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Reverse-Proxy
2021-09-19 Personal NonRoot
51.514678599999996
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Configuring caddy

title: Summary
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This note runs through [caddy](https://caddyserver.com), a free tool webserver allowing for reverse-proxy and automatic SSL certifications.

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Installation

Program installation

  1. Pull the software signature key & image
~~~
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.fury.io/caddy/ /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/caddy-fury.list
~~~
  1. Install caddy
~~~
sudo apt update
sudo apt install caddy
~~~

Installing caddy will create a default user 'caddy'.

  1. Test install

Go to the homepage to see the caddy default page.

Installing php

PHP needs to be enabled for caddy to work.

~~~
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt install php-cli php-fpm php-mysql
~~~

Check if php is installed correctly:

~~~
php --version
~~~


Configuration of caddy

Caddy will fetch a SSL certificate for all sub-domains and addresses present in the config file automatically, once the declaration is made properly.

Basic files & directories

  1. Create a default website folder
~~~
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html
~~~
  1. Create a default log folder
~~~
sudo mkdir /var/log/caddy
sudo chown -R caddy:caddy /var/log/caddy
~~~


Caddy configuration file

Caddy's configuration file is inder:

~~~
/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
~~~

Default configuration is:

~~~
(localhost) {
	root * /var/www/html
	encode gzip zstd
	php_fastcgi unix//run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock
	tls (service email) {
		protocols tls1.2 tls1.3
	}
}
~~~


PHP configuration file

To update php, edit the following file:

~~~
sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/fpm/pool.d/www.conf
~~~

Change all 'www-data' user reference with 'caddy' including:

~~~
listen.owner = caddy
listen.group = caddy
~~~

Once this is done, restart php:

~~~
sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm
~~~


Configuring CORS

Preliminary CORS code snippet
~~~
(cors) {
        @origin{args.0} header Origin {args.0}
        header @origin{args.0} Access-Control-Allow-Origin "{args.0}"
}
~~~

CORS for a sub-domain
~~~
 import cors (http://subdomain.tld)
 header Access-Control-Allow-Methods "POST, GET, OPTIONS, PUT"
 header Access-Control-Allow-Headers "*"
~~~


Configuration of a sub-domain suffix

Configuration requires to add the following in the sub-domain definition:

~~~
 handle_path /(suffix)* {
	 root * /(path to suffix)
	 file_server
 }
~~~


Configuration with the docker network

Configuration of a service attached to the docker network is easy:

~~~
(hostname) {
	encode zstd gzip
	reverse_proxy xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa:port
}
~~~


title: Tutorial
[Link](https://josheli.com/knob/2021/02/24/single-sign-on-in-caddy-server-using-only-the-caddyfile-and-basic-authentication/)

Preliminary login code snippets
  1. Creat hashed passwords
~~~
caddy hash-password
~~~
  1. Define the array of users and hashed password
~~~
(basic-auth) {
	basicauth / {
		user hashed-password
	}
}
~~~
  1. Define the snippet to test whether the cookie is installed
~~~
(proxy-auth) {
% if cookie not = some-token-nonsense
	@no-auth {
		not header_regexp mycookie Cookie myid=(regex-to-match-id)
	}

% store current time, page and redirect to auth
	route @no-auth {
		header Set-Cookie "myreferer={scheme}://{host}{uri}; Domain=example.com; Path=/; Max-Age=30; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict; Secure"
		redir https://auth.example.com
	}
}
~~~

Intermediary authentication page

After setting up a new subdomain/page and appropriate DNS records, define it as follows:

~~~
auth.example.com {
	route / {
% require authentication
		import basic-auth

% upon successful auth, set a client token
		header Set-Cookie "myid=some-long-hopefully-random-string; Domain=example.com; Path=/; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict; Secure"

% delete the referer cookie
		header +Set-Cookie "myreferer=null; Domain=example.com; Path=/; Expires=Thu, 25 Sep 1971 12:00:00 GMT; HttpOnly; SameSite=Strict; Secure"
     
% redirect back to the original site
		redir {http.request.cookie.myreferer}
	}

% fallback
	respond "Hi."
}
~~~

Adding authentication to a subdomain

Simply add the following at the top of all declarations for sub-domain definitions:

~~~
import proxy-auth
~~~


Utilities

SSL Certification location

Look for a folder with the following sequence:

~~~
/.local/share/caddy
~~~


Basic commands

A full repository of commands can be found here

Start/Stop/Restart

~~~
sudo systemctl start/stop/restart caddy
~~~

Reload config

Once config amended just run:

~~~
sudo systemctl reload caddy
~~~