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gRPC StarLink Router .Net

New Info:
I thought I would paste this in full as I can not seem to find any samples on the web of a c# solution for StarLink so hopefully anyone else looking for something may find this helpful and may contribute.
My New Proto File - (partial) - I took the advise of Yuri below. Thanks for the direction here. I was able to I have been using this tool and it has brought a lot of insight but I am still stuck on the c# side of the solution. I am an old VB.Net developer though I have done a bunch in c# I am by no means savvy in it and am probably missing something so simple. Again, any insight would be awesome. I can not post the full proto here as stack has char limit on posts. this is the first bit with messages etc. I can post more if it helps but trying to keep it to the important part.
syntax = "proto3";
option csharp_namespace = "SpaceX.API.Device";
package SpaceX.API.Device;
service Device {
//rpc Handle (.SpaceX.API.Device.Request) returns (.SpaceX.API.Device.Response) {}
//rpc Stream (stream .SpaceX.API.Device.ToDevice) returns (stream .SpaceX.API.Device.FromDevice) {}
rpc Handle (Request) returns (Response);
rpc Stream (Request) returns (Response);
}
message ToDevice {
string message = 1;
}
message Request {
uint64 id = 1;
string target_id = 13;
uint64 epoch_id = 14;
oneof request {
SignedData signed_request = 15;
RebootRequest reboot = 1001;
SpeedTestRequest speed_test = 1003;
GetStatusRequest get_status = 1004;
AuthenticateRequest authenticate = 1005;
GetNextIdRequest get_next_id = 1006;
GetHistoryRequest get_history = 1007;
GetDeviceInfoRequest get_device_info = 1008;
GetPingRequest get_ping = 1009;
SetTrustedKeysRequest set_trusted_keys = 1010;
FactoryResetRequest factory_reset = 1011;
GetLogRequest get_log = 1012;
SetSkuRequest set_sku = 1013;
UpdateRequest update = 1014;
GetNetworkInterfacesRequest get_network_interfaces = 1015;
PingHostRequest ping_host = 1016;
GetLocationRequest get_location = 1017;
EnableFlowRequest enable_flow = 1018;
GetHeapDumpRequest get_heap_dump = 1019;
RestartControlRequest restart_control = 1020;
FuseRequest fuse = 1021;
GetPersistentStatsRequest get_persistent_stats = 1022;
GetConnectionsRequest get_connections = 1023;
FlushTelemRequest flush_telem = 1026;
StartSpeedtestRequest start_speedtest = 1027;
GetSpeedtestStatusRequest get_speedtest_status = 1028;
ReportClientSpeedtestRequest report_client_speedtest = 1029;
InitiateRemoteSshRequest initiate_remote_ssh = 1030;
SelfTestRequest self_test = 1031;
SetTestModeRequest set_test_mode = 1032;
DishStowRequest dish_stow = 2002;
DishGetContextRequest dish_get_context = 2003;
DishSetEmcRequest dish_set_emc = 2007;
DishGetObstructionMapRequest dish_get_obstruction_map = 2008;
DishGetEmcRequest dish_get_emc = 2009;
DishSetConfigRequest dish_set_config = 2010;
DishGetConfigRequest dish_get_config = 2011;
StartDishSelfTestRequest start_dish_self_test = 2012;
WifiSetConfigRequest wifi_set_config = 3001;
WifiGetClientsRequest wifi_get_clients = 3002;
WifiSetupRequest wifi_setup = 3003;
WifiGetPingMetricsRequest wifi_get_ping_metrics = 3007;
WifiGetDiagnosticsRequest wifi_get_diagnostics = 3008;
WifiGetConfigRequest wifi_get_config = 3009;
WifiSetMeshDeviceTrustRequest wifi_set_mesh_device_trust = 3012;
WifiSetMeshConfigRequest wifi_set_mesh_config = 3013;
WifiGetClientHistoryRequest wifi_get_client_history = 3015;
TransceiverIFLoopbackTestRequest transceiver_if_loopback_test = 4001;
TransceiverGetStatusRequest transceiver_get_status = 4003;
