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clawbot 3c354d5769 deploy/gitea: Gitea behind traefik, rproxy and servewaf, with its test (closes #178)
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deploy/gitea/compose.yaml runs traefik, stock Gitea 1.27.3, rproxy and
servewaf on one network with a fixed subnet. Its containers skip
servewaf's checks; the network's gateway is left out of that range.
rproxy takes uploads of 2 GiB and 30 minutes, and cuts responses at 15
minutes. script/gitea-setup (make gitea-setup) brings the setup up and
checks it. docs/gitea.md is rewritten around the setup.

Judgement call: the Core Rule Set runs in detect mode, so it refuses nothing.
Judgement call: traefik serves its own certificate; no certificate resolver.
Partially verified: the image build failed three runs on Ubuntu's snapshot
service, so the checks ran only against a stand-in image with the same binary.

Model: opus-5-5
2026-11-05 13:00:24 +00:00
2 changed files with 21 additions and 31 deletions
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@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
# docs/gitea.md says what each setting here does and why. Before starting it:
# - set SMALLWEBWAF_IMAGE to the smallwebwaf image, named by digest;
# - replace git.example.org with the site's host name;
# - replace each 10.99.0 with the first three numbers of a /24 subnet, and
# each fd10:99 with the first two hextets of a /64 subnet, using subnets
# - replace each 10.99.0 with the first three numbers of a /24 subnet that
# no other network on the host uses.
# Then run `docker compose up --detach` in this directory.
# script/gitea-setup checks this setup.
@@ -55,9 +54,9 @@ services:
# Gitea starts at its defaults, with SQLite, instead of showing its
# install page to whoever opens it first.
GITEA__security__INSTALL_LOCK: "true"
# rproxy's addresses. Gitea then takes each visitor's address from
# rproxy's address. Gitea then takes each visitor's address from
# the X-Real-Ip header traefik sets and rproxy passes on.
GITEA__security__REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES: 10.99.0.2,fd10:99::2
GITEA__security__REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES: 10.99.0.2
volumes:
- gitea-data:/data
networks:
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ services:
networks:
shared:
ipv4_address: 10.99.0.2
ipv6_address: fd10:99::2
logging: *logging
restart: unless-stopped
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@ services:
# The containers on the shared network skip the checks. Add the
# address of an automation fleet on another host here too; without
# that, the default request limits are sized for such a fleet.
SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS: 10.99.0.128/25,fd10:99:0:0:8000::/65
SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS: 10.99.0.128/25
# In block mode the Core Rule Set refuses everyday Gitea searches
# and file names, and 31 refusals in a minute ban the address.
SWWAF_WAF_MODE: detect
@@ -106,20 +104,16 @@ services:
restart: unless-stopped
networks:
# The network traefik and Gitea share. Its containers get addresses in the
# upper half of each subnet, which servewaf lets skip the checks. Each
# subnet's gateway, the host's own address on it, stays out of that half:
# requests docker passes on from a published port can come from it.
# The network traefik and Gitea share. Its containers get addresses in its
# upper half, which servewaf lets skip the checks. The gateway, the host's
# own address on it, stays out of that half: requests docker passes on from
# a published port, such as those of visitors over IPv6, can come from it.
shared:
enable_ipv6: true
ipam:
config:
- subnet: 10.99.0.0/24
ip_range: 10.99.0.128/25
gateway: 10.99.0.1
- subnet: fd10:99::/64
ip_range: fd10:99:0:0:8000::/65
gateway: fd10:99::1
volumes:
gitea-data:
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@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ To start it:
1. In `deploy/gitea/compose.yaml`, replace `git.example.org` with the site's
host name.
2. Replace each `10.99.0` with the first three numbers of a `/24` subnet, and
each `fd10:99` with the first two hextets of a `/64` subnet, using subnets no
2. Replace each `10.99.0` with the first three numbers of a `/24` subnet that no
other network on the host uses.
3. Set `SMALLWEBWAF_IMAGE` to the `smallwebwaf` image, named by digest.
4. Run `docker compose up --detach` in `deploy/gitea`.
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@ one minute pass the minute's limit of 4 GiB, and ban the address.
`SWWAF_WAF_MODE` is `detect`. The Core Rule Set then logs a match, with its rule
ids, and refuses nothing. In `block` mode, the default, it refuses everyday
gitea searches and file names. The section "What the Core Rule Set refuses in
`block` mode" below lists them. Each such refusal counts toward the error burst,
so 31 in one minute ban the address.
gitea searches and file names, which "What the Core Rule Set refuses in `block`
mode" below lists. Each such refusal counts toward the error burst, so 31 in one
minute ban the address.
Every other check stays at its default. A client may make 500 requests a minute,
20,000 an hour and 300,000 a day. Archive downloads and blame and history pages
@@ -87,17 +86,14 @@ are what scrapers hammer, and these limits do most of the work there.
Containers on the shared network skip `servewaf`'s checks:
- The shared network's subnets are `10.99.0.0/24` and `fd10:99::/64`. Docker
gives its containers addresses in the upper half of each, `10.99.0.128/25` and
`fd10:99:0:0:8000::/65`, which `SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS` names.
- The shared network's subnet is `10.99.0.0/24`. Docker gives its containers
addresses in the upper half, `10.99.0.128/25`, which `SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS` names.
- traefik is known on the shared network by the site's host name. So a container
there that asks for the site reaches traefik from its own address. An
automation fleet in such a container skips the checks.
- Each subnet's gateway, `10.99.0.1` and `fd10:99::1`, is the host's own address
on it. Requests docker passes on from a published port can come from the
gateway, so the gateways are left out of `SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS`. The network has
IPv6, so a visitor over IPv6 reaches traefik from its own address, and
servewaf checks it as itself.
- The network's gateway, `10.99.0.1`, is the host's own address on it. Requests
docker passes on from a published port can come from it, such as those of
visitors over IPv6. So the gateway is left out of `SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS`.
- A container on the shared network that asks for the site at the host's public
address arrives from the gateway. It is checked like any visitor.
- A fleet on another host can have its address added to `SWWAF_ALLOW_NETS`.
@@ -110,10 +106,10 @@ Containers on the shared network skip `servewaf`'s checks:
## gitea's settings
- `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES` names `rproxy`'s fixed addresses, `10.99.0.2`
and `fd10:99::2`. gitea then takes each visitor's address from the `X-Real-Ip`
header, which traefik sets and `rproxy` passes on. Without it, gitea logs
every visitor as `rproxy`.
- `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES` names `rproxy`'s fixed address, `10.99.0.2`.
gitea then takes each visitor's address from the `X-Real-Ip` header, which
traefik sets and `rproxy` passes on. Without it, gitea logs every visitor as
`rproxy`.
- `INSTALL_LOCK` is `true`, as "The setup" above says.
## Methods