Since switching to Maxmind permalinks to download the databases in
7079698cdf, we have received multiple
reports about rebuilds failing as `maxminddb:refresh` runs during
the rebuilds and failing to download the databases cases the rebuilds to
fail.
Downloading Maxmind databases should not sit in the critical rebuild
path but since we are close to the Discourse 3.3 release, we have opted
to just rescue all errors encountered when downloading the databases.
In the near future after the Discourse 3.3 release, we will be looking
at moving the downloading of maxmind databases out of the rebuild path.
* rescue mmdb download failure
If mmdb database fails to download a bootstrap fails. This is a trivial fix for that problem. A more elegant solution might check whether the dataabase was downloaded and provide a helpful error message.
* linting
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Co-authored-by: Joffrey JAFFEUX <j.jaffeux@gmail.com>
This commit switches `DiscourseIpInfo.mmdb_download` to use the
permalinks supplied by MaxMind to download the MaxMind databases as
specified in
https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/updating-databases#directly-downloading-databases
which states:
```
To directly download databases, follow these steps:
1. In the "Download Links" column, click "Get Permalink(s)" for the desired database.
2. Copy the permalink(s) provided in the modal window.
3. Provide your account ID and your license key using Basic Authentication to authenticate.
```
Previously we are downloading from `https://download.maxmind.com/app/geoip_download` but this is not
documented anyway on MaxMind's docs so this URL can in theory break
in the future without warning. Therefore, we are taking a proactive
approach to download the databases from MaxMind the recommended way
instead of relying on a hidden URL. This old way of downloading the
databases with only a license key will be deprecated in 3.3 and be
removed in 3.4.
This commit changes `DiscourseIpInfo.mmdb_download` to use `File.join`
instead of `URI.join` when `GlobalSetting.maxmind_mirror_url` has been
configured. This is necessary because `URI.join` does not work the way I
expect it to work when I implemented it previously.
`URI.join("http://www.example.com/mirror", "test.tar.gz") results in
`http://www.example.com/test.tar.gz` instead of our expected
`http://www.exmaple.com/mirror/test.tar.gz`. For our simple use case
here, `File.join` is sufficient.
Why this change?
This allows downloading the MaxMind databases from a mirror in cases
where downloading directly from MaxMind's API endpoint is problematic
due to API limits.
Reverts
- DEV: maxmind license checking failing tests #24534
- UX: Show if MaxMind key is missing on IP lookup #18993
These changes are leading to surprising results, our logs are now filling up with warnings on dev environments
We need the change to be redone
This improves the implementation of #18993
1. Error message displayed to user is clearer
2. open_db will also be called, even if license key is blank, as it was previously
3. This in turn means no need to keep stubbing 'maxmind_license_key'
Previously we had the ability to download a simple .gz file
new changes mean we have a a tar.gz file that needs some levels
of fiddling to get extracted correctly
MaxMind now requires an account with a license key to download files.
Discourse admins can register for such an account at:
https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/signup
License key generation is available in the profile section.
Once registered you can set the license key using `DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY`
This amends it so we unconditionally skip MaxMind DB downloads if no license key exists.
This also corrects FileHelper.download so it supports "follow_redirect"
correctly (it used to always follow 1 redirect) and adds a `validate_url`
param that will bypass all uri validation if set to false (default is true)
This new `DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_BACKUP_PATH` can be used a secondary location
for maxmind db. That way a build machine, for example can cache it on the
host and reuse between builds.
Also per 5bfeef77 added proper error raising for download fails from
dedicated rake task
This also moves "refresh_maxmind_db_during_precompile_days" to a global
setting, it did not make sense in a site setting
* FEATURE: Added MaxMindDb to resolve IP information.
* FEATURE: Added browser detection based on user agent.
* FEATURE: Added recently used devices in user preferences.
* DEV: Added acceptance test for recently used devices.
* UX: Do not show 'Show more' button if there aren't more tokens.
* DEV: Fix unit tests.
* DEV: Make changes after code review.
* Add more detailed unit tests.
* Improve logging messages.
* Minor coding style fixes.
* DEV: Use DropdownSelectBoxComponent and run Prettier.
* DEV: Fix unit tests.
