Overwrite databases via REST interface
Wednesday, 15 January 2020 · 2 messages
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Braunschweig, Björn15 Jan 2020 15:30 #
Dear list,
I have a use case where multiple distributed processes make use of a shared basex instance using the REST interface. Unfortunately executing PUT /rest/mydb creates an empty database regardless of whether it contains files or not. Is there a config option or something else to not overwrite existing databases? Otherwise I have to implement a locking mechanism.
Regards,
Björn
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Christian Grün15 Jan 2020 17:51 #
Hi Björn,
The BaseX admin user can be compared with the Unix root user. In productive environments, you should avoid the admin account and create additional, task-specific users. For example, you may want to create a user, which only has read/update permissions for specific databases [1].
Hope this helps,
Christian
[1] http://docs.basex.org/wiki/User_Management
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 3:31 PM Braunschweig, Björn <bjoern.braunschweig at gwdg.de> wrote: > > Dear list, > > I have a use case where multiple distributed processes make use of a shared > basex instance using the REST interface. Unfortunately executing PUT > /rest/mydb creates an empty database regardless of whether it contains files > or not. Is there a config option or something else to not overwrite existing > databases? Otherwise I have to implement a locking mechanism. > > Regards, > Björn
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