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USER
you are an expert in AWS Apigateway and frontend development. You want to create a websocket service
in AWS Apigateway with a frontend browser app.
However the frontend browser app work behind a proxy server.
1. indicate whether it is possible to make aws apigateway websocket work with a browser behind proxy
server?
2. if yes what is the mechanism and how to make them work?
BOT
Let me help you analyze this scenario step by step.
### 1. Is it possible to make AWS API Gateway WebSocket work with a browser behind a proxy server?
**Answer: Yes**, it is possible to make AWS API Gateway WebSocket work with a browser behind a proxy
server. However, there are some important considerations and requirements.
1. **Frontend Configuration**:
```javascript
// Example WebSocket connection with proxy considerations
const wsConnection = new WebSocket('wss://your-api-id.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/stage');
2. **Proxy Configuration**:
```nginx
# Example Nginx proxy configuration
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name your-domain.com;
location /websocket/ {
proxy_pass https://your-api-id.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/stage/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
1. **SSL/TLS Configuration**:
- Use WSS (WebSocket Secure) protocol
- Ensure proper SSL certificate configuration on the proxy server
- Configure proper SSL termination if needed
2. **CORS Configuration**:
```javascript
// In your API Gateway WebSocket API
{
"routes": {
"$connect": {
"corsConfiguration": {
"allowOrigins": ["https://your-domain.com"],
"allowHeaders": ["*"],
"allowMethods": ["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"]
}
}
}
}
```
1. **Connection Testing**:
```javascript
// Browser console test
const testConnection = () => {
const ws = new WebSocket('wss://your-domain.com/websocket');
ws.onopen = () => {
console.log('Connected successfully');
// Send test message
ws.send(JSON.stringify({action: 'test', data: 'Hello'}));
};
2. **Monitoring Points**:
- Check proxy server logs for connection attempts
- Monitor API Gateway CloudWatch metrics
- Verify WebSocket handshake in browser network tab
1. **Connection Issues**:
- Verify proxy server WebSocket support
- Check SSL/TLS certificate validity
- Confirm proper header forwarding
- Verify timeout settings
2. **Performance Optimization**:
- Implement connection pooling if needed
- Configure appropriate timeouts
- Consider implementing reconnection logic
```javascript
// Example reconnection logic
class WebSocketClient {
constructor(url, options = {}) {
this.url = url;
this.options = options;
this.reconnectAttempts = 0;
this.maxReconnectAttempts = options.maxReconnectAttempts || 5;
this.connect();
}
connect() {
this.ws = new WebSocket(this.url);
this.addEventListeners();
}
addEventListeners() {
this.ws.onclose = () => {
if (this.reconnectAttempts < this.maxReconnectAttempts) {
setTimeout(() => {
this.reconnectAttempts++;
this.connect();
}, 1000 * Math.pow(2, this.reconnectAttempts));
}
};
}
}
```
By following these steps and considerations, you can successfully implement a WebSocket connection
through a proxy server to AWS API Gateway. The key is ensuring proper proxy server configuration and
handling the WebSocket protocol correctly at each step of the connection process.
USER
how to know whether a proxy server support websocket connection?
BOT
Here are several methods to verify if a proxy server supports WebSocket connections:
ws.onopen = () => {
console.log('SUCCESS: WebSocket connection established');
ws.close();
};
def test_websocket_proxy():
try:
# Configure proxy settings
os.environ['http_proxy'] = 'http://your.proxy.server:port'
os.environ['https_proxy'] = 'http://your.proxy.server:port'
def on_open(ws):
print("Connection established successfully!")
ws.close()
if __name__ == "__main__":
result = test_websocket_proxy()
sys.exit(0 if result else 1)
```
```javascript
class ProxyWebSocketTester {
constructor(proxyUrl, targetWsUrl) {
this.proxyUrl = proxyUrl;
this.targetWsUrl = targetWsUrl;
this.testResults = {};
}
async runTests() {
console.log('Starting WebSocket proxy tests...');
this.printResults();
}
async testBasicConnection() {
return new Promise((resolve) => {
const ws = new WebSocket(this.targetWsUrl);
ws.onopen = () => {
clearTimeout(timeout);
this.testResults.basicConnection = true;
ws.close();
resolve();
};
ws.onerror = () => {
clearTimeout(timeout);
this.testResults.basicConnection = false;
resolve();
};
});
}
async testHeaderPropagation() {
// Similar implementation for header testing
}
async testConnectionStability() {
// Test long-running connection
}
async testProtocolSupport() {
// Test different WebSocket protocols
}
printResults() {
console.log('Test Results:');
console.table(this.testResults);
// Usage
const tester = new ProxyWebSocketTester(
'http://your.proxy.server:port',
'wss://your-websocket-endpoint'
);
tester.runTests();
```
### Common Issues and Solutions
1. **Connection Timeout**
- Increase proxy timeout settings
- Check firewall rules
- Verify proxy server load
2. **Handshake Failure**
- Verify proxy supports HTTP/1.1
- Check WebSocket headers are not being stripped
- Confirm SSL/TLS configuration
3. **Connection Drops**
- Check keep-alive settings
- Verify proxy server resources
- Monitor network stability
By using these methods, you can comprehensively test whether your proxy server supports WebSocket
connections and identify any potential issues in the setup.