TransceiverGetTelemetryRequest transceiver_get_telemetry = 4004;
}
reserved 1025, 3011, 3014;
}
message SignedData {
bytes data = 1;
bytes signature = 2;
}
My New .cs
I have tried many things from Microsoft's examples to thing I can gather from other samples. I simply can not get it to work and am lost. Again, any insight would be amazing and hopefully helpful to others looking for a solution in c#. You will see my commented code of this I have been playing with. Basically I am attempting to achieve three things and have made some movement in one of them.
Goals:
1 - Use Server Reflection to discover services.
I think I got this one resolved with dot-net grpc.
2 - Simply want to check available methods under a service and potentially either check or generate a new .proto file in case things change. StaLink does not publish its proto schema so I assume it could change anytime without warning.
3 - Just run any one of the available methods. I have tried the GetDeviceInfoRequest but can not seem to construct the request message properly. I have not been able to get this accomplishe in the gRPCurl tool either. I can do it on the basic service shown by Microsoft of course but these methods seem to be more complex and I simply get all kinds of errors.
Again, any insight or assistance would be amazing. Thanks to any and all in advance.
New .cs File
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Grpc.Core;
using Grpc.Net.Client;
using Grpc.Reflection.V1Alpha;
using ServerReflectionClient = Grpc.Reflection.V1Alpha.ServerReflection.ServerReflectionClient;
using SpaceX.API.Device;
public class Program
{
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
//SETUP CHANNEL AND CLIENT
using var channel = GrpcChannel.ForAddress("http://192.168.100.1:9200");
var client = new ServerReflectionClient(channel);
var StarLinkClient = new Device.DeviceClient(channel);
//using var call = StarLinkClient.StreamAsync(new ToDevice { Request = GetDeviceInfoRequest });
//await foreach (var response in call.ResponseStream.ReadAllAsync())
//var request = Device.GetDeviceInfoRequest;
//var reply = await StarLinkClient.HandleAsync(
// new Request {'"getDeviceInfo" : {} '});
//Console.WriteLine(reply.Message);
//=============================================SERVER REFLECTION=============================================================
Console.WriteLine("Calling reflection service:");
var response = await SingleRequestAsync(client, new ServerReflectionRequest
{
ListServices = "" // Get all services
});
Console.WriteLine("Services:");
foreach (var item in response.ListServicesResponse.Service)
{
Console.WriteLine("- " + item.Name);
Console.WriteLine();
var StarLink = item.Name;
//Console.WriteLine(StarLink.getStatus());
}
//=============================================SERVER REFLECTION=============================================================
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
void setupchannel()
{
}
private static Task SingleRequestAsync(ServerReflectionClient client, Metadata metadata)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
private static async Task<ServerReflectionResponse> SingleRequestAsync(ServerReflectionClient client, ServerReflectionRequest request)
{
using var call = client.ServerReflectionInfo();
await call.RequestStream.WriteAsync(request);
Debug.Assert(await call.ResponseStream.MoveNext());
var response = call.ResponseStream.Current;
await call.RequestStream.CompleteAsync();
return response;
}
}
Again, thanks in advance to anyone willing to assist here. Hopefully this helps others as well.

