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- Focus on a small set of features (around CGI) but do them correctly.
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- Focus on a small set of features (around CGI) but do them correctly.
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- Be nice with old/stupid hardware (TLS 1.2 is OK, be efficient, etc).
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- Be nice with old/stupid hardware (TLS 1.2 is OK, be efficient, etc).
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- Don't add features unless someone actively wants them in.
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- Don't add features (see the roadmap at the end of this file).
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- Try to keep resources (binary size, memory, etc) under tight control.
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- Try to keep resources (binary size, memory, etc) under tight control.
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Opal uses the `openssl` Rust bindings, which work with OpenSSL and LibreSSL, so
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Opal uses the `openssl` Rust bindings, which work with OpenSSL and LibreSSL, so
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Installation
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### Pre-compiled releases
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Binary releases for 64-bit Linux systems are available on [my Gitea][gitea-rel]
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and on [Github][gh-rel].
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[gitea-rel]: https://git.dece.space/Dece/Opal/releases
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[gh-rel]: https://github.com/Dece/Opal/releases
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### Compiling from sources
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Compiling Opal requires Cargo installed with the stable Rust toolchain.
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Usage
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Usage
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listening only on `[::]:1965` should suffice for systems with dual-stack
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listening only on `[::]:1965` should suffice for systems with dual-stack
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enabled (default on many Linux systems, maybe not BSD).
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enabled (default on many Linux systems, maybe not BSD).
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### Systemd
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I personally run Opal as a Systemd service. Here is an example unit file:
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``` ini
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[Unit]
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Description=Opal Gemini server
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[Service]
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WorkingDirectory=/home/gemini/opal
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User=gemini
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Group=gemini
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ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/opal -a "[::]:1966" -c certs/cert.pem -k certs/key.pem -r cgi -e STORAGE_ROOT=storage
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Restart=always
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RestartSec=1
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SyslogIdentifier=opal
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# Security options:
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NoNewPrivileges=yes
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ProtectSystem=full
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ProtectHome=tmpfs
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BindReadOnlyPaths="/home/gemini/opal"
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BindPaths="/home/gemini/opal/storage"
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[Install]
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WantedBy=multi-user.target
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```
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- Opal has been installed in `/usr/local/bin`
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- The directory `/home/gemini/opal` contains the directories `certs`, `cgi` and
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`storage`, for certificates, the CGI scripts and a storage path.
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- The `/home` directory is not readable, except for `/home/gemini/opal` which is
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read-only, except for the `storage` directory which is writeable.
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This is just an example, please do not mindlessly copy and paste it without
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understanding what the options stand for. It is also possible to use a chrooted
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environment or the Systemd equivalent option RootDirectory. Your choice!
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CGI support
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CGI support
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they do not make much sense in Gemini. `PATH_TRANSLATED` is also not implemented
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they do not make much sense in Gemini. `PATH_TRANSLATED` is also not implemented
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by pure laziness.
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by pure laziness.
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The `TLS_CLIENT_HASH` is a string that starts with "SHA256:" followed by the
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The `TLS_CLIENT_HASH` is a string that starts with the 7 bytes `SHA256:`
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SHA256 digest of the DER representation of the client certificate, as an
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followed by the SHA256 digest of the DER representation of the client
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uppercase hex-string.
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certificate, as an uppercase hex-string.
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It can be a bit confusing which variable represent what data, especially those
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It can be a bit confusing which variable represent what data, especially those
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related to the URL and the path. Take the following request as example:
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related to the URL and the path. Take the following request as example:
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Roadmap
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Roadmap
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Things to consider:
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Things that might end up in Opal one day:
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- Support SCGI; a bit more complex but should save resources on smol hardware.
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- Support SCGI; a bit more complex but should save resources on smol hardware.
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- Chroot; quite cheap and can bring a bit of peace of mind.
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Things that probably won't be considered:
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Things that probably won't be considered:
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- Serve static files; so many other servers to that correctly already!
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- Serve static files; so many other servers do that correctly already!
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- Any kind of security mechanism that is not properly motivated.
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- Any kind of security mechanism that is not properly motivated.
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- FastCGI; come on…
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- FastCGI; un-smol…
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