Improve Connext Studio integration. Implement security configuration best practices#21
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jmlvega
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Jun 26, 2026
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- Documentation improvements.
- Updated SecureLogReader.xml to be Connext Studio Spy Source-friendly.
- Added a SecureSystemObserver snippet to enable Connext Studio users to observe all examples.
- Added the ability to generate Secure Apps QoS files with fully resolved absolute paths, along with instructions for configuring Connext Studio Spy Source using the generated files.
- Improved logging in the setup_security scripts when skipping files.
- Updated the security examples configuration to align with best practices.
…apps qos with fully resolved absolute paths. Improved logging of setup_security scrip when skipping files.
jmlvega
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Jun 26, 2026
| - **Low-latency communication** across WAN connections | ||
| - **Automatic NAT traversal** capabilities | ||
| - **Secure data transmission** with built-in authentication, encryption and access control | ||
| - **Secure data transmission** with domain-level protection (`ENCRYPT_WITH_ORIGIN_AUTHENTICATION` + PSK encryption) and topic-level encryption for sensitive topics (`t/Vitals`, `t/MotorControl`) |
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needs update: this now uses encryption for all topics (that is the only difference between OperationalDomain and TeleopWanDomain)
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| This QoS profile acts as a common base configuration for all DomainParticipants in the system to provide a level of consistency. It inherits from a builtin profile called *BuiltinQosLib::Generic.Common* through the `base_name` XML attribute. | ||
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| #### ***SystemLibrary::WanConfig* profile** |
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Also: security mode uses TeleopWanDomain.xml
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| This configuration is ideal for use with **RTI Connext Studio**. To observe the secured domain with the Spy data source: | ||
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| 1. From the repository root, generate resolved QoS files with absolute security-artifact paths: |
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Mention that user needs to run the regular system_arch/security/setup_security.py first to generate the artifacts
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| <data_protection_kind>NONE</data_protection_kind> | ||
| </topic_rule> | ||
| <topic_rule> | ||
| <topic_expression>DDS:Security:LogTopicV2</topic_expression> |
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This needs to be moved before the previous * rule
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