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There is just one per feature, and therefore they are shared if a * feature appears on multiple XenObjects. Each time the user switches XenObject, the state of the browser for that particular * XenObject is persisted in BrowserStates. * * * We have a fairly complicated scheme for managing credentials for webpages: * * Normally, when you hit a page that requires authorization, IE will pop up a prompt. We intercept this prompt, and instead we * persist credentials on the XenServer host. We also prompt if we see HTTP response 401 Authorization Required or 403 Forbidden, * on the assumption that the password on the server has changed. * * Credentials are persisted server-side as Secrets, with a reference to the appropriate Secret stored in Pool.gui_config (see * Pool.*XCPluginSecret). If the user chooses not to persist credentials, we still persist an empty string in Pool.gui_config, * to record the fact that the user has made that choice. * * When we see an authentication request, we enter Browser_AuthenticationPrompt on the UI thread. We check the server for * persisted credentials, which has to occur on a background thread, but we can't return from Browser_AuthenticationPrompt until * we have the credentials. To handle this, we spawn a thread in TriggerGetSecret, and then use Application.DoEvents to wait on * the UI thread without blocking redraws. See CompleteGetSecret. The background thread will set BrowserState.Credentials when * it is finished, releasing the UI thread. * * If there's nothing in Pool.gui_config for us, or if there is the empty string (indicating that the user has chosen not to * persist credentials), then we need to prompt for the credentials from the user. In that case, it's back onto the UI thread * to show a TabPageCredentialsDialog before returning to the background thread to persist the new credentials. */ private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType); private const char CREDENTIALS_SEPARATOR = '\x0294'; private readonly string Url; // required - "url" attribute, the local or remote url of the HTML page to load private readonly bool ContextEnabled; // optional - "context-menu" attribute, if set the context menu will be disabled private readonly bool XenCenterOnly; // optional - "xencenter-only" attribute, if set this tabpage will appear on the XenCenter node and no where else private readonly bool RelativeUrl; // optional - "relative" attribute, if set the url will be resolved relative to the XenCenter directory private readonly string HelpLink; // optional - "help-link" attribute, if set when the help button is pressed this url will be loaded in a separate browser private readonly bool Credentials; // optional - "credentials" attribute, if set XenCenter will duplicate a session for use by the htmls JavaScript private readonly bool Console; // optional - "console" attribute on the "TabPage" tag. public const string ELEMENT_NAME = "TabPage"; public const string ATT_XC_ONLY = "xencenter-only"; public const string ATT_CONTEXT_MENU = "context-menu"; public const string ATT_HELP_LINK = "help-link"; public const string ATT_RELATIVE = "relative"; public const string ATT_CREDENTIALS = "credentials"; public const string ATT_CONSOLE = "console"; public const string ATT_URL = "url"; private readonly Dictionary BrowserStates = new Dictionary(); private BrowserState lastBrowserState = null; private TabControl tabControl; private IXenObject selectedXenObject; private IXenObject lastXenModelObject; private TabPage _tabPage; private WebBrowser2 Browser; private bool UrlIsLoaded; /// /// If true, this indicates that the most recent Navigation was an error. /// private bool navigationError; public bool HasHelp { get { return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(HelpLink); } } public TabPage TabPage { get { return _tabPage; } } public IXenObject SelectedXenObject { get { return selectedXenObject; } set { selectedXenObject = value; _tabControl_SelectedIndexChanged(null, EventArgs.Empty); } } public TabPageFeature(ResourceManager resourceManager, XmlNode node, PluginDescriptor plugin) : base(resourceManager, node, plugin) { XenCenterOnly = Helpers.GetBoolXmlAttribute(node, ATT_XC_ONLY, false); ContextEnabled = Helpers.GetBoolXmlAttribute(node, ATT_CONTEXT_MENU, false); // plugins v2 HelpLink = Helpers.GetStringXmlAttribute(node, ATT_HELP_LINK, ""); RelativeUrl = Helpers.GetBoolXmlAttribute(node, ATT_RELATIVE, false); Credentials = Helpers.GetBoolXmlAttribute(node, ATT_CREDENTIALS, false); // indicates that this tab-page is a replacement for the console tab. Console = Helpers.GetBoolXmlAttribute(node, ATT_CONSOLE, false); string urlString = Helpers.GetStringXmlAttribute(node, ATT_URL); Url = urlString == null ? "" : string.Format("{0}{1}", RelativeUrl ? string.Format("{0}/", Application.StartupPath) : "", urlString); } public override string CheckForError() { if (Url == "") return string.Format(Messages.CANNOT_PARSE_NODE_PARAM, node.Name, ATT_URL); return base.CheckForError(); } public override void Initialize() { _tabPage = new TabPage(); _tabPage.SuspendLayout(); _tabPage.Text = ToString(); _tabPage.ToolTipText = Tooltip ?? ""; if (Program.MainWindow != null) // for unit tests { _tabPage.HelpRequested += Program.MainWindow.MainWindow_HelpRequested; } CreateBrowser(); _tabPage.Controls.Add(Browser); _tabPage.Tag = this; // Tag the tab page so we can reload when the tab is focussed. _tabPage.ResumeLayout(); _tabPage.ParentChanged += TabPage_ParentChanged; } private void CreateBrowser() { Browser = new WebBrowser2(); Browser.Dock = DockStyle.Fill; Browser.IsWebBrowserContextMenuEnabled = ContextEnabled; Browser.DocumentCompleted += Browser_DocumentCompleted; Browser.Navigating += Browser_Navigating; Browser.Navigated += Browser_Navigated; Browser.NavigateError += Browser_NavigateError; Browser.WindowClosed += Browser_WindowClosed; Browser.PreviewKeyDown += Browser_PreviewKeyDown; Browser.AuthenticationPrompt += Browser_AuthenticationPrompt; // Navigate to about:blank to work around http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320153. Browser.Navigate("about:blank"); } void Browser_WindowClosed(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (!Program.Exiting && Enabled && !_tabPage.Disposing) { _tabPage.Controls.Remove(Browser); CreateBrowser(); _tabPage.Controls.Add(Browser); if (SelectedXenObject != null) { BrowserStates.Remove(SelectedXenObject); SetUrl(); } } } public bool ShowTab { get { try { if (_tabPage == null || Program.MainWindow.SearchMode) { return false; } if (XenCenterOnly) { return SelectedXenObject == null; } if (SelectedXenObject == null || !Enabled || !Placeholders.UriValid(Url, SelectedXenObject)) { return false; } return Search == null || Search.Query.Match(SelectedXenObject); } catch (UriFormatException e) { log.Debug(string.Format("Not displaying tab '{0}' for plugin '{1}'. Invalid properties in url '{2}'", ToString(), PluginDescriptor.Name, Url), e); } return false; } } private void SetUrl() { if (UrlIsLoaded && XenCenterOnly) // Never update XenCenter node tabs. return; BrowserState state; if (selectedXenObject == null) { // XenCenter node is selected, the placeholder code will sub in "null" for all placeholders // After this point we will never update this url again for this node, so there is no need to store a browser state state = new BrowserState(Placeholders.SubstituteUri(Url, selectedXenObject), selectedXenObject, Browser); } else if (BrowserStates.ContainsKey(selectedXenObject) && !BrowserStates[selectedXenObject].IsError) { // if there wasn't an error with navigation then use the stored browser-state. Otherwise try again. state = BrowserStates[selectedXenObject]; } else { state = new BrowserState(Placeholders.SubstituteUri(Url, selectedXenObject), selectedXenObject, Browser); BrowserStates[selectedXenObject] = state; } if (lastBrowserState == state) return; try { if (state.ObjectForScripting != null) { if (Credentials) state.ObjectForScripting.LoginSession(); Browser.ObjectForScripting = state.ObjectForScripting; } Browser.Navigate(state.Urls); lastBrowserState = state; } catch (Exception e) { log.Error(string.Format("Failed to set TabPage url to '{0}' for plugin '{1}'", string.Join(",", state.Urls.ConvertAll(u => u.ToString()).ToArray()), PluginDescriptor.Name), e); } } private void Browser_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e) { Program.AssertOnEventThread(); if (!XenCenterOnly && lastBrowserState != null) { log.DebugFormat("url for '{0}' set to '{1}'", Helpers.GetName(lastBrowserState.Obj), e.Url); lastBrowserState.Urls = new List { e.Url }; } } [DllImport("wininet.dll", SetLastError = true)] private static extern long DeleteUrlCacheEntry(string url); private void Browser_Navigating(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs e) { Program.AssertOnEventThread(); UrlIsLoaded |= e.Url.AbsoluteUri != "about:blank"; navigationError = false; if (XenCenterOnly || e.TargetFrameName != "" || lastBrowserState == null) return; log.DebugFormat("url for '{0}' set to '{1}'", Helpers.GetName(lastBrowserState.Obj), e.Url); if (Console) { // delete this page from the cache.... that we can be sure that if the page stops working then // the user reliably gets the real console back. DeleteUrlCacheEntry(e.Url.AbsoluteUri); } lastBrowserState.Urls = new List { e.Url }; } /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// void Browser_NavigateError(object sender, WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs e) { Program.AssertOnEventThread(); navigationError = true; try { log.DebugFormat("Navigate error ({0}): {1}", e.StatusCode, e.Url); if ((e.StatusCode == 401 || e.StatusCode == 403)) { log.Warn("Clearing secret and re-prompting, since we've seen a 401/403."); BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = lastBrowserState.Credentials; bool persisting = creds == null ? true : creds.PersistCredentials; CompleteClearSecret(lastBrowserState); TriggerGetSecret(lastBrowserState); } } catch (Exception exn) { log.Error(exn, exn); } } private void TabPage_ParentChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { TabControl tabControl = _tabPage.Parent as TabControl; if (this.tabControl != null) { this.tabControl.SelectedIndexChanged -= _tabControl_SelectedIndexChanged; } this.tabControl = tabControl; if (this.tabControl != null) { this.tabControl.SelectedIndexChanged += _tabControl_SelectedIndexChanged; } } private void _tabControl_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (Console) { // if this is a console replacement window, then update the browser object with every selection change. This way the console // tabs will always stay up-to-date lastXenModelObject = SelectedXenObject; if (ShowTab) SetUrl(); } else { // if this isn't a console replacement window, then only update when this tab is selected. if (tabControl != null && tabControl.SelectedTab != null && tabControl.SelectedTab.Tag == this) { lastXenModelObject = SelectedXenObject; if (ShowTab) SetUrl(); } else if (lastXenModelObject != null) { lastXenModelObject = null; } } } private void Browser_Navigated(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs e) { if (!XenCenterOnly && lastBrowserState != null) { log.DebugFormat("url for '{0}' set to '{1}'", Helpers.GetName(lastBrowserState.Obj), e.Url); lastBrowserState.Urls = new List { e.Url }; if (lastBrowserState.IsError != navigationError) { lastBrowserState.IsError = navigationError; if (Console) { // if this plugin tab-page is a console replacement and the error-state of the navigation has changed // then update the tabs. This ensures that user gets the real console tab back. Program.MainWindow.UpdateToolbars(); } } } } private void Browser_PreviewKeyDown(object sender, PreviewKeyDownEventArgs e) { if (e.KeyCode == Keys.F1 && Browser.Focused) { Program.MainWindow.MainWindow_HelpRequested(null, null); } } /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// void Browser_AuthenticationPrompt(WebBrowser2 sender, WebBrowserAuthenticationPromptEventArgs e) { try { Program.AssertOnEventThread(); log.Debug("Prompting for authentication..."); CompleteClearSecret(lastBrowserState); CompleteGetSecret(lastBrowserState); BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = lastBrowserState.Credentials; if (creds != null && creds.Valid) { e.Username = creds.Username; e.Password = creds.Password; e.Success = true; log.Debug("Prompt for authentication successful."); } else { e.Success = false; log.Debug("Prompt for authentication cancelled / failed."); } } catch (Exception exn) { log.Error("Prompt for authentication failed", exn); e.Success = false; } } private void CompleteGetSecret(BrowserState state) { if (state.Credentials != null) return; TriggerGetSecret(state); while (state.Credentials == null) Application.DoEvents(); } /// /// Load the secret where we've saved credentials. This will be placed on a background thread, and we'll poll for /// its results. /// private void TriggerGetSecret(BrowserState state) { Thread t = new Thread(GetSecret); t.IsBackground = true; t.Start(state); } private delegate void BrowserStateDelegate(bool persistByDefault, BrowserState obj); /// /// Get the persisted secret from the server, or prompt for new credentials and persist those back to the server. /// Completion of this thread is indicated by state.Credentials being set. /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// /// private void GetSecret(object obj) { Program.AssertOffEventThread(); BrowserState state = (BrowserState)obj; try { Session session = state.Obj.Connection.Session; do { Pool pool = Helpers.GetPoolOfOne(state.Obj.Connection); if (pool == null) { log.Warn("Failed to get Pool!"); // Sleep and retry. Thread.Sleep(5000); continue; } string secret_uuid = pool.GetXCPluginSecret(PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj); if (secret_uuid == null) { log.Debug("Nothing persisted. Prompting for new credentials."); Program.Invoke(Program.MainWindow, (BrowserStateDelegate)PromptForUsernamePassword, true, state); MaybePersistCredentials(session, pool, state); return; } else if (secret_uuid == "") { log.Debug("User chose not to persist these credentials."); Program.Invoke(Program.MainWindow, (BrowserStateDelegate)PromptForUsernamePassword, false, state); MaybePersistCredentials(session, pool, state); return; } else { log.Debug("Found a secret."); XenRef secret = null; try { secret = Secret.get_by_uuid(session, secret_uuid); } catch (Failure exn) { log.Warn(string.Format("Secret {0} for {1} on plugin {2} has disappeared!", secret_uuid, Helpers.GetName(state.Obj), PluginDescriptor.Name), exn); TryToRemoveSecret(pool, session, PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj); // Retry. continue; } string val = Secret.get_value(session, secret); string[] bits = val.Split(CREDENTIALS_SEPARATOR); if (bits.Length != 2) { log.WarnFormat("Corrupt secret {0} at {1} for {2} on plugin {3}! Deleting.", val, secret_uuid, Helpers.GetName(state.Obj), PluginDescriptor.Name); TryToDestroySecret(session, secret.opaque_ref); TryToRemoveSecret(pool, session, PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj); // Retry. continue; } log.Debug("Secret successfully read."); BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = new BrowserState.BrowserCredentials(); creds.Username = bits[0]; creds.Password = bits[1]; creds.PersistCredentials = true; creds.Valid = true; state.Credentials = creds; return; } // Unreachable. Should either have returned, or continued (to retry). } while (true); } catch (Exception exn) { log.Warn("Ignoring exception when trying to get secret", exn); // Note that it's essential that we set state.Credentials before leaving this function, because other threads are waiting // for that value to appear. BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = new BrowserState.BrowserCredentials(); creds.Valid = false; state.Credentials = creds; } } private void MaybePersistCredentials(Session session, Pool pool, BrowserState state) { BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = state.Credentials; if (creds != null && creds.Valid) { string val = creds.PersistCredentials ? CreateSecret(session, creds.Username, creds.Password) : ""; pool.SetXCPluginSecret(session, PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj, val); } } private string CreateSecret(Session session, string username, string password) { string val = string.Format("{0}{1}{2}", username, CREDENTIALS_SEPARATOR, password); return Secret.CreateSecret(session, val); } /// /// Prompt for credentials, and set state.Credentials appropriately. /// /// Whether the "persist these credentials" checkbox is checked on entry to the dialog. /// private void PromptForUsernamePassword(bool defaultPersist, BrowserState state) { Program.AssertOnEventThread(); TabPageCredentialsDialog d = new TabPageCredentialsDialog(); d.ServiceName = Label; d.DefaultPersist = defaultPersist; BrowserState.BrowserCredentials creds = new