USER
guide me step by step to create websocket api gateway in aws to make it internet accessible without vpc
and then test by curl
with a proxy server http using username and password
BOT
I'll guide you through creating and testing a WebSocket API Gateway with proxy authentication step by
step.
# default_handler.py
def lambda_handler(event, context):
return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': 'Received message'
}
# sendmessage_handler.py
def lambda_handler(event, context):
connection_id = event['requestContext']['connectionId']
return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': f'Message sent from {connection_id}'
}
```
1. **Create Stage**
```plaintext
1. Click "Deploy API"
2. Create new stage: "prod"
3. Click "Deploy"
```
```json
{
"AllowOrigins": ["*"],
"AllowHeaders": ["*"],
"AllowMethods": ["GET", "POST", "OPTIONS"]
}
```
#!/bin/bash
API_URL="wss://your-api-id.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/prod"
PROXY_HOST="your.proxy.server"
PROXY_PORT="8080"
PROXY_USER="username"
PROXY_PASS="password"
# Test connection
curl -v \
-x "$PROXY_HOST:$PROXY_PORT" \
-H "Proxy-Authorization: Basic $PROXY_AUTH" \
-H "Connection: Upgrade" \
-H "Upgrade: websocket" \
-H "Sec-WebSocket-Key: $(openssl rand -base64 16)" \
-H "Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13" \
"$API_URL"
```
1. **Test Connection**
```bash
./test_websocket.sh
```
#!/bin/bash
API_URL="wss://your-api-id.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/prod"
PROXY_HOST="your.proxy.server"
PROXY_PORT="8080"
PROXY_USER="username"
PROXY_PASS="password"
2. Connection refused
- Verify proxy server is running
- Check proxy port is correct
3. Handshake failed
- Verify WebSocket headers
- Check proxy WebSocket support
```
```html
USER
update default_handler
to print the message that it can received
BOT
I'll update the default_handler Lambda function to print and handle received messages properly.
```python
# default_handler.py
import json
import logging
# Set up logging
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
# Extract connection ID
connection_id = event['requestContext']['connectionId']
return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': json.dumps({
'message': 'Message received successfully',
'details': response_message
})
}
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error processing message: {str(e)}")
return {
'statusCode': 500,
'body': json.dumps({
'message': 'Error processing message',
'error': str(e)
})
}
```
API_URL="wss://your-api-id.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/prod"
PROXY_HOST="your.proxy.server"
PROXY_PORT="8080"
PROXY_USER="username"
PROXY_PASS="password"
Send Text
Enter message Message Send JSON Message ``` ### 3. Using
Python WebSocket Client ```python # websocket_test.py import websocket import json import logging import
os # Set up logging logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO) def on_message(ws, message):
logging.info(f"Received message: {message}") def on_error(ws, error): logging.error(f"Error: {error}") def
on_close(ws, close_status_code, close_msg): logging.info("Connection closed") def on_open(ws):
logging.info("Connection established") # Send a text message ws.send("Hello from Python!") # Send a JSON
message json_message = { "message": "Hello JSON from Python!", "timestamp": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"type": "test" } ws.send(json.dumps(json_message)) def main(): # Proxy configuration proxy_host =
"your.proxy.server" proxy_port = "8080" proxy_user = "username" proxy_pass = "password" # Set proxy
environment variables os.environ['http_proxy'] = f'http://{proxy_user}:{proxy_pass}@{proxy_host}:
{proxy_port}' os.environ['https_proxy'] = f'http://{proxy_user}:{proxy_pass}@{proxy_host}:{proxy_port}'
websocket.enableTrace(True) ws = websocket.WebSocketApp( "wss://your-api-id.execute-
api.region.amazonaws.com/prod", on_open=on_open, on_message=on_message, on_error=on_error,
on_close=on_close ) ws.run_forever() if __name__ == "__main__": main() ``` To use these test clients: 1.
