This document describes making a self hosted nightscout instance, with SSL encryption and certificate with Let's Encrypt.
Make a fresh instance of Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS as a VM or on a physical machine Download from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server/thank-you?version=16.04.1&architecture=amd64
VIrtual machine host options :
- Virtualbox - https://www.virtualbox.org/
- Parallels - https://www.parallels.com/
- Vmware - https://www.vmware.com/ - various options including vmware workstation, vmware player, ESXi
Alternatively, consider hosting your Ubuntu instance elsewhere, for example:
Update the Ubuntu instance:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Update node:
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable
Install Node.js and npm sudo apt-get install nodejs npm
Download cgm-remote-monitor (nightscout) from github:
git clone https://github.com/nightscout/cgm-remote-monitor.git
Alternatively fork a copy of cgm-remote-monitor and clone your own copy.
cd cgm-remote-monitor
Install cgm-remote-monitor:
git checkout dev
npm install
setup your cgm-remote-monitor environment as you normally would, for example creating a file my.env :
MONGO_CONNECTION=MONGOCONNECTIONSTRING
DISPLAY_UNITS=mmol
BASE_URL=NIGHTSCOUT_SITE_URL
DEVICESTATUS_ADVANCED="true"
mongo_collection="mogocollection_name"
API_SECRET=AVeryLongString
ENABLE=careportal%20openaps%20iob%20bwp%20cage%20basal%20pump%20bridge
BRIDGE_SERVER=EU
BRIDGE_USER_NAME=USERNAME
BRIDGE_PASSWORD=PASSWORD
sudo npm install pm2 -g
Start cgm-remote-monitor with pm2:
env $(cat my.env) PORT=1337 pm2 start lib/server/server.js
Make pm2 start cgm-remote-monitor on startup
pm2 startup ubuntu - this will give you a command you need to run as superuser to allow pm2 to start the app on reboot
The command will be something like:
sudo su -c "env PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin pm2 startup ubuntu -u username --hp /home/username"
And then:
pm2 save
Install nginx:
sudo apt-get install nginx
edit this file:
sudo vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Delete the existing contents and replace with this:
I'm assuming the proxy is on the same host as nightscout and the proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1337 line - 1337 is replaced with the port that nightscout is using
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:1337;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
}
}
Then restart the nginx service
sudo service nginx restart
install Let's Encrypt
sudo apt-get install letsencrypt python-certbot-nginx
Obtain SSL certificate using webroot plugin
Allow access to /.well-known directory for Lets Encrypt
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Stop ngnix service
sudo service nginx stop
Obtain letsencrypt certificate -
sudo letsencrypt certonly
enter your domain name when prompted. This will create the certificates for your domain name. The certificates should now be available at /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name
improve SSL security by generating a strong Diffie-Hellman group
sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048
Add this to the etc/nginx/sites-enabled/defaults file:
server {
listen 443 ssl;
server_name your_domain_name;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/your_domain_name/privkey.pem;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;
ssl_ciphers 'ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-E
CDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECD
HE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA3
84:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-
RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-S
HA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DE
S-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA';
ssl_session_timeout 1d;
ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:50m;
ssl_stapling on;
ssl_stapling_verify on;
add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=15768000;
location ~ /.well-known {
allow all;
}
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:1337/; # Note port number for your cgm-remote-monitor should be changed if it isn't 1337
}
}
restart nginx
sudo service nginx restart
You can test the quality of the SSL connection using: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=your_domain_name Unfortunately only works with port 443
Arrange auto renewal of certificates. Add this line to the su crontab sudo crontab -e
30 2 * * 1 certbot renew >> /var/log/le-renew.log
Hopefully that is now done!
Hello John
I'm very interested on installing nightscout locally and are happy to find your installation guide. I set up a new ubuntu server on virtualbox.
Is it necessary to create a new mongodb database outside of my computer, or can I also create an mongodb instance locally? The mongodb packages are available on ubuntu, but I don't know how to configure them to get the correct working mongodb connection strings? All the nightscout-instructions are using existing mongodb accounts. But if I install my own local nightscout server I also want to have may own local database. Sorry for my not perfect English, I'm from Germany, T1D since 1985 , using Freestyle Libre and LimiTTer as transmitter diplayed with xDrip+.
Thanks in advance
Yours
Heiner