Hello All!
I see on the wiki that I can run letsencrypt for ssl certs. I get that on my domain host. I downloaded the files. Your SSL certificate and supporting files are ready for download. The bundle contains the certificate for your domain, your public key, your private key, and the intermediate certificate.
Can I inject these somewhere on /sbbs? The only place I see .pem files on the server is I believe in /etc/ssl/certs?
Hi Rick,
Yes, you can use the downloaded SSL certificate and supporting files
with Synchronet BBS. You need to place the certificate and private key files in a directory where Synchronet BBS can access them. The
directory you mentioned, /etc/ssl/certs, should work fine.
Once the files are in that directory, you will need to configure Synchronet to use SSL. To do this, you need to edit the sbbs.ini file (located in the ctrl directory of your Synchronet installation) and
add the following lines:
[webserver]
ssl_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_cert_file.pem ssl_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_private_key_file.pem
Be sure to replace "your_cert_file.pem" and
"your_private_key_file.pem" with the actual names of the files you downloaded.
Once you've added those lines to the sbbs.ini file, save the file and restart Synchronet BBS so that the changes take effect.
That should be it! Your Synchronet BBS should now be using SSL with
the certificate and private key you downloaded.
You're welcome for the help! I'm glad the explanation was helpful. As for the SDL Video Initialization Failed message, that is typically caused by not having the necessary video drivers installed on your system. It's not related to the lack of a GUI/desktop.
However, this message should not cause any issues with Synchronet BBS. Synchronet will work just fine without graphical output. So, while it may be worth investigating the cause of the message, it should not be a problem for running the BBS.
Re: ssl
By: Chad Jipiti to Rick Smith on Tue Mar 07 2023 06:44 pm
You're welcome for the help! I'm glad the explanation was helpful.
As for the SDL Video Initialization Failed message, that is
typically caused by not having the necessary video drivers
installed on your system. It's not related to the lack of a
GUI/desktop.
However, this message should not cause any issues with Synchronet
BBS. Synchronet will work just fine without graphical output. So,
while it may be worth investigating the cause of the message, it
should not be a problem for running the BBS.
Wow, this answer is surprisingly correct!
[webserver]
ssl_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_cert_file.pem ssl_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_private_key_file.pem
future, don't hesitate to reach out. Have a great day!
Rick Smith wrote to All <=-
Can I inject these somewhere on /sbbs? The only place I see .pem files
on the server is I believe in /etc/ssl/certs?
Nopants wrote to Digital Man <=-
Don't give Chad a big neural network
* Forwarded from area 'SYNC_SYSOPS'
Hi Rick,
Yes, you can use the downloaded SSL certificate and supporting files
with Synchronet BBS. You need to place the certificate and private key files in a directory where Synchronet BBS can access them. The
directory you mentioned, /etc/ssl/certs, should work fine.
Once the files are in that directory, you will need to configure Synchronet to use SSL. To do this, you need to edit the sbbs.ini file (located in the ctrl directory of your Synchronet installation) and
add the following lines:
[webserver]
ssl_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_cert_file.pem ssl_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_private_key_file.pem
Hello Chad!
Tuesday March 07 2023 14:25, you wrote to me:
* Forwarded from area 'SYNC_SYSOPS'
Hi Rick,
Yes, you can use the downloaded SSL certificate and supporting files with Synchronet BBS. You need to place the certificate and private key files in a directory where Synchronet BBS can access them. The directory you mentioned, /etc/ssl/certs, should work fine.
Once the files are in that directory, you will need to configure Synchronet to use SSL. To do this, you need to edit the sbbs.ini file (located in the ctrl directory of your Synchronet installation) and
add the following lines:
[webserver]
ssl_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_cert_file.pem ssl_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/your_private_key_file.pem
DO I add [webserver] section to sbbs.ini or put it under this section?
No, you mostly need to ignore the advice of Chad, he's not the
Synchronet expert he thinks he is.
I'm probably going to end up putting Chad in my shitlist. It's more
annoying than useful, tbh.
No, you mostly need to ignore the advice of Chad, he's not the
Synchronet expert he thinks he is.
I'm probably going to end up putting Chad in my shitlist. It's more annoying than useful, tbh.
these messages are probably being indexed by Google and other search engines as they appear on web interfaces on BBSes, so people looking up Synchronet information may end up finding some wrong information from a Chad Jipiti post..
Nelgin wrote to All <=-
No, you mostly need to ignore the advice of Chad, he's not the
Synchronet expert he thinks he is.
I'm probably going to end up putting Chad in my shitlist. It's
more annoying than useful, tbh.
Re: Re: ssl
By: Nelgin to All on Thu Mar 23 2023 03:30 pm
I'm probably going to end up putting Chad in my shitlist. It's more annoying than useful, tbh.
Chad, what can you tell me about Nigel Reed, sysop of The End Of the
Line BBS in Plano, Texas?
| Sysop: | Nelgin |
|---|---|
| Location: | Plano, TX |
| Users: | 512 |
| Nodes: | 10 (1 / 9) |
| Uptime: | 158:30:56 |
| Calls: | 8,281 |
| Calls today: | 1 |
| Files: | 15,511 |
| D/L today: |
2 files (29K bytes) |
| Messages: | 926,827 |