ralph-schleicher / password-factory

A web service for generating passwords.

Password Factory

A web service for generating random passwords.

The web service has a landing page so that the user can interact with the service. The contents and style of the landing page is fully customizable through an external HTML template.

Here is a screen shot of the landing page:

Program Invocation

You can run the application manually or automatically during system startup. The source code distribution contains a template for a Systemd service.

Usage: password-factory [OPTION...]

The password factory application is a web service for generating random
passwords.  After starting the program, open a web browser and visit
‘http://127.0.0.1:5776’ or ‘https://127.0.0.1:5777’.  Sending the process
a HUP signal restarts the web service; a INT, QUIT, or TERM signal stops
the web service.

Options:
  --http-port=NUMBER
                    Port number for the HTTP server.  A value of zero
                    disables the HTTP server.  Default is 5776.
  --https-port=NUMBER
                    Port number for the HTTPS server.  A value of zero
                    disables the HTTPS server.  Default is 5777.
  --ssl-certificate-file=FILENAME
                    SSL certificate file name for the HTTPS server.
                    Default is ‘example.pem’ in the current working
                    directory.
  --ssl-private-key-file=FILENAME
                    SSL private key file name for the HTTPS server.
                    Default is ‘example.key’ in the current working
                    directory.
  --non-local-http, --local-http
                    Whether or not to only listen on IP address 127.0.0.1
                    for HTTP requests.  Enabled by default.
  --redirect-http-to-https, --no-redirect-http-to-https
                    Whether or not to redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
                    Disabled by default.  This option only has an effect
                    if both protocols are enabled.
  --document-root=DIRNAME
                    Top-level directory for the web servers.  Default
                    is the current working directory.
  --template-directory=DIRNAME
                    Top-level directory for HTML temmplate files.
                    Default is the current working directory.
  --version         Display version number information.
  --help            Display this help text.