How to Install Indieauth on Ubuntu Server Latest

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Indieauth on Ubuntu Server Latest. Indieauth is an open standard for decentralized authentication. Indieauth allows a user to authenticate a client by signing in on their behalf, giving them access to their data on the web.

Requirements

Before starting, you will need the following:

• A Ubuntu Server Latest installation
• A terminal emulator

Step 1 — Installing Nginx

The first step in installing Indieauth is to install the Nginx web server. To do this, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx

Step 2 — Adding SSL certificate

To use Indieauth, you need to secure your domain with an SSL certificate. You can get a free one using the Let's Encrypt certificate authority.

Run the following command to install the Certbot tool:

sudo apt-get install certbot

Next, run the following command to request a SSL certificate for your domain:

sudo certbot certonly --nginx

Fill in the necessary information and follow the prompts. Certbot will automatically configure Nginx to use the SSL certificate.

Step 3 — Installing Indieauth

Now that you've installed Nginx and set up SSL, we can install Indieauth.

First, we need to install Node.js and npm, the package manager for Node.js:

sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm

Next, install the Indieauth package:

sudo npm install -g indieauth

Step 4 — Configuring Indieauth

Now that Indieauth is installed, we need to configure it.

First, create a new directory for Indieauth:

sudo mkdir /var/www/indieauth

Next, copy the sample-config.json file from the Indieauth package to the new directory:

sudo cp $(npm root -g)/indieauth/sample-config.json /var/www/indieauth/config.json

Edit the config.json file with your domain name and SSL certificate path:

sudo nano /var/www/indieauth/config.json

Replace example.com with your domain name, and replace the SSL certificate paths with the ones generated by Certbot.

Finally, start the Indieauth server:

sudo indieauth-server -c /var/www/indieauth/config.json

Step 5 — Configuring Nginx

The last step is to configure Nginx to proxy requests to Indieauth.

Create a new Nginx server block:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/indieauth

Add the following configuration:

server {

    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name example.com;

    # Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;

}

server {

    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;

    server_name example.com;

    # SSL certificate paths
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/privkey.pem;

    # Proxy requests to Indieauth
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1789;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }

}

Make sure to replace example.com with your domain name, and replace the SSL certificate paths with the ones generated by Certbot.

Enable the Nginx server block:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/indieauth /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, test the configuration:

sudo nginx -t

If everything is okay, restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Indieauth on your Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use Indieauth to authenticate clients on your domain.

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