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Install DSF 1.5.1

DSF-TeamAbout 6 min

In the following installation manual we will show you how you can install your own DSF instance to be part of an already existing DSF network.

Unified installation manual

The installation instructions of DSF 0.9.x for different application use cases (e.g. NUM CODEX or HiGHmed) are now combined under one common manual. The specific steps for process installation and configuration are documented at the process plugin documentation pages.

Prerequisites

Virtual Machines

  • DSF FHIR VM: min. 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 20 GB HDD
  • DSF BPE VM: min. 4 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 20 GB HDD

Docker / Docker-Compose

Both VMs need latest docker (>= 24.0.0) and docker compose. For the latest install guide see https://docs.docker.com/engine/installopen in new window.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin
sudo systemctl enable docker.service
sudo systemctl enable containerd.service

The current version of docker compose is installed with the current docker version.

Client/Server Certificates

Two Certificates from the GÉANT TCS (via DFN e.V.), D-Trust (via TMF e.V.) or DFN-PKI Global G2 (legacy, no new certificates are issued) are needed:

  • Certificate A: Server Certificate - TLS Web Server Authentication (DFN PKI Profile: 'Web Server', Common-Name: Your external DSF FHIR Servers FQDN)
  • Certificate B: Client Certificate - TLS Web Client Authentication (DFN PKI Profile: '802.1X Client', Common-Name: Your DSF BPE Servers FQDN)

If you use GÉANT TCS certificates, then they are configured by default with the necessary X509v3 Extended Key Usages: TLS Web Server Authentication, TLS Web Client Authentication.

Network setup / Network access

  • The DSF FHIR server needs to be accessible via the internet and able to access the internet without TLS interception.
  • The BPE FHIR server should only be accessible by the internal network and able to access your DSF FHIR server via its external FQDN and the internet without TLS interception.

Here is a quick overview of the expected network setup.

SourceTargetPortProtocol
DSF BPE (local)DSF FHIR (local)443https, wss
DSF BPE (local)DSF FHIR (other DSF communication partners)443https
DSF FHIR (local)DSF FHIR (other DSF communication partners)443https (HTTP HEAD only)
DSF BPE (other DSF communication partners)DSF FHIR (local)443https
DSF FHIR (other DSF communication partners)DSF FHIR (local)443https (HTTP HEAD only)

Connections to services that are used by process plugins (e.g. a fTTP, a terminology server, simplifier.netopen in new window or a local FHIR server) are not listed. Please refer to the respective process plugin documentation pages for more information.

Setup

Prepare Certificates

  1. Server Certificate (certificate A)
    This certificate will be used as the DSF FHIR servers server certificate (ssl_certificate_file.pem, ssl_certificate_key_file.pem)

    • Store PEM encoded certificate as ssl_certificate_file.pem
    • Store unencrypted, PEM encoded private-key as ssl_certificate_key_file.pem

  2. Client Certificate (Certificate B)
    This certificate will be used as the DSF BPE servers client certificate (client_certificate.pem, client_certificate_private_key.pem) as well as the DSF FHIR servers client certificate (client_certificate.pem, client_certificate_private_key.pem)

    • Store PEM encoded certificate as client_certificate.pem
    • Store encrypted or not encrypted, PEM encoded private-key as client_certificate_private_key.pem

DSF FHIR Server

  1. Add Group/User
    Add group and user used by the DSF FHIR java application. Ubuntu compatible commands below:

    sudo groupadd --gid 2101 fhir
sudo useradd --system --no-create-home --uid 2101 --gid 2101 fhir

  2. Download and Extract Config Files
    Download and unpack the prepared DSF FHIR server config files and folder structure:

    cd /opt
wget https://dsf.dev/download/dsf_fhir_1_5_1.tar.gz
sudo tar --same-owner -zxvf dsf_fhir_1_5_1.tar.gz

    The tar command will unpack the config files at /opt/fhir assuming you changed into the /opt directory.

