feat(web): Support TLS encryption (#322)

* Basic setup to serve HTTPS

* Correctly handle the case of missing TLS configs

* Documenting TLS

* Refactor TLS configuration setup

* Add TLS Encryption section again to README

* Extending TOC in README

* Moving TLS settings to subsection of web settings

* Adding tests for config/web

* Add test for handling TLS

* Rename some variables as suggested

* Corrected error formatting

* Update test module import

* Polishing the readme file

* Error handling for TLSConfig()

---------

Co-authored-by: TwiN <twin@linux.com>

README.md

@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ Have any feedback or questions? [Create a discussion](https://github.com/TwiN/ga
     - [Setting a default alert](#setting-a-default-alert)
   - [Maintenance](#maintenance)
   - [Security](#security)
-    - [Basic](#basic)
+    - [Basic Authentication](#basic-authentication)
     - [OIDC](#oidc)
+  - [TLS Encryption](#tls-encryption)
   - [Metrics](#metrics)
   - [Remote instances (EXPERIMENTAL)](#remote-instances-experimental)
 - [Deployment](#deployment)
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ Have any feedback or questions? [Create a discussion](https://github.com/TwiN/ga
   - [Monitoring an endpoint using ICMP](#monitoring-an-endpoint-using-icmp)
   - [Monitoring an endpoint using DNS queries](#monitoring-an-endpoint-using-dns-queries)
   - [Monitoring an endpoint using STARTTLS](#monitoring-an-endpoint-using-starttls)
-  - [Monitoring an endpoint using TLS](#monitoring-an-endpoint-using-tls)
+  - [Monitoring an endpoint using TLS](#monitoring-an-endpoint-using-tls)>
   - [Monitoring domain expiration](#monitoring-domain-expiration)
   - [disable-monitoring-lock](#disable-monitoring-lock)
   - [Reloading configuration on the fly](#reloading-configuration-on-the-fly)
@@ -228,6 +229,8 @@ If you want to test it locally, see [Docker](#docker).
 | `web`                                           | Web configuration.                                                                                                                          | `{}`                       |
 | `web.address`                                   | Address to listen on.                                                                                                                       | `0.0.0.0`                  |
 | `web.port`                                      | Port to listen on.                                                                                                                          | `8080`                     |
+| `web.tls.certificate-file`                      | Optional public certificate file for TLS in PEM format.                                                                                     | ``                         |
+| `web.tls.private-key-file`                      | Optional private key file for TLS in PEM format.                                                                                            | ``                         |
 | `ui`                                            | UI configuration.                                                                                                                           | `{}`                       |
 | `ui.title`                                      | [Title of the document](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/title).                                                   | `Health Dashboard ǀ Gatus` |
 | `ui.description`                                | Meta description for the page.                                                                                                              | `Gatus is an advanced...`. |
@@ -1053,13 +1056,13 @@ As a result, the `[ALERT_TRIGGERED_OR_RESOLVED]` in the body of first example of
 
 
 #### Setting a default alert
-| Parameter                                     | Description                                                                   | Default |
+| Parameter                                    | Description                                                                   | Default |
-|:----------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:--------|
+|:---------------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:--------|
-| `alerting.*.default-alert.enabled`            | Whether to enable the alert                                                   | N/A     |
+| `alerting.*.default-alert.enabled`           | Whether to enable the alert                                                   | N/A     |
-| `alerting.*.default-alert.failure-threshold`  | Number of failures in a row needed before triggering the alert                | N/A     |
+| `alerting.*.default-alert.failure-threshold` | Number of failures in a row needed before triggering the alert                | N/A     |
-| `alerting.*.default-alert.success-threshold`  | Number of successes in a row before an ongoing incident is marked as resolved | N/A     |
+| `alerting.*.default-alert.success-threshold` | Number of successes in a row before an ongoing incident is marked as resolved | N/A     |
-| `alerting.*.default-alert.send-on-resolved`   | Whether to send a notification once a triggered alert is marked as resolved   | N/A     |
+| `alerting.*.default-alert.send-on-resolved`  | Whether to send a notification once a triggered alert is marked as resolved   | N/A     |
-| `alerting.*.default-alert.description`        | Description of the alert. Will be included in the alert sent                  | N/A     |
+| `alerting.*.default-alert.description`       | Description of the alert. Will be included in the alert sent                  | N/A     |
 
 > ⚠ You must still specify the `type` of the alert in the endpoint configuration even if you set the default alert of a provider.
 
