This PR add the `$NO_DNS_01` option (disabled by default) that removes the DNS ACME provider, and replaces the wildcard certificate by individual certificates obtained using the TLS ACME provider.
This option allows an instance to work without having to manage access tokens for the DNS provider. On the flip side, this means that a certificate can be requested for each subdomains. To limit the risk of DOS, the existence of the user/org corresponding to a subdomain is checked before requesting a cert, however, this limitation is not enough for an forge with a high number of users/orgs.
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server/pulls/290
Reviewed-by: Moritz Marquardt <momar@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Jean-Marie 'Histausse' Mineau <histausse@protonmail.com>
Co-committed-by: Jean-Marie 'Histausse' Mineau <histausse@protonmail.com>
- Currently if the canonical domain validations fails(either for
legitimate reasons or for bug reasons like the request to Gitea/Forgejo
failing) it will use main domain certificate, which in the case for
custom domains will warrant a security error as the certificate isn't
issued to the custom domain.
- This patch handles this situation more gracefully and instead only
disallow obtaining a certificate if the domain validation fails, so in
the case that a certificate still exists it can still be used even if
the canonical domain validation fails. There's a small side effect,
legitimate users that remove domains from `.domain` will still be able
to use the removed domain(as long as the DNS records exists) as long as
the certificate currently hold by pages-server isn't expired.
- Given the increased usage in custom domains that are resulting in
errors, I think it ways more than the side effect.
- In order to future-proof against future slowdowns of instances, add a retry mechanism to the domain validation function, such that it's more likely to succeed even if the instance is not responding.
- Refactor the code a bit and add some comments.
Co-authored-by: Gusted <postmaster@gusted.xyz>
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server/pulls/160
Reviewed-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Co-authored-by: Gusted <gusted@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-committed-by: Gusted <gusted@noreply.codeberg.org>
we have big functions that handle all stuff ... we should split this into smaler chuncks so we could test them seperate and make clear cuts in what happens where
Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server/pulls/135