Save the Lambda function code and deploy it 2. Update the API Gateway URL in all test scripts 3. Update
proxy settings in all test scripts 4. Run the tests: ```bash # For curl test chmod +x websocket_test.sh
./websocket_test.sh # For Python test pip install websocket-client python websocket_test.py # For HTML test
# Open websocket_test.html in a browser ``` The updated default_handler will now: - Log the entire received
event - Handle both JSON and plain text messages - Extract the connection ID - Return detailed information
about the received message - Include proper error handling - Log all activities for debugging You can
monitor the results in: 1. CloudWatch Logs for the Lambda function 2. The test client outputs 3. API
Gateway CloudWatch metrics Remember to replace the placeholder values: - `your-api-id.execute-
api.region.amazonaws.com` - `your.proxy.server` - `username` - `password`
USER
the api gateway websocket is: wss://lxezbfaeuj.execute-api.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/production/
1. write a lambda code to send message to this websocket, so it can back message to browser,
2. update the html code to fetch and display the message from server
BOT
I'll help you create a complete solution for bidirectional communication.
```python
# sendmessage_handler.py
import json
import boto3
import os
import logging
# Set up logging
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
# Get connection ID
connection_id = event['requestContext']['connectionId']
return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': json.dumps({
'message': 'Message sent successfully',
'details': response_data
})
}
except Exception as e:
logger.error(f"Error processing message: {str(e)}")
return {
'statusCode': 500,
'body': json.dumps({
'message': 'Error processing message',
'error': str(e)
})
}
```
```html
``` To use this solution: 1. **Deploy the Lambda Function:** - Create a new Lambda function and paste the
code from `sendmessage_handler.py` - Add necessary IAM permissions for the Lambda to execute
`apigatewaymanagementapi:PostToConnection` - Configure the Lambda function as the integration for your
WebSocket API routes 2. **Required IAM Permissions for Lambda:** ```json { "Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "execute-api:ManageConnections" ], "Resource": [
"arn:aws:execute-api:ap-southeast-1:*:lxezbfaeuj/*" ] } ] } ``` 3. **Test the Solution:** - Save the HTML code
as a file (e.g., `websocket_client.html`) - Open it in a web browser - Try sending messages and observe the
bidirectional communication Features of this solution: 1. **Lambda Function:** - Handles incoming messages
- Sends responses back to the client - Includes error handling and logging - Maintains connection context 2.
**HTML Client:** - Real-time message display - Connection status indicator - Automatic reconnection - Error
handling - Message timestamp display - Clean UI with message history - Support for both text and JSON
messages - Enter key support for sending messages - Reconnect button - Scroll to bottom on new messages
- Visibility change handling 3. **Additional Features:** - Message types (sent/received/status/error) -
Timestamp display - Connection status indicator - Reconnection logic with exponential backoff - Responsive
design - Message persistence during page visibility changes To test the complete system: 1. Deploy the
Lambda function 2. Configure the API Gateway routes 3. Open the HTML client in a browser 4. Send
messages and observe the bidirectional communication The system will maintain the WebSocket connection
and handle various edge cases like disconnections, errors, and page visibility changes.
USER
in your application do you need to create multiple different websocket api? since you need to push
notification from backend to frontend web to end user.
let identify which case you need to create multiple websocket api, which case you don't need and can use
one websocket api for all users and all kidn of notifications and still manage to send notification correctly
to each user depend on their needs
BOT
Let me break down the scenarios and best practices for WebSocket API architecture in different use
cases.