WSDL generated service reference returning null

Im have some issues with a service reference to an external source (added it using the supplied wsdl in Visual Studio 2015).
The situation is that the request i run seems to reach the server fine. I also seems to get a response of the expected xml format (added TextWriterTraceListener). But the OutType class i get back in the code (in this case the GetBankCertificateOutType) is always null.
The console application ive built to illustrate is very simple, utilizing the public test account. It looks as follows:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//instantiates client from the service reference
var client = new PkiServicePortTypeClient();
var time = DateTime.UtcNow;
Random r = new Random();
string reqId = r.Next(100, 999).ToString();
var outType = client.GetBankCertificate(*full params on github*);
//This line will throw nullexception since outType is always null
//BUT a valid response is actually received (although returning aa application statusCode that represents error at this stage)
var response = outType.GetBankCertificateResponse;
}
Ive tried to locate the problem but have been unsuccessful sofar. So wanted to see if someone has some good tip on how to debug this or perhaps has a solution.
I built a complete, minimal, console sample project (including the source wsdl) to illustrtate the issue which is located here.

I've downloaded and inspected your solution, and I found this in trace.log
GetBankCertificateRequest at tribute {http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}id had invalid value '360817' of type '{http://www .w3.org/2001/XML Schema}ID'
After I played with id value of GetBankCertificateRequest I got back the right value (instead of null).
var outType = client.GetBankCertificate(new GetBankCertificateInType {
RequestHeader = new RequestHeaderType {
SenderId = "360817",
CustomerId = "360817",
RequestId = reqId,
Environment = EnvironmentType.test,
EnvironmentSpecified = true,
InterfaceVersion = "1",
Timestamp = time
},
GetBankCertificateRequest = new GetBankCertificateRequest {
BankRootCertificateSerialNo = "1111110002",
//id = "",
RequestId = reqId,
Timestamp = time
}
});
There is no description for this property according to documentation (PKI service description v2.3.pdf) except some xml type annotation (xml:id). The concrete schema description is missing.

How to create New EPT by using CSOM

I try to create a new EPT (project server 2013) using C# CSOM library.
But It has following error occurred.
"PJClientCallableException: EnterpriseProjectTypeInvalidCreatePDPUid"
Couple of article tell to change the "IsCreate=true". But it does not success for me. Here is the code what I have done.
public void CreateEnterpriseProjectType(Guid eptGuid, string eptName, string eptDescription)
{
ProjectContext pwaContext = new ProjectContext(this.PWA_URL);
EnterpriseProjectTypeCreationInformation eptData = new EnterpriseProjectTypeCreationInformation();
eptData.Id = eptGuid;
eptData.Name = eptName;
eptData.Description = eptDescription;
eptData.IsDefault = false;
eptData.IsManaged = true;
eptData.WorkspaceTemplateName = "PROJECTSITE#0";
eptData.ProjectPlanTemplateId = Guid.Empty;
eptData.WorkflowAssociationId = Guid.Empty;
eptData.Order = 4;
List<ProjectDetailPageCreationInformation> projectDetailPages = new
List<ProjectDetailPageCreationInformation>() {
new ProjectDetailPageCreationInformation() {
Id = pwaContext.ProjectDetailPages[1].Id, IsCreate = true }
};
eptData.ProjectDetailPages = projectDetailPages;
pwaContext.Load(pwaContext.EnterpriseProjectTypes);
pwaContext.ExecuteQuery();
EnterpriseProjectType newEpt = pwaContext.EnterpriseProjectTypes.Add(eptData);
pwaContext.EnterpriseProjectTypes.Update();
pwaContext.ExecuteQuery();
}
Can anyone explain the issue or provide the working code part.

I would like to suggest the following:
Define an enterprise project type:
string basicEpt = "Enterprise Project"; // Basic enterprise project type.
int timeoutSeconds = 10; // The maximum wait time for a queue job, in seconds.
And then, when you create the new project, work like this:
ProjectCreationInformation newProj = new ProjectCreationInformation();
newProj.Id = Guid.NewGuid();
newProj.Name = "Project Name";
newProj.Description = "Test creating a project with CSOM";
newProj.Start = DateTime.Today.Date;
// Setting the EPT GUID is optional. If no EPT is specified, Project Server
// uses the default EPT.
newProj.EnterpriseProjectTypeId = GetEptUid(basicEpt);
PublishedProject newPublishedProj = projContext.Projects.Add(newProj);
QueueJob qJob = projContext.Projects.Update();
// Calling Load and ExecuteQuery for the queue job is optional.
// projContext.Load(qJob);
// projContext.ExecuteQuery();
JobState jobState = projContext.WaitForQueue(qJob, timeoutSeconds);
When the last line of that piece of code ends, the project must be created and published in order to define tasks or whatever.
I don't know what is happening to your code, seems great.
Hope it helps to you,

How does one connect to the RootDSE and/or retrieve highestCommittedUSN with System.DirectoryServices.Protocols?

