sslh/doc/INSTALL.md
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Compile and install
===================
Dependencies
------------
`sslh` uses:
* [libconfig](http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/). For
Debian this is contained in package `libconfig8-dev`. You
can compile with or without it using USELIBCONFIG in the
Makefile.
* [libwrap](http://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/tcp-wrappers).
For Debian, this is contained in packages
`libwrap0-dev`. You
can compile with or without it using USELIBWRAP in the
Makefile.
* [libsystemd](http://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/libsystemd-dev), in package `libsystemd-dev`. You
can compile with or without it using USESYSTEMD in the
Makefile.
* [libcap](http://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/libcap-dev), in package `libcap-dev`. You can compile with or without it using USELIBCAP in the Makefile
* libbsd, to enable to change the process name (as shown in
`ps`, so each forked process shows what protocol and what
connection it is serving),
which requires `libbsd` at runtime, and `libbsd-dev` at
compile-time.
For OpenSUSE, these are contained in packages libconfig9 and
libconfig-dev in repository
<http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/libs/openSUSE_12.1/>
For Fedora, you'll need packages `libconfig` and
`libconfig-devel`:
yum install libconfig libconfig-devel
If you want to rebuild `sslh-conf.c` (after a `make
distclean` for example), you will also need to add
[conf2struct](https://www.rutschle.net/tech/conf2struct/README.html)
(v1.5) to your path.
Compilation
-----------
After this, the Makefile should work:
make install
There are a couple of configuration options at the beginning
of the Makefile:
* `USELIBWRAP` compiles support for host access control (see
`hosts_access(3)`), you will need `libwrap` headers and
library to compile (`libwrap0-dev` in Debian).
* `USELIBCONFIG` compiles support for the configuration
file. You will need `libconfig` headers to compile
(`libconfig8-dev` in Debian).
* `USESYSTEMD` compiles support for using systemd socket activation.
You will need `systemd` headers to compile (`systemd-devel` in Fedora).
* `USELIBBSD` compiles support for updating the process name (as shown
by `ps`).
Binaries
--------
The Makefile produces two different executables: `sslh-fork`
and `sslh-select`:
* `sslh-fork` forks a new process for each incoming connection.
It is well-tested and very reliable, but incurs the overhead
of many processes.
If you are going to use `sslh` for a "small" setup (less than
a dozen ssh connections and a low-traffic https server) then
`sslh-fork` is probably more suited for you.
* `sslh-select` uses only one thread, which monitors all connections
at once. It is more recent and less tested, but only incurs a 16
byte overhead per connection. Also, if it stops, you'll lose all
connections, which means you can't upgrade it remotely.
If you are going to use `sslh` on a "medium" setup (a few thousand ssh
connections, and another few thousand ssl connections),
`sslh-select` will be better.
If you have a very large site (tens of thousands of connections),
you'll need a vapourware version that would use libevent or
something like that.
Installation
------------
* In general:
make
cp sslh-fork /usr/local/sbin/sslh
cp basic.cfg /etc/sslh.cfg
vi /etc/sslh.cfg
* For Debian:
cp scripts/etc.init.d.sslh /etc/init.d/sslh
* For CentOS:
cp scripts/etc.rc.d.init.d.sslh.centos /etc/rc.d/init.d/sslh
You might need to create links in /etc/rc<x>.d so that the server
start automatically at boot-up, e.g. under Debian:
update-rc.d sslh defaults