The proxy routes every hostname it serves purely off a Host record
(ops/nginx_conf/proxy.conf has no default/self route — targetinfo.lua
does a Redis lookup per request, full stop). Nothing created these for
the SSO's own UI or the proxy's own management UI, so on a fresh
install https://<SSO_HOST> and https://<PROXY_HOST> both 404 despite
setup.sh's summary claiming they're "fronted by the proxy under TLS".
Add a step after the proxy is healthy that runs a short script inside
the proxy container calling its Host model directly (no HTTP API call,
since no authenticated session exists yet at this point in the run):
- <SSO_HOST> -> sso-manager:3001 (the Docker service)
- <PROXY_HOST> -> 127.0.0.1:3000 (the proxy's own management app)
Both created with sso_enabled: false — each app already gates its own
login, and SSO-gating the SSO's own login page would be circular.
Idempotent: skips a host that already exists.
Entering the base DN directly (CFG_BASE_DN=dc=foo,dc=bar) is fragile —
a missing comma between labels silently produces a malformed domain
(e.g. "theta42dc=duckdns.org" instead of "theta42.duckdns.org") with
no validation to catch it. Flip the direction: operators now set
CFG_DOMAIN to a plain domain (any number of labels — a DuckDNS domain
like foo.duckdns.org works the same as a normal one), and setup.sh
derives the base DN from it via the new dn_from_domain().
CFG_BASE_DN is still supported as an explicit override (e.g. to
namespace under an OU-style prefix) and is how migrated .env/proxy.env
deployments keep working, since domain_from_dn() still reads the
domain back out of an existing DN either way.
proxy: adds DuckDNS as a free DNS provider, public-release doc cleanup,
and the README rewrite (#123, #124, #125).
sso-manager-node: public-release doc cleanup and the README rewrite
(#38, #40).
Cleanup pass ahead of the public release announcement:
- docs/index.md: fix the Quick Start block, which described a stale
"edit config then re-run setup.sh a second time" flow. setup.sh now
requires setup.env (with CFG_BASE_DN) before it will do anything, and
builds + bootstraps + starts in a single run. Updated to match
README.md's correct 4-line sequence.
- Add a standard MIT LICENSE at the repo root (theta42, 2026) so
docs/index.md's "MIT License — see the repository for details" claim
is actually true.
- docs/standalone.md: document the hardcoded auth.adminUsers:
['proxyadmin2'] local anti-lockout admin bypass written into every
generated proxy-secrets.js — what it's for, that it requires a
matching SSO user to actually use, and how to rename/extend/disable
it.
- README.md + docker-compose.yml: fix the LDAPS strict-trust security
note, which implied mounting the SSO's cert into the proxy was a
config-only change. It also requires a docker-compose.yml edit
(ldap-certs isn't mounted into the proxy service); added commented-out
boilerplate for that mount and clarified the doc text.
- Also includes the pre-existing "Why use this instead of running the
two separately?" README paragraph that was already staged as
in-progress work.
- Verified: no Vagrant references, no emoji, and no hardcoded
custom-domain URLs anywhere in this repo outside the proxy/ and
sso-manager-node/ submodules; no docs/CNAME (github.io URL scheme
confirmed).
- Added --- section dividers to docs/*.md to match README.md's
formatting convention.
Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The first-run flow generated ./config/*.js with example.com/dc=example,dc=com
defaults and then exit 0'd, telling the operator to hand-edit. The domain/base
DN was repeated across ~9 fields in each secrets file; on the deploy host only
the stack block was updated (to dc=718it,dc=biz) while ldap.* DNs stayed at
dc=example,dc=com, so slapd's root DN didn't match the app's bindDN and
bootstrap failed with 401 Invalid Credentials.
Enter the domain once: a new setup.env (gitignored; setup.env.example is the
committed template) holds the essential, non-repeating first-run info — the
domain as an LDAP base DN (CFG_BASE_DN). setup.sh reads it ONLY on first run
(when ./config/*.js don't exist), derives hostnames (sso.<domain> /
proxy.<domain>) and all LDAP DNs from it, generates both secrets files with
the real domain filled in everywhere + random secrets, and proceeds to build
in the same run (no edit-and-re-run step). After first run the secrets files
are operator-owned and setup.env is ignored — the apps and secrets files are
unchanged.
- setup.sh ensure_config: source setup.env -> bind CFG_* to empty (set -u
safe) -> unchanged .env/proxy.env legacy migration -> derive from base DN
(no example.com defaults; die with a helpful msg if CFG_BASE_DN blank) ->
generate + proceed. Header comments updated.
- setup.env.example: committed template; secrets stay out (generated into
./config/*.js).
- .gitignore: ignore setup.env (per-deployment).
- README.md + docs/quickstart.md: Quickstart now cp setup.env.example ->
set CFG_BASE_DN -> ./setup.sh; domain-asked-once note in "Before you begin".
- Bump sso-manager-node gitlink to 11fb2c0 (docs PR #37: base-DN-is-the-one-
domain-value note in sso-manager README/DEPLOYMENT/secrets.js.example).