  3. Verify that the fhir system user or group can write into the following folder

    • /opt/fhir/log

  4. Add certificates and keys

    • Add the server certificate (certificate A) and the corresponding private-key to /opt/fhir/secrets/
      • ssl_certificate_file.pem (chmod: 440, chown: fhir:docker)
      • ssl_certificate_key_file.pem (chmod: 440, chown: fhir:docker)
    • Add the client certificate (Certificate B) and the corresponding private-key to /opt/fhir/secrets/
      • client_certificate.pem (chmod: 440, chown: fhir:docker)
      • client_certificate_private_key.pem (chmod: 440, chown: fhir:docker)
    • If the private key is encrypted, add a password file with the password as the only content to /opt/fhir/secrets/client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
    • If the private key is not encrypted, remove the corresponding docker secret lines from the docker-compose.yml file
      L39:      - app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
...
L54:      DEV_DSF_FHIR_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
...
L141:  app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password:
L142:    file: ./secrets/client_certificate_private_key.pem.password

    How to chmod / chown

    For the example ssl_certificate_file.pem (chmod: 440, chown: fhir:docker) you must:

    1. Set the file content as requested
    2. Change the file permissions to 440 (allow read access to the owner of the file and the group the file belongs to, deny write access to everybody and deny read for other users):
      chmod 440 /opt/fhir/secrets/ssl_certificate_file.pem
    3. Change the owner of the file to the user fhir and the group the file belongs to to docker:
      chown fhir:docker /opt/fhir/secrets/ssl_certificate_file.pem

  5. Uncomment one of the certificate chain entries in the docker-compose file base on the certificate authority that signed your DSF FHIR server certificate (certificate A). For example use the following two lines if the server certificate is signed by DFN-Verein Global Issuing CA

    L114:  ssl_certificate_chain_file.pem:
L115:    file: ./secrets/ssl_certificate_chain_file_DFN-Verein.pem

  6. Modify database passwords

    • /opt/fhir/secrets/db_liquibase.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 32 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.
    • /opt/fhir/secrets/db_user.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 16 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.
    • /opt/fhir/secrets/db_user_permanent_delete.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 16 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.

  7. Modify the docker-compose.yml file and set environment variables to the appropriate values

    • services -> proxy -> environment:
    • services -> app -> environment:

      • DEV_DSF_FHIR_SERVER_ORGANIZATION_IDENTIFIER_VALUE: todo.organization.com
        Set your Organizations DSF identifier, aka the shortest FQDN that resolves to the main homepage of the organization, e.g. hs-heilbronn.de

      • DEV_DSF_FHIR_SERVER_BASE_URL: https://dsf.todo.organization.com/fhir
        Set your FHIR servers external FQDN, e.g. foo.bar.de -> https://foo.bar.de/fhir

      • DEV_DSF_FHIR_SERVER_ORGANIZATION_THUMBPRINT: f4344032fe77bffb912ff5abfd44da89fe64d355affb8d0f14c9ecb8bdbf92c7fe5f995b1ec0c453e4228b395e331052e4639044df4933d57721de508a84d26f
        Set the SHA-512 Hash (lowercase hex) of your client certificate (Certificate B)
        Use certtool --fingerprint --hash=sha512 --infile=client_certificate.pem to generate the hash.

      • DEV_DSF_FHIR_SERVER_ROLECONFIG: |
        (Optional) You can add other client certificates (e.g. personal certificates from admins) to your DSF instance. For additional information, see the FHIR server Access Control page.

      • For additional environment variables, see FHIR server Configuration Parameters page.

