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14 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Dd $Mdocdate: January 25 2021$
19 fab952e1 2020-10-03 op .Nd dead simple zero configuration gemini server
24 15902770 2021-01-15 op .Op Fl c Ar config
27 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Op Fl d Pa certs-dir
28 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Op Fl H Ar hostname
29 721e2325 2020-11-18 op .Op Fl p Ar port
30 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Op Fl x Pa cgi
33 3e4749f7 2020-10-02 op .Sh DESCRIPTION
35 b9220ca4 2021-01-11 op is a simple and minimal gemini server that can serve static files and
36 b9220ca4 2021-01-11 op execute CGI scripts.
37 eb699783 2021-01-18 op It can run without a configuration file with a limited set of features
39 eb699783 2021-01-18 op If a configuration file is given, no other flags shall be given,
46 df6ca41d 2020-12-25 op fully supports IRIs (Internationalized Resource Identifiers, see
49 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The options are as follows:
50 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Bl -tag -width 14m
51 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Fl c Pa config
52 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Specify the configuration file.
54 46af8c6c 2021-01-27 op Stays and logs on the foreground.
56 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Check that the configuration is valid, but don't start the server.
59 eb699783 2021-01-18 op If no configuration file is given,
61 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op will look for the following options
62 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Bl -tag -width 14m
65 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .It Fl d Pa certs-path
66 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Directory where certificates for the config-less mode are stored.
68 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa $XDG_DATA_HOME/gmid ,
70 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa ~/.local/share/gmid .
71 71cf3975 2021-01-25 op .It Fl H Ar hostname
72 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op The hostname, by default
73 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Ar localhost .
74 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Certificates for the given
76 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op are searched inside the
78 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op directory given with the
81 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op The have the form
82 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa hostname.cert.pem
84 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa hostname.key.pem .
85 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op If a certificate and key doesn't exists for a given hostname they
86 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op would be automatically generated.
88 fab952e1 2020-10-03 op Print the usage and exit.
89 721e2325 2020-11-18 op .It Fl p Ar port
90 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The port to listen on, by default 1965.
91 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .It Fl x Pa path
92 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Enable execution of CGI scripts.
93 eb699783 2021-01-18 op See the description of the
96 eb699783 2021-01-18 op option in the section
98 eb699783 2021-01-18 op below to learn how
100 eb699783 2021-01-18 op is processed.
101 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Cannot be provided more than once.
103 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op The root directory to serve.
104 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op By default the current working directory is assumed.
106 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Sh CONFIGURATION FILE
107 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The configuration file is divided into two sections:
108 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Bl -tag -width xxxx
109 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Sy Global Options
110 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Global settings for
112 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Sy Servers
113 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Virtual hosts definition.
116 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Within the sections, empty lines are ignored and comments can be put
117 eb699783 2021-01-18 op anywhere in the file using a hash mark
119 eb699783 2021-01-18 op and extend to the end of the current line.
120 eb699783 2021-01-18 op A boolean is either the symbol
124 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op A string is a sequence of characters wrapped in double quotes,
125 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Dq like this .
126 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Ss Global Options
127 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Bl -tag -width 12m
128 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic ipv6 Ar bool
129 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Enable or disable IPv6 support.
130 eb699783 2021-01-18 op By default is off.
131 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic port Ar portno
132 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The port to listen on.
133 eb699783 2021-01-18 op By default is 1965.
134 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic protocols Ar string
135 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Specify the TLS protocols to enable.
137 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Xr tls_config_parse_protocols 3
138 eb699783 2021-01-18 op for the valid protocol string values.
139 eb699783 2021-01-18 op By default, both TLSv1.3 and TLSv1.2 are used.
142 eb699783 2021-01-18 op to enable only TLSv1.3.
143 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic mime Ar mime-type Ar file-extension
144 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Add a mapping for the given
145 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Ar file-extension
147 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Ar mime-type .
148 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Both argument are strings.
149 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op .It Ic chroot Pa path
151 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op the process to the given
153 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op The daemon has to be run with root privileges and thus the option
155 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op needs to be provided, so
157 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op can drop the privileges.
158 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op Note that they are dropped after loading the TLS keys, so it's
159 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op recommended to put those outside the chroot.
160 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op Future version of
162 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op may require this.
163 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op .It Ic user Ar string
164 ae08ec7d 2021-01-25 op Run the daemon as the given user.
