twins-upstream/CONFIGURATION.md

This page is also available at gemini://twins.rocketnine.space/configuration.gmi

twins requires a configuration file to operate. It is loaded from ~/.config/twins/config.yaml by default. You may specify a different location via the --config argument.

Configuration options

Listen

Address to listen for connections on in the format of interface:port.

Listen on localhost

localhost:1965

Listen on all interfaces

:1965

Hosts

Hosts are defined by their hostname followed by one or more paths to serve.

Paths may be defined as fixed strings or regular expressions (starting with ^).

Paths are matched in the order they are defined.

Fixed string paths will match with and without a trailing slash.

When accessing a directory the file index.gemini or index.gmi is served.

Certificates

A certificate and private key must be specified.

localhost certificate

Use openssl generate a certificate for localhost.

openssl req -x509 -out localhost.crt -keyout localhost.key \
  -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -sha256 \
  -subj '/CN=localhost' -extensions EXT -config <( \
   printf "[dn]\nCN=localhost\n[req]\ndistinguished_name = dn\n[EXT]\nsubjectAltName=DNS:localhost\nkeyUsage=digitalSignature\nextendedKeyUsage=serverAuth")

Domain certificate

Use certbot to get a certificate from Let's Encrypt for a domain.

certbot certonly --config-dir /home/www/certs \
  --work-dir /home/www/certs \  
  --logs-dir /home/www/certs \
  --webroot \
  -w /home/www/gemini.rocks/public_html \
  -d gemini.rocks \
  -d www.gemini.rocks

Provide the path to the certificate file at certs/live/$DOMAIN/fullchain.pem and the private key file at certs/live/$DOMAIN/privkey.pem to twins.

Path

Resources

One resource must be defined for each path.

Root

Serve static files from specified root directory.

Proxy

Forward requests to Gemini server at specified URL.

Use the pseudo-scheme gemini-insecure:// to disable certificate verification.

Command

Serve output of system command.

When input is requested from the user, it is available as a pseudo-variable $USERINPUT which does not require surrounding quotes. It may be used as an argument to the command, otherwise user input is passed via standard input.

Attributes

Any number of attributes may be defined for a path.

ListDirectory

Directory listing may be enabled by adding listdirectory: true.

Input

Request text input from user.

SensitiveInput

Request sensitive text input from the user. Text will not be shown as it is entered.

Type

Content type is normally detected automatically, defaulting to text/gemini; charset=utf-8. This option forces a specific content type.

FastCGI

Forward requests to FastCGI server at specified address or path.

A Root attribute must also be specified to use FastCGI.

Example config.yaml

# Address to listen on
listen: :1965

# TLS certificates
certificates:
  -

# Hosts and paths to serve
hosts:
  gemini.rocks:
    cert: /srv/gemini.rocks/data/cert.crt
    key: /srv/gemini.rocks/data/cert.key
    paths:
      -
        path: ^/sites/.*\.php$
        root: /home/geminirocks/data
        fastcgi: unix:///var/run/php.sock
      -
        path: /sites
        root: /home/geminirocks/data
        listdirectory: true
      -
        path: ^/(help|info)$
        root: /home/geminirocks/data/help
      -
        path: ^/proxy-example$
        proxy: gemini://localhost:1966
      -
        path: ^/cmd-example$
        command: uname -a
      -
        path: /
        root: /home/geminirocks/data/home
  twins.rocketnine.space:
    cert: /srv/twins.rocketnine.space/data/cert.crt
    key: /srv/twins.rocketnine.space/data/cert.key
    paths:
      -
        path: /sites
        root: /home/twins/data/sites
      -
        path: /
        root: /home/twins/data/home