  8. Start the DSF FHIR Server
    Start using: docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f (Ctrl-C will close log, but not stop container)

DSF BPE Server

  1. Add Group/User
    Add group and user used by the DSF BPE java application. Ubuntu compatible commands below:

    sudo groupadd --gid 2202 bpe
sudo useradd --system --no-create-home --uid 2202 --gid 2202 bpe

  2. Download and Extract Config Files
    Download and extract prepared DSF BPE server config files and folder structure:

    cd /opt
wget https://dsf.dev/download/dsf_bpe_1_5_1.tar.gz
sudo tar --same-owner -zxvf dsf_bpe_1_5_1.tar.gz

    The tar command will unpack the config files at /opt/bpe assuming you changed into the /opt directory.

  3. Verify that the bpe system user or group can write into the following folders

    • /opt/bpe/log

  4. Add certificates and keys

    • Add the client certificate (Certificate B) and the corresponding private-key to /opt/bpe/secrets/
      • client_certificate.pem (chmod: 440 chown: bpe:docker)
      • client_certificate_private_key.pem (chmod: 440 chown: bpe:docker)
    • If the private key is encrypted, add a password file with the password as the only content to /opt/bpe/secrets/client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
    • If the private key is not encrypted, remove the corresponding docker secret lines from the docker-compose.yml file
      L13:      - app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
...
L35:      DEV_DSF_BPE_FHIR_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD_FILE: /run/secrets/app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password
...
L89:  app_client_certificate_private_key.pem.password:
L90:    file: ./secrets/client_certificate_private_key.pem.password

  5. Modify database passwords

    • /opt/bpe/secrets/db_liquibase.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 32 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.
    • /opt/bpe/secrets/db_user.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 16 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.
    • /opt/bpe/secrets/db_user_camunda.password
      • Generate a random password (min. 16 characters recommended) and replace the content of the file.

  6. Modify the docker-compose.yml file and set environment variables to the appropriate values

    • services -> app -> environment:

      • DEV_DSF_BPE_FHIR_SERVER_BASE_URL: https://dsf.todo.organization.com/fhir
        Set your FHIR servers external FQDN, e.g. foo.bar.de -> https://foo.bar.de/fhir

      • For additional environment variables, see the BPE server Configuration Parameters page.

  7. Start the DSF BPE Server (without process plugins)
    Start using: docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f (Ctrl-C will close log, but not stop container)

  8. Verify DSF BPE Startup

    • Check that the BPE was able to download new Task resources from the DSF FHIR server during startup.
    • Check that the BPE was able to download a Subscription resource from the DSF FHIR server during startup.
    • Check that the BPE was able to connect to the websocket endpoint of the DSF FHIR server during startup.

    If you need to debug the TLS connection to your DSF FHIR server use for example:
    docker run -it --rm alpine/openssl s_client your-fhir-server.fqdn:443
    The command above should print the server certificate of your DSF FHIR server (certificate A) and end with a message like [...]tlsv13 alert certificate required[...]

Logs

By default, we will log both to the console (collected by docker) and to files in the log directory, so you can use docker compose logs -f in /opt/bpe and /opt/fhir to view informational, warning and error logs. If you encounter any error and the reported information is not detailled enough, you can also check the logs in the /opt/fhir/log and /opt/bpe/log directories with debugging logs. There, you will also find older log files. If you have any questions and can't resolve them by yourself please always include the latest logs from /opt/fhir/log and /opt/bpe/log in your support request.

On a successful BPE start, you should see the following entries in your BPE log:

INFO Grizzly(1) - ClientEndpoint.onOpen(37) | Websocket connected {uri: wss://FHIR_SERVER_FQDN/fhir/ws, session-id: SOME_RANDOM_UUID1}
INFO Grizzly(1) - ClientEndpoint.onOpen(37) | Websocket connected {uri: wss://FHIR_SERVER_FQDN/fhir/ws, session-id: SOME_RANDOM_UUID2}

On-Boarding

Please visit the on boarding website of your network for more information.

Ideas for improvement?

Have you found an error or is something unclear to you? Then please feel free to write to us at gth-gecko@hs-heilbronn.de. Thank you very much!

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