Admin API 1.x - Docker installation

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Before You Install

This section provides general information you should review before installing the Ed-Fi ODS / API Admin API for v1.4.2.

Compatibility & Supported ODS / API Versions

This version of the Admin API has been tested and can be installed for use with the Ed-Fi ODS / API v3.4 - 6.2. See the Ed-Fi Technology Version Index for more details.

Installation Instructions

General Prerequisites

The following are required to install the Admin API:

  • The Admin API provides an interface to administer an Ed-Fi ODS / API. Understandably, you must have an instance of the Ed-Fi ODS / API v3.4 - 6.2 deployed and operational before you can use the Admin API. Tested configurations include on-premises installation via binary installation or source code installation. 
  • A SQL Server 2012 or higher, or Postgres 11 or higher database server (i.e., the same platform requirement applicable to your ODS / API).
  • A modern web browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge is required to view live Swagger documentation. Internet Explorer 11 (a pre-installed browser on Windows Server) may load but may not function when using Admin API.

Installation Instructions

Admin API is not included with the ODS-Docker solution by default, but can be hosted as part of that ecosystem.

To install Admin API on Docker, first Install the ODS / API Docker environment following these instructions. Then, apply the below changes to the environment to introduce the Admin API.  Admin API does not support in-place upgrades from prior versions.  Please install a fresh copy of Admin API to upgrade from prior versions.

1. Include Admin API in the ODS Docker Setup

Docker Compose

Add the following to your docker-compose.yml  file. This can be done either instead of or in addition to the adminapp  service.

Admin API Application

This service depends on the pb-admin  and subsequently db-admin services to run.

docker-compose.yml
# ... above are other services
adminapi:
    build:
    image: edfialliance/ods-admin-api:${ADMIN_API_TAG}
    environment:
      ADMIN_POSTGRES_HOST: pb-admin
      POSTGRES_PORT: "${PGBOUNCER_LISTEN_PORT:-6432}"
      POSTGRES_USER: "${POSTGRES_USER}"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
      DATABASEENGINE: "PostgreSql"
      API_MODE: ${API_MODE}
      AUTHORITY: ${AUTHORITY}
      ISSUER_URL: ${ISSUER_URL}
      SIGNING_KEY: ${SIGNING_KEY}
      ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME: ${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME:-adminapi} 
      API_INTERNAL_URL: ${API_INTERNAL_URL}
    volumes:
      - ../../Docker/ssl:/ssl/
    depends_on:
      - pb-admin
    restart: always
    hostname: ${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME:-adminapi} 
    container_name: adminapi
    healthcheck:
      test: $$ADMIN_API_HEALTHCHECK_TEST
      start_period: "60s"
      retries: 3
# ... below are network and volume configs

Admin API Database

For the most part, the Admin API shares the same database schema as the Admin App. However, there are a few tables required for storing API client authentication which need to be initialized manually. You can see the details in First-Time Configuration for Admin 1.x.

Rather than introducing these tables explicitly, for Docker we have provided an alternative image for use with Admin API: edfialliance/ods-admin-api-db, which is to be used in place of the existing edfialliance/ods-api-db-admin image for your DB service.

If you are introducing Admin API to an existing composition do NOT change the volume mapping configuration in order to preserve your data. Only change the image and tag of the existing service. The below block is a sample of this, based on an example ODS / API Docker environment composition. Make sure you update the mode ("SharedInstance", "YearSpecific", or "DistrictSpecific") accordingly.

docker-compose.yml
# ... above are other services
db-admin:
    image: edfialliance/ods-admin-api-db-admin:${ADMIN_API_DB_TAG}
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: "${POSTGRES_USER}"
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}"
      API_MODE: <YOUR MODE HERE>
    volumes:
      - vol-db-admin:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: always
    container_name: ed-fi-db-admin
# ... below are other services

.env Settings

Add the following to your environment settings file to support Admin API. Note that when running both Admin App and Admin API, some of these settings may overlap. This is expected, and the same values can be used.

.env for Admin API
ADMIN_API_TAG=<version of image to run>
ADMIN_API_DB_TAG=<version of image to run> 
API_MODE=<API Mode Eg. SharedInstance, YearSpecific, DistrictSpecific>
ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME=<virtual name for the Admin API endpoint>
ODS_VIRTUAL_NAME=<virtual name for the ods endpoint>

# For Authentication
AUTHORITY=<Authentication Authority Appsetting Eg. http://localhost/${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME}>
ISSUER_URL=<Authentication IssuerUrl Appsetting Eg. https://localhost/${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME}>
SIGNING_KEY=<Authentication Signing Key (Symmetric Security Key) for Auth Tokens>

# For Postgres only
POSTGRES_USER=<default postgres database user>
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<password for default postgres user>
PGBOUNCER_LISTEN_PORT=<port for pg bouncer to listen to>

# The following needs to be set to specify a health check test for Admin api.
# RECOMMENDED: To use the default internal Admin Api health check endpoint, set the variable as follows:
ADMIN_API_HEALTHCHECK_TEST="curl -f http://${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME}/health"
#  To disable the health check, remove the above and instead set the variable as follows:
# ADMIN_API_HEALTHCHECK_TEST=/bin/true
#  To add a custom health check, consult the documentation at https://docs.docker.com/compose/compose-file/compose-file-v3/#healthcheck

# The following needs to be set to specify the ODS API endpoint for Admin API to internally connect.
# If user chooses direct connection between ODS API and Admin API within docker network, then set the api internal url as follows
API_INTERNAL_URL = http://${ODS_VIRTUAL_NAME}

Nginx / Gateway Configuration

Update your nginx server configuration to include the Admin API in the reverse proxy.

default.conf.template
# upstream server config...

server {
    #listen / server config...
    #ssl_certificate config...

    # other locations...

    location /${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME} {
        client_max_body_size 20M;
        proxy_pass http://${ADMIN_API_VIRTUAL_NAME};
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Port 443;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

2. Relaunch the Docker Composition

After updating the files, restart the docker composition.

docker compose -f ./compose/your-compose-file.yml --env-file ./.env up -d

3. Execute First-Time Configuration

Continue on to First-Time Configuration for Admin 1.x.

Admin API Installation for Docker or On-Premises IIS

The following is the DockerHub repo for Admin API v1.4.2 Docker Image for inclusion in Docker compose: