web - persistent sessions using mongodb as session-store

README.md

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Single sign-on authentication and authorization service for rxbn.de services
 # start server
 ## normal start
 ```sh
-$ DB_URL=mongodb://user:[email protected]:port/authdb DB_NAME=authRxbn node app.js
+$ DB_URL="mongodb://user:[email protected]:port/authdb" DB_NAME="authRxbn" SESSION_KEY="32byteHexString" COOKIE_KEY="32byteHexString" node app.js
 ```
 ## debug start (with debug output/logs)
 ```sh
-$ DB_URL=mongodb://user:[email protected]:port/authdb DB_NAME=authRxbn NODE_ENV=debug node app.js
+$ DB_URL="mongodb://user:[email protected]:port/authdb" DB_NAME="authRxbn" SESSION_KEY="32byteHexString" COOKIE_KEY="32byteHexString" NODE_ENV=debug node app.js
 ```
 
 # TODO

app.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let load = global['requireModule'] = (name) => {
 };
 
 // environment variable check
-let env_vars = ["DB_URL", "DB_NAME"];
+let env_vars = ["DB_URL", "DB_NAME", "SESSION_KEY", "COOKIE_KEY"];
 let env_missing = false;
 env_vars.forEach((el) => {
 	if(typeof process.env[el] == 'undefined') {

bin/config.js

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ module.exports = {
 		host: "auth.rxbn.de",
 		port: 8080,
 		poweredBy: 'authRXBN.js',
-		sessionKey: require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('hex'),
-		cookieKey: require('crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('hex'),
+		sessionKey: process.env.SESSION_KEY,
+		cookieKey: process.env.COOKIE_KEY,
 		registration: false, // false -> no registration
 		cookieMaxAge: 1000*60*60 // one hour (milliseconds*seconds*minutes)
 	},

bin/database/module.js

@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ methods.connect = async () => {
 	});
 }
 
+/**
+ * returns db instance
+ * @author Ruben Meyer
+ * @return {Object} mongoose
+ */
+methods.getConnection = () => {
+	return db;
+}
+
 //  //    //  //////// ////////  ///////
 //  //    //  //       //        //    //
 //  //    //  //////   //////    //////

bin/web/module.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ methods.start = () => {
 	// init express framework
 	let express = require('express');
 	let session_handler = require('express-session');
+	let session_store = require('connect-mongo')(session_handler);
 
 	// utilities
 	let fs = require('fs');
@@ -86,18 +87,34 @@ methods.start = () => {
 	if(app.get('env') === 'debug')
 		app.locals.pretty = true;
 
-	// Sessions
-	session_options = {
-		secret: cfg.web.sessionKey,
-		resave: false,
-		saveUninitialized: false, cookie: {}};
-	if(app.get('env') === 'production') {
-		session_options.cookie.secure = true;
-	}
-	app.use(session_handler(session_options));
-
-	// web routes
 	(async function() {
+		// mongooseConnection
+		let db = global['requireModule']('database');
+		await db.connect();
+		let con = db.getConnection();
+
+		// Sessions
+		session_options = {
+			secret: cfg.web.sessionKey,
+			resave: false,
+			saveUninitialized: false,
+			cookie: {
+				maxAge: cfg.web.cookieMaxAge
+			},
+			store: new session_store({
+				mongooseConnection: con,
+				dbName: cfg.mongoose.db,
+				ttl: cfg.web.cookieMaxAge,
+				secret: (app.get('env') === 'production') ? true : false
+			})
+		};
+		if(app.get('env') === 'production') {
+			app.set('trust proxy', 1);
+			session_options.cookie.secure = true;
+		}
+		app.use(session_handler(session_options));
+
+		// web routes
 		let mRoutes = require(global['__dirname']+'/bin/web/routes/static');
 		let mainRoutes = await mRoutes.getRoutes();
 		app.use('/', mainRoutes);
@@ -106,9 +123,14 @@ methods.start = () => {
 		app.use('/api', restAPI);
 
 		// start server
-		app.listen(cfg.web.port, () => {
-			global['logs'].log("Server is listening on port: "+cfg.web.port);
-		});
+		if(app.get('env') === 'production' && cfg.web.host && typeof cfg.web.host == "string")
+			app.listen(cfg.web.port, cfg.web.host, () => {
+				global['logs'].log("Server is listening on port: "+cfg.web.port);
+			});
+		else if(app.get('env') === 'debug' || !cfg.web.host || typeof cfg.web.host !== "string")
+			app.listen(cfg.web.port, () => {
+				global['logs'].log("Server is listening on port: "+cfg.web.port);
+			});
 	})();
 };
 

package.json

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "license": "",
   "dependencies": {
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
+    "connect-mongo": "^3.2.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-async-handler": "^1.1.4",