[HOWTO] Keep custom Virtual Hosts configs

[blackstar]

Hi,
I tried setting two vhost following this tutorial (http://lightyearsoftware.com/2012/01/gi ... s-control/) : one for port 80 and one on port 443
I left aside the htpasswd part as the command doesn't seem to exist on the asustor (something that would be nice to have).
It worked fine but as soon as I exit the vi editor for my vhosts they revert to the state in which the asustor system created them...

How do I make it so that the system keeps my custom configuration instead of overriding them as sson as I leave the editor ?

Thanks.

[James.W@AST]

Hi there,

I am sorry, but the system doesn't support using CLI to edit the vhost config directly. You need to use the ADM web interface (Services > Web Server > Virtual Host) to edit it.

JW

[blackstar]

Hi,
I'm fine with using the ADM interface however I couldn't find anyplace to edit the virtual host in the manner I wanted.

BTW, what about the htpasswd command, any way to get it working on the nas system ?

Thanks.

[James.W@AST]

Hi there,

1. What kind of options you would like to configure for Virtual Host? We can provide it in the ADM interface.

2. Thanks for the suggestion. We will add htpasswd in the future firmware. If you would like to use it in advance, you can download the attachment, unzip and place it in /usr/builtin/bin/.

[blackstar]

Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. Basically, I'm trying to set an https access to my git repo, at least until the ssh users options comes out
So I was foolowing a tutorial ( see link in previous post) to set up the virtual hosts and configure git to serve the repos through https as well:

# mod_authn_alias essentially configures groups of users.
<AuthnProviderAlias file internal>
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/git-internal.htpasswd
</AuthnProviderAlias>

<AuthnProviderAlias file clients>
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/git-clients.htpasswd
</AuthnProviderAlias>

<VirtualHost YOUR-SERVER-IP:443>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile PATH-TO-YOUR-CERTIFICATE-FILE

ServerName YOUR-SERVER-NAME
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/git-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/git-access.log combined

DocumentRoot /home/git
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /home/git

# Let Apache serve static files
AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /home/git/$1
AliasMatch ^/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /home/git/$1

ScriptAlias / /usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend/

<Directory /home/git>
AllowOverride None
Options +ExecCGI -Includes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

# Require authentication to all repositories
<Location />
AuthBasicProvider internal
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Git"
Require valid-user
</Location>

# Allow both internal and client users to access this repository.
<Location /client-repo.git>
AuthBasicProvider internal clients
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Git"
Require valid-user
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

If all the options there could be available that would be awesome.
Regards.

[James.W@AST]

Hi blackstar,

Thanks. We will see what we can do : )

[blackstar]

Hi,
Thanks.
Also I had another question, is the apache server run with the usual user/group ( www-data:www-data) ? Or is there any specifities there also ?

[blackstar]

Hi,
Coming back on this topic after a while because I did not have time to look for another way to serve git over http from the NAS but here's something I found (http://www.jedi.be/blog/2009/05/06/8-wa ... apachehttp)

It uses "DAV on" directive and htpasswd files to serve git over apache httpd with baic htpasswd authentication.

Would this work on the asustor ? Is there any thing special to do to get it working ?

Cheers.

[blackstar]

Hi,

Could I get an answer please ?

Cheers

[blackstar]

Hello.

Can we get a feedback on that topic. any plans on implementing this or not ? If so , when can we expect it ?