Using System.DirectoryServices, one can get the highestCommittedUSN this way:
using(DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://servername:636/RootDSE"))
{
var usn = entry.Properties["highestCommittedUSN"].Value;
}
However, I need to get this information from a remote ADLDS using System.DirectoryServices.Protocols, which does not leverage ADSI. Following is a simplified code sample of what I'm attempting to do:
using(LdapConnection connection = GetWin32LdapConnection())
{
var filter = "(&(highestCommittedUSN=*))";
var searchRequest = new SearchRequest("RootDSE", filter, SearchScope.Subtree, "highestCommittedUSN");
var response = connection.SendRequest(searchRequest) as SearchResponse;
var usn = response.Entries[0].Attributes["highestCommittedUSN"][0];
}
Unfortunately this kicks back a "DirectoryOperationException: The distinguished name contains invalid syntax." At first I thought there might be something wrong in GetWin32LdapConnection() but that code is called in numerous other places to connect to the directory and never errors out.
Any ideas?

Thanks for the idea, Zilog. Apparently to connect to the RootDSE, you have to specify null for the root container. I also switched the filter to objectClass=* and the search scope to "base." Now it works!
using(LdapConnection connection = GetWin32LdapConnection())
{
var filter = "(&(objectClass=*))";
var searchRequest = new SearchRequest(null, filter, SearchScope.Base, "highestCommittedUSN");
var response = connection.SendRequest(searchRequest) as SearchResponse;
var usn = response.Entries[0].Attributes["highestcommittedusn"][0];
}
I hope this saves someone else some time in the future.

gSoap C++ - C# deserialization issue

I have defined a function called login that should return a token. The token has a security id which is a char*
SOAP_FMAC5 int SOAP_FMAC6 __afas__login(struct soap* env, afas__Login *afas__login, afas__LoginResponse *afas__loginResponse)
{
int ret = ServiceApp::GetServiceApp()->GetServiceImpl()->login(afas__login->user, afas__login->password);
afas__loginResponse->error = soap_new_afas__Error(env, -1);
afas__loginResponse->af__token = soap_new_af__Token(env, -1);
if (ret == sERROR)
{
afas__loginResponse->error->code = afas__ErrorCode__NOTLOGGEDIN;
}
else
{
afas__loginResponse->error->code = afas__ErrorCode__SUCCESS;
afas__loginResponse->af__token->sessionId = soap_strdup(env, soap_int2s(env, ret));
afas__loginResponse->af__token->securityId = soap_strdup(env, afas__login->password);
afas__loginResponse->af__token->userName = soap_strdup(env, afas__login->user);
}
return SOAP_OK;
}
On the client side I have a call to this :
AuthenticationServiceClient a = new AuthenticationServiceClient();
Login login = new Login();
login.user = "test";
login.password = "test";
LoginResponse lr = a.login(login);
string securityId = lr.token.sessionId
The problem is that secuirtyId is null. Somehow it doesn't get deserialized.
On the other hand, the error Code, which is an integer is deserialized correctly.
Any suggestions ?

The problem comes from the wsdl file. Looking at gSOAP docs I found:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soapfaq.html
<x:foo xmlns:x="urn:foo" xmlns="urn:bar">
<bar></bar>
</x:foo>
In the last example the bar element belongs to the "urn:bar" namespace, because the default namespace is "urn:bar". With Visual Studio .NET 2003 WSDL import, we could not successfully deserialize data from a multi-namespace situation when a response element contains an element of struct type in a second namespace. The individual members of the struct were ignored on the .NET side until the element form default 'qualified' was defined.
So setting attributeFormDefault="qualified" and elementFormDefault="qualified" fixed the serialization issue.