Setup SmokePing under OpenBSD with nginx and SSL

Using OpenBSD is easy, not joking... you'll see how it's easy to setup SmokePing using nginx and SSL.

As always, here is a quick way to deploy and configure the solutions.

Install components :

# pkg_add nginx smokeping
# rcctl enable nginx smokeping smokepin_fcgi
# mkdir /var/db/smokeping && chown _smokeping /var/db/smokeping

Configure SmokePing :

# vi /etc/smokeping/config

Just put your personnal informations and make a list of hosts at the end like that :

menu = Top
title = SmokePingPong
remark = Caged Monster'S Latency

+ France
menu= France
title= France

++ Nerim

menu = Nerim
title = Nerim Provider
host = www.nerim.net

++ Free

menu = Free
title = Free Provider
host = www.free.fr

Configure nginx :

# vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# redirect HTTP to HTTPS
server { 
   listen         80;
   listen         [::]:80;
   server_name    stats.cagedmonster.net;
   return         301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen        443 ssl http2;
    listen        [::]:443 ssl http2;
    server_name   stats.cagedmonster.net;
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/cagedmonster.net/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/cagedmonster.net/privkey.pem;

    location = / {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/smokeping.sock;
    include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
    }

    location / {
    alias /var/www/htdocs/smokeping/;
    }
}

Run your services :

# rcctl start nginx smokeping smokeping_fcgi

Well... that was easy !

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