167 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Every virtual host is defined by a
170 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Bl -tag -width Ds
171 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic server Ar hostname Brq ...
172 de27389e 2021-01-21 op Match the server name using shell globbing rules. This can be an explicit name,
173 de27389e 2021-01-21 op .Ar www.example.com ,
174 de27389e 2021-01-21 op or a name including a wildcards,
175 de27389e 2021-01-21 op .Ar *.example.com .
178 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Followed by a block of options that is enclosed in curly brackets:
179 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Bl -tag -width Ds
180 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic cert Pa file
181 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Path to the certificate to use for this server.
184 eb699783 2021-01-18 op should contain a PEM encoded certificate.
185 eb699783 2021-01-18 op This option is mandatory.
186 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic key Pa file
187 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Specify the private key to use for this server.
190 eb699783 2021-01-18 op should contain a PEM encoded private key.
191 eb699783 2021-01-18 op This option is mandatory.
192 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic root Pa directory
193 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Specify the root directory for this server.
194 eb699783 2021-01-18 op This option is mandatory.
195 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op It's relative to the chroot, if enabled.
196 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .It Ic cgi Pa path
197 eb699783 2021-01-18 op Enable the execution of CGI scripts if
199 eb699783 2021-01-18 op is a prefix of the user request string.
200 eb699783 2021-01-18 op An empty path "" will effectively enable the execution of any file
201 eb699783 2021-01-18 op with the executable bit set inside the root directory.
202 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op .It Ic default type Ar string
203 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op Set the default media type that is used if the media type for a
204 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op specified extension is not found.
205 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op If not specified, the
206 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op .Ic default type
208 6119e13e 2021-01-19 op .Dq application/octet-stream .
209 05c23a54 2021-01-19 op .It Ic lang Ar string
210 05c23a54 2021-01-19 op Specify the language tag for the text/gemini content served.
211 05c23a54 2021-01-19 op If not specified, no
213 05c23a54 2021-01-19 op parameter will be added in the response.
214 e7a2a99b 2021-01-24 op .It Ic index Ar string
215 e7a2a99b 2021-01-24 op Set the directory index file.
216 e7a2a99b 2021-01-24 op If not specified, it defaults to
217 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa index.gmi .
218 252908e6 2021-01-24 op .It Ic auto Ic index Ar bool
219 252908e6 2021-01-24 op If no index file is found, automatically generate a directory listing.
220 252908e6 2021-01-24 op It's disabled by default.
221 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op .It Ic location Pa path Brq ...
222 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op Specify server configuration rules for a specific location.
225 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op argument will be matched against the request path with shell globbing
227 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op In case of multiple location statements in the same context, the last
228 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op matching location will be put into effect.
229 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op Therefore is advisable to match for a generic paths first and for more
230 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op specific ones later on.
233 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op section may include most of the server configuration rules
235 c8b74339 2021-01-24 op .Ic cert , Ic key , Ic root , Ic location No and Ic CGI .
238 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op When CGI scripts are enabled for a directory, a request for an
239 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op executable file will execute it and fed its output to the client.
241 a7b9bb4d 2021-01-24 op The CGI scripts are executed in the root directory of the virtual
242 a7b9bb4d 2021-01-24 op host, or in the served directory if run without config, and inherits
243 a7b9bb4d 2021-01-24 op the environment from
245 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op with these additional variables set:
246 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Bl -tag -width 18m
247 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op .It Ev GATEWAY_INTERFACE
249 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op .It Ev SERVER_PROTOCOL
251 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op .It Ev SERVER_SOFTWARE
253 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op .It Ev SERVER_PORT
255 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op .It Ev SERVER_NAME
257 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op This variable is not available when operating without a configuration.
258 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev SCRIPT_NAME
259 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op The (public) path to the script, e.g.
260 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op .Pa "/cgi-bin/example.cgi"
261 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev SCRIPT_EXECUTABLE
262 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The full path to the executable.
263 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev REQUEST_URI
264 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The user request (without the query parameters.)
265 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev REQUEST_RELATIVE
266 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The request relative to the script.
267 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op .It Ev QUERY_STRING
268 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The query parameters.
269 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev REMOTE_HOST
270 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The remote IP address.
271 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op .It Ev REMOTE_ADDR
272 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op The remote IP address.
