systemd: Run caddy with even less privileges and more confined

The exemplary unit file for systemd is intentionally redundant at times, for
example dropping privileges which an unprivileged user "www-data" did not have
in the first place: To aid as fallback in case the file gets copied and an
operator setting UID to 0 (which reportedly happened in the past).
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W-Mark Kubacki
2016-05-11 20:48:47 +02:00
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## Quickstart
The provided unit file assumes that you want to run caddy as `www-data` and group `www-data`,
both having UID and GID 33 here.
Adjust this to your liking according to the preferences of you Linux distribution!
```bash
groupadd -g 33 www-data
useradd \
-g www-data --no-user-group \
--home-dir /var/www --no-create-home \
--shell /usr/sbin/nologin \
--system --uid 33 www-data
mkdir /etc/caddy
chown -R root:www-data /etc/caddy
mkdir /etc/ssl/caddy
chown -R www-data:root /etc/ssl/caddy
chmod 0770 /etc/ssl/caddy
```
- Install the unit configuration file: `cp caddy.service /etc/systemd/system/`
- Reload the systemd daemon: `systemctl daemon-reload`
- Make sure to [configure](#configuration) the service unit before starting caddy.
@@ -52,3 +71,9 @@ sudo -u www-data -g www-data -s \
`systemctl kill --signal=USR1 caddy.service`
- If you have more files that start with `caddy` like a `caddy.timer`, `caddy.path`, or `caddy.socket` then it is important to append `.service`.
Although if `caddy.service` is all you have, then you can just use `caddy` without any extension, such as in: `systemctl status caddy`
- You can make your other certificates and private key files accessible to a user `www-data` by command `setfacl`, if you must:
```bash
setfacl -m user:www-data:r-- /etc/ssl/private/my.key
```