Private module

[Francois Masurel]

Hi eveverybody,

Is it possible to make a module private (as it was the default with backends) ?

I'm only using modules for long task processing so I don't need and I don't want to have them publicly available.

Thanx for your answer.

Francois

[Vinny P]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Francois Masurel <f.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

Is it possible to make a module private (as it was the default with backends) ?

I'm only using modules for long task processing so I don't need and I don't want to have them publicly available.

Hi Francois,

To make a module private, create a dispatch file and set it to login: admin in the handlers section. 

See this page for further documentation: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/modules/routing and scroll down to the bottom of the section Addressing Instances.

 

 

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-Vinny P

Technology & Media Advisor

Chicago, IL

App Engine Code Samples: http://www.learntogoogleit.com

[Francois MASUREL]

Hi Vinny,

Thanx for answering.

I'm indeed using Java and already set a security constraint on /* to restrict access to admin only.

It works fine but a new instance is started everytime one of my backend URL is called.

Backends were not reachable from the Internet unless stated "public".

I would like to have something similar for my modules.

And thanx for all your helping answers on this forum.

François

François Masurel

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[Francois Masurel]

I guess I could use a cryptic version name to be sure no spam bot will ever wake up some of my modules (and cost me some $).

It would be better if Google could provide a simple way to make them private and hide them from the outside.

[Vinny P]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Francois Masurel <f.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

I guess I could use a cryptic version name to be sure no spam bot will ever wake up some of my modules (and cost me some $).

What I do is map the root module directory to a static page via the welcome file setting in web.xml ( https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/config/webxml#The_Welcome_File_List ). That way instances won't respond to a spam bot attempting to index. Admittedly, you'll have to remap your handlers so they don't use the root path for requests.

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Francois Masurel <f.ma...@gmail.com> wrote:

It would be better if Google could provide a simple way to make them private and hide them from the outside.

+1. 

[Francois MASUREL]

Hey Vinny, you're totally right, I should have thought about it.

I just added a welcome static file and favicon and no more instance loading when the root path is accessed.

Sadly it works only for a few predetermined urls.

Thanx again for your help.

François Masurel

[Francois Masurel]

Created an issue :  https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=10026