Using Apache instead of nginx

Note

This page contains configuration for using apache as a reverse proxy instead of nginx. It only contains apache installation and configuration instructions and assume you have already managed to configure DNS entries as explained on nginx configuration page.

Install Apache and Certbot:

sudo apt install -y apache2 certbot

We will first define some variables that will make life easier when issuing our SSL certificate and configuring apache (adjust the DOMAIN variable on the first line to your real domain name)

DOMAIN=domain.example
EMAIL="<your email address>"

Each application in your Cozy will use a different sub-domain and so you need a certificate which include all needed domains. Generate SSL certificate with certbot:

sudo certbot certonly --email "${EMAIL}" --non-interactive --agree-tos --webroot -w /var/www/html -d cozy.${DOMAIN} $(printf -- " -d %s.cozy.${DOMAIN}" home banks contacts drive notes passwords photos settings store mespapiers)

Create apache reload script for your certificate to be reloaded each time it is automatically refreshed, every 3 months:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/reload-apache.sh > /dev/null
#!/bin/bash
apachectl configtest && apachectl graceful
EOF
sudo chmod 0755 /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/reload-apache.sh

We will first define some variables that will make life easier when issuing our SSL certificate and configuring apache (adjust the DOMAIN variable on the first line to your real domain name)

DOMAIN=domain.example
EMAIL="<your email address>"

Configure apache:

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apache2/sites-available/cozy.${DOMAIN}.conf > /dev/null
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName cozy.${DOMAIN}
    ServerAlias *.cozy.${DOMAIN}

    ServerAdmin ${EMAIL}
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cozy.${DOMAIN}_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cozy.${DOMAIN}access.log combined

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine on
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/.well-known/.*$ [NC]
        RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
    </IfModule>

</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost _default_:443>
    ServerName cozy.${DOMAIN}
    ServerAlias *.cozy.${DOMAIN}

    ServerAdmin ${EMAIL}
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cozy.${DOMAIN}_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cozy.${DOMAIN}_access.log combined

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/cozy.${DOMAIN}/fullchain.pem
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/cozy.${DOMAIN}/privkey.pem
    Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains;"

    LimitRequestBody  1073741824

    ProxyPass         / http://127.0.0.1:8080/ retry=0 Keepalive=On timeout=1600 upgrade=websocket
    ProxyPassReverse  / http://127.0.0.1:8080/
    ProxyPreserveHost On
</VirtualHost>
EOF
sudo a2ensite cozy.${DOMAIN}.conf

Then enable required apache modules and restart apache

sudo a2enmod ssl rewrite headers proxy proxy_http
sudo systemctl restart apache2

You can then test from your browser by visiting https://cozy.domain.example and you should see a page telling you this Cozy instance doesn’t exist yet. This is the sign that everything went well and the only part left is to create the instance.

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