JWT authentication for IOTA Shimmer prototype
Use with goshimmer-ui to secure access to your Shimmer node via username/password combination and JWT.
Usage:
git clone https://github.com/Evanfeenstra/goshimmer-webauth.git plugins/webauth
then in main.go, import the package:
"github.com/iotaledger/goshimmer/plugins/webauth"
and add the plugin to main()
webauth.PLUGIN,
build
go build -o shimmer
add these three environment variables:
export JWT_KEY=*****
export UI_USER=*****
export UI_PASS=*****
and run
./shimmer --node-enable-plugins "webauth ui spammer"
navigate to localhost:8080/ui in your browser!
Then enter your UI_USER and UI_PASS into the Username and Password fields to access your node! This plugin secures all the webapi routes, so you can open port 8080 and securely configure your node from anywhere.