9.7 KiB
Lago
Lago is an open-source metering and usage-based billing solution.
Dependencies
This service requires the following other services:
Configuration
To enable this service, add the following configuration to your vars.yml file and re-run the installation process:
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# #
# lago #
# #
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lago_enabled: true
lago_hostname: lago.example.com
# Generate this using `openssl genrsa 2048 | base64 --wrap=0`
lago_api_environment_variable_lago_rsa_private_key: ''
# WARNING: remove this after you create your user account,
# unless you'd like to run a server with public registration enabled.
lago_front_environment_variable_lago_disable_signup: false
# Redis configuration, as described below
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# #
# /lago #
# #
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URL
In the example configuration above, we configure the service to be hosted at https://lago.example.com.
Hosting Lago under a subpath (by configuring the lago_path_prefix variable) does not seem to be possible right now, due to Lago limitations.
Our setup hosts the Lago frontend at the root path (/) and the Lago API at the /api prefix.
This seems to work well, except for PDF invoices failing due to a Lago bug.
Authentication
Public registration can be enabled/disabled using the lago_front_environment_variable_lago_disable_signup variable.
We recommend installing with public registration enabled at first, creating your first user account, and then disabling public registration (unless you need it).
It should be noted that disabling public signup with this variable merely disables the Sign-Up page in the web interface, but does not actually disable signups due to a Lago bug.
Redis
As described on the Redis documentation page, if you're hosting additional services which require Redis on the same server, you'd better go for installing a separate Redis instance for each service. See Creating a Redis instance dedicated to Lago.
If you're only running Lago on this server and don't need to use Redis for anything else, you can use a single Redis instance.
Using the shared Redis instance for Lago
To install a single (non-dedicated) Redis instance (mash-redis) and hook Lago to it, add the following additional configuration:
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# #
# redis #
# #
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redis_enabled: true
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# #
# /redis #
# #
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# #
# lago #
# #
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# Base configuration as shown above
# Point Lago to the shared Redis instance
lago_redis_hostname: "{{ redis_identifier }}"
# Make sure the Lago service (mash-lago.service) starts after the shared Redis service (mash-redis.service)
lago_api_systemd_required_services_list_custom:
- "{{ redis_identifier }}.service"
# Make sure the Lago container is connected to the container network of the shared Redis service (mash-redis)
lago_api_container_additional_networks_custom:
- "{{ redis_identifier }}"
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# #
# /lago #
# #
########################################################################
This will create a mash-redis Redis instance on this host.
This is only recommended if you won't be installing other services which require Redis. Alternatively, go for Creating a Redis instance dedicated to Lago.
Creating a Redis instance dedicated to Lago
The following instructions are based on the Running multiple instances of the same service on the same host documentation.
Adjust your inventory/hosts file as described in Re-do your inventory to add supplementary hosts, adding a new supplementary host (e.g. if lago.example.com is your main one, create lago.example.com-deps).
Then, create a new vars.yml file for the
inventory/host_vars/lago.example.com-deps/vars.yml:
---
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# #
# Playbook #
# #
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# Put a strong secret below, generated with `pwgen -s 64 1` or in another way
# Various other secrets will be derived from this secret automatically.
mash_playbook_generic_secret_key: ''
# Override service names and directory path prefixes
mash_playbook_service_identifier_prefix: 'mash-lago-'
mash_playbook_service_base_directory_name_prefix: 'lago-'
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# #
# /Playbook #
# #
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# #
# redis #
# #
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redis_enabled: true
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# #
# /redis #
# #
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This will create a mash-lago-redis instance on this host with its data in /mash/lago-redis.
Then, adjust your main inventory host's variables file (inventory/host_vars/lago.example.com/vars.yml) like this:
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# #
# lago #
# #
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# Base configuration as shown above
# Point Lago to its dedicated Redis instance
lago_redis_hostname: mash-lago-redis
# Make sure the Lago service (mash-lago.service) starts after its dedicated Redis service (mash-lago-redis.service)
lago_api_systemd_required_services_list_custom:
- "mash-lago-redis.service"
# Make sure the Lago container is connected to the container network of its dedicated Redis service (mash-lago-redis)
lago_api_container_additional_networks_custom:
- "mash-lago-redis"
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# #
# /lago #
# #
########################################################################
Usage
After installation, you can go to the Lago URL, as defined in lago_hostname.
As mentioned in Authentication above, you can create the first user from the web interface.
If you'd like to prevent other users from registering, consider disabling public registration by removing the lago_front_environment_variable_lago_disable_signup references from your configuration and re-running the playbook (just install-service lago).