Don't work with debian in docker?

[shizidushu]

Run the following

> key_set("R-keyring-test-service", "donaldduck")
Error in warn_for_keyring(keyring) : 
  argument "keyring" is missing, with no default
In addition: Warning message:
In default_backend_auto() :
  Selecting ‘env’ backend. Secrets are stored in environment variables

Then this

> library(keyring)
> kb <- backend_secret_service$new()
> kb$is_available()
[1] FALSE

I run it in a rstudio server docker container. libsecret-1-dev has been installed.

Is this package works for a debian server system without GUI?

Here is sessionInfo

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15)
Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
Running under: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)

Matrix products: default
BLAS: /usr/lib/openblas-base/libblas.so.3
LAPACK: /usr/lib/libopenblasp-r0.2.19.so

locale:
 [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NUMERIC=C               LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8       
 [4] LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8     LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8    LC_MESSAGES=C             
 [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8       LC_NAME=C                  LC_ADDRESS=C              
[10] LC_TELEPHONE=C             LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C       

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] keyring_1.0.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] getPass_0.2-2    compiler_3.4.4   assertthat_0.2.0 R6_2.2.2         tools_3.4.4     
[6] rstudioapi_0.7   yaml_2.1.18      openssl_1.0.1 

[DaveParr]

Same symptoms, but running Ubuntu on aws.ec2

[gaborcsardi]

Is this package works for a debian server system without GUI?

Yes, but you still need X11. I.e. it does not work via RStudio Server currently.

[gaborcsardi]

Yes, but you still need X11. I.e. it does not work via RStudio Server currently.

Meaning, that the secret service backend does not work. The env backend and the new file backend (coming soon on CRAN) work on all systems.

[imanuelcostigan]

Has this issue been addressed so that you can using keyring on docker or something like the Windows sub-system for Linux (no X11)?

[gaborcsardi]

I don't know of any way to use a Linux credential store without X11, unfortunately. If you manage to start a secret service daemon and unlock the keyring without X11, then you can use keyring.

[kaushiklakshman]

Hi @gaborcsardi Is this new file backend version available on CRAN now? If not will installing from github allow me to use it? Thanks!

Yes, but you still need X11. I.e. it does not work via RStudio Server currently.

Meaning, that the secret service backend does not work. The env backend and the new file backend (coming soon on CRAN) work on all systems.

[gaborcsardi]

@kaushiklakshman it is indeed on CRAN.

[gaborcsardi]

See ?keyring::default_backend

[kaushiklakshman]

Thanks @gaborcsardi I figured it out eventually and deleted my comment