273 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .It Ev DOCUMENT_ROOT
274 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op The root directory being served, the one provided with the
278 eb699783 2021-01-18 op or the root directory of the virtual host.
279 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op .It Ev AUTH_TYPE
280 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op The string "Certificate" if the client used a certificate, otherwise
282 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op .It Ev REMOTE_USER
283 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op The subject of the client certificate if provided, otherwise unset.
284 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op .It Ev TLS_CLIENT_ISSUER
285 28ec6178 2021-01-24 op The is the issuer of the client certificate if provided, otherwise
287 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op .It Ev TLS_CLIENT_HASH
288 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op The hash of the client certificate if provided, otherwise unset.
289 677afbd3 2020-12-02 op The format is "ALGO:HASH".
292 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op Let's say you have a script in
293 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Pa /cgi-bin/script
294 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op and the user request is
295 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Pa /cgi-bin/script/foo/bar?quux .
297 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Ev SCRIPT_NAME
299 b9220ca4 2021-01-11 op .Pa cgi-bin/script ,
300 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Ev SCRIPT_EXECUTABLE
302 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Pa $DOCUMENT_ROOT/cgi-bin/script ,
303 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Ev REQUEST_URI
305 b9220ca4 2021-01-11 op .Pa cgi-bin/script/foo/bar ,
306 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Ev REQUEST_RELATIVE
310 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op .Ev QUERY_STRING
314 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Serve the current directory
315 6980aad6 2020-10-02 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
319 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op To serve the directory
321 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op and enable CGI scripts inside
322 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa docs/cgi ,
324 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
325 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op $ mkdir docs/cgi
326 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op $ cat <<EOF > cgi/hello
328 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op printf "20 text/plain\\r\\n"
329 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op echo "hello world"
331 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op $ chmod +x docs/cgi/hello
332 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op $ gmid -x cgi docs
335 0ed56567 2020-11-06 op Note that the argument to the
340 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Pa docs/cgi ,
341 a5d310bc 2020-11-10 op since it's relative to the document root.
343 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The following is an example of a possible configuration for a site
344 eb699783 2021-01-18 op that enables only TLSv1.3, adds a mime type for the file extension
345 eb699783 2021-01-18 op "rtf" and defines two virtual host:
346 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
347 eb699783 2021-01-18 op ipv6 on # enable ipv6
349 eb699783 2021-01-18 op protocols "tlsv1.3"
351 eb699783 2021-01-18 op mime "application/rtf" "rtf"
353 eb699783 2021-01-18 op server "example.com" {
354 eb699783 2021-01-18 op cert "/path/to/cert.pem"
355 eb699783 2021-01-18 op key "/path/to/key.pem"
356 eb699783 2021-01-18 op root "/var/gemini/example.com"
359 eb699783 2021-01-18 op server "it.example.com" {
360 eb699783 2021-01-18 op cert "/path/to/cert.pem"
361 eb699783 2021-01-18 op key "/path/to/key.pem"
362 eb699783 2021-01-18 op root "/var/gemini/it.example.com"
363 eb699783 2021-01-18 op cgi "/cgi-bin"
368 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op Yet another example, showing how to enable a
373 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
374 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op chroot "/var/gemini"
377 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op server "example.com" {
378 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op cert "/path/to/cert.pem"
379 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op key "/path/to/key.pem"
380 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op root "/var/gemini/example.com"
382 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op location "/static/" {
383 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op auto index on
384 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op index "index.gemini"
388 ef04b551 2021-01-09 op .Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
391 eb699783 2021-01-18 op .Dq Flexible and Economical
392 eb699783 2021-01-18 op UTF-8 decoder written by
393 f28d96d3 2021-01-25 op .An Bjoern Hoehrmann .
397 eb699783 2021-01-18 op The root directories of all virtual hosts are opened during the daemon
398 eb699783 2021-01-18 op startup; this means that if a root directory gets deleted and then
401 eb699783 2021-01-18 op won't be able to serve files inside that directory until a restart.
402 eb699783 2021-01-18 op This restriction applies only to the root directories and not their content.
404 043acc97 2020-12-25 op a %2F sequence in the path part is indistinguishable from a literal
405 043acc97 2020-12-25 op slash: this is not RFC3986-compliant.
407 00781742 2020-12-25 op a %00 sequence either in the path or in the query part is treated as
408 00781742 2020-12-25 op invalid character and thus rejected.
