Pangolin Install Guide

Pangolin is 

Most of the guide is from their doc page, however, there is a part missing for making proxy redirect work properly. 

Pangolin Quick Install Guide

VPS Hardening Security Guide

Pangolin Install Guide

This will resolve an issue of https://pangolin.cyberpaw.org/auth/initial-setup site not being reachable, or getting Invalid ssl cert error.

1. Login trough SSH to VPS server that is preset with necessary security steps
2. Download the installer

curl -fsSL https://digpangolin.com/get-installer.sh | bash

3. Run the installer

sudo ./installer

4. Once installer is finished Configure basic Settings from prompts. The installer will prompt you for essential configuration:
   1. Base Domain: Enter your root domain without subdomains (e.g., example.com)
   2. Dashboard Domain: Press Enter to accept the default pangolin.example.com or enter a custom domain
   3. Let’s Encrypt Email: Provide an email for SSL certificates and admin login
   4. Tunneling: Choose whether to install Gerbil for tunneled connections (default: yes). You can run Pangolin without tunneling. It will function as a standard reverse proxy.
   5. Email Configuration: Say no, if you don't have SMTP server set up
   6. CrowdSec: say Yes to install and self manager CrowdSec
5. Once installer is ready try to go to:

https://pangolin.example.com/auth/initial-setup

If you get Invalid SSL Certificate error or Site can't be reached continue with steps below

Traefik dynamic_config.yml Change

1. Navigate to Traefik Config Directory

cd /config/traefik

2. Backup existing file

cp dynamic_config.yml dynamic_config.yml.bak

3. Edit yml

nano dynamic_config.yml

4. Add new line in router part

    setup-router:
      rule: "Host(`pangolin.cyberpaw.org`) && PathPrefix(`/auth`)"
      service: api-service
      entryPoints:
        - websecure
      tls:
        certResolver: letsencrypt

5. Save and Exit
6. Restart traefik container

docker restart <traefik_container_name>

Now try to go to initial setup and follow initial steps.