.. _webserver:
##########
Web server
##########
.. note::
The following instructions are meant to help you get your site up
and running quickly. However it is not possible for the people
contributing documentation to Modoboa to test every single
combination of web server, wsgi server, distribution, etc. So it is
possible that **your** installation of uwsgi or nginx or Apache or
what-have-you works differently. Keep this in mind.
.. _apache2:
Apache2
*******
First, make sure that ``mod_wsgi`` is installed on your server.
Create a new virtualhost in your Apache configuration and put the
following content inside::
WSGIPythonHome /var/www/modoboa/env
WSGIPythonPath /var/www/modoboa/instance
ServerName
DocumentRoot
Alias /media/ /media/
/media/>
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
Alias /sitestatic/ /sitestatic/
/sitestatic/>
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
WSGIScriptAliasMatch ^/(api|accounts) /instance/wsgi.py
WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
# Pass Authorization header to enable API usage:
WSGIPassAuthorization On
Alias / /frontend
/frontend>
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
LogLevel info
This is just one possible configuration.
Replace values between ``<>`` with yours. If you don't use a
`virtualenv `_, just
remove the last part of the ``WSGIDaemonProcess`` directive.
.. note::
You may need to add::
import sys
sys.path.append('')
sys.path.append('/bin')
sys.path.append('/lib/python3.X/site-packages')
in :file:`/instance/wsgi.py`.
.. note::
You will certainly need more configuration in order to launch
Apache.
Now, you can go the :ref:`dovecot` section to continue the installation.
.. _nginx-label:
Nginx
*****
This section covers two different ways of running Modoboa behind
`Nginx `_ using a WSGI application server. Choose
the one you prefer between `Green Unicorn `_ or
`uWSGI `_.
In both cases, you'll need to download and `install nginx
`_.
uWSGI
+++++
The following setup is meant to get you started quickly. You should
read the documentation of both nginx and uwsgi to understand how to
optimize their configuration for your site.
The Django documentation includes the following warning regarding
uwsgi:
.. warning::
Use uwsgi 1.2.6 or newer. If you do not, you *will* run into
problems. Modoboa will fail in obscure ways.
To use this setup, first `download and install uwsgi
`_.
Recommend packages for debian and derivatives::
apt install uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python3
Here is a sample nginx configuration::
upstream modoboa {
server unix: fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name ;
rewrite ^ https://$server_name$request_uri? permanent;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name ;
root ;
ssl_certificate ;
ssl_certificate_key ;
ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA512:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA512:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384";
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_verify_depth 3;
ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem;
client_max_body_size 10M;
access_log /var/log/nginx/modoboa-access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/modoboa-error.log;
location /sitestatic/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /media/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location ~ ^/(api|accounts) {
include uwsgi_params;
uwsgi_param UWSGI_SCRIPT instance.wsgi:application;
uwsgi_pass modoboa;
}
location / {
alias /frontend/;
index index.html;
expires -1;
add_header Pragma "no-cache";
add_header Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0";
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html = 404;
}
}
````, ````, ```` and ```` must be replaced by the value you used.
````
when :ref:`you deployed your instance `.
If you do not plan to use SSL then change the listen directive to
``listen 80;`` and delete each of the following directives::
ssl on;
keepalive_timeout 70;
ssl_certificate ;
ssl_certificate_key ;
uwsgi_param UWSGI_SCHEME https;
If you do plan to use SSL, you'll have to generate a certificate and a
key. `This article
`_
contains information about how to do it.
Make sure to replace the ``<...>`` in the sample configuration with
appropriate values. Here are some explanations for the cases that may
not be completely self-explanatory:
````
This is the URL which will be the root of your Modoboa site at your
domain. For instance, if your Modoboa installation is reachable at
at ``https://foo/modoboa`` then ```` is
``/modoboa``. In this case you probably also have to set the
``alias`` directives to point to where Modoboa's sitestatic and
media directories are because otherwise nginx won't be able to find
them.
If Modoboa is at the root of your domain, then ````
is an empty string and can be deleted from the configuration
above. In this case, you probably do not need the ``alias``
directives.
````
The location where uwsig is listening. It could be a unix domain
socket or an address:port combination. Ubuntu configures uwsgi so
that the port is::
unix:/run/uwsgi/app//socket
where ```` is the name of the application.
Your uwsgi configuration should be::
[uwsgi]
# Not needed when using uwsgi from pip
# plugins = python
chdir =
module = .wsgi:application
master = true
harakiri = 60
processes = 4
vhost = true
no-default-app = true
buffer-size = 8192
max-requests = 5000
single-interpreter = true
The plugins directive should be turned on if you use a uwsgi
installation that requires it. If uwsgi was installed from pip, it
does not require it. In the configuration above:
````
The directory where :file:`manage.py` resides. This directory is the
parent of ````
````
The name that you passed to ``modoboa-admin.py deploy`` when you
created your Modoboa instance, usually ``instance``.
Now, you can go the :ref:`dovecot` section to continue the installation.
Green Unicorn
+++++++++++++
Firstly, `Download and install gunicorn
`_. Then, use the following sample
gunicorn configuration (create a new file named
:file:`gunicorn.conf.py` inside Modoboa's root dir)::
backlog = 2048
bind = "unix:/var/run/gunicorn/modoboa.sock"
pidfile = "/var/run/gunicorn/modoboa.pid"
daemon = True
debug = False
workers = 2
logfile = "/var/log/gunicorn/modoboa.log"
loglevel = "info"
To start gunicorn, execute the following commands::
$ cd
$ gunicorn -c gunicorn.conf.py .wsgi:application
Now the nginx part. Just create a new virtual host and use the
following configuration::
upstream modoboa {
server unix:/var/run/gunicorn/modoboa.sock fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl;
ssl on;
keepalive_timeout 70;
server_name ;
root ;
access_log /var/log/nginx/.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/.error.log;
ssl_certificate ;
ssl_certificate_key ;
location /sitestatic/ {
autoindex on;
}
location /media/ {
autoindex on;
}
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_redirect off;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol ssl;
proxy_pass http://modoboa;
}
}
If you do not plan to use SSL then change the listen directive to
``listen 80;`` and delete each of the following directives::
ssl on;
keepalive_timeout 70;
ssl_certificate ;
ssl_certificate_key ;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Protocol ssl;
If you do plan to use SSL, you'll have to generate a certificate and a
key. `This article
`__
contains information about how to do it.
Paste this content to your configuration (replace values between
``<>`` with yours) and restart nginx.
Now, you can go the :ref:`dovecot` section to continue the installation.