Behind nginx and https

Pylon supports basic web authentication and as such, if you plan to use this app over the internet, it is recommended that you install a forwarding proxy like nginx and use encrypted traffic only via https. The below configuration will help you in setting up the forwarding:

• Use https://letsencrypt.org to setup your nginx

• A sample configuration file: Change the <your fqdn> to your fully qualified domain name that you will also use to request certificate for.

# The port 80 is required for Let's Encrypt's ACME challenges to go through
server {
  listen 80;

  server_name default;

  root /var/www/html;

  location ^~ /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
    default_type "text/plain";
    root /var/www/letsencrypt;
  }

  location = /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
    return 404;
  }

  location / {
    return 301 https://<your fqdn>;
  }
}

# The port 443 is the secured traffic
server {
  listen 443 ssl;

  server_name <your fqdn>;

  ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/<your fqdn>/fullchain.pem;
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/<your fqdn>/privkey.pem;
  
  # Poodle attack disable MITM
  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;

  # Strong ciphers
  ssl_ciphers "EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256+EECDH:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256+EDH:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES2
56-SHA256:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA:AES128-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4";
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;

  # Custom Diffie Hellman Ephemeral Parameters
  ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;

  # HTTP Strict Transport Security
  add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; ";

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8181;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    proxy_connect_timeout 7d;
    proxy_send_timeout 7d;
    proxy_read_timeout 7d;
    client_max_body_size 10M;
  }

  # This is not required for Pylon, however, it shows how to map additional tools do sub-paths
  location /mungit {
    proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
    proxy_set_header Host $host;
    proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
  }

}