@@ -1175,14 +1178,14 @@ maintenance:
 
 
 ### Security
-| Parameter                        | Description                  | Default       |
+| Parameter        | Description                  | Default |
-|:---------------------------------|:-----------------------------|:--------------|
+|:-----------------|:-----------------------------|:--------|
-| `security`                       | Security configuration       | `{}`          |
+| `security`       | Security configuration       | `{}`    |
-| `security.basic`                 | HTTP Basic configuration     | `{}`          |
+| `security.basic` | HTTP Basic configuration     | `{}`    |
-| `security.oidc`                  | OpenID Connect configuration | `{}`          |
+| `security.oidc`  | OpenID Connect configuration | `{}`    |
 
 
-#### Basic
+#### Basic Authentication
 | Parameter                               | Description                                                                        | Default       |
 |:----------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:--------------|
 | `security.basic`                        | HTTP Basic configuration                                                           | `{}`          |
@@ -1226,6 +1229,17 @@ security:
 
 Confused? Read [Securing Gatus with OIDC using Auth0](https://twin.sh/articles/56/securing-gatus-with-oidc-using-auth0).
 
+### TLS Encryption
+Gatus supports basic encryption with TLS. To enable this, certificate files in PEM format have to be provided.
+The example below shows an example configuration which makes gatus respond on port 4443 to HTTPS requests.
+
+```yaml
+web:
+  port: 4443
+  tls:
+    certificate-file: "server.crt"
+    private-key-file: "server.key"
+```
 
 ### Metrics
 To enable metrics, you must set `metrics` to `true`. Doing so will expose Prometheus-friendly metrics at the `/metrics`
@@ -1253,12 +1267,12 @@ This is an experimental feature. It may be removed or updated in a breaking mann
 there are known issues with this feature. If you'd like to provide some feedback, please write a comment in [#64](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus/issues/64).
 Use at your own risk.
 
