go-server

This repository implements a "monolithic generic task server", which can serve requests over HTTP and FastCGI. There is a "plugin architecture" which can be embedded within the server at compile time, or dynamically loaded as plugins at runtime.

Standard plugins provided include:

• httpserver which provides a simple HTTP server and routing of requests to plugins;
• router to route requests to different handlers;
• nginx to manage a running nginx reverse proxy instance;
• static to serve static files;
• auth to manage authentication and authorisation;
• tokenjar to manage persistence of authorisation tokens on disk;
• certmanager to manage trust and certificates.

The motivation for this module is to provide a generic server which can be developed and scaled over time. Ultimately the running process is a large "monolith" server which can be composed of many smaller "plugins", which can be connected together loosely.

Running the server

The easiest way to run an nginx reverse proxy server, with an API to manage nginx configuration, is through docker:

docker run -p 8080:80 -v /var/lib/go-server:/data ghcr.io/mutablelogic/go-server

This will start a server on port 8080 and use /var/lib/go-server for persistent data. Use API commands to manage the nginx configuration. Ultimately you'll want to develop your own plugins and can use this image as the base image for your own server.

When you first run the server, a "root" API token is created which is used to authenticate API requests. You can find this token in the log output or by running the following command:

docker exec <container-id> cat /data/tokenauth.json

Requirements and Building

Any modern go compiler should be able to build the server command, 1.21 and above. It has been tested on MacOS and Linux. To build the server and plugins, run:

git clone git@github.com:mutablelogic/go-server.git
cd go-server && make

This places all the binaries in the build directory. There are several other make targets:

• make clean to remove all build artifacts;
• make test to run all tests;
• ARCH=<arm64|amd64> OS=<linux|darwin> make to cross-compile the binary;
• DOCKER_REPOSITORY=docker.io/user make docker to build a docker image.
• DOCKER_REPOSITORY=docker.io/user make docker-push to push a docker image.

Project Status

This module is currently in development and is not yet ready for any production environment.

Community & License

File an issue or question on github.

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