Thanks, Ray, I'll look in my logs again. On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 2:17 PM Ray Bon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill, Mike, > > The combination of timeToKillInSeconds and maxTimeToLiveInSeconds provides > a sliding window for TGT lifetime. Every request for a ST (or PT) will > extend the life of the TGT by timeToKillInSeconds up > to maxTimeToLiveInSeconds. > So, since Canvas is not using a proxy request, and does not have a hidden > iFrame, it must be probing Cas near its session end (as Misagh mentioned). > [Could javascript be used to probe Cas?] > One could look at the cas logs to see the request(s). > I set my local with very short TGT life time to test repeated login and > ticket expiry behaviour (this would not be practical in production): > > cas.ticket.tgt.maxTimeToLiveInSeconds=300 > cas.ticket.tgt.timeToKillInSeconds=120 > > Ray > > On Fri, 2021-03-05 at 12:41 -0800, Mike Osterman wrote: > > Notice: This message was sent from outside the University of Victoria > email system. Please be cautious with links and sensitive information. > > Hi Bill, > > I was dealing with people getting logged out Canvas frequently, and ended > up changing a couple config properties. I had our CSM team set the > Canvas-side timeout really high, but it didn't work. There's something > unusual about the way the Canvas application interacts with CAS protocol. I > had checked for callbacks from the Instructure servers, but it really does > seem to be managing the session after the initial SSO flow. By the way, do > you use a Discovery URL? That's when our session behavior seemed to change, > but it may just be correlation rather than causation. > > I eventually set two properties and got it to behave as expected, but > never figured out which one did the trick: > > cas.ticket.tgt.timeout.maxTimeToLiveInSeconds: > https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.2.x/installation/Configuration-Properties.html#timeout > AND > server.session.timeout: > https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.2.x/installation/Configuration-Properties.html#web-application-session > > It sounds like you've found that it was the first one, so I wanted to > corroborate that for you. > > I just ended up setting these properties server-wide in cas.properties, > which isn't ideal, because you have a single service dictating timeout > behavior for all services using CAS. > > I've also considered switching over to using CAS's SAML2 IdP functionality > for Canvas, but need to wait for an appropriate time to make that change. > > Finally, so as not to hijack the thread and keep the proxy ticket service > configuration comment from Ray alive, I think this is how the service would > be configured for it: > > https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.2.x/installation/Configuring-Service-Proxy-Policy.html > > I did look for server-side traffic from Canvas as Ray suggested, but > didn't find any as mentioned above. I just checked for an iFrame, which > would be client-side traffic, but didn't see anything in the Network tab of > developer tools. > > -Mike > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 12:01 PM Bill Scully <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ray, > > Another possibility, Canvas is using is a proxy ticket. > Does your service definition allow proxying? > > > I would say, no. It's pretty straightforward: > { > "@class" : "org.apereo.cas.services.RegexRegisteredService", > "serviceId" : "^https://[omitted]/.*", > "name" : "Canvas", > "id" : [omitted], > "evaluationOrder" : [omitted] > } > > I looked at what I think covers proxy ticketing ( > https://apereo.github.io/cas/5.2.x/installation/Configuring-Ticket-Expiration-Policy.html#proxy-ticket-policies), > but didn't see how to configure. > > Any example I could try? > > Thanks. > > Bill > > -- > > Ray Bon > Programmer Analyst > Development Services, University Systems > 2507218831 | CLE 019 | [email protected] > > I respectfully acknowledge that my place of work is located within the > ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt and > WSÁNEĆ Nations. > -- - Website: https://apereo.github.io/cas - Gitter Chatroom: https://gitter.im/apereo/cas - List Guidelines: https://goo.gl/1VRrw7 - Contributions: https://goo.gl/mh7qDG --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CAS Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/apereo.org/d/msgid/cas-user/CAEdMQHUbe1phOQ52Eux60vtHuz%2BE1jMzFrKNY1wuAj%3DcFc%2BmLw%40mail.gmail.com.