**Implementation Example:**
```python
# connection_manager.py
import boto3
import json
from datetime import datetime
import os
from boto3.dynamodb.conditions import Key
class ConnectionManager:
def __init__(self):
self.dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
self.table = self.dynamodb.Table(os.environ['CONNECTIONS_TABLE'])
self.api_client = None
2. **Multi-tenant Applications**
```python
# tenant_manager.py
class TenantManager:
def __init__(self):
self.connection_manager = ConnectionManager()
3. **Topic-based Notifications**
```python
# subscription_manager.py
class SubscriptionManager:
def __init__(self):
self.dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb')
self.table = self.dynamodb.Table(os.environ['SUBSCRIPTIONS_TABLE'])
def subscribe_user(self, user_id, topic):
"""Subscribe user to a topic"""
self.table.put_item(Item={
'user_id': user_id,
'topic': topic,
'subscribed_at': datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
})
```typescript
// websocket-client.ts
class WebSocketClient {
private ws: WebSocket;
private messageHandlers: Map;
private connectionId: string;
private userId: string;
constructor(userId: string) {
this.userId = userId;
this.messageHandlers = new Map();
this.connect();
}
private connect() {
this.ws = new WebSocket(`wss://your-api.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/prod`);
this.ws.onopen = () => {
// Authenticate and store connection
this.authenticate();
};
private authenticate() {
this.send({
action: 'authenticate',
userId: this.userId
});
}
// Usage example
const client = new WebSocketClient('user123');
// Subscribe to topics
client.subscribe('news');
client.subscribe('updates');
```
1. **Connection Management**
```python
# Use DynamoDB for connection storage
# connection_store.py
class ConnectionStore:
def __init__(self):
self.table = boto3.resource('dynamodb').Table('connections')
2. **Message Routing**
```python
# message_router.py
class MessageRouter:
def __init__(self):
self.routes = {}
3. **Error Handling**
```python
# error_handler.py
class WebSocketErrorHandler:
@staticmethod
async def handle_error(connection_id, error):
try:
await send_to_connection(connection_id, {
'type': 'error',
'message': str(error),
'code': error.code if hasattr(error, 'code') else 500
})
except Exception:
# Connection might be dead, remove it
remove_connection(connection_id)
```
The key is to use proper connection management and message routing rather than creating multiple
WebSocket APIs unless specifically required for security or performance reasons.
USER
can i route the websocket events like connect, sendmessage, defaulthandle to my backend api instead of
using lambda?
BOT
Yes, you can route WebSocket events from API Gateway directly to your backend API instead of using
Lambda functions. Here are two approaches:
```mermaid
graph LR
A[API Gateway WebSocket] --> B[HTTP Integration]
B --> C[Your Backend API]
C --> D[(Database)]
C --> E[Business Logic]
```
1. **Create Integration:**
```json
{
"type": "HTTP",
"integrationUri": "https://your-backend-api.com/websocket/{event}",
"integrationMethod": "POST",
"requestTemplates": {
"application/json": {
"connectionId": "$context.connectionId",
"eventType": "$context.eventType",
"routeKey": "$context.routeKey",
"body": $input.json('$'),
"requestTime": "$context.requestTime",
"identity": {
"sourceIp": "$context.identity.sourceIp",
"userAgent": "$context.identity.userAgent"
}
}
},
"passthroughBehavior": "WHEN_NO_TEMPLATES"
}
```
2. **Route Configuration:**
```yaml
# API Gateway WebSocket API configuration
---
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: WebSocket API
version: 1.0.0
paths:
/$connect:
post:
responses:
'200':
description: Success
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
uri: https://your-backend-api.com/websocket/connect
httpMethod: POST
type: HTTP
requestParameters:
integration.request.header.Authorization: "'Bearer ' + $request.header.Authorization"
/$disconnect:
post:
responses:
'200':
description: Success
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
uri: https://your-backend-api.com/websocket/disconnect
httpMethod: POST
type: HTTP
/sendmessage:
post:
responses:
'200':
description: Success
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
uri: https://your-backend-api.com/websocket/message
httpMethod: POST
type: HTTP
/$default:
post:
responses:
'200':
description: Success
x-amazon-apigateway-integration:
uri: https://your-backend-api.com/websocket/default
httpMethod: POST
type: HTTP
```
```javascript
// app.js
const express = require('express');
const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const app = express();
// Connection management
const connections = new Map();
// Connect handler
app.post('/websocket/connect', async (req, res) => {
const { connectionId } = req.body;
try {
// Store connection
connections.set(connectionId, {
connectedAt: new Date(),
metadata: req.body
});
// Disconnect handler
app.post('/websocket/disconnect', async (req, res) => {
const { connectionId } = req.body;
try {
// Remove connection
connections.delete(connectionId);
// Message handler
app.post('/websocket/message', async (req, res) => {
const { connectionId, body } = req.body;
try {
// Process message
