Port Forwarding and SSL

That 301 error means that NGinx is redirecting, but cannot access the the backend, ie, Seafile. When you made the changes to the port, did you also change your service_url and file_server_root inside Seafile to reflect the port number 3002?

I meant this, I just didn’t take the right words.

Actually, I didn’t see your post until after I had posted mine, so we were both thinking the same thing. :slight_smile:

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@Daniel_BlahBla

I just remembered that you are using a CNAME record and not an A record. When you initiated the request with Letsencrypt for a certificate, did you use the CNAME for the registration?

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FILE_SERVER_ROOT = ā€˜https://XXX:3002/seafhttp’;
SERVICE_URL = https://XXX:3002

I have used my domain for the letsencrypt certificate request.
Have used this command:
certbot certonly --rsa-key-size 4096 --webroot -w /var/www/XXX -d XXX.de -d cloud.XXX.de

My complete config now:

server {
    listen       3001;
    server_name  XXX;
    rewrite ^ https://$http_host:3002$request_uri? permanent;    # force redirect http to https
    server_tokens off;
    add_header test_uri "$http_host";
}
    server {
        listen 3002;
        ssl on;
        ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/XXX/fullchain.pem;        # path to your cacert.pem
        ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/XXX/privkey.pem;    # path to your privkey.pem
        server_name XXX;

        # Diffie-Hellman parameter for DHE ciphersuites, recommended 2048 bits
        ssl_dhparam /etc/nginx/dhparam.pem;

        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains";
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;

   location / {
         proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:8000;
         proxy_set_header   Host $host:$server_port;
         proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
         proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
         proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Host $server_name;
         proxy_read_timeout  1200s;

         # used for view/edit office file via Office Online Server
         client_max_body_size 0;

         access_log      /var/log/nginx/seahub.access.log;
         error_log       /var/log/nginx/seahub.error.log;
    }

    location /seafhttp {
        rewrite ^/seafhttp(.*)$ $1 break;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8082;
        client_max_body_size 0;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;

        proxy_connect_timeout  36000s;
        proxy_read_timeout  36000s;
        proxy_send_timeout  36000s;

        send_timeout  36000s;
    }

    location /media {
        root /home/sfadmin/seafile-server-latest/seahub;
    }

    location /.well-known/acme-challenge/ {
        alias /var/www/XXX/.well-known/acme-challenge/;
    }
}

Still no luck :confused:

Seems to be something with your acme service. Can you post the log of it?

Sorry for the delay… My power went out briefly.

I agree with @bionade24. Something is wrong with your certificate. If you are using a CNAME, here are the rules for proper SSL configuration.

  • The certificate must be issued for the CNAME, not the primary domain.
  • You can’t run two certs on the same IP address… ie, if you have certificate for the primary name and CNAME, unless your certifcate(s) have support for SNI.
  • Nginx requires that you bundle the crt files into one file. Letsencrypt has a method for you to do that with NGinx. Otherwise, you’ll need to concatenate them yourself.
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[quote=ā€œwthess, post:27, topic:6160ā€]
You can’t run two certs on the same IP address…
Really ? I thought that would work.

@Daniel_BlahBla

Visit this web page. This is perhaps the best SSL troubleshooter I’ve seen.

https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html

According to the NGinx docs, not with a CNAME, you cannot. Albeit, it’s been a while since I’ve visited the NGinx docs, so they could have a way of doing it now.

For example:
mydomain.com (Primary)
mysubdomain.com (CNAME to mydomain.com)
SSL cert for mydomain.com
SSL cert for mysubdomain.com.

The problem, as I understand it, is since both are on the same IP address, but you have two domains pointing to the same IP, the certs get confused somehow. I would have to go back and dig up the info on it. It’s been a while since I last researched it, maybe 5 or 6 years.

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Somehow I got it now working to access it over this direct address:

https://cloud.XXX.de:3002

So it is working when i directly use the https prefix and the https port number. But the rewrite from http://cloud.XXX.de:3001 is still not working correctly. SSL Hopper is also reporting this on the http route. When I use the address above SSL Hopper reports everything seems fine

Ok :sweat_smile:, then that would be nerver a problem for because I want to sign subdomains.

So maybe it’s caused by the fritzbox who doesn’t allow the redirects.

I just revisited it. Contacted my certificate provider. 2 certs on the same IP would still require SNI, according to them.

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So, it’s working, but the rewrite isn’t?

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But with cetbot I could use mail.xxx.de imap.xxx.de and xxx.de without problems. For the rest I will see next week, but that’s nothing related to seafuile Thank you for asking.

Yes seems so. Can visit via https prefix + https port. When using http prefix + port i got the ssl error over and over again

That’s not the same thing. I’m talking about the domains, not subdomains. What I’m talking about is getting a certificate for mydomain.com (top level), and one for mycnamedomain.com (which points to mydomain.com).

Certs are issued for the top level domain, which is tied to a single IP address. SNI will allow something like that, though I can’t purport to know that much about SNI. I just know that SNI is required in the cert to pull it off.

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Ok thank you

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Ok… NGinx has a command for rewrites on alternate ports. Here it is. I don’t think you’ll even need a 3001 block with this. It goes in the SSL listen port directive.

error_page 497 https://$host:3002$request_uri;

I can’t guarantee this will work as I’ve not tried it. I just found it in a search where someone else was having the same problem you are and it apparently worked for them.