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• RC file

RC file

When Hop starts (i.e., the hop command is executed), it first reads a Runtime Command File that configures its runtime environment. The most important purpose of the file is to declare the users that will be allowed to access the Hop services. The default name of this file is $HOME/.config/hoprc.js, which can be changed using command line options (see command).

The hoprc.js is a regular JavaScript file. It can import any other modules or library. However, it has special rights that let it execute expressions that will be later on forbidden or ineffective. In particular, the hoprc.js is the only file where the function user.add (see user) can be called.

For the example sake here is how to declare an hoprc.js with two users hopjs and anonymous.

hop = require( "hop" );
var user = require( hop.user );
var config = require( hop.config );

user.add( { name: "hopjs",
            password: user.encryptPassword( "hopjs", "inria" ),
            services: "*",
            directories: "*"
          } );
user.add( { name: "anonymous",
            password: user.encryptPassword( "hopjs", "23^73++_*" ),
            services: "",
            directories: ""
          } );    

Note: The anonymous user is the user on which all non-authentified request are identified. Declaring an anonymous user in the hoprc.js file is mandatory. Without such a declaration, the server will raise an error for each new web request it will receive. The anonymous might have no permissions granted, as in the example above, but it must exist.

The rcfile.js can be generated automatically using the Hop wizard (http://localhost:8080/hop/wizard).