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Message-ID: <20190326103032.GA1959@localhost>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:00:35 +0530
From: vlse <vlse@...ra.biz>
To: Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr>
Cc: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Supporting git access via smart HTTPS protocol for musl-libc

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:19:27AM +0100, Jens Gustedt wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 22:59:37 -0400 Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > Nginx is bloat free I think. But perhaps not in comparison to
> > > thttpd. I will look how to support cgit http/s with thttpd using a
> > > hook.
> > > 
> > > At skarnet.org, the author is using busybox httpd with cgi support
> > > and cgit cgi hooks to give http/s git access.  
> > 
> > OK, that sounds promising. If it can be done with cgi, it should be
> > easy to setup, assuming the git client is forgiving of thttpd's
> > slightly non-conforming cgi behavior regarding headers.
> 
> 
> One thing you'd have to have in mind is to chose a server for which it
> is possible to update the certificate automatically. For some time I
> used mini_httpd, which is really minimal footprint, but I had to
> update the letsencrypt certificate every three month manually.
> 
> 
> Now I switched to nginx and here automatic update of the certificate
> works like a charm.
> 
The last time I enquired about Let's Encrypt certificates updating, I found
that it can be done with simple acme1 or acme2 clients including some based
on simple shell scripts and using automation like cron.

> 
> Jens
> 
> 
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Regards,
Veera

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