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
After #14 the deploy-host snapshot still stopped right after
'config -> config/' with no further output — neither the LDAP/Redis
'snapshotting...' lines nor the post-snapshot 'Building + starting
sso-manager' line, so the stall was somewhere in the no-container path
(no containers are up yet when ./setup.sh is first run) but invisible
because every skip was silent and there was no marker between the config
copy and the function return.
Instrument + harden backup_before_rebuild() so the next run localizes it:
- ERR trap (scoped to the function): if a command trips set -e and aborts
the snapshot, print 'snapshot aborted by command: <cmd>' instead of
dying mute after 'Snapshotting state to ...'.
- Explicit 'skipped' branches: 'LDAP: sso-manager not running — skipped'
and 'Redis (<svc>): not running — skipped' so a no-container run shows
which path was taken instead of going quiet.
- 'pruning old backups (keep=N)...' before the retention loop and
'snapshot complete.' at the end, so a stall is pinned to the retention
loop (or ruled out of the snapshot entirely).
- Retention: clamp with [[ ]] not (( )) — (( keep < 1 )) returns exit 1
when false, a classic set -e landmine; guard rm -rf with '|| true';
skip symlinks and non-dir entries so a stray symlink in ./backups can't
point rm at an arbitrary tree.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
backup_before_rebuild() stalled on the deploy host after printing
"Snapshotting state to ..." with no LDAP/Redis output, and silently
no-oped on any stack brought up under a different compose project.
Root causes:
- The LDAP slapcat + in-container base-DN read used
`$COMPOSE exec -T sso-manager`, which exits 1 *silently* (no stderr)
when the running container belongs to a different compose project than
the one the superproject resolves (the standalone SSO from the
sso-manager-node submodule is project "sso-manager-node", not
"theta-env"). The snapshot then no-ops with no breadcrumb.
- The host-side `node -e 'require(./config/sso-secrets.js)'` base-DN read
had no timeout, so a malformed secrets.js could block at require() time
and hang the whole rebuild at that line.
- The Redis RDB copy hardcoded `/data/dump.rdb` and used
`$COMPOSE cp` — wrong path on the standalone layout (Redis dir is
/app, not /data) and the same compose-project mismatch as above.
Fix:
- Switch every in-container call to `docker exec <name>` / `docker cp`
by container name, which works regardless of the owning compose project
(matches the already-working Redis BGSAVE/SAVE path).
- Wrap the host-side node read in `timeout 5` and slapcat in `timeout 20`
so no single command can hang the rebuild.
- Ask Redis for its own `CONFIG GET dir` / `dbfilename` and copy from the
real path, so the RDB is found on both the unified (/data) and standalone
(/app) layouts.
- Add per-step progress lines (config/LDAP/each Redis service) so any future
stall is localized to the exact step instead of hanging silently.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
proxy: 6158a3a -> 3df7d8c (PR #122)
Follow-up to the Debian 13 install fix: the openresty.org Debian tree only
publishes up to bookworm (no trixie) and uses the "openresty" component, not
"main". install.sh now picks bookworm + component "openresty" on Debian
(codename when published, else bookworm fallback), and keeps codename + "main"
on Ubuntu.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
proxy: 8dcecbc -> 6158a3a (PR #121)
ops/install.sh now handles Debian 13: extends apt's sequoia SHA-1 acceptance
(the OpenResty repo key is still SHA-1) and picks the /package/debian repo
tree by distro ID instead of hardcoding /package/ubuntu. docs/installation.md
mirrors the manual steps.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two bugs in backup_before_rebuild() that made every pre-rebuild snapshot
fail once a stack was actually running:
1. Redis "BGSAVE did not finish in 30s" — a race. The code issued BGSAVE and
only THEN captured `before = LASTSAVE`. On a small dataset BGSAVE finishes
in well under a second, so `before` was already the post-save value and the
poll waited 30s for a second advance that never came (both services, every
run). Fix: capture LASTSAVE before BGSAVE. Also add a synchronous SAVE
fallback — BGSAVE can fork-fail when the host has vm.overcommit_memory=0
(this host does: 0), and SAVE can't fork-fail. The brief block is fine
pre-rebuild. Poll shortened to 10s since a small dataset completes in <1s.
2. "could not read ldapBaseDn from sso-secrets.js" — the base DN was read via
`docker compose exec sso-manager node -e 'require("/config/sso-secrets.js")'`,
which fails when the running container predates the ./config bind-mount
(no /config in the container). Fix: read from the host-side
./config/sso-secrets.js first (same require pattern the SSO entrypoint
uses; works regardless of the running container's mounts), falling back to
the in-container read.
Verified live: SAVE advances LASTSAVE (reply "OK"); host-side require returns
stack.ldapBaseDn on the example config.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- sso-manager-node: b91ef27 -> 796e013 (PR #36)
- proxy: a9a48c3 -> 8dcecbc (PR #120)
Fixes: api-tokens page "Created: Invalid date" (created_on comes back as a
string; use moment(ms, "x")), expired badge never showing (isExpired getter
isn't serialized to the client), and a noisy `AuthToken:0 does not exists`
log on unauthenticated socket connects.
