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Check a Linux server before installing Gophenberg - #590
gophenberg server:install -dry-run, run as root, checks a Linux server, then prints each step a server install would take and the full text of every file it would write. It changes nothing and asks nothing.
Each check stops with the reason and says that nothing changed: root, Ubuntu 24.04 (Debian 12 and 13 are accepted with a note that they are not yet tested), systemd 251 or newer that can set up the service's sandbox, enough memory and disk, TCP 80, TCP 443, UDP 443 and the site's port free, no PostgreSQL, Caddy or Gophenberg service it did not install, an install root whose parent folders only root can write and that holds none of root's own folders, and a domain that points at this server and not at a loopback address.
The files it prints: the Gophenberg service and its rollback service, the Caddy site, its settings and the maintenance page, the site's .env, the gophenberg command on the path, and the apt source, key, pin and automatic security updates line for Caddy's own repository.
-web-server none is for a server that already runs its own web server. It leaves out the checks for ports 80 and 443, the Caddy check and the domain check, writes no Caddy files, and prints the lines that send the domain to the site for nginx, Caddy, Traefik and Apache, with a body limit as large as the largest upload the site takes. The choice is kept in server.env, and a later run that asks for the other one is refused.
Settings come from flags, the environment and /etc/gophenberg/server.env. The server: commands read no .env file, and every program they start gets an environment built from nothing, in a session of its own.
server:install without -dry-run stops and says that it only checks the server for now.
Why
A command that runs as root on a server has to stop before it changes anything on a server it cannot run on, and the person running it should be able to read every file it would write before they trust it.
Testing Instructions
Run make cover GOTESTFLAGS=-race. The checks and the dry run run over a fake machine, in server-install.feature and the installer's own tests, so nothing touches the host.
On a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 server with a domain pointing at it, run sudo ./gophenberg server:install -dry-run -domain example.com and read the steps and files it prints. Nothing on the server changes.
Run it as a plain user, or with something already listening on port 80, and see it stop with the reason.
With nginx already on port 80, run sudo ./gophenberg server:install -dry-run -domain example.com -web-server none. It passes, writes no Caddy file and prints the lines for nginx, Caddy, Traefik and Apache.
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New Features
Added a server:install command with dry-run mode to check server readiness and preview planned steps and files without making changes.
Supports Caddy setup or configuration guidance for an existing web server, including nginx, Apache, Caddy, and Traefik.
Server checks cover supported Linux systems, systemd, memory and disk space, ports, domain reachability, and installation conflicts.
Added server configuration options, defaults, and validation guidance.
Bug Fixes
Server commands no longer load the site’s .env file; other commands continue to use it.
Upload limits now include multipart request overhead.
Documentation
Expanded self-hosting guides with server:install requirements, settings, flags, and reverse-proxy guidance.
Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes: 2
internal/installer/templates/maintenance.html
internal/installer/files_internal_test.go
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Walkthrough
This pull request adds server:install with server-settings loading, ordered machine checks, and dry-run installation planning. It generates service and web-server configuration files, documents Caddy and external web-server modes, and adds unit and feature tests for the command and installer flow.
Changes: Server install
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Summary
Command registration and settings cmd/gophenberg/main.go, internal/app/*, internal/installer/settings.go, internal/installer/record.go, internal/installer/site_env.go
Registers server:install, maps its flags to an installer request, and skips .env loading for server-prefixed commands. Adds settings precedence and validation, install-record handling, and site .env read and write behavior. Tests cover command mapping, configuration, records, and environment handling.
Machine operations and preflight checks internal/installer/machine.go, internal/installer/runner.go, internal/installer/*checks*.go, internal/installer/domain_check.go
Adds injectable and real machine operations, restricted command execution, and ordered checks for root access, supported systems, systemd, resources, ports, install paths, existing components, and domain reachability.
Install plan and generated files internal/installer/install.go, internal/installer/steps.go, internal/installer/files.go, internal/installer/templates/*
Adds the install workflow and dry-run plan. The plan varies with recorded install progress and web-server mode. File templates cover service and rollback units, command execution, Caddy setup, maintenance output, and package sources.
