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inbuxa-installer/internal/plan/plan.go
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jcoffey-dev 8725d8c11b Obtain certificates, and wait for the one that matters
The public shape now works end to end: real ports, Caddy in front, and both
programs that need certificates getting them from the same CA -- Caddy for
the front ends over TLS-ALPN-01, the mail server for its own names over
HTTP-01, which Caddy forwards on port 80.

Proved in the lab against Pebble, with a DNS stub answering every name with
the machine's own address, so no public name or public CA is involved:
twenty checks, ending with IMAPS and submissions presenting a certificate
for the mail host that verifies against the CA, and the webmail sending
sign-in to the server as the first-party client the server registered.

Two things the test found, both of which would have shipped:

- The proxy fronted four of the server's five names. The server puts
  ua-auto-config in its own certificate too, so its challenge was never
  forwarded, one name failed, and the whole order failed with it -- leaving
  the mail ports on a self-signed certificate while everything else looked
  healthy. The list now matches what the server asks for.

- Nothing waited for the certificate. An order that fails is not retried on
  its own and a restart does not start a new one, so the install declared
  itself finished over a self-signed certificate. It now waits, asks again
  every 45 seconds, and reports the issuer -- or says plainly that the
  server will keep trying once the domain resolves here, which is the
  ordinary case on a first install.

--acme-directory and --acme-ca-root are what let a private CA be used: the
root is added to the server image's own bundle and given to Caddy, because
neither sees the other's trust store.
2026-09-22 19:11:52 -07:00

