MISC-4: Build custom error pages



Issue Information

Issue Type: Sub-task
 
Priority: Major
Status: Closed

Reported By:
Ben Tasker
Assigned To:
Ben Tasker
Project: Miscellaneous (MISC)
Resolution: Done (2017-07-06 15:55:32)
Affects Version: Bentasker.co.uk via Tor,
Target version: Bentasker.co.uk via Tor,

Created: 2015-05-19 17:26:24
Time Spent Working
Child of: MISC-2: Make bentasker.co.uk Available as Tor Hidden Service


Description
For any error generated by the reverse proxy at Tor's end, need to create a custom error page detailing useful information (for example, where we block tor2web it'd be helpful to explain why the request has been blocked).


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btasker changed status from 'Open' to 'In Progress'
Have configured a basic notification page for tor2web pages, but because NGinx is being a pain, it doesn't really return an appropriate status code. Currently it'll 301 the visitor to a page called 405.html which details why the request was blocked.

For some reason, NGinx seems to be quite determined not to use custom error pages for 405/406 etc, will come back and look at sorting that out later. For now the config in place is
    error_page 405 = /405.html; # This has no impact currently
    location /405.html {
        root /usr/share/nginx/onions/bentaskercouk;
    }

    if ($http_x_tor2web){
        set $tor2web T;
    }


    # Avoid redirect loops
    if ($request_uri = '/405.html'){
        set $tor2web R;
    }

    if ($tor2web = T){
        return 301 /405.html;
    }
Will get the 50x error page built a little later
btasker changed status from 'In Progress' to 'Resolved'
btasker added 'Done' to resolution
btasker changed status from 'Resolved' to 'Closed'