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security-txt-policy-server
Security TXT Policy Server serves `.well-known/security.txt` files.
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Security TXT Policy Server serves .well-known/security.txt
files.
Run the following command to create a source distribution:
python3 setup.py sdist
Run the following command to install the package from PyPI:
pip3 install security-txt-policy-server
The following environment variables may be specified:
; The app name is used in several places for this app to identify itself (string)
; Default: security-txt-policy-server
APP_NAME=
; The server will bind to this host (string)
; Default: ::1
LISTEN_HOST=
; The server will listen to this port (integer)
; Default: 8080
LISTEN_PORT=
; IP addresses of proxies that are trusted with proxy headers (comma separated list of strings)
; Default: ::1
TRUSTED_PROXY_ADDRESSES=
; The path to your JSON database (string)
; Default: none
DATABASE_PATH=
Only DATABASE_PATH
is required to be set. We recommend setting it to /var/lib/security-txt-policy-server.json
.
Find an example JSON database in security-txt-policy-server.json
.
Properties:
domains
. List of domains that this security.txt policy is served for.expires_timestamp
. UNIX timestamp of security.txt 'Expires' field.email_contacts
. (Do not add prefix mailto:
which is required by security.txt - the server does this.)url_contacts
encryption_key_urls
acknowledgment_urls
preferred_languages
policy_urls
opening_urls
Find information about these properties on https://securitytxt.org/.
Start Security TXT Policy Server manually with:
bin/security-txt-policy-server
Find the systemd configuration in security-txt-policy-server.service
.
Use a proxy that terminates SSL. E.g. HAProxy.
Run tests with pytest:
DATABASE_PATH=security-txt-policy-server.json pytest tests/
The tests must be run from the project root.
FAQs
Security TXT Policy Server serves `.well-known/security.txt` files.
We found that security-txt-policy-server demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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