Re: [Userops] Web server auto-configuration

[David Thompson]

Shawn Landden <address@hidden> writes:

> Therefore, I propose that we use systemd socket activation for web
> services, with autoquit timeouts, and have a way to auto-configure
> nginx to act as a reverse proxy to these services. e.g. if the package
> name is "mediagoblin" then it would automatically show up under
> https://servername.domain/mediagoblin/

Sounds reasonable enough for a certain type of user in a situation where
a wildcard cert isn't possible (maybe the Let's Encrypt project will
make this problem go away soon?).  However, note that this "we" is
limited to only systemd users.

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