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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Coffey Labs
// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
// Package plan turns what the operator chose, and what the machine is, into
// the list of things that would happen -- before any of them do.
//
// Everything the installer does goes through a plan. The interface shows it
// on its fifth screen, `--dry-run` prints it and stops, and apply walks it.
// One list, three readers: what you are shown is what runs.
package plan
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"git.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/inbuxa-installer/internal/deps"
"git.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/inbuxa-installer/internal/host"
)
// Component is one of the three programs.
type Component string
const (
Server Component = "server"
Console Component = "console"
Webmail Component = "webmail"
)
// Shape is how a component is installed here.
type Shape string
const (
Skip Shape = "skip"
Container Shape = "container"
Host Shape = "host"
)
// Names as they are shown to a person. The programs have names; the
// components have jobs.
var names = map[Component]string{
Server: "inbuxa-server (the mail server)",
Console: "inbuxa Admin (the console)",
Webmail: "inbuxa webmail",
}
// Choice is one row of the matrix.
type Choice struct {
Component Component
Shape Shape
}
// Options is everything the six screens collect.
type Options struct {
Domain string
MailHost string
ConsoleHost string
WebmailHost string
ACMEEmail string
Local bool // loopback evaluation: no public ports, no certificates
Dir string
Proxy string // "caddy", "snippets", "none"
Choices []Choice
InstallDeps bool // resolve what is missing rather than refusing over it
// A private ACME CA, for testing the certificate path without asking a
// public CA for certificates for names that are not ours. Empty means
// Let's Encrypt, which is what an install should use.
ACMEDirectory string
ACMECARoot string
}
// Shape returns what was chosen for a component.
func (o Options) Shape(c Component) Shape {
for _, ch := range o.Choices {
if ch.Component == c {
return ch.Shape
}
}
return Skip
}
// Defaults fills in the names that follow from the domain, leaving anything
// the operator set alone.
func (o *Options) Defaults() {
if o.Domain == "" {
return
}
if o.MailHost == "" {
o.MailHost = "mail." + o.Domain
}
if o.ConsoleHost == "" {
o.ConsoleHost = "admin." + o.Domain
}
if o.WebmailHost == "" {
o.WebmailHost = "webmail." + o.Domain
}
if o.ACMEEmail == "" {
o.ACMEEmail = "postmaster@" + o.Domain
}
if o.Dir == "" {
o.Dir = "/var/lib/inbuxa"
}
if o.Proxy == "" {
o.Proxy = "caddy"
}
}
// Availability says whether a shape can be chosen for a component on this
// machine, and why not when it cannot. The interface dims what it cannot
// offer and shows the reason beside it; a flag that asks for it anyway gets
// the same sentence as an error.
type Availability struct {
OK bool
Why string
}
// Available answers for one cell of the matrix.
func Available(f host.Facts, c Component, s Shape) Availability {
switch s {
case Skip:
return Availability{OK: true}
case Container:
if !f.Docker.Present {
return Availability{Why: "docker is not installed"}
}
if !f.Docker.Usable {
return Availability{Why: f.Docker.Why}
}
return Availability{OK: true}
case Host:
if !f.Systemd {
return Availability{Why: "a host install needs systemd, which is not running this machine"}
}
switch c {
case Server:
return Availability{OK: true}
case Console:
return Availability{OK: true}
case Webmail:
if !f.Node.Present {
return Availability{Why: "a host install of the webmail needs Node 22 or newer; none is installed"}
}
if f.Node.Major < 22 {
return Availability{Why: fmt.Sprintf("a host install of the webmail needs Node 22 or newer; found %s", f.Node.Version)}
}
return Availability{OK: true}
}
}
return Availability{Why: "unknown shape"}
}
// Step is one thing the installer will do, in the order it will do it.
type Step struct {
Title string // shown as a line in the plan and ticked off during apply
Detail []string // the files, units, containers and ports it touches
}
// Plan is the whole of it.
type Plan struct {
Options Options
Steps []Step
Ports []int // what will be bound, once, across every component
DNS []string // records the domain needs for this shape
Warnings []string // things that are not refusals but should be read
Needs []deps.Need // what is missing, and what would be done about it
}
// Build works out what would happen. It does not touch the machine: every
// fact it needs is in the survey it was given.
func Build(f host.Facts, o Options) (Plan, error) {
o.Defaults()
p := Plan{Options: o}
if o.Domain == "" && !o.Local {
return p, fmt.Errorf("a domain is needed (or --local for a loopback evaluation)")
}
chosen, wantContainers, wantHostWebmail := 0, false, false
for _, c := range []Component{Server, Console, Webmail} {
switch o.Shape(c) {
case Skip:
case Container:
chosen++
wantContainers = true
case Host:
chosen++
if c == Webmail {
wantHostWebmail = true
}
}
}
if chosen == 0 {
return p, fmt.Errorf("nothing chosen: pick at least one component")
}
// What is missing is not the same as what is impossible. Docker absent on
// a Debian machine is one package and a service; Node too old is a pinned
// tarball. The installer says what it would do about each and does it when
// told, rather than handing the operator a chore and calling it an error.
p.Needs = deps.For(f, wantContainers, wantHostWebmail)
for _, c := range []Component{Server, Console, Webmail} {
s := o.Shape(c)
if s == Skip {
continue
}
a := Available(f, c, s)
if a.OK {
continue
}
if covered(p.Needs, c, s) && o.InstallDeps {
continue
}
if covered(p.Needs, c, s) {
return p, fmt.Errorf("%s as a %s install: %s\n\nThe installer can fix that:\n%s\nPass --install-deps to let it, or choose another shape",
names[c], s, a.Why, deps.Describe(p.Needs))
}
return p, fmt.Errorf("%s as a %s install: %s", names[c], s, a.Why)
}
if len(p.Needs) > 0 && o.InstallDeps {
var detail []string
for _, n := range p.Needs {
for _, a := range n.Actions {
detail = append(detail, n.Name+": "+a)
}
}
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{Title: "Install what this machine is missing", Detail: detail})
}
if !f.Root {
p.Warnings = append(p.Warnings, "not running as root: installing units, users and files under /etc will fail")
}
if f.MemoryMB > 0 && f.MemoryMB < 2048 {
p.Warnings = append(p.Warnings, fmt.Sprintf("%d MB of memory: a mail server with a full text index wants 2 GB or more", f.MemoryMB))
}
if f.DiskFreeGB > 0 && f.DiskFreeGB < 10 {
p.Warnings = append(p.Warnings, fmt.Sprintf("%d GB free: mail, indexes and images need room to grow", f.DiskFreeGB))
}
if f.Existing != "" {
