Gatus

Automated developer-oriented status page with alerting and incident support.

Accessing Gatus

  • Åbn din browser og gå til: https://<SERVER_IP>
  • Der forventes en SSL-advarsel i browseren (selvsigneret certifikat)
  • Authentication is required (Basic Auth popup)
  • Authentication method: HTTP Basic Auth
  • Credentials are stored securely in: /root/.cloudzy-creds

Vigtige filer og mapper

  • Installationsmappe: /opt/gatus
  • Docker Compose: /opt/gatus/docker-compose.yml
  • Miljøfil: /opt/gatus/.env
  • Config directory: /opt/gatus/config/
  • Hovedkonfigurationsfil: /opt/gatus/config/config.yaml
  • Database directory: /opt/gatus/data/db
  • Nginx-konfiguration: /etc/nginx/sites-available/gatus.conf
  • Enabled Nginx site: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/gatus.conf
  • SSL-certifikater: /etc/nginx/ssl/
  • HTTP Basic Auth file: /etc/nginx/auth/.gatus-htpasswd
  • Kredentialfil: /root/.gatus-credentials

Configuration Behavior

  • Configuration files are located in /opt/gatus/config/
  • YAML can be split into multiple files
  • Changes are auto-reloaded
  • No restart is required after edits

Manage the Stack

Go to the installation directory:

cd /opt/gatus

Common Docker Compose commands:

# Check status
docker compose ps

# View logs (follow live)
docker compose logs -f

# Restart all services
docker compose restart

# Stop services
docker compose down

# Start again
docker compose up -d

Disable HTTP Basic Auth in Nginx (Optional)

Edit the Nginx site file: /etc/nginx/sites-available/gatus.conf

Remove or comment out these lines:

auth_basic "Restricted";
auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/auth/.gatus-htpasswd;

Genindlæs Nginx:

systemctl restart nginx

Aktivering af SSL med et domæne

1. Peg dit domæne mod serverens IP-adresse.

2. Rediger Nginx-konfigurationen og udskift begge dele server_name <IP>; med dit domæne (<your-domain>) for både HTTP (port 80) og HTTPS (port 443) blokeringer:

vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/gatus.conf

3. Installer Certbot:

apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx

4. Kør følgende kommando for at generere et gyldigt Let’s Encrypt-certifikat:

certbot certonly --nginx --non-interactive --agree-tos --email [email protected] -d yourdomain.com

5. Erstat SSL-stier i Nginx-konfigurationen:

vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/gatus.conf
# Before:
    # ssl_certificate       /etc/nginx/ssl/fullchain.pem;
    # ssl_certificate_key   /etc/nginx/ssl/privkey.pem;
# After:
    # ssl_certificate       /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/fullchain.pem;
    # ssl_certificate_key   /etc/letsencrypt/live/yourdomain.com/privkey.pem;

6. Genstart Nginx for at anvende ændringerne:

systemctl restart nginx

7. Åbn din browser og gå til: https://yourdomain.com

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