BrowserState.BrowserCredentials(); if (DialogResult.OK == d.ShowDialog(Program.MainWindow)) { creds.Username = d.Username; creds.Password = d.Password; creds.PersistCredentials = d.PersistCredentials; creds.Valid = true; } else { creds.Valid = false; } state.Credentials = creds; } private void CompleteClearSecret(BrowserState state) { if (state.Credentials == null) return; TriggerClearSecret(state); while (state.Credentials != null) Application.DoEvents(); } private void TriggerClearSecret(BrowserState state) { Thread t = new Thread(ClearSecret); t.IsBackground = true; t.Start(state); } /// /// Clear the persisted secret from the server. /// Completion of this thread is indicated by state.Credentials being set to null. /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// /// private void ClearSecret(object obj) { Program.AssertOffEventThread(); BrowserState state = (BrowserState)obj; try { Session session = state.Obj.Connection.Session; Pool pool = Helpers.GetPoolOfOne(state.Obj.Connection); if (pool == null) return; string secret_uuid = pool.GetXCPluginSecret(PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj); if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(secret_uuid)) { XenRef secret_ref = Secret.get_by_uuid(session, secret_uuid); TryToDestroySecret(session, secret_ref.opaque_ref); TryToRemoveSecret(pool, session, PluginDescriptor.Name, state.Obj); } } catch (Exception exn) { log.Warn("Ignoring exception when trying to clear secret", exn); } state.Credentials = null; } /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// private static void TryToDestroySecret(Session session, string opaque_ref) { try { Secret.destroy(session, opaque_ref); log.DebugFormat("Successfully removed secret {0}", opaque_ref); } catch (Exception exn) { log.Error(string.Format("Failed to destroy secret {0}", opaque_ref), exn); } } /// /// Nothrow guarantee. /// private static void TryToRemoveSecret(Pool pool, Session session, string name, IXenObject obj) { try { pool.RemoveXCPluginSecret(session, name, obj); log.DebugFormat("Successfully removed secret for {0}/{1}", name, Helpers.GetName(obj)); } catch (Exception exn) { log.Error(string.Format("Failed to remove secret for {0}/{1}", name, obj), exn); } } protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) { base.Dispose(disposing); BrowserStates.Clear(); if (Browser != null) { Browser.Dispose(); Browser = null; } if (_tabPage != null) { _tabPage.Dispose(); _tabPage = null; } } public void DisposeURL(IXenObject xmo) { if (BrowserStates.ContainsKey(xmo)) { BrowserStates.Remove(xmo); } } public void LaunchHelp() { if (HasHelp) { Program.OpenURL(HelpLink); } } /// /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance should replace the console tab. /// public bool IsConsoleReplacement { get { return Console; } } /// /// Gets a value indicating whether the most recent navigation for the selected xen object /// resulted in an error. /// public bool IsError { get { if (selectedXenObject != null) { if (BrowserStates.ContainsKey(selectedXenObject)) { return BrowserStates[selectedXenObject].IsError; } } return true; } } private class BrowserState { /// /// May be null, if this is the XenCenter node. /// public readonly ScriptingObject ObjectForScripting; public List Urls; /// /// May be null, if this is the XenCenter node. /// public IXenObject Obj; /// /// May be null. /// public BrowserCredentials Credentials = null; /// /// Indicates that the browser is currently in an error state i.e. the page couldn't be loaded. This is used when the console is being replaced /// by this tab-page so that the user can get the real console back. /// public bool IsError = true; public BrowserState(List urls, IXenObject obj, WebBrowser2 browser) { Urls = new List(urls); Obj = obj; ObjectForScripting = obj == null ? null : new ScriptingObject(browser, obj); } public class BrowserCredentials { /// /// True if the other fields here are valid (i.e. the user pressed OK, not Cancel, when prompted for credentials). /// internal bool Valid; internal string Username; internal string Password; internal bool PersistCredentials; } } } [ComVisible(true)] public class ScriptingObject { private static readonly log4net.ILog log = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType); public const string JAVASCRIPT_CALLBACK_METHOD = "XenCenterXML"; public string SessionUuid; public string SessionUrl; private IXenConnection connection; public WebBrowser2 browser; public string SelectedObjectType; public string SelectedObjectRef; public ScriptingObject(WebBrowser2 Browser, IXenObject XenObject) { browser = Browser; connection = XenObject.Connection; if (connection != null) { connection.ConnectionResult += new EventHandler(connection_ConnectionResult); } SetObject(XenObject); } public void SetObject(IXenObject XenObject) { // Annoyingly all of our classes start with an uppercase character, whereas the servers only uppercase abbreviations List abbreviations = new List(new string[]{"SR", "VDI", "VBD", "VM", "PIF", "VIF", "PBD"}); SelectedObjectType = XenObject.GetType().Name; if (abbreviations.Find(delegate(string s) { return SelectedObjectType.StartsWith(s); }) == null) { string firstLetter = SelectedObjectType.Substring(0, 1); SelectedObjectType = firstLetter.ToLowerInvariant() + SelectedObjectType.Substring(1, SelectedObjectType.Length - 1); } SelectedObjectRef = XenObject.opaque_ref; } void connection_ConnectionResult(object sender, ConnectionResultEventArgs e) { if (connection.IsConnected) { // If the connection has been reconnected then we need to update the session ref, as the old one is invalid LoginSession(); Program.Invoke(Program.MainWindow, delegate { if (!browser.IsDisposed) browser.Document.InvokeScript("RefreshPage"); else log.Debug("Tried to access disposed webbrowser, ignoring refresh."); }); } } public void LoginSession() { if (connection != null) { SessionUrl = connection.Session.Url; SessionUuid = connection.DuplicateSession().uuid; } } /// /// This is the method called by any javascript logic in the webpage to make an api call. /// We take the data and post it straight through to xapi on a background thread to allow /// the calling method in the JS to exit and the page to continue drawing. /// /// Method name we will call in the JS to return the server response /// public void WriteXML(string jsCallback, string data) { Thread t = new Thread(writeXML); t.IsBackground = true; t.Start(new string[] { jsCallback, data }); } private void writeXML(object context) { try { // We post to the json url so that xapi returns the information in a way that is easy to consume by the JS string[] jsCallbackAndData = context as string[]; HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(string.Format("{0}/json", SessionUrl)); request.Method = "POST"; request.ContentType = "xml"; request.ContentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsCallbackAndData[1]).Length; request.UserAgent = "XenCenter\\Plugin"; using (StreamWriter xmlstream = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream())) { xmlstream.Write(jsCallbackAndData[1]); } WebResponse response = request.GetResponse(); StringBuilder outputBuilder = new StringBuilder(); using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())) { while (reader.Peek() != -1) { outputBuilder.Append(reader.ReadLine()); } } // The xmlrpc bit of jquery expects a function object, which turns up here as a string that you could eval to get the function // We just want the name, so we filter it out. Regex functionNameReg = new Regex("^function(.*)\\("); string funcName = ""; Match m = functionNameReg.Match(jsCallbackAndData[0]); if (m.Success) { funcName = m.Groups[1].Value.Trim(); } Program.Invoke(Program.MainWindow, delegate { if (browser.IsDisposed || browser.Disposing) { log.DebugFormat("Browser has been disposed, cannot return message to plugin: {0}", outputBuilder.ToString()); } else if (browser.ObjectForScripting != this) { // If you don't do this, you can get old data re-entering the javascript execution after you have switched to a new object log.DebugFormat("Scripting object has been changed, discarding message to plugin: {0}", outputBuilder.ToString()); } else { browser.Document.InvokeScript(JAVASCRIPT_CALLBACK_METHOD, new string[] { funcName, outputBuilder.ToString() }); } }); } catch (Exception e) { log.Error(e); } //TODO: Whats the sensible way to let the JS know that there has been an error? Invoke an method with the info? How does this work with regard to message callback? } } }