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Both submodules now support self-service personal access tokens (PATs) for
calling the management API without an OIDC browser session. Document the
feature in README.md + docs/ (mint under "API Tokens" in each UI, use as
`Authorization: Bearer sso_…` / `prx_…`, authenticates as the creator with
their permissions, rotate/revoke in the UI, persists in Redis via AOF).
Bump gitlinks to the merged submodule tips:
- sso-manager-node: 6920a9f -> b91ef27 (PR #35)
- proxy: 8e78604 -> a9a48c3 (PR #119)
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Part A — lossless upgrades:
- Persist both bundled Redis stores via AOF+RDB on named volumes (sso-data,
proxy-data) so OAuth clients, Host records, perms, DNS creds, and auto-ssl
Let's Encrypt certs survive rebuilds.
- setup.sh: backup_before_rebuild() snapshots ./config/ + LDAP (slapcat) +
both Redis (BGSAVE + compose cp) to ./backups/<ts>/ before each rebuild,
keeps last BACKUP_KEEP (default 5). First run is a no-op.
- Restore runbook (README + docs): full / Redis-only / LDAP-only, with the
AOF-vs-RDB note (delete the AOF before restoring an RDB).
Part B — eliminate .env / proxy.env:
- All config + secrets live in bind-mounted ./config/ (gitignored), read by each
app's @simpleworkjs/conf from a symlinked secrets.js. Compose passes only
NODE_ENV + NODE_PORT (no app_* env, which would override secrets.js).
- ./config/sso-secrets.js: app secrets + orchestrator-only stack/bootstrap/
serviceAccountPass keys (app ignores the ones it doesn't use).
- ./config/proxy-secrets.js: oidc (clientId/clientSecret filled in by the
bootstrap), ldap (bind creds), auth (admin groups/users).
- setup.sh ensure_config(): generates ./config/ with random secrets on first
run (then exits for editing); one-time migration from .env/proxy.env
preserving existing secrets (LDAP admin pass, JWT, OAuth client, service
pass) so a running deployment keeps its directory + tokens + OAuth client.
- bootstrap/bootstrap.js: reads /config/*.js (not process.env), registers the
proxy as an OIDC client, and writes the SSO-generated client id+secret back
into ./config/proxy-secrets.js (sso mounts ./config RW, proxy RO).
- config.example/ holds committed annotated templates for manual reference.
- .gitignore: add config/, backups/, *.rdb, *.ldif.
Bump both gitlinks to the merged submodule tips:
- sso-manager-node -> 6920a9f (PR #34)
- proxy -> 8e78604 (PR #118)
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
sso-manager-node d5e951f — ships sudo.schema + openssh-lpk.schema (included
in the all-in-one slapd.conf) so user creation works (addPosixAccount tags
every user with sudoRole + ldapPublicKey). Also fixes the .dockerignore build
error from the previous theta42 schema bump. See theta42/sso-manager-node#33.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
sso-manager-node: d1620dd -> 84e5358
Load the theta42 (dateOfBirth) schema in the all-in-one image
(theta42/sso-manager-node#32)
Fixes PUT /api/user/<uid> failing with "objectClass: value #0 invalid per
syntax (0x15)" when a dateOfBirth is set, and user creation for the
theta42Person objectClass. Requires a rebuild of the sso-manager image.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Point sso-manager-node and proxy at the commits that add the Logs (Docker)
section to their README/DEPLOYMENT docs:
proxy: cca5e48 -> 3f178b0
sso-manager-node: fe9b7c1 -> d1620dd
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Both services (sso-manager, proxy) run under Compose; document how to get
logs via docker compose logs, the proxy's nginx access/error logs (which go
to /var/log/nginx on the proxy-logs volume, not docker logs), and a direct
ldapsearch health check for the SSO.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add a first step to setup.sh that runs `git submodule update --init --remote
--recursive`, so each ./setup.sh builds from the newest sso-manager-node + proxy
upstream rather than whatever was pinned at clone time. --init also populates
the submodules if the repo was cloned without --recursive.
Behavior:
- If the fetch is unreachable (offline), warn and continue building the
currently checked-out code instead of hard-failing.
- SKIP_SUBMODULE_UPDATE=1 locks to the pinned commits (offline rebuild /
deliberate pin).
- Verifies the build contexts (Dockerfile.openldap, Dockerfile) exist and
dies with a clear message if a submodule was never initialized.
- Requires git (added to the Requires line); git absent is fatal unless
SKIP_SUBMODULE_UPDATE=1.
Renumbered the subsequent step headers (env -> 2, sso-manager -> 3, ...).
README repo-layout note updated to say setup.sh auto-updates submodules.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The SSO web UI and the proxy management UI were bound to 127.0.0.1, so they
were only reachable from the host running the stack — inconvenient during
first-run setup from another machine. Make the bind address configurable
(SSO_BIND / MGMT_BIND, default 0.0.0.0) so both are LAN-reachable by default,
with a one-line flip back to 127.0.0.1 once the proxy fronts them under TLS.
Also: friendlier README with an upfront prerequisites section (domain, >=2 DNS
records to the public IP, port-forward 80/443) and a note that .env values with
spaces should be quoted.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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