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diff --git a/docs/Running-behind-lighttpd.md b/docs/Running-behind-lighttpd.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5c74439ad --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Running-behind-lighttpd.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +# Netdata via lighttpd v1.4.x + +Here is a config for accessing netdata in a suburl via lighttpd 1.4.46 and newer: + +```txt +$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/netdata/" { + proxy.server = ( "" => ("netdata" => ( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 19999 ))) + proxy.header = ( "map-urlpath" => ( "/netdata/" => "/") ) +} +``` + +If you have older lighttpd you have to use a chain (such as bellow), as explained [at this stackoverflow answer](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14536554/lighttpd-configuration-to-proxy-rewrite-from-one-domain-to-another). + +```txt +$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/netdata/" { + proxy.server = ( "" => ("" => ( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 19998 ))) +} + +$SERVER["socket"] == ":19998" { + url.rewrite-once = ( "^/netdata(.*)$" => "/$1" ) + proxy.server = ( "" => ( "" => ( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 19999 ))) +} +``` + +--- + +If the only thing the server is exposing via the web is netdata (and thus no suburl rewriting required), +then you can get away with just +``` +proxy.server = ( "" => ( ( "host" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 19999 ))) +``` +Though if it's public facing you might then want to put some authentication on it. htdigest support +looks like: +``` +auth.backend = "htdigest" +auth.backend.htdigest.userfile = "/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.htdigest" +auth.require = ( "" => ( "method" => "digest", + "realm" => "netdata", + "require" => "valid-user" + ) + ) +``` +other auth methods, and more info on htdigest, can be found in lighttpd's [mod_auth docs](http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Docs_ModAuth). + +--- + +It seems that lighttpd (or some versions of it), fail to proxy compressed web responses. +To solve this issue, disable web response compression in netdata. + +Open /etc/netdata/netdata.conf and set in [global]: + +``` +enable web responses gzip compression = no +``` + +## limit direct access to netdata + +You would also need to instruct netdata to listen only to `127.0.0.1` or `::1`. + +To limit access to netdata only from localhost, set `bind socket to IP = 127.0.0.1` or `bind socket to IP = ::1` in `/etc/netdata/netdata.conf`. + +[]() |