Adds nginx, Apache, Caddy, and Traefik proxy configurations for -web-server none. Exports and reuses UploadEnvelope for upload-body limits. Adds tests for proxy output and the installer’s database address in backup handling.
Documentation and end-to-end scenarios docs/src/content/docs/self-hosting/*, test/features/features/server-install.feature, internal/installer/server_install_steps_internal_test.go
Documents command flags, settings, checks, dry-run output, and web-server modes. Adds feature scenarios and a test harness for install outcomes, generated files, and server changes.
sequenceDiagram
participant CLI as server:install
participant Installer as installer.Install
participant Checks as machine checks
participant Planner as siteOn and step planner
participant Output as dry-run output
CLI->>Installer: pass request and machine
Installer->>Checks: run ordered checks
Checks-->>Installer: return check results and notes
Installer->>Planner: build site and installation steps
Planner-->>Installer: return planned steps and files
Installer->>Output: print steps and file contents
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gopherium/gophenberg#572: The installer writes the DATABASE_WAIT default used by the serving configuration defined in this PR.
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Merge Risk: Minimal · up to efcfa
No actionable merge-blocking risk remains in the assessed changes. The dry run can check a new install root, and the generated proxy settings preserve the login rate limit’s client-address boundary.
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Remove the reason from this docblock and from similar docblocks.
The ReadsDotEnv docblock ends with "since root runs them". That clause states why, not what. The same pattern appears in other new docblocks:
checkRoot in internal/installer/checks.go: "since the steps after the checks change the whole server".
answerAsIs in internal/installer/machine.go: "so a page comes from the address asked for and no other".
maxMegabytes in internal/installer/settings.go: "so that a floor counted in bytes never overflows".
trustedFolders in internal/installer/fresh_checks.go: "so the site's user must never own one".
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## Image Documentation ¶
### Overview ¶
Package ratelimit limits failed login attempts per client IP.
### Index ¶
* Constants
* func ClientIP(r *http.Request) string
* func Middleware(cfg Config) func(http.Handler) http.Handler
* func ParseTrustedProxies(raw string) ([]string, error)
* func ResolveClientIP(trustedProxies []string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler
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### Constants ¶
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const (
DefaultLimit = 10
DefaultWindow = time.Minute
)
DefaultLimit and DefaultWindow cap login attempts per client IP.
### Variables ¶
This section is empty.
### Functions ¶
#### func ClientIP ¶ added in v0.2.0
func ClientIP(r *http.Request) string
ClientIP returns the request's canonical client IP for rate limiting.
#### func Middleware ¶
func Middleware(cfg Config) func(http.Handler) http.Handler
Middleware returns middleware that limits failed login attempts per client IP.
#### func ParseTrustedProxies ¶
func ParseTrustedProxies(raw string) ([]string, error)
ParseTrustedProxies parses a comma-separated list into trusted-proxy CIDR ranges.
#### func ResolveClientIP ¶ added in v0.2.0
func ResolveClientIP(trustedProxies []string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler
ResolveClientIP returns middleware recording the request's client IP under the trusted proxy rules.
### Types ¶
#### type Config ¶
type Config struct {
// Limit caps failed attempts per client IP per Window. Zero applies DefaultLimit.
Limit int
// Window is the counting window. Zero applies DefaultWindow.
Window time.Duration
// TrustedProxies lists the CIDR ranges of reverse proxies permitted to
// set X-Forwarded-For.
TrustedProxies []string
}
Config parameterizes the limiter.