-| Parameter                          | Description                                  | Default        |
+| Parameter                          | Description                                  | Default       |
-|:-----------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------|:---------------|
+|:-----------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------|:--------------|
-| `remote`                           | Remote configuration                         | `{}`           |
+| `remote`                           | Remote configuration                         | `{}`          |
-| `remote.instances`                 | List of remote instances                     | Required `[]`  |
+| `remote.instances`                 | List of remote instances                     | Required `[]` |
-| `remote.instances.endpoint-prefix` | String to prefix all endpoint names with     | `""`           |
+| `remote.instances.endpoint-prefix` | String to prefix all endpoint names with     | `""`          |
-| `remote.instances.url`             | URL from which to retrieve endpoint statuses | Required `""`  |
+| `remote.instances.url`             | URL from which to retrieve endpoint statuses | Required `""` |
 
 ```yaml
 remote:
@@ -1386,11 +1400,11 @@ simple health checks used for alerting (PagerDuty/Twilio) to `30s`.
 
 
 ### Default timeouts
-| Endpoint type  | Timeout |
+| Endpoint type | Timeout |
-|:---------------|:--------|
+|:--------------|:--------|
-| HTTP           | 10s     |
+| HTTP          | 10s     |
-| TCP            | 10s     |
+| TCP           | 10s     |
-| ICMP           | 10s     |
+| ICMP          | 10s     |
 
 To modify the timeout, see [Client configuration](#client-configuration).
 

config/web/web.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package web
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 )
@@ -21,6 +22,21 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Port to listen on (default to 8080 specified by DefaultPort)
 	Port int `yaml:"port"`
+
+	// TLS configuration
+	Tls TLSConfig `yaml:"tls"`
+
+	tlsConfig      *tls.Config
+	tlsConfigError error
+}
+
+type TLSConfig struct {
+
+	// Optional public certificate for TLS in PEM format.
+	CertificateFile string `yaml:"certificate-file,omitempty"`
+
+	// Optional private key file for TLS in PEM format.
+	PrivateKeyFile string `yaml:"private-key-file,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // GetDefaultConfig returns a Config struct with the default values
@@ -40,6 +56,11 @@ func (web *Config) ValidateAndSetDefaults() error {
 	} else if web.Port < 0 || web.Port > math.MaxUint16 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid port: value should be between %d and %d", 0, math.MaxUint16)
 	}
+	// Try to load the TLS certificates
+	_, err := web.TLSConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid tls config: %w", err)
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -47,3 +68,19 @@ func (web *Config) ValidateAndSetDefaults() error {
 func (web *Config) SocketAddress() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", web.Address, web.Port)
 }
+
+// TLSConfig returns a tls.Config object for serving over an encrypted channel
+func (web *Config) TLSConfig() (*tls.Config, error) {
+	if web.tlsConfig == nil && len(web.Tls.CertificateFile) > 0 && len(web.Tls.PrivateKeyFile) > 0 {
+		web.loadTLSConfig()
+	}
+	return web.tlsConfig, web.tlsConfigError
+}
+
+func (web *Config) loadTLSConfig() {
+	cer, err := tls.LoadX509KeyPair(web.Tls.CertificateFile, web.Tls.PrivateKeyFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		web.tlsConfigError = err
+	}
+	web.tlsConfig = &tls.Config{Certificates: []tls.Certificate{cer}}
+}

config/web/web_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package web
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/test"
 )
 
 func TestGetDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ func TestGetDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	if defaultConfig.Address != DefaultAddress {
 		t.Error("expected default config to have the default address")
 	}
+	if defaultConfig.Tls != (TLSConfig{}) {
+		t.Error("expected default config to have TLS disabled")
+	}
 }
 
 func TestConfig_ValidateAndSetDefaults(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,3 +68,43 @@ func TestConfig_SocketAddress(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected %s, got %s", "0.0.0.0:8081", web.SocketAddress())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfig_TLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	privateKeyPath, publicKeyPath := test.UnsafeSelfSignedCertificates(t.TempDir())
+
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		name        string
+		cfg         *Config
+		expectedErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "including TLS",
+			cfg:         &Config{Tls: (TLSConfig{CertificateFile: publicKeyPath, PrivateKeyFile: privateKeyPath})},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "TLS with missing crt file",
+			cfg:         &Config{Tls: (TLSConfig{CertificateFile: "doesnotexist", PrivateKeyFile: privateKeyPath})},
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "TLS with missing key file",
+			cfg:         &Config{Tls: (TLSConfig{CertificateFile: publicKeyPath, PrivateKeyFile: "doesnotexist"})},
+			expectedErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, scenario := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(scenario.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cfg, err := scenario.cfg.TLSConfig()
+			if (err != nil) != scenario.expectedErr {
+				t.Errorf("expected the existence of an error to be %v, got %v", scenario.expectedErr, err)
+				return
+			}
+			if !scenario.expectedErr {
