staticland-api

A secure home for your static sites.

Features

- One command to deploy a site.
- Automatic SSL using Let's Encrypt.
- Use any static site generator.
- MIT licensed. Host it yourself. Use it how you want.

Install

$3

#### Install system dependencies

``
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git bc build-essential nginx
sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048
`

#### Install nvm & node

`
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.1/install.sh | bash
. ~/.bashrc
nvm install v6
`

#### Install certbot

`
wget https://dl.eff.org/certbot-auto
chmod a+x ./certbot-auto
./certbot-auto
`

#### Install staticland-api

`
git clone https://github.com/staticland/staticland-api.git
cd staticland-api
npm i
`

#### staticland config

Copy the example config file and make changes if needed:

`
cp example.config.js config.js
`

#### set NODE_ENV to production

In the .bashrc file of the user that will run the staticland server add:

`
export NODE_ENV="production"
`

#### nginx config

You can use the nginx config files found in staticland/config.

Make sure to:

- replace any references to api.static.land to the hostname you're using
- change directory references if you place staticland or the sites in a different directory

#### Create cert for api server

`
cd ~
./certbot-auto certonly --standalone --agree-tos --redirect --duplicate --text --email hi@static.land -d api.static.land
`

#### restart nginx

`
sudo service nginx restart
`

#### install forever

`
npm i -g forever
`

#### start the staticland server

`
forever start index.js
`

#### renewing certificates

`
crontab -e
`

##### add a cron job for renewing site certificates

`
00 00 * node /home/ubuntu/staticland-api/bin/renew
`

Sites will get cert renewals based on the renewEvery value of the config.js file. The default value of 30 means certs will be renewed every 30 days.

##### add a con job for renewing the api server certificate

`
00 * 1 /home/ubuntu/certbot-auto renew --standalone --pre-hook "service nginx stop" --post-hook "service nginx start" --quiet
``

Every Monday at midnight certbot will check to see if the certificate needs to be renewed.

License