mistercrunch closed pull request #4741: Set longer CSRF token duration (one
week)
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/pull/4741
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diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 725dd9c28e..3036255272 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -242,17 +242,29 @@ of the parameters you can copy / paste in that
configuration module: ::
WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = True
# Add endpoints that need to be exempt from CSRF protection
WTF_CSRF_EXEMPT_LIST = []
+ # A CSRF token that expires in 1 year
+ WTF_CSRF_TIME_LIMIT = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365
# Set this API key to enable Mapbox visualizations
MAPBOX_API_KEY = ''
-This file also allows you to define configuration parameters used by
-Flask App Builder, the web framework used by Superset. Please consult
+All the parameters and default values defined in
+https://github.com/apache/incubator-superset/blob/master/superset/config.py
+can be altered in your local ``superset_config.py`` .
+Administrators will want to
+read through the file to understand what can be configured locally
+as well as the default values in place.
+
+Since ``superset_config.py`` acts as a Flask configuration module, it
+can be used to alter the settings Flask itself,
+as well as Flask extensions like ``flask-wtf``, ``flask-cache``,
+``flask-migrate``, and ``flask-appbuilder``. Flask App Builder, the web
+framework used by Superset offers many configuration settings. Please consult
the `Flask App Builder Documentation
<http://flask-appbuilder.readthedocs.org/en/latest/config.html>`_
-for more information on how to configure Superset.
+for more information on how to configure it.
-Please make sure to change:
+Make sure to change:
* *SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI*, by default it is stored at
*~/.superset/superset.db*
* *SECRET_KEY*, to a long random string
diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 34788b40c1..6075352e27 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ class CeleryConfig(object):
# It will be appended at the bottom of sql_lab errors.
TROUBLESHOOTING_LINK = ''
+# CSRF token timeout, set to None for a token that never expires
+WTF_CSRF_TIME_LIMIT = 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
+
# This link should lead to a page with instructions on how to gain access to a
# Datasource. It will be placed at the bottom of permissions errors.
PERMISSION_INSTRUCTIONS_LINK = ''
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