const response = {
type: 'response',
message: `Received: ${JSON.stringify(body)}`,
timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
};
// Default handler
app.post('/websocket/default', async (req, res) => {
const { connectionId, body } = req.body;
try {
// Handle default route
const response = {
type: 'default',
message: 'Unrecognized route',
receivedData: body
};
// Start server
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(PORT, () => {
console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`);
});
```
```java
// WebSocketController.java
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/websocket")
public class WebSocketController {
@PostMapping("/connect")
public ResponseEntity> handleConnect(@RequestBody ConnectionEvent event) {
try {
connectionService.handleConnect(event);
return ResponseEntity.ok(Map.of("message", "Connected"));
} catch (Exception e) {
return ResponseEntity.status(500)
.body(Map.of("error", "Failed to connect"));
}
}
@PostMapping("/disconnect")
public ResponseEntity> handleDisconnect(@RequestBody ConnectionEvent event) {
try {
connectionService.handleDisconnect(event);
return ResponseEntity.ok(Map.of("message", "Disconnected"));
} catch (Exception e) {
return ResponseEntity.status(500)
.body(Map.of("error", "Failed to disconnect"));
}
}
@PostMapping("/message")
public ResponseEntity> handleMessage(@RequestBody WebSocketMessage message) {
try {
messageService.processMessage(message);
return ResponseEntity.ok(Map.of("message", "Message processed"));
} catch (Exception e) {
return ResponseEntity.status(500)
.body(Map.of("error", "Failed to process message"));
}
}
}
// ConnectionService.java
@Service
public class ConnectionService {
private final Map connections = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
private final ApiGatewayClient apiGatewayClient;
// MessageService.java
@Service
public class MessageService {
private final ApiGatewayClient apiGatewayClient;
1. **API Authentication:**
```java
@Configuration
public class SecurityConfig {
@Bean
public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
return http
.csrf().disable()
.authorizeRequests()
.antMatchers("/websocket/**").hasIpAddress("API_GATEWAY_IP_RANGE")
.anyRequest().authenticated()
.and()
.build();
}
}
```
2. **Request Validation:**
```java
@Component
public class WebSocketRequestValidator {
public void validateRequest(WebSocketRequest request) {
// Validate request signature
// Validate timestamp
// Validate request format
}
}
```
```java
@Aspect
@Component
public class WebSocketMonitoring {
private final MetricsService metricsService;
@Around("execution(* com.yourapp.websocket.*.*(..))")
public Object monitorWebSocketOperations(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint) throws Throwable {
long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
try {
return joinPoint.proceed();
} finally {
long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
metricsService.recordMetric(joinPoint.getSignature().getName(), duration);
}
}
}
```
Benefits of this approach:
1. Direct control over WebSocket handling
2. Integration with existing backend services
3. Custom connection management
4. Flexible scaling options
5. Easier debugging and monitoring
6. Reuse existing authentication/authorization
Considerations:
1. Ensure your backend can handle WebSocket scale
2. Implement proper error handling
3. Monitor connection management
4. Handle timeouts appropriately
5. Implement retry mechanisms
6. Consider using a message queue for async operations
USER
from the security point of view, using websocket to with api gateway to connect from FE (web angular) to
backend (spring java) have any concern or impact to the security? since we still can use bearer with token
for authentication and authorization?
BOT
From a security perspective, using WebSocket with API Gateway for communication between Angular
frontend and Spring backend can be secure when properly implemented. Let's analyze the security
aspects:
```mermaid
graph TD
A[Angular Frontend] -->|1. Initial Connect with Token| B[API Gateway WebSocket]
B -->|2. Validate Token| C[Spring Backend]
C -->|3. Store Valid Connection| D[(Connection Store)]
A -->|4. Subsequent Messages| B
B -->|5. Authorized Messages| C
```
connect() {
// Include token in connection request
this.socket = new WebSocket(
`wss://your-api.execute-api.region.amazonaws.com/prod?token=${this.authToken}`
);
```java
@Configuration
public class WebSocketSecurityConfig {
@Bean
public SecurityWebSocketHandler securityWebSocketHandler() {
return new SecurityWebSocketHandler();
}
}
@Component
public class SecurityWebSocketHandler {
@Autowired
private JwtTokenProvider tokenProvider;
@Autowired
private ConnectionRepository connectionRepository;
if (validateToken(token)) {
// Store authenticated connection
UserDetails userDetails = tokenProvider.getUserDetailsFromToken(token);
ConnectionDetails details = new ConnectionDetails(
event.getConnectionId(),
userDetails.getUsername(),
userDetails.getAuthorities()
);
connectionRepository.save(details);
} else {
throw new UnauthorizedException("Invalid token");
}
}
@Component
public class WebSocketAuthenticationAspect {
@Around("execution(* com.yourapp.websocket.*.*(..))")
