This article describes legacy installation of Hermod, This is deprecated.

See Deploy Smart ID.

If you need to install a test system, see Install Hermod test app.

This instruction is only an example and does not describe a system for production, which typically requires orchestration tools or Docker hosting platforms.

• Knowledge about docker.

• A Linux host (Windows is not officially supported) with docker and docker-compose installed and configured 

• A public DNS name which devices can reach.

• Matching certificates for the public address.
  

• Installed instance of an SQL server, such as PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server or Maria DB.

Download the Hermod docker image and file structure from Nexus support portal. 

1. Log in to Nexus Support portal.
2. Go to Nexus Personal > Nexus Personal Messaging server and click a Hermod version to download the *.zip file. 
3. Unpack the *.zip file.
4. Open the folder which was extracted, for example 3.x.y.RELEASE. Here you find the Hermod installation file and a simple-setup file to set up a default configuration. 
5. Unpack simple-setup.zip. 

   The following file structure will be created for configuration and certificate files:

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   title Default file structure
   example/ `-- compose     `-- hermod         |-- cacerts         |   `-- clientcert.cer         |-- certificates         |   `-- hermod-host-bundle.p12         |-- config         |   |-- application.yml -> ./cod-hermod.yml         |   |-- cod-hermod.yml         |   `-- README.txt         |-- docker-compose.yml         |-- postgresql         |   `-- data         `-- testdb

   
   

1. Put one or multiple CA certificates in base64 format with .cer file extension in the folder example/compose/hermod/cacerts. The filenames must not contain spaces. 

2. Put one or multiple certificate containers - including the whole certificate chain with any intermediate CA certificates - in pkcs#12 format (with .pfx or .p12 extension) in the folder example/compose/hermod/certificates. The filenames must not contain spaces. 

   Note
   Failing to include intermediate CA certificates might produce erratic behavior in the Smart ID Mobile App, which is very difficult to troubleshoot.

   The certificate containers are referred to from the configuration file application.yml (cod-hermod.yml). See below in the Hermod configuration section.  

The docker image can be loaded locally to each machine, or to the docker registry, and used remotely from several machines.

1. If you want to load the released docker image locally on the target host:

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   language text title Example: load docker image
   > docker load -i hermod-3.x.y.RELEASE.tar

   
   

2. If you have a docker registry, load the image there.

To edit the docker compose configuration:

1. Edit the configuration file docker-compose.yml with the correct values for your environment. Below you can find examples, but the actual values must match the specific deployment scenarios.
   
   File path: example/compose/hermod/docker-compose.yml

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   title Example: docker-compose.yml
   version: '2' services: postgresql: restart: unless-stopped image: postgres:9.4.12 ports: - "5432:5432" environment: - POSTGRES_USER=dbuser - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=dbpassword - POSTGRES_DB=hermod - TZ=Europe/Stockholm mem_limit: 256m volumes: - ./postgresql/data:/var/lib/postgresql/data:Z hermod: restart: unless-stopped image: nexusgocontainerregistry.azurecr.io/nexus-personal/hermod:3.1.1.RELEASE ports: - "20400:20400" extra_hosts: - "<my-hermod-server>:94.140.49.248" environment: - TZ=Europe/Stockholm - JAVA_OPTS=-Xms128m -Xmx256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m -XX:CompressedClassSpaceSize=64m -Xss256k -Xmn8m -XX:InitialCodeCacheSize=4m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=64m -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=64m mem_limit: 512m volumes: - ./config:/home/docker/config:z - ./certificates:/home/docker/certificates:z - ./cacerts:/cacerts:z logging: options: max-size: 10m command: "--spring.cloud.config.fail-fast=false --application.hermod.swagger.enabled=true"

   
   

2. The default value for context path and uri base is /hermod/rest/ (that is http://localhost:20400/hermod/rest/...). You might want to change this for your specific configuration.
   For example, if you want to change the context path and uri base to empty values, change the start command for Hermod in docker-compose.yml:

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   language text title Example: Hermod start command
   hermod: ... command: "--server.servlet.context-path=/ ......"

   Also set the uribase to empty in the Hermod configuration, see the next step.

To edit the Hermod configuration:

1. Edit the configuration file config/application.yml (config/cod-hermod.yml might be a link) with the correct values for your environment. Below you can find examples, but the actual values must match the specific deployment scenarios.

