavasoftware.org/static/docs/v2/development.html#developer-access-to-django-shell
>> >>
>> >
>> > Thank you for this information, I will use this tool now to check my settings.
>> >
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Axel
>> >
>> >> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 16:45, Axel Lebourhis <axel.lebourhis@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 16:35, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> When changing /etc/lava-server/settings.conf ensure that the gunicorn
>> >> >>> service is restarted
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> $ sudo service lava-server-gunicorn restart
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This has been done.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> This isn't about browser cookies - some browsers cache authentication
>> >> >>> separately to cookies and sometimes it just needs a separate browser
>> >> >>> to get passed an initial failure. e..g use firefox instead of chrome
>> >> >>> and vice versa. Also it can be that all windows of the browser need to
>> >> >>> be closed.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I tried on both Firefox and Chrome, nothing new.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > I don't understand, I made no modifications.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Unless you use https:// you need to modify at least
>> >> >>> /etc/lava-server/settings.conf
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The configuration needed to use http://localhost was already set in this file.
>> >> >> I modified directly the common.py file to set the default value to False.
>> >> >> Now I don't have the CSRF error anymore, but I'm still not logged in, back to starting point.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 16:16, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 15:04, Axel Lebourhis <axel.lebourhis@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > Yes i'm using localhost and i'm using simple Django accounts.
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> In which case you need to set the CSRF settings to allow login without
>> >> >>> >> https as in the link I posted.
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> https://master.lavasoftware.org/static/docs/v2/installing_on_debian.html?highlight=csrf#debugging-the-installation
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 16:02, Neil Williams <neil.williams@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 14:55, Axel Lebourhis <axel.lebourhis@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >> > Hi everyone,
>> >> >>> >> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >> > I have some troubles to log in my Web UI.
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Are you using http://localhost ? or are you trying to use http:// with
>> >> >>> >> >> a domain name but have not set up https?
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> If so, have you read the notes on CSRF support:
>> >> >>> >> >> https://master.lavasoftware.org/static/docs/v2/installing_on_debian.html?highlight=csrf#debugging-the-installation
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Have you configured LDAP or are you using simple Django accounts?
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> > I type the good password and username and then the website sends me back to the home page. If I type a wrong password, I get an error message. It does the same thing for all user accounts. Tried to restart lava services, apache2 but it's still doing the same thing. No error messages returned in logs.
>> >> >>> >> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >> > Best regards,
>> >> >>> >> >> > Axel Le Bourhis
>> >> >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________
>> >> >>> >> >> > Lava-users mailing list
>> >> >>> >> >> > Lava-users@lists.lavasoftware.org
>> >> >>> >> >> > https://lists.lavasoftware.org/mailman/listinfo/lava-users
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> --
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Neil Williams
>> >> >>> >> >> =============
>> >> >>> >> >> neil.williams@linaro.org
>> >> >>> >> >> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> --
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> Neil Williams
>> >> >>> >> =============
>> >> >>> >> neil.williams@linaro.org
>> >> >>> >> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> --
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Neil Williams
>> >> >>> =============
>> >> >>> neil.williams@linaro.org
>> >> >>> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Neil Williams
>> >> =============
>> >> neil.williams@linaro.org
>> >> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
>>
>>
>>
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>> Neil Williams
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>> http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/



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