Apache2 configuration for SOGo and MediaWiki

Info

Here I keep the most up-to-date script for server wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net for both MediaWiki and SOGo.

• MediaWiki on http (80) and https (443). Force secure SSL login.
• SOGo only on https (443) redirect http (80) to https (443)

An entry for a Raspberry Pi has been added.

Configuration (Ubuntu)

Disable default SOGo configuration of Apache:

sudo mv /etc/apache2/conf.d/SOGo.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/SOGo.conf.backup

Create new configuration in 'sites-available':

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net.conf

SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom 1024 
SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/urandom 1024 
#Apache2.2:
##SSLSessionCache shm:/usr/local/apache2/logs/ssl_cache_shm

<VirtualHost *:80>
	Servername wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net
	SSLEngine Off
	SSLSessionCacheTimeout 600 
	SSLVerifyClient none 
	SSLProxyEngine off
	ServerSignature Off
	RewriteEngine On

	#mediawiki on port 80
	#redirect UserLogin page to https
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mediawiki/index.php$
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^title=Special:UserLogin
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^GET$
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R]
 
	DocumentRoot /var/www/
	Alias /mediawiki/ /var/www/mediawiki/
	<Directory /var/www/mediawiki/>
		AllowOverride None
		#Apache2.2:
		##Order allow,deny
		##allow from all
		#Apache2.4:
		Require all granted
	</Directory>
 
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
 
	#SOGo redirect http://../SOGo to https://../SOGo
	#Note: leave this out to make it a bit more difficult to find things on your server
	#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/SOGo(.*)$
	#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^GET$
	#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/SOGo$1 [R]
</virtualhost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
	Servername wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net
	SSLEngine On
	SSLOptions +StrictRequire
	SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1 +SSLv3 
	# Support only for strong cryptography:
	SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:+SHA1:+MD5:+HIGH:+MEDIUM 
	SSLSessionCacheTimeout 600 
	SSLVerifyClient none 
	SSLProxyEngine off
	ServerSignature Off
 
	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.cer
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key
 
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	#mediawiki via https
	Alias /mediawiki/ /var/www/mediawiki/
	<Directory /var/www/mediawiki/>
		SSLRequireSSL
		AllowOverride None
		#Apache2.2:
		##Order deny,allow
		##Allow from all
		#Apache2.4:
		Require all granted
	</Directory>

	#SOGo
	DocumentRoot /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	<IfModule mpm_itk_module>
		AssignUserId sogo-a sogo-a
	</IfModule>
	Alias /SOGo.woa/WebServerResources/ /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	Alias /SOGo/WebServerResources/ /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	AliasMatch /SOGo/so/ControlPanel/Products/(.*)/Resources/(.*) /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/$1.SOGo/Resources/$2
	<Directory /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/>
		SSLRequireSSL
		AllowOverride None
		#Apache2.2:
		##Order deny,allow
		##Allow from all
		#Apache2.4:
		Require all granted
	</Directory>
	<LocationMatch "^/SOGo/so/ControlPanel/Products/.*UI/Resources/.*\.(jpg|png|gif|css|js)">
 		SetHandler default-handler
	</LocationMatch>
	ProxyRequests Off
	SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyPass /SOGo http://127.0.0.1:20000/SOGo retry=0
	<Proxy http://127.0.0.1:20000/SOGo>
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-port" "443"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-name" "wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-url" "https://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-protocol" "HTTP/1.0"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-remote-host" %{REMOTE_HOST}e env=REMOTE_HOST
		AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
		#Apache2.2:
		##Order allow,deny
		##allow from all
		#Apache2.4:
		Require all granted
	</Proxy>
 
	# use mod_rewrite to pass remote address to the SOGo proxy.
	# The remote address will appear in SOGo's log files and in the X-Forward
	# header of emails.
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteRule ^/SOGo/(.*)$ /SOGo/$1 [env=REMOTE_HOST:%{REMOTE_ADDR},PT]
 
	# redirect https://../ to https://../SOGo
	#Note: leave this out to make it a bit more difficult to find things on your server
	#Redirect temp /index.html https://%{SERVER_NAME}/SOGo
</virtualhost>