   Default file path: example/compose/hermod/config/application.yml

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   title Example: cod-hermod.yml
   logging: level: org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext: ERROR org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication: ERROR org.springframework.cloud.config.client: ERROR com.nexusgroup: TRACE com.nexusgroup.plugout.message.server.filters.VersionHttpFilter: ERROR com.nexusgroup.cod.hermod.service.MessagePlugoutService: ERROR org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlExceptionHelper: OFF pattern: console: "%d{yyyy-MM-dd}T%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS}Z ${LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN:- %5p} [%t] %-40.40logger{39} [%mdc] : %m%n${LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD:%wEx}" server: ssl: # When you enable security below you must put a real certificate in the certificates directory # and also change all http to https in this file + docker-compose.yml enabled: false key-store: /home/docker/certificates/hermod-host-bundle.p12 key-store-password: "PASSWORD" key-store-type: PKCS12 spring: datasource: url: jdbc:postgresql://mydbserver:5432/hermod # url: jdbc:mariadb://mydbserver:3306/hermod # url: jdbc:sqlserver://mydbserver:1433;database=hermod username: postgres password: postgres@123 jpa: properties: hibernate: dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect # dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect # dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect hibernate: ddl-auto: validate application: hermod: rest: log: false # Hide exception information to clients hide-exceptions: true events: # Hide sensitive log data. # This should be enabled in production since you shouldn't reveal too much information hide-sensitive: true # Command callback retries callback: attempts: 3 retry-delay: 10 # Hermod clients/users. Connecting clients must set X-Api-Key allowed-clients: # Note! # The X-Api-Key should be created using base64(client-id:key) # # Hermod has a helper endpoint to generate configuration. Simply use (make sure you have the correct host/port) # curl 'http://localhost:20400/hermod/rest/util/generateclient/default' # to get a snippet which can be pasted to the configuration file # # X-Api-Key: ZGVmYXVsdDowZTEyYjNhMTgxYzQ0N2YxYjdkMTc0NTg1OGQ4NTgzZTE5Nzc0M2RiNTY2MzQ0N2E5Y2Q5OWI1ZDc1NDhiMThj - client-id: default key: 0e12b3a181c447f1b7d1745858d8583e197743db5663447a9cd99b5d7548b18c # Optional username:password to be supplied for basic authentication in callbacks # callback-basic-auth: username:password # The callback URL base for this specific client callback-url: http://localhost:20400/hermod/rest # X-Api-Key: aGVybW9kLXRlc3RhcHA6MjY5NzJkOGZhOTQxNGI4MWJmMzVjYzllNGI3YmY2NWU1MWZiYjEzNGFiMjY0MGFlYWJkM2U3N2U3ZjE0NDAwMg== - client-id: hermod-testapp key: 26972d8fa9414b81bf35cc9e4b7bf65e51fbb134ab2640aeabd3e77e7f144002 # Optional username:password to be supplied for basic authentication in callbacks # callback-basic-auth: username:password # The callback URL base for this specific client callback-url: https://<my-hermod-server>:20488/hermod-testapp/rest # Message server library settings message-server-library: # Make sure you also change the certificates above if ssl is used public-url: https://<my-hermod-server>:20400/hermod/rest/ms

   
   

2. If you want to change the uribase, set the corresponding variable, for example to empty, in the application.yml (cod-hermod.yml) configuration file:

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   language text title Set uribase to empty
   application: hermod: rest: uribase: ""

   
   

1. Start Postgres (unless you have you own, external instance running):

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   language text title Example: Start Postgres
   > cd example/compose/hermod > docker-compose up -d postgresql

   
   

2. Connect to your database and run the SQL ddl for the specific vendor/version, for example, postgresql/V3.1.1__base_version.sql.

1. Start Hermod with the following command:

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   language text title Example: Start hermod and hermod-testapp
   > docker-compose up -d hermod > docker-compose logs -f

   
   

2. To install and start Hermod test app, which is a GUI that can be used for basic tests, see Install Hermod test app.

1. Make sure that the public URL that has been configured in Hermod has a valid and trusted SSL certificate. This can be verified by opening the Hermod public URL in a browser and make sure the connection is secure, by viewing the padlock in the browser bar.

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   language text title Hermod public URL
   https://<my-hermod-public-url>

   
   

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   language text title Example: Hermod public URL
   https://messagingservice.go.nexusgroup.com/ms