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<h1 class="page-title">NNTP Server</h1>
<h2 id="the-nntp-content-server">The NNTP Content Server</h2>
<p>The NNTP <em>content server</em> provides access to publicly exposed message conferences and areas over either <strong>secure</strong> NNTPS (NNTP over TLS or nttps://) and/or non-secure NNTP (nntp://).</p>
<h2 id="configuration">Configuration</h2>
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<th>Item</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">nntp</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Configuration block for non-secure NNTP. See Non-Secure NNTP Configuration below.</td>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">nntps</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Configuration block for secure NNTP. See Secure NNTPS Configuration below.</td>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">publicMessageConferences</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":+1:" alt=":+1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>A map of <em>conference tags</em> to <em>area tags</em> that are publicly exposed over NNTP. Anonymous users will get read-only access to these areas.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3 id="see-non-secure-nntp-configuration">See Non-Secure NNTP Configuration</h3>
<p>Under <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">contentServers.nntp.nntp</code> the following configuration is allowed:</p>
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<thead>
<tr>
<th>Item</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<tr>
<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">enabled</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":+1:" alt=":+1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Set to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code> to enable non-secure NNTP access.</td>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">port</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Override the default port of <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">8119</code>.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h3 id="secure-nntps-configuration">Secure NNTPS Configuration</h3>
<p>Under <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">contentServers.nntp.nntps</code> the following configuration is allowed:</p>
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<thead>
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<th>Item</th>
<th>Required</th>
<th>Description</th>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">enabled</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":+1:" alt=":+1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44d.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Set to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code> to enable secure NNTPS access.</td>
</tr>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">port</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Override the default port of <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">8565</code>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">certPem</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Override the default certificate file path of <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">./config/nntps_cert.pem</code>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">keyPem</code></td>
<td><img class="emoji" title=":-1:" alt=":-1:" src="https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44e.png" height="20" width="20"></td>
<td>Override the default certificate key file path of <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">./config/nntps_key.pem</code>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4 id="certificates-and-keys">Certificates and Keys</h4>
<p>In order to use secure NNTPS, a TLS certificate and key pair must be provided. You may generate your own but most clients <strong>will not trust</strong> them. A certificate and key from a trusted Certificate Authority is recommended. <a href="https://letsencrypt.org/">Let’s Encrypt</a> provides free TLS certificates. Certificates and private keys must be in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy-Enhanced_Mail">PEM format</a>.</p>
<h5 id="generating-your-own">Generating Your Own</h5>
<p>An example of generating your own cert/key pair:</p>
<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>openssl req <span class="nt">-newkey</span> rsa:2048 <span class="nt">-nodes</span> <span class="nt">-keyout</span> ./config/nntps_key.pem <span class="nt">-x509</span> <span class="nt">-days</span> 3050 <span class="nt">-out</span> ./config/nntps_cert.pem
</code></pre></div></div>
<h3 id="example-configuration">Example Configuration</h3>
<pre><code class="language-hjson">contentServers: {
nntp: {
publicMessageConferences: {
fsxnet: [
// Expose these areas of fsxNet
"fsx_gen", "fsx_bbs"
]
}
nntp: {
enabled: true
}
nntps: {
enabled: true
// These could point to Let's Encrypt provided pairs for example:
certPem: /path/to/some/tls_cert.pem
keyPem: /path/to/some/tls_private_key.pem
}
}
}
</code></pre>
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