web-host

A host for serving multiple domains and sub-domains with redirection and more

What is it?

web-host comprises of a setup that can help host Node.js websites over multiple domains and sub-domains, over or without SSL.

There's also other provisions like:

• Redirection to internally hosted or external websites
• Offline mode

Installation

Clone the project at the home directory. This is currently a requirement that may go away in the future.

# Clone the project
git clone https://github.com/team-fluxion/web-host.git

# Switch to project directory
cd web-host

# Install dependencies and commands with `make`
make install

Uninstalling would remove all the commands.

make uninstall

Or you can also re-install:

make reinstall

PS: SystemD is required to be the init system.

How to Use

1. Place websites to host under the apps directory. Each website only needs to provide a script that exposes a single default function accepting an argument as the port that it listens on.

2. (Optional) Create SSL certificates for the domains that need to be hosted over SSL, if at all.

3. Configure the host in file config.json mentioning the details of the certificates, websites and redirection.

Once everything is place, use the below installed commands:

1. host-start - starts all websites, starts listening on port 80 and 443 (if using SSL) and sets up bouncing to appropriate websites according to request URLs
2. host-stop - stops all websites
3. host-restart - restarts the server
4. host-offline - stops the server but starts an offline mode on both: port 80 and 443
5. host-resume - works exactly like host-restart
6. host-status - reports the current status of the host

To-do

• Add support for other init systems
• Switch to HTTP-only mode in absence of certificates
• Include a working example
• Improve commands and API