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# ServNest
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ServNest (formerly Niver) is software providing a web interface allowing users to manage 3 independent services:
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* Public suffix registry
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* Domain name server
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* Static HTTP site hosting
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## Status
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I plan to create and maintain a public stable instance of ServNest, but I haven't done so yet. Thus it is not yet tested with real world and long-term usages, and is **alpha software** .
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## Detailed services features
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### Public suffix registry (`reg`)
* Register a subdomain of the registry
* Set domain's nameservers
* Set a DS record to enable DNSSEC
* Set Glue records
* Display your records
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* Transfer domain to another account
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### Name server (`ns`)
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* Host a zone on the server
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* Zone file edition through `<textarea>`
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* Dedicated forms to set/unset `A` , `AAAA` , `NS` , `TXT` , `CAA` , `SRV` , `MX` , `SRV` , `SSHFP` , `TLSA` , `CNAME` , `DNAME` and `LOC` records
* Display your records or the full zone file
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### Static HTTP site hosting (`ht`)
Upload site's files to the server using SFTP. The way the site is accessed can then be choosed:
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* Dedicated domain name and Let's Encrypt certificate
* Dedicated onion service (through Tor)
* Subdomain of a shared root domain
* HTTP subpath of a shared domain
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## Software used
[PHP ](https://www.php.net/ )
: main language
[SQLite ](https://www.sqlite.org/index.html )
: accounts data storage
[Knot DNS ](https://www.knot-dns.cz/ )
: DNS server for both registry and DNS hosting
[sudo ](https://www.sudo.ws/ ) 1.9.10+
: execute actions that match a regex as privileged or specific users
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[SFTPGo ](https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo )
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: upload sites files using SFTP
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[Apache HTTP Server ](https://httpd.apache.org/ )
: static HTTP server, with content negotiation and `.htaccess` dynamic configuration
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[nginx ](https://nginx.org/ )
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: HTTP reverse proxy for Apache; terminates TLS and enforces security header
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Tor
: [Onion services ](https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/ )
[Certbot ](https://certbot.eff.org/ )
: get [Let's Encrypt ](https://letsencrypt.org/ ) certificates for TLS
[GNU Core Utilities ](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/ )
: manipulate the filesystem through sudo
## Installation
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There is currently no proper documentation to install ServNest, but you can create a system image or look at configuration files and scripts from [servnest-mkosi ](https://code.antopie.org/servnest/servnest-mkosi ).
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## Contribute
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- Git repository : < https: // code . antopie . org / servnest / servnest >
- Issue tracker : < https: // code . antopie . org / servnest / servnest / issues >
- Matrix channel : [#servnest:matrix.antopie.org ](matrix:r/servnest:matrix.antopie.org )
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## Direct contact details
See < https: / / miraty . antopie . org / > .
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## License
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ServNest is ethical libre software: you can use, redistribute or modify it under the terms of the CNPL-NAv7+ as found in LICENSE.md or at < https: / / git . pixie . town / thufie / npl-builder > .
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## Similar projects
- [DNSManager ](https://github.com/KaneRoot/dnsmanager ) powering [netlib.re ](https://netlib.re/ )
- [EU.org ](https://nic.eu.org/ )
- [DNS Witch ](https://dns-witch.net.eu.org/ )
