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# 🐟 Flounder -A lightweight platform to help users build simple Gemini sites over http(s) and serve those sites over http(s) and Gemini +A lightweight platform to help users build simple Gemini sites over http(s) and +serve those sites over http(s) and Gemini -Flounder is in ALPHA -- development and features are changing frequently, especially as the Gemini spec and ecosystem remains relatively unstable. +Flounder is in ALPHA -- development and features are changing frequently, +especially as the Gemini spec and ecosystem remains relatively unstable. -See the flagship instance at https://flounder.online and [gemini://flounder.online](gemini://flounder.online) +See the flagship instance at https://flounder.online and +[gemini://flounder.online](gemini://flounder.online) -## Building and running locally -Requirements: +## Building and running locally Requirements: * go >= 1.15 * sqlite dev libraries To run locally, copy example-config.toml to flounder.toml, then run: -`mkdir files` -`go run . serve` +`mkdir files` `go run . serve` Add the following to `/etc/hosts` (include any other users you want to create): -``` -127.0.0.1 flounder.local admin.flounder.local proxy.flounder.local -``` +``` 127.0.0.1 flounder.local admin.flounder.local proxy.flounder.local ``` -Then open `flounder.local:8165` in your browser. The default login/password is admin/admin +Then open `flounder.local:8165` in your browser. The default login/password is +admin/admin ## TLS Certs and Reverse Proxy -Gemini TLS certs are handled for you. For HTTP, when deploying your site, you'll need a reverse proxy that does the following for you: +Gemini TLS certs are handled for you. For HTTP, when deploying your site, +you'll need a reverse proxy that does the following for you: 1. Cert for yourdomain.whatever 1. Wildcard cert for \*.yourdomain.whatever 2. On Demand cert for custom user domains -If you have a very small deployment of say, <100 users, for example, you can use on demand certificates for all domains, and you can skip step 2. +If you have a very small deployment of say, <100 users, for example, you can +use on demand certificates for all domains, and you can skip step 2. -However, for a larger deployment, you'll have to set up a wildcard cert. Wildcard certs are a bit of a pain and difficult to do automatically, depending on your DNS provider. For information on doing this via Caddy, you can follow this guide: https://caddy.community/t/how-to-use-dns-provider-modules-in-caddy-2/8148. +However, for a larger deployment, you'll have to set up a wildcard cert. +Wildcard certs are a bit of a pain and difficult to do automatically, depending +on your DNS provider. For information on doing this via Caddy, you can follow +this guide: +https://caddy.community/t/how-to-use-dns-provider-modules-in-caddy-2/8148. -For information on using certbot to manage wildcard certs, see this guide: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/challenge-types/#dns-01-challenge +For information on using certbot to manage wildcard certs, see this guide: +https://letsencrypt.org/docs/challenge-types/#dns-01-challenge -An example simple Caddyfile using on-demand certs is available in Caddyfile.example +An example simple Caddyfile using on-demand certs is available in +Caddyfile.example -If you want to host using a server other than Caddy, there's no reason you can't, but it may be more cumbersome to setup the http certs. +If you want to host using a server other than Caddy, there's no reason you +can't, but it may be more cumbersome to setup the http certs. ## Administration -Flounder is designed to be small, easy to host, and easy to administer. Signups require manual admin approval. +Flounder is designed to be small, easy to host, and easy to administer. Signups +require manual admin approval. ## Development