public Object authenticateWebSocketRequest(ProceedingJoinPoint joinPoint) throws Throwable {
WebSocketMessage message = extractMessage(joinPoint);
return joinPoint.proceed();
}
}
```
1. **Token-based Authentication**
```java
@Component
public class WebSocketTokenValidator {
@Autowired
private JwtTokenProvider tokenProvider;
} catch (Exception e) {
return false;
}
}
}
```
2. **Connection Management**
```java
@Component
public class SecureConnectionManager {
3. **Rate Limiting**
```java
@Component
public class WebSocketRateLimiter {
4. **Message Validation**
```java
@Component
public class WebSocketMessageValidator {
2. **Token-based Authentication:**
- JWT support
- Token refresh mechanisms
- Fine-grained authorization
3. **Connection Management:**
- Secure connection tracking
- Automatic disconnection of invalid sessions
- Rate limiting per connection
### 4. Security Risks and Mitigations
1. **Token Exposure:**
```java
@Component
public class TokenSecurityManager {
2. **Message Injection:**
```java
@Component
public class MessageSanitizer {
3. **DoS Protection:**
```java
@Component
public class DosProtection {
```java
@Component
public class WebSocketSecurityAuditor {
@Autowired
private AuditLogger auditLogger;
auditLogger.log(log);
}
}
```
### Conclusion
Using WebSocket with API Gateway is secure when properly implemented, with advantages:
1. **Secure Communication:**
- TLS encryption
- Token-based authentication
- Authorization controls
3. **Integration:**
- Existing security mechanisms
- Authorization frameworks
- Monitoring tools
USER
i need to make a report regard this websocket impact and changes, You need to
1. correct words and grammars for the report
2. assess my reports to see whether it is appropriate or which points are not appropriate?
3. add your points that you can find to this report
4. do not make the report longer with more explaination.
Regard impact:
1) it can help to fix the issue with AWSIOT, that currently application leaks the AWS Credential in the FE
(web app).
2) Performance impact: no performance impact, as the backend still keep same REST api backend model
as of now.
3) Security impact: Better security impact, solve the leaks AWS Credential issue in web app. Websocket
will not introduce any other security impact.
4) Infrastructure impact: will need to create new aws api gateway websocket.
5) Cost impact: incur more cost, but this should be very little as calculated around 20usd so it should not
an issue.
1) For minimum requirement create new one aws api gateway websocket for each environment: DEV,
SIT, UAT, UAT2, PROD
Also consider creating separate websocket for each web portal (O2BE, MHW, SPOS, GPOS, DPOS…) for
better security seperation and management.
2) Introduce new api in Backend Java application to handle websocket event: connect, sendmessage,
disconnect, defaulthandle
3) Introduce new code in FE Angular web to connect to api gateway websocket with proper authentication
with JWT Token as usual
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Here's the revised and assessed report:
**Impact Analysis:**
1. **Security Enhancement:**
- Eliminates AWS credential exposure in frontend applications
- Replaces current AWSIOT implementation with secure WebSocket communication
2. **Performance Impact:**
- Neutral impact as existing REST API architecture remains unchanged
- Potential improvement in real-time communication efficiency
3. **Security Considerations:**
- Enhanced security through elimination of exposed AWS credentials
- Maintains existing JWT authentication mechanism
- Implements secure WebSocket protocol (WSS)
4. **Infrastructure Requirements:**
- New AWS API Gateway WebSocket implementation required
- Integration with existing authentication services
5. **Cost Analysis:**
- Estimated additional cost: ~$20 USD
- Minimal financial impact on operational expenses
**Required Changes:**
1. **Environment Setup:**
- Deploy WebSocket API Gateway across all environments (DEV, SIT, UAT, UAT2, PROD)
- Consider dedicated WebSocket endpoints per application portal:
- O2BE
- MHW
- SPOS
- GPOS
- DPOS
2. **Backend Development:**
- Implement WebSocket event handlers:
- Connection management
- Message processing
- Disconnection handling
- Default route handling
3. **Frontend Implementation:**
- Integrate WebSocket client in Angular applications
- Implement JWT authentication for WebSocket connections
**Assessment Notes:**
- Report is concise and covers key aspects
- Added security protocol specifics
- Included performance benefit potential
- Maintained focus on essential points
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[Note: This revision maintains brevity while improving structure and adding crucial technical details. The
original points are preserved and enhanced with security and implementation specifics.]