A broker server for the nodejs implementation of the iLab Shared Architecture
For more information, please see the instruction manual
###Purpose The new service broker provides a vastly different service from the original MIT broker. All student interaction, such as authentication and client software, has been moved into a separate service (see Agent). The new purpose of a service broker is to bridge communication between JSON and SOAP (for legacy MIT batched lab servers).
The service broker provides a global administration to control access to lab servers. This is useful when you have several agents with different permissions.
The most basic broker converts JSON into SOAP and then sends it directly to the lab server. With the introduction of nodejs Lab servers, the most basic broker can simply forward JSON directly to the lab server. Additional caching or other logic may be incorporated through plugins.
###Installation
cd <path to broker directory>
npm install
node index.js
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8080. Login with the username and password admin and password respectively. Click the Admin drop down menu in the upper right hand corner and then select My Account. Enter password as the old password, then type in a new password and click Save.