agentbbs/docs/custom-domains.md
Anthony Ettinger f3f8e70996 bbs.profullstack.com launch kit: provisioner, custom domains, email verify, ascii-live
- setup.sh: idempotent one-shot droplet provisioner — agentbbs on :22
  (admin OpenSSH moved to :2202), rootless podman, Caddy front end for
  https://bbs.profullstack.com with tilde-style /~user homepages
- internal/sites + domain@ SSH route: self-service custom domains
  (ssh domain@host add example.com) backed by a symlink farm and an
  on-demand-TLS ask endpoint so Caddy only issues certs for mapped hosts
- internal/mail + join@ email verification: optional email at signup,
  confirmation link served by a loopback /verify endpoint behind Caddy
- internal/source + cmd/ascii-live: live video → terminal ASCII groundwork
  (docs/ascii-live.md)
- store: additive sqlite migrations (email/verify columns, domains table)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-11 15:53:19 +00:00

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# Custom domains
Members can point their own domain (e.g. `chovy.com`) at their AgentBBS
homepage — the same `public_html` that is served at `https://bbs.profullstack.com/~name`.
HTTPS is provisioned automatically on the first request.
## For a member
```sh
# list the domains pointed at your homepage
ssh domain@bbs.profullstack.com
# point a domain at your homepage
ssh domain@bbs.profullstack.com add chovy.com
# remove one
ssh domain@bbs.profullstack.com rm chovy.com
```
`domain@` requires your registered SSH key (run `ssh join@bbs.profullstack.com`
first if you haven't). After `add`, set DNS at your registrar:
- **Subdomain** (`blog.example.com`): `CNAME``bbs.profullstack.com`
- **Apex / root** (`example.com`): `A` record → the BBS host's IPv4
(apex domains can't be CNAMEs; some registrars offer ALIAS/flattening)
The first time someone visits `https://your-domain`, Caddy asks AgentBBS
whether the domain is mapped, gets a yes, issues a Let's Encrypt certificate,
and serves your `public_html`. Edit the page from your pod:
```sh
ssh pod@bbs.profullstack.com
$ nano ~/public_html/index.html
```
## For operators
The same thing from the box, no SSH-as-user needed:
```sh
agentbbs map-domain chovy.com chovy
agentbbs unmap-domain chovy.com chovy
```
## How it works
No custom Caddy module is required:
1. **Source of truth** — the `domains` table (`domain``username`) in the
SQLite store.
2. **Symlink farm**`<data>/domains/<domain>``<data>/users/<name>/public_html`.
Caddy's catch-all `https://` site uses `root * <data>/domains/{host}`, so the
requested host resolves straight to the owner's tree. Unmapped hosts hit a
nonexistent path and 404. The farm is rebuilt from the DB on startup
(`Manager.Sync`), so the DB stays authoritative.
3. **On-demand TLS** — Caddy's `on_demand_tls { ask … }` calls agentbbs on a
loopback endpoint (`AGENTBBS_ASK_ADDR`, default `127.0.0.1:8081`) before
issuing any certificate. It returns `200` only for mapped domains, so this
is **not** an open certificate relay.
Relevant code: `internal/sites/sites.go`, `internal/store` (`MapDomain`,
`DomainUser`, …), the `domain@` route + `map-domain`/`unmap-domain` subcommands
in `cmd/agentbbs/main.go`, and the Caddyfile in `setup.sh`.
### Ownership note
A mapped domain is reserved to its owner (another account gets
`domain already mapped`), but mapping does **not** itself prove the member owns
the DNS name — it just reserves it and primes cert issuance. Because a cert is
only ever issued once DNS actually points at this host, a squatter can't get a
working site for a domain they don't control. Add a DNS `TXT`-token challenge
later if stronger pre-verification is needed.