#### type Limiter ¶ added in v0.2.0
type Limiter struct {
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package middleware
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"strings"
"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)
var defaultTrustedProxyCIDRs = []string{
"127.0.0.0/8",
"::1",
"10.0.0.0/8",
"172.16.0.0/12",
"192.168.0.0/16",
"fc00::/7",
}
func ConfigureTrustedProxies(engine *gin.Engine) error {
rawTrustedProxies := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("TRUSTED_PROXIES"))
if rawTrustedProxies == "" {
log.Print("WARNING: TRUSTED_PROXIES is unset or blank; trusting loopback, RFC 1918, and IPv6 ULA proxy addresses for compatibility. Set TRUSTED_PROXIES=none to trust no proxies, or configure explicit proxy IPs/CIDRs to replace these defaults.")
return engine.SetTrustedProxies(defaultTrustedProxyCIDRs)
}
if strings.EqualFold(rawTrustedProxies, "none") {
return engine.SetTrustedProxies(nil)
}
parts := strings.Split(rawTrustedProxies, ",")
trustedProxies := make([]string, 0, len(parts))
for _, part := range parts {
trustedProxy := strings.TrimSpace(part)
if trustedProxy == "" {
continue
}
if strings.EqualFold(trustedProxy, "none") {
return errors.New("TRUSTED_PROXIES=none must be used alone")
}
trustedProxies = append(trustedProxies, trustedProxy)
}
if len(trustedProxies) == 0 {
return errors.New("TRUSTED_PROXIES does not contain an IP address or CIDR")
}
if err := engine.SetTrustedProxies(trustedProxies); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("invalid TRUSTED_PROXIES: %w", err)
}
return nil
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<title>chi/middleware/client_ip.go at v5.5.0 · go-chi/chi · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn3view1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; Content type: text/html; Source: find({"ref_id":"turn2view2","pattern":"ClientIPFromXFF("}); Total lines: 1496
L984: var found netip.Addr
L985:
L986: if peer, untrusted := untrustedPeer(r, prefixes); untrusted {
L987:
L988: found = peer
L989:
L990: } else if values := r.Header.Values(header); len(values) > 0 {
L991:
L992: found, _ = parseHeaderAddr(values[len(values)-1])
L993:
L994: }
L995:
L996: if found.IsValid() {
L997:
L998: r = r.WithContext(context.WithValue(r.Context(), clientIPCtxKey, found))
L999:
L1000: }
L1001:
L1002: h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
L1003:
L1004: })
L1005:
L1006: }
L1007:
L1008: }
L1009:
L1010: // ClientIPFromXFF stores the client IP read from the X-Forwarded-For header,
L1011:
L1012: // walking the chain right-to-left and skipping any IP that falls within one
L1013: // of the given trusted CIDR prefixes. The first IP that is not trusted is
L1014:
L1015: // the client. Read it with [GetClientIP].
L1016:
L1017: //
L1018:
L1019: // An unparseable entry mid-chain aborts the walk and leaves no client IP
L1020:
L1021: // set (fail-closed) — we can't safely trust anything left of garbage.
L1022:
L1023: //
L1024:
L1025: // Use this when you sit behind one or more reverse proxies whose IP ranges
L1026:
L1027: // you can enumerate as CIDRs. Most CDNs publish their IPs:
L1028:
L1029: //
L1030:
L1031: // Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/
L1032: // AWS: https://ip-ranges.amazonaws.com/ip-ranges.json
L1033:
L1034: // Fastly: https://api.fastly.com/public-ip-list
L1035:
L1036: // Google Cloud: https://www.gstatic.com/ipranges/cloud.json
L1037:
L1038: //
L1039:
L1040: // Example (CloudFront):
L1041:
L1042: //
L1043:
L1044: // r.Use(middleware.ClientIPFromXFF(
L1045:
L1046: // "13.32.0.0/15", // CloudFront IPv4
L1047:
L1048: // "52.46.0.0/18", // CloudFront IPv4
L1049:
L1050: // "2600:9000::/28", // CloudFront IPv6
L1051:
L1052: // ))
L1053:
L1054: //
L1055:
L1056: // The TCP peer in r.RemoteAddr is treated as the rightmost hop: if it is
L1057: // not within a trusted prefix, it is the client IP and X-Forwarded-For is
L1058:
L1059: // ignored. A client reaching this server directly therefore cannot spoof
L1060:
L1061: // its IP. If r.RemoteAddr doesn't parse, no client IP is set (fail-closed).
