Publish HTTP(S) Endpoints
Publishing HTTP(s) Endpoints
By default, Acorn will deploy with the default port configurations specified in the Acornfile. This behavior can be overriden at runtime if needed.
All published ports in the Acornfile that are defined as type HTTP will be deployed and exposed via 80/443 automatically. This traffic will go through a load balancer managed by Acorn and will be routed to the appropriate container based on host headers.
The way to work with published ports is the -p flag. The flag is used to publish ports that were not defined to be published and/or assign custom names. In the examples below, we are using it to assign a name to a port that was defined to be published in the Acornfile.
DNS
Acorn creates a unique DNS name for each published port in the Acorn. If you would like to use a custom domain name, you can do so by launching with the domain name and creating a CNAME record in your DNS provider that points to the Acorn DNS name.
For example, to launch a site on hello.cloudnautiuqe.com you would launch the Acorn with the following command:
acorn run -n hello-world -p hello.cloudnautique.com:webapp:80 ghcr.io/acorn-io/hello-world
# hello-world
# STATUS: ENDPOINTS[] HEALTHY[] UPTODATE[]
# STATUS: ENDPOINTS[] HEALTHY[0] UPTODATE[0] waiting for quota allocation
# STATUS: ENDPOINTS[] HEALTHY[0] UPTODATE[0] (container: webapp): pending
# STATUS: ENDPOINTS[https://hello-world-2b949c2a.0bh0qd.on-acorn.io, https://hello.cloudnautique.com] HEALTHY[0/1] UPTODATE[1] (container: webapp): ContainerCreating
#
# ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
# | STATUS: ENDPOINTS[https://hello-world-2b949c2a.0bh0qd.on-acorn.io, https://hello.cloudnautique.com] HEALTHY[1] UPTODATE[1] OK |
# └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
This will add the appropriate host entries to the Acorn load balancer so traffic will route once the CNAME has been setup in your DNS provider.
CNAME Record
To setup the CNAME, go to your DNS provider and create a CNAME record for hello.cloudnautique.com that points to hello-world-2b949c2a.0bh0qd.on-acorn.io. Once the DNS record has been created, the site will be available at https://hello.cloudnautique.com.
TLS Certs
Acorn provides a unique domain name for each published port in the Acorn being deployed and also provides a TLS certificate. This certificate is automatically generated and managed by Acorn using letsencrypt. All http endpoints are referenced by their TLS protocol https://generated-domain.on-acorn.io.
When running an Acorn with a custom domain assigned to the port like:
acorn run -p docs.cloudnautique.com:docs my-docs
A TLS certificate will be issued for docs.cloudnautique.com when DNS is configured to point to the Acorn DNS name. The certificate will be automatically renewed by Acorn when it is close to expiring.