Enable Apache modules and website

Enable needed Apache2 modules:

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod ssl
sudo service apache2 restart

Enable the site:

sudo a2ensite wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net
sudo service apache2 reload

To test if everything is working go to:

• https://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/SOGo
• http://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/SOGo
  • You should go to https
• http://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/mediawiki
• https://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/mediawiki
• http://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin
  • You should go to https

Configuration (Raspberry Pi)

Another example of an Apache2 conf file, targeting a Rasberry Pi system but not exclusively. This configuration:

• allows only https access, http is redirected to https
• contains some additional security measures for MediaWiki
• no SSLv3, search for 'poodle attack' is you want to know more

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/raspberrypi.conf

SSLRandomSeed startup file:/dev/urandom 1024 
SSLRandomSeed connect file:/dev/urandom 1024 

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.2:80>
	# forward http to https
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
	RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI}
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.2:443>
	Servername wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net
	ServerAdmin admin@wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net

	SSLEngine On
	SSLOptions +StrictRequire
	# Note: +SSLv3 not supported by this version of OpenSSL
	SSLProtocol -all +TLSv1
	# Support only for strong cryptography:
	SSLCipherSuite HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:+SHA1:+MD5:+HIGH:+MEDIUM 
	SSLSessionCacheTimeout 600 
	SSLVerifyClient none 
	SSLProxyEngine off
	ServerSignature Off

	#enable debug info to find reasons, for axample when you get http 500 internal server error
	#http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#loglevel
	# debug, trace1 - trace8
	#LogLevel debug

	SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.cer
	SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key

	# MediaWiki security manual
	php_flag register_globals off

	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	# DocumentRoot /var/www/docroot
	Alias "/mediawiki" "/var/www/mediawiki"
	<Directory /var/www/mediawiki>
		SSLRequireSSL
		AllowOverride None
		Require all granted
	</Directory>

	# MediaWiki security manual
	<Directory /var/www/mediawiki/images>
		# Ignore .htaccess files
		AllowOverride None
		# Serve HTML as plaintext, don't execute SHTML
		AddType text/plain .html .htm .shtml .php .phtml .php5
		# Don't run arbitrary PHP code.
		php_admin_flag engine off
		# If you've other scripting languages, disable them too.
	</Directory>

	# MediaWiki security manual
	<Directory /var/www/mediawiki/images/deleted>
		Deny from all
		AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
		Require local
	</Directory>
	
	# SOGo
	DocumentRoot /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	<IfModule mpm_itk_module>
		AssignUserId sogo-a sogo-a
	</IfModule>
	Alias /SOGo.woa/WebServerResources/ /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	Alias /SOGo/WebServerResources/ /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/WebServerResources/
	AliasMatch /SOGo/so/ControlPanel/Products/(.*)/Resources/(.*) /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/$1.SOGo/Resources/$2
	<Directory /usr/lib/GNUstep/SOGo/>
		SSLRequireSSL
		AllowOverride None
		Require all granted
	</Directory>
	<LocationMatch "^/SOGo/so/ControlPanel/Products/.*UI/Resources/.*\.(jpg|png|gif|css|js)">
		SetHandler default-handler
	</LocationMatch>
	ProxyRequests Off
	SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1
	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyPass /SOGo http://127.0.0.1:20000/SOGo retry=0
	<Proxy http://127.0.0.1:20000/SOGo>
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-port" "443"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-name" "wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-url" "https://wilbertvolkers.linkpc.net"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-protocol" "HTTP/1.0"
		RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-remote-host" %{REMOTE_HOST}e env=REMOTE_HOST
		AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
		Require all granted
	</Proxy>
 
	# use mod_rewrite to pass remote address to the SOGo proxy.
	# The remote address will appear in SOGo's log files and in the X-Forward
	# header of emails.
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteRule ^/SOGo/(.*)$ /SOGo/$1 [env=REMOTE_HOST:%{REMOTE_ADDR},PT]
</virtualhost>
</virtualhost>

See also

• SOGo
• MediaWiki
• Apache2 webserver
• Create certificates for Apache2
• Configure local DNS file
• Dynamic DNS service
• DNS server