Reverse-Proxy (old version)

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Network


IP: 192.168.88.9
MAC: 56:59:71:B1:85:BC

System


OS: Debian Buster
Files: reverse-proxy.conf
RAM: 1024MB
Cores: 1
Privileged: No

The ReverseProxy is reachable under 192.168.88.9 which is located in the ServerVLAN.

Every incoming packages from outside are forwarded to this IP.

The ReverseProxy also forces outside connections to use HTTPS/SSL and will provide a WildCard-Certificate.

Basic Setup

NGINX

Install NGINX and NGINX-Extra

apt install nginx nginx-extras

Deactivate Standard-Site (no Web-Server)

unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Create and paste reverse-proxy.conf

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available
nano reverse-proxy.conf

Activate configuration

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/reverse-proxy.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/reverse-proxy.conf

Check if configuration is legit

nginx -t

Reload configuration

nginx -s reload

certbot

Install Certbot

apt install certbot

Download acme-dns-auth.py-Script

wget https://github.com/joohoi/acme-dns-certbot-joohoi/raw/master/acme-dns-auth.py

Change first line of script from #!/usr/bin/env python to

#!/usr/bin/env python3

Move file to /etc/letsencrypt/

mv acme-dns-auth.py /etc/letsencrypt/

Set permissions to run script

chmod +x acme-dns-auth.py

Generate certificate manually

Wildcard-Certificate

certbot certonly --manual --manual-auth-hook /etc/letsencrypt/acme-dns-auth.py --preferred-challenges dns --debug-challenges -d \*.flowerhouse.at

Sub-Domain-Certificate

certbot certonly --manual --manual-auth-hook /etc/letsencrypt/acme-dns-auth.py --preferred-challenges dns --debug-challenges -d subdomain.flowerhouse.at

Follow the questions of the script and create an cname-record.

Path to all certificates:

cd /etc/letsencrypt/live/

Test manually if certificate renewal works

certbot renew --dry-run

Check if auto-renewal ist activated

systemctl list-timers

Authelia

For security reasons and convenience, the login portal Authelia will be installed.

Redis-Server

Install Redis with the following command:

apt install redis-server

After installing Redis, start Redis service and enable it to start after system reboot with the following command:

systemctl start redis-server
systemctl enable redis-server

Installation

Download, unzip and rename latest Authelia archive:

cd /usr/bin
wget https://github.com/authelia/authelia/releases/download/v4.26.2/authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm authelia-linux-amd64.tar.gz
mv ./authelia-linux-amd64 ./authelia

After unzipping, the service file authelia.service has to be moved:

mv authelia.service /etc/systemd/system/

Create folder for the authelia configuration file:

mkdir /etc/authelia
cd /etc/authelia

Move the unzipped file config.template.yml to the created folder:

mv config.template.yml /etc/authelia/

Copy template configuration and edit it:

cp config.template.yml configuration.yml
nano configuration.yml

Start authelia and check status:

systemctl start authelia
systemctl status authelia

Feb 22 19:07:11 ReverseProxy systemd[6259]: authelia.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory Feb 22 19:07:11 ReverseProxy systemd[6259]: authelia.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/bin/authelia: No such file or directory ExecStart=/usr/bin/authelia --config /etc/authelia/configuration.yml

Authelia-Paths:

  • Installation: /etc/authelia
  • Config-Path: /etc/authelia/configuration.yml
  • Service-Path: /etc/systemd/system

Sources