p.Warnings = append(p.Warnings, "an install is already recorded in "+f.Existing+": this run will converge it, not duplicate it")
}
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Write the deployment directory",
Detail: []string{o.Dir + "/ (configuration, state and the credentials file)"},
})
if s := o.Shape(Server); s != Skip {
p.Ports = append(p.Ports, 25, 465, 993, 995, 4190)
switch s {
case Container:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Start the mail server as a container",
Detail: []string{
"image: registry.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/inbuxa-server (pinned by digest)",
"volumes: inbuxa-data, inbuxa-etc",
"ports: 25, 465, 993, 995, 4190, and 8081 on loopback for the proxy",
},
})
case Host:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Install the mail server on this machine",
Detail: []string{
"binary: /usr/local/bin/inbuxa-server, from the release on git.coffeylabs.org",
"user: inbuxa (system, no login), data in " + o.Dir + "/server",
"unit: /etc/systemd/system/inbuxa-server.service",
},
})
}
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "First boot",
Detail: []string{
"bootstrap over JMAP, then set the front-end URLs, which registers both first-party OAuth clients",
"turn on ACME, trust the proxy, create the first account",
"write " + o.Dir + "/credentials and " + o.Dir + "/dns.zone",
},
})
}
if s := o.Shape(Console); s != Skip {
switch s {
case Container:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Start the console as a container",
Detail: []string{
"image: registry.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/inbuxa-admin (pinned by digest)",
"port: 8082 on loopback, behind the proxy",
},
})
case Host:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Install the console on this machine",
Detail: []string{
"files: " + o.Dir + "/console (static, served by the proxy)",
"no service: it is a page, not a program",
},
})
}
}
if s := o.Shape(Webmail); s != Skip {
switch s {
case Container:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Start the webmail as a container",
Detail: []string{
"image: registry.coffeylabs.org/inbuxa/ihasmail-inbuxa (pinned by digest)",
"port: 8080 on loopback, behind the proxy",
"secret: the OAuth client secret from first boot, written once",
},
})
case Host:
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Install the webmail on this machine",
Detail: []string{
"files: " + o.Dir + "/webmail, from the release tarball",
"user: inbuxa-webmail (system, no login)",
"unit: /etc/systemd/system/inbuxa-webmail.service, listening on 127.0.0.1:8080",
},
})
}
}
if !o.Local {
switch o.Proxy {
case "caddy":
p.Ports = append(p.Ports, 80, 443)
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Put a proxy in front, with certificates",
Detail: []string{
"caddy, managed by the installer",
"names: " + strings.Join(o.hostnames(), ", "),
"ports: 80 and 443",
},
})
case "snippets":
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Write proxy configuration for the web server already here",
Detail: []string{
o.Dir + "/proxy/nginx-inbuxa.conf and " + o.Dir + "/proxy/Caddyfile.fragment",
"nothing is loaded or restarted: that stays yours",
},
})
}
}
p.Steps = append(p.Steps, Step{
Title: "Check it works",
Detail: []string{
"the server answers JMAP and reports its version",
"each front end answers, and points at the server it was configured with",
"the ports that should be open are, and the ones that should not are not",
},
})
p.DNS = o.dnsRecords()
for _, held := range f.PortsHeld(p.Ports...) {
who := held.Holder
if who == "" {
who = "something this user cannot see"
}
p.Warnings = append(p.Warnings, fmt.Sprintf("port %d (%s) is held by %s", held.Number, held.For, who))
}
return p, nil
}
// covered says whether a cell's unavailability is one of the things the
// installer offered to fix.
func covered(needs []deps.Need, c Component, s Shape) bool {
want := map[string]bool{}
switch {
case s == Container:
want["docker"], want["compose"] = true, true
case s == Host && c == Webmail:
want["node"] = true
default:
return false
}
found := false
for _, n := range needs {
if !want[n.Name] {
continue
}
if !n.Fixable {
return false
}
found = true
}
return found
}
func (o Options) hostnames() []string {
var names []string
if o.Shape(Server) != Skip {
names = append(names, o.MailHost)
}
if o.Shape(Console) != Skip {
names = append(names, o.ConsoleHost)
}
if o.Shape(Webmail) != Skip {
names = append(names, o.WebmailHost)
}
return names
}
func (o Options) dnsRecords() []string {
if o.Local || o.Domain == "" {
return nil
}
var r []string
if o.Shape(Server) != Skip {
r = append(r,
fmt.Sprintf("%-28s MX 10 %s.", o.Domain+".", o.MailHost),
fmt.Sprintf("%-28s A this machine", o.MailHost+"."),
fmt.Sprintf("%-28s TXT \"v=spf1 mx -all\"", o.Domain+"."),
fmt.Sprintf("%-28s TXT the DKIM key first boot generates", "*._domainkey."+o.Domain+"."),
fmt.Sprintf("%-28s TXT \"v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:postmaster@%s\"", "_dmarc."+o.Domain+".", o.Domain),
)
}
if o.Shape(Console) != Skip {
r = append(r, fmt.Sprintf("%-28s A this machine", o.ConsoleHost+"."))
}
if o.Shape(Webmail) != Skip {
r = append(r, fmt.Sprintf("%-28s A this machine", o.WebmailHost+"."))
}
r = append(r, "(first boot writes the exact records, including the keys, to dns.zone)")
return r
}
// String renders the plan the way the fifth screen and --dry-run show it.
func (p Plan) String() string {
var b strings.Builder
o := p.Options
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Plan for %s\n\n", describe(o))
for i, s := range p.Steps {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "%2d. %s\n", i+1, s.Title)
for _, d := range s.Detail {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, " %s\n", d)
}
}
if len(p.Ports) > 0 {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\nPorts it will bind: %s\n", joinInts(p.Ports))
}
if len(p.DNS) > 0 {
b.WriteString("\nThe domain will need:\n")
for _, r := range p.DNS {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, " %s\n", r)
}
}
if len(p.Warnings) > 0 {
b.WriteString("\nWorth reading first:\n")
for _, w := range p.Warnings {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, " - %s\n", w)
}
}
return b.String()
}
func describe(o Options) string {
var parts []string
for _, c := range []Component{Server, Console, Webmail} {
if s := o.Shape(c); s != Skip {
parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s as a %s install", names[c], s))
}
}
where := o.Domain
if o.Local {
where = "a loopback evaluation"
}
return strings.Join(parts, ", ") + " -- " + where
}
func joinInts(n []int) string {
seen := map[int]bool{}
var out []string
for _, i := range n {
if seen[i] {
continue
}
seen[i] = true
out = append(out, fmt.Sprint(i))
}
return strings.Join(out, ", ")
}