1.2.3

• Feature

  • The node is now compatible with the Harbor v2.0 API

1.2.2

• Bug fixes

  • Fixed a bug that ignored the --system flag from vnode start

  • Logging output muted when the --config option is used in vnode start

  • Fixed config folder mounting point when the option --config option is used in vnode start

1.2.1

• Bug fixes

  • starting the server for the first time resulted in a crash as the root user was not supplied with an email address.

  • Algorithm containers could still access the internet through their host. This has been patched.

1.2.0

• Features

  • Cross language serialization. Enabling algorithm developers to write algorithms that are not language dependent.

  • Reset password is added to the API. For this purpose two endpoints have been added: /recover/lostand recover/reset . The server config file needs to extended to be connected to a mail-server in order to make this work.

  • User table in the database is extended to contain an email address which is mandatory.

• Bug fixes

  • Collaboration name needs to be unique

  • API consistency and bug fixes:

    • GET organization was missing domain key

    • PATCH /organization could not patch domain

    • GET /collaboration/{id}/node has been made consistent with /node

    • GET /collaboration/{id}/organization has been made consistent with /organization

    • PATCH /user root-user was not able to update users

    • DELETE /user root-user was not able to delete users

    • GET /task null values are now consistent: [] is replaced by null

    • POST, PATCH, DELETE /node root-user was not able to perform these actions

    • GET /node/{id}/task output is made consistent with the

• other

  • questionairy dependency is updated to 1.5.2

  • vantage6-toolkit repository has been merged with the vantage6-client as they were very tight coupled.

1.1.0

• Features

  • new command vnode clean to clean up temporary docker volumes that are no longer used

  • Version of the individual packages are printed in the console on startup

  • Custom task and log directories can be set in the configuration file

  • Improved CLI messages

  • Docker images are only pulled if the remote version is newer. This applies both to the node/server image and the algorithm images

  • Client class names have been simplified (UserClientProtocol -> Client)

• Bug fixes

  • Removed defective websocket watchdog. There still might be disconnection issues from time to time.

1.0.0

• Updated Command Line Interface (CLI)

  • The commands vnode list , vnode start and the new commandvnode attach are aimed to work with multiple nodes at a single machine.

  • System and user-directories can be used to store configurations by using the --user/--system options. The node stores them by default at user level, and the server at system level.

  • Current status (online/offline) of the nodes can be seen using vnode list , which also reports which environments are available per configuration.

  • Developer container has been added which can inject the container with the source. vnode start --develop [source]. Note that this Docker image needs to be build in advance from the development.Dockerfile and tag devcon.

  • vnode config_file has been replaced by vnode files which not only outputs the config file location but also the database and log file location.

• New database model

  • Improved relations between models. Thereby updating the Python API, see here.

  • Input for the tasks is now stored in the result table. This was required as the input is encrypted individually for each organization (end-to-end encryption (E2EE) between organizations).

  • The Organization model has been extended with the public_key (String) field. This field contains the public key from each organization, which is used by the E2EE module.

  • The Collaboration model has been extended with the encrypted (Boolean) field which keeps track if all messages (tasks, results) need to be E2EE for this specific collaboration.

  • The Task keeps track of the initiator (organization) of the organization. This is required to encrypt the results for the initiator.

• End to end encryption

  • All messages between all organizations are by default be encrypted.

  • Each node requires the private key of the organization as it needs to be able to decrypt incoming messages. The private key should be specified in the configuration file using the private_key label.

  • In case no private key is specified, the node generates a new key an uploads the public key to the server.

  • If a node starts (using vnode start), it always checks if the public_key on the server matches the private key the node is currently using.

  • In case your organization has multiple nodes running they should all point to the same private key.

  • Users have to encrypt the input and decrypt the output, which can be simplified by using our client vantage6.client.Client for Python or vtg::Client for R.

  • Algorithms are not concerned about encryption as this is handled at node level.

• Algorithm container isolation

  • Containers have no longer an internet connection, but are connected to a private docker network.

  • Master containers can access the central server through a local proxy server which is both connected to the private docker network as the outside world. This proxy server also takes care of the encryption of the messages from the algorithms for the intended receiving organization.

  • In case a single machine hosts multiple nodes, each node is attached to its own private Docker network.

• Temporary Volumes

  • Each algorithm mounts temporary volume, which is linked to the node and the run_id of the task

  • The mounting target is specified in an environment variable TEMPORARY_FOLDER. The algorithm can write anything to this directory.

  • These volumes need to be cleaned manually. (docker rm VOLUME_NAME)

  • Successive algorithms only have access to the volume if they share the same run_id . Each time a user creates a task, a new run_id is issued. If you need to share information between containers, you need to do this through a master container. If a master container creates a task, all slave tasks will obtain the same run_id.

• RESTful API

  • All RESTful API output is HATEOS formatted. (wiki)

• Local Proxy Server

  • Algorithm containers no longer receive an internet connection. They can only communicate with the central server through a local proxy service.

  • It handles encryption for certain endpoints (i.e. /task, the input or /result the results)

• Dockerized the Node

  • All node code is run from a Docker container. Build versions can be found at our Docker repository: harbor.distributedlearning.ai/infrastructure/node . Specific version can be pulled using tags.

  • For each running node, a Docker volume is created in which the data, input and output is stored. The name of the Docker volume is: vantage-NODE_NAME-vol . This volume is shared with all incoming algorithm containers.

  • Each node is attached to the public network and a private network: vantage-NODE_NAME-net.