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feat: ship default catch-all site on fresh apt install

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Fresh apt installs now drop a catch-all server block at `/etc/nginx/conf.d/00-default-vhost.conf` that uses `ssl_reject_handshake on` and `return 444` to drop requests with unknown Host headers. Conflicting upstream nginx default vhosts are renamed to `*.dokku-disabled` rather than deleted, preserving any local edits. The new `dokku/install_default_site` debconf flag opts out of the install. Upgrades leave existing nginx config untouched.
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Jose Diaz-Gonzalez
2026-04-27 02:55:40 -04:00
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- The path on disk to both the global `ENV` file and app `ENV` files have been moved. Users should reference environment variables via the provided plugin triggers rather than directly sourcing the ENV files. Existing ENV files are left untouched and will be removed on the subsequent Dokku install.
- During a fresh apt install, the upstream nginx default vhost files (`/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default`, `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`, and `/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf`) are renamed to `${path}.dokku-disabled` (not deleted) to avoid a `duplicate default server for 0.0.0.0:80` error. Operators with local customizations can recover them by inspecting the `.dokku-disabled` siblings. Upgrade-in-place installs do not touch any existing nginx files.
- Fresh apt installs now ship a catch-all default site at `/etc/nginx/conf.d/00-default-vhost.conf` that rejects requests with unknown Host headers using `ssl_reject_handshake on` (HTTPS) and `return 444` (HTTP). This replaces the manual workaround previously documented in the nginx docs. The behavior can be opted out at install time via the `dokku/install_default_site` debconf prompt. See the [Default site documentation](/docs/networking/proxies/nginx.md#default-site).
### TLS handshake behavior change
With the new catch-all installed, an HTTPS request to a hostname that matches a configured dokku app but where the app has no TLS certificate configured will have its TLS handshake rejected by the catch-all (via `ssl_reject_handshake on`). Previously, nginx fell through to the lexicographically first port-443 server block and presented that block's certificate, producing a cert-mismatch error on the client. The new behavior is a correctness improvement, but operators who deliberately relied on the old fall-through certificate (for monitoring probes, for example) need to either configure a certificate for the target app or remove the catch-all on that host. Existing apps that already have certificates configured are unaffected: nginx selects the right server block via SNI before TLS completion, so the catch-all is never consulted for legitimate requests.