L1062:
L1063: //
L1064:
L1065: // At least one prefix is required. For a single trusted hop directly in
L1066:
L1067: // front of this server (e.g., nginx on localhost), pass its address:
L1068:
L1069: //
L1070:
L1071: // r.Use(middleware.ClientIPFromXFF("127.0.0.1/32", "::1/128"))
L1072:
L1073: //
L1074: // v4-mapped IPv6 (::ffff:a.b.c.d) folds to plain v4 and IPv6 zones are
L1075:
L1076: // stripped before the prefix check and storage; otherwise an attacker
L1077:
L1078: // could use either notation to alias a trusted IP past the check.
L1079:
L1080: //
L1081:
L1082: // If you know the number of trusted proxies but not their IPs, use
L1083:
L1084: // [ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies] instead.
L1085:
L1086: //
L1087:
L1088: // Panics at startup if no prefix is given or any prefix is invalid.
L1089:
L1090: func ClientIPFromXFF(trustedIPPrefixes ...string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
L1091: if len(trustedIPPrefixes) == 0 {
L1092:
L1093: panic("middleware.ClientIPFromXFF: at least one trusted IP prefix is required; use ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies(1) to trust any peer")
L1094:
L1095: }
L1096:
L1097: prefixes := mustParsePrefixes(trustedIPPrefixes)
L1098:
L1099: return func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
L1100:
L1101: return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
L1102:
L1103: var found netip.Addr
L1104:
L1105: if peer, untrusted := untrustedPeer(r, prefixes); untrusted {
L1106:
L1107: found = peer
L1108:
L1109: } else {
L1110:
L1111: walkXFF(r.Header[xForwardedForHeader], f…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>chi/middleware/realip.go at v5.5.0 · go-chi/chi · GitHub</title>
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<title>chi/middleware/client_ip.go at v5.5.0 · go-chi/chi · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: last month; ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For given a fixed number of trusted proxies ... Please see https://github.com/go-chi for additional packages.
Logger | Logs the start and end of each request with the elapsed processing time
NoCache | Sets response headers to prevent clients from caching
Profiler | Easily attach net/http/pprof to your routers
ClientIPFromHeader | Capture client IP from a trusted single-IP header (X-Real-IP, CF-Connecting-IP, ...)
ClientIPFromXFF | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For, skipping listed trusted CIDR prefixes
ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For given a fixed number of trusted proxies
ClientIPFromRemoteAddr | Capture client IP from the TCP RemoteAddr (server directly on the public internet)
RealIP | Deprecated — vulnerable to IP spoofing; use ClientIPFromXFF or another ClientIPFrom* middleware
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<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 4 days ago; I highly recommend reading the source of the examples listed above, they will show you all the features of chi and serve as a good form of documentation. ... ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For given a fixed number of trusted proxies ... Please see https://github.com/go-chi for additional packages.
Heartbeat | Monitoring endpoint to check the servers pulse
Logger | Logs the start and end of each request with the elapsed processing time
NoCache | Sets response headers to prevent clients from caching
Profiler | Easily attach net/http/pprof to your routers
ClientIPFromHeader | Capture client IP from a trusted single-IP header (X-Real-IP, CF-Connecting-IP, ...)
ClientIPFromXFF | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For, skipping listed trusted CIDR prefixes
ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies | Capture client IP from X-Forwarded-For given a fixed number of trusted proxies
ClientIPFromRemoteAddr | Capture client IP from the TCP RemoteAddr (server directly on the public internet)
RealIP | Deprecated — vulnerable to IP spoofing; use ClientIPFromXFF or another ClientIPFrom* middleware
The legacy RealIP middleware is deprecated — it is vulnerable to IP spoofing (GHSA-3fxj-6jh8-hvhx, GHSA-rjr7-jggh-pgcp, GHSA-9g5q-2w5x-hmxf) and mutates `r.RemoteAddr`. Use one of the four `ClientIPFrom*` middlewares instead — pick exactly one based on your network setup — and read the resulting IP with GetClientIP (string) or GetClientIPAddr (`netip.Addr`):
Your setup | Use
--- | ---
Directly on the public internet, no proxy | `middleware.ClientIPFromRemoteAddr`
Behind nginx (`X-Real-IP`), Cloudflare (`CF-Connecting-IP`), Apache (`X-Client-IP`) | `middleware.ClientIPFromHeader("<your-trusted-header>")`
Behind one or more proxies whose IP ranges you can list | `middleware.ClientIPFromXFF("10.0.0.0/8", ...)`
Behind a known, fixed number of proxies with dynamic IPs | `middleware.ClientIPFromXFFTrustedProxies(2)`
r := chi.NewRouter()
r.Use(middleware.RequestID)
// Pick exactly one. Examples for common deployments:
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Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/go-chi/chi/blob/v5.5.0/middleware/client_ip.go
Set X-Forwarded-For to $remote_addr, as the Apache block does.
