Via in docker

Readme.md

a dockerfile for self-hosting Via.

build process is

• clone Via from github
• build the site with npm
• host it in nginx

problems

• Browsers that I've tested refuse to allow access to WebHID over http For this reason, nginx will listen on both http and https https cert is self-signed for arbitrary name 'node.lan' http still available and is useful if pointing some reverse proxy in
• paths other than / are likely to 404. Probably fixable with nginx config but haven't bothered

dockerfile

FROM node:latest AS builder
WORKDIR /home/node/app
RUN apt update && apt install git xdg-utils -y
RUN git clone https://github.com/the-via/app .
RUN npm ci && npm install bun node-fetch
RUN npm run build

FROM nginx:latest AS nginx-runner
COPY --from=builder /home/node/app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
COPY ./nginx-via.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/viassl.conf
RUN mkdir /etc/nginx/certs
RUN openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -new -newkey rsa:4096           \
    -subj "/C=IO/ST=Flux/L=Viapolis/O=Chaos/CN=via.lan"                \
    -keyout /etc/nginx/certs/nginx.key -out /etc/nginx/certs/nginx.crt
EXPOSE 80/tcp
EXPOSE 443/tcp
CMD [ "nginx", "-g", "daemon off;" ]

nginx-via.conf

server {
    listen 443 ssl;
    http2 on;
    server_name localhost;
    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/certs/nginx.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/certs/nginx.key;
    location / {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index index.html index.htm;
    }
}