72ab5ade9fcc72e242d987bb84c92df08ba7601b mspeir Thu Aug 27 11:10:59 2026 -0700 CIRM: remove references to the retired cirmdcm.soe.ucsc.edu host, refs #38191 cirmdcm.soe.ucsc.edu was the private server CESCG labs used to reach their prepublication data. It is retired, no longer answers on port 80 or 443, and is not being replaced. - cirmBasics.html: drop the "private server" paragraph from the Accounts section, adjust the heading and table of contents to match, and unlink the dead URL in the commented-out video block. - cirmStuff.js: drop the cirmdcm and cirm-01 clauses from isSecureSite(). cirm-01 was the same machine internally. hgwdev and sspsygene are unaffected. - gateway/htdocs/README: remove the dead login-for-testing URL and stop using the retired host as an example. proxy-host.conf is kept: it is the Apache config that stood the gateway up and the README beside it is the recipe that installs it. That README now says up front that the host is retired. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) diff --git src/hg/cirm/cdw/httpsGatewayConfig/README.txt src/hg/cirm/cdw/httpsGatewayConfig/README.txt index 6baf4532648..e334a4aa57b 100644 --- src/hg/cirm/cdw/httpsGatewayConfig/README.txt +++ src/hg/cirm/cdw/httpsGatewayConfig/README.txt @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ +NOTE: cirmdcm.soe.ucsc.edu, the host this gateway ran on, was retired in 2026 and +no longer answers on port 80 or 443. Nothing described here is deployed anywhere +now. These files are kept as a record of how the gateway was built, since the +same setup would be needed again if a private server ever comes back. + This directory contains the Apache Reverse Proxy configuration that sets up a HTTPS gateway for the data warehouse. An https proxy or a VPN is required by HHS/HIPPA rules. The HTTPS gateway is an easy alternative for users to access the machine, much simpler than the VPN. - first, deactivate all sites on the host with a2dissite. - copy the file proxy-host.conf into /etc/apache2/sites-available/ - enable it with via a2ensite proxy-host - edit the config file and adapt the target host to forward to - mkdir /etc/cirm and copy over the SSL certificates - create the users that are allowed in with 'sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apachePasswords max' - restart apache with 'sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart'