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14 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Dd September 8, 2022
19 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Nd simple and secure Gemini server
24 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Op Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
25 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op .Op Fl f Ar config
26 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Op Fl P Ar pidfile
28 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Sh DESCRIPTION
30 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op is a simple and minimal gemini server that can serve static files,
31 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op talk to FastCGI applications and act as a gemini reverse proxy.
32 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op It can run without a configuration file with a limited set of features
36 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op rereads the configuration file when it receives
39 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op The options are as follows:
40 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Bl -tag -width 14m
41 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
46 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op on the command line.
47 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Overrides the definition of
49 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op in the config file if present.
52 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op Do not daemonize and log to stderr.
53 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op .It Fl f Ar config
54 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op Specifies the configuration file.
55 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op The default is
56 aae8f6bf 2022-09-08 op .Pa /etc/gmid.conf .
57 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .It Fl h , Fl -help
58 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Print the usage and exit.
60 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Check that the configuration is valid, but don't start the server.
61 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op If specified two or more time, dump the configuration in addition to
63 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .It Fl P Ar pidfile
64 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Write daemon's pid to the given location.
66 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op will also act as lock: if another process is holding a lock on that
69 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op will refuse to start.
70 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .It Fl V , Fl -version
71 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Print the version and exit.
76 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op options increase the verbosity.
79 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Messages and requests are logged by
83 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op facility or printed on
86 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Requests are logged with the
89 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Each request log entry has the following fields, separated by
92 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Bl -bullet -compact
94 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Client IP address and the source port number, separated by a colon
101 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Response status
103 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op Response meta
108 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op a configuration file and a X.509 certificate must be provided.
109 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op A self-signed certificate, which are commonly used in the Geminispace,
110 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op can be generated using for e.g.\&
111 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Xr openssl 1 :
112 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
113 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op # openssl req \-x509 \-newkey rsa:4096 \-nodes \e
114 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op \-keyout /etc/ssl/private/example.com.key \e
115 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op \-out /etc/ssl/example.com.pem \e
116 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op \-days 365 \-subj "/CN=example.com"
117 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op # chmod 600 /etc/ssl/example.com.crt
118 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op # chmod 600 /etc/ssl/private/example.com.key
123 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op can be started with
124 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Bd -literal -offset indent
125 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op # gmid -c /etc/gmid.conf
128 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Xr gmid.conf 5
129 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Sh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
132 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .Dq Flexible and Economical
133 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op UTF-8 decoder written by
134 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .An Bjoern Hoehrmann .
139 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op program was written by
140 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op .An Omar Polo Aq Mt op@omarpolo.com .
144 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op All the root directories are opened during the daemon startup; if a
145 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op root directory is deleted and then re-created,
147 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op won't be able to serve files inside that directory until a restart.
148 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op This restriction only applies to the root directories and not their
151 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op a %2F sequence is indistinguishable from a literal slash: this is not
152 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op RFC3986-compliant.
154 9b15e4c6 2022-09-08 op a %00 sequence is treated as invalid character and thus rejected.