+				if cfg == nil {
+					t.Error("TLS configuration was not correctly loaded although no error was returned")
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

controller/controller.go

@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ func Handle(cfg *config.Config) {
 	if os.Getenv("ENVIRONMENT") == "dev" {
 		router = handler.DevelopmentCORS(router)
 	}
+	tlsConfig, err := cfg.Web.TLSConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err) // Should be unreachable, because the config is validated before
+	}
+
 	server = &http.Server{
 		Addr:         fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", cfg.Web.Address, cfg.Web.Port),
+		TLSConfig:    tlsConfig,
 		Handler:      router,
 		ReadTimeout:  15 * time.Second,
 		WriteTimeout: 15 * time.Second,
@@ -35,7 +41,11 @@ func Handle(cfg *config.Config) {
 	if os.Getenv("ROUTER_TEST") == "true" {
 		return
 	}
-	log.Println("[controller][Handle]", server.ListenAndServe())
+	if tlsConfig != nil {
+		log.Println("[controller][Handle]", server.ListenAndServeTLS("", ""))
+	} else {
+		log.Println("[controller][Handle]", server.ListenAndServe())
+	}
 }
 
 // Shutdown stops the server

controller/controller_test.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/config"
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/config/web"
 	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/core"
+	"github.com/TwiN/gatus/v5/test"
 )
 
 func TestHandle(t *testing.T) {
@@ -45,6 +46,41 @@ func TestHandle(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHandleTls(t *testing.T) {
+	privateKeyPath, publicKeyPath := test.UnsafeSelfSignedCertificates(t.TempDir())
+	cfg := &config.Config{
+		Web: &web.Config{
+			Address: "0.0.0.0",
+			Port:    rand.Intn(65534),
+			Tls:     (web.TLSConfig{CertificateFile: publicKeyPath, PrivateKeyFile: privateKeyPath}),
+		},
+		Endpoints: []*core.Endpoint{
+			{
+				Name:  "frontend",
+				Group: "core",
+			},
+			{
+				Name:  "backend",
+				Group: "core",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	_ = os.Setenv("ROUTER_TEST", "true")
+	_ = os.Setenv("ENVIRONMENT", "dev")
+	defer os.Clearenv()
+	Handle(cfg)
+	defer Shutdown()
+	request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/health", http.NoBody)
+	responseRecorder := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	server.Handler.ServeHTTP(responseRecorder, request)
+	if responseRecorder.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Error("expected GET /health to return status code 200")
+	}
+	if server == nil {
+		t.Fatal("server should've been set (but because we set ROUTER_TEST, it shouldn't have been started)")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestShutdown(t *testing.T) {
 	// Pretend that we called controller.Handle(), which initializes the server variable
 	server = &http.Server{}

test/tls.go

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package test
+
+import (
+	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/elliptic"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"crypto/x509/pkix"
+	"encoding/pem"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"math/big"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// UnsafeSelfSignedCertificates creates a pair of test certificates in the given test folder
+func UnsafeSelfSignedCertificates(testfolder string) (privateKeyPath string, publicKeyPath string) {
+	privateKeyPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/cert.key", testfolder)
+	publicKeyPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/cert.pem", testfolder)
+
+	key, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P256(), rand.Reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to generatekey: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	template := x509.Certificate{
+		SerialNumber: big.NewInt(1234),
+		Subject: pkix.Name{
+			Organization: []string{"Gatus test"},
+		},
+		NotBefore:             time.Now(),
+		NotAfter:              time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 24),
+		KeyUsage:              x509.KeyUsageDigitalSignature,
+		ExtKeyUsage:           []x509.ExtKeyUsage{x509.ExtKeyUsageServerAuth},
+		BasicConstraintsValid: true,
+		DNSNames:              []string{"localhost"},
+	}
+	derBytes, err := x509.CreateCertificate(rand.Reader, &template, &template, &key.PublicKey, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to create certificate: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	certOut, err := os.Create(publicKeyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to open cert.pem for writing: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := pem.Encode(certOut, &pem.Block{Type: "CERTIFICATE", Bytes: derBytes}); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to write data to cert.pem: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := certOut.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error closing cert.pem: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	keyOut, err := os.OpenFile(privateKeyPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to open %s for writing: %v", privateKeyPath, err)
+	}
+	privBytes, err := x509.MarshalPKCS8PrivateKey(key)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Unable to marshal private key: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := pem.Encode(keyOut, &pem.Block{Type: "PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: privBytes}); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to write data to key.pem: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := keyOut.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Error closing key.pem: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.Print("wrote key.pem\n")
+
+	return
+}