$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for appends a visitor-supplied address. Because the application trusts the Nginx peer, the rate limiter skips Nginx's address and can use the visitor-supplied address as its key. A visitor can therefore bypass per-IP login limits by changing that address.
Update wantedNginxLines, the feature file, and commands.md with the same line.
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🟡 Medium risk · Even in dry-run, the root-run installer briefly serves and fetches a domain-check token over port 80, potentially contacting unintended DNS targets.
Adds gophenberg server:install -dry-run to check a Linux server and print the steps and files a full install would write, changing nothing on the host. The previously flagged failure when changing the domain on a later run while Caddy holds port 80 is now resolved.
✅ 1 closed✅ Edge Case: Changing the domain on a later run fails when Caddy already holds port 80
📄 internal/installer/domain_check.go:41-49📄 internal/installer/domain_check.go:107-112📄 internal/installer/fresh_checks.go:66-76
On a later run the record owns caddy, so checkPorts skips TCP 80 because the Caddy we installed is expected to hold it. skipsDomain only skips the domain check when the domain matches record.Domain. So when the operator passes a new -domain on a server whose public address isn't on a network card (NAT or a cloud floating IP, which makes it a foreign address), serveToken calls Listen("tcp", ":80"), gets EADDRINUSE from our own Caddy, and stops with "cannot listen on TCP port 80…". The only way past this is -skip-domain-check. The test TestTheDomainCheckRunsForADomainOtherThanTheOneTheRecordNames passes only because the fake server leaves port 80 free. One fix: when the record owns Caddy and port 80 is busy, serve the token through Caddy, or skip the check with a clear note that says so. Also add a scenario where an earlier run installed Caddy and the domain changes.
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Closes #574
What
gophenberg server:install -dry-run, run as root, checks a Linux server, then prints each step a server install would take and the full text of every file it would write. It changes nothing and asks nothing..env, thegophenbergcommand on the path, and the apt source, key, pin and automatic security updates line for Caddy's own repository.-web-server noneis for a server that already runs its own web server. It leaves out the checks for ports 80 and 443, the Caddy check and the domain check, writes no Caddy files, and prints the lines that send the domain to the site for nginx, Caddy, Traefik and Apache, with a body limit as large as the largest upload the site takes. The choice is kept inserver.env, and a later run that asks for the other one is refused./etc/gophenberg/server.env. Theserver:commands read no.envfile, and every program they start gets an environment built from nothing, in a session of its own.server:installwithout-dry-runstops and says that it only checks the server for now.Why
A command that runs as root on a server has to stop before it changes anything on a server it cannot run on, and the person running it should be able to read every file it would write before they trust it.
Testing Instructions
make cover GOTESTFLAGS=-race. The checks and the dry run run over a fake machine, inserver-install.featureand the installer's own tests, so nothing touches the host.sudo ./gophenberg server:install -dry-run -domain example.comand read the steps and files it prints. Nothing on the server changes.sudo ./gophenberg server:install -dry-run -domain example.com -web-server none. It passes, writes no Caddy file and prints the lines for nginx, Caddy, Traefik and Apache.Summary by CodeRabbit
server:installcommand with dry-run mode to check server readiness and preview planned steps and files without making changes..envfile; other commands continue to use it.server:installrequirements, settings, flags, and reverse-proxy guidance.