NextWorkspace

A self-hosted productivity suite for startups. One binary + Caddy + Authelia.

Architecture

app.nextwks.eu :443                    auth.nextwks.eu :443
       │                                         │
   Caddy (TLS + forward auth)          Caddy → Authelia :9091
       │                                         │
       ├── /home/       → launcher page          └── authelia-api :8080
       ├── /drive/*     → OpenCloud :9100
       ├── /office/*    → Euro Office :9200
       ├── /erp/*       → ERPNext :9300
       ├── /chat/*      → Matrix :9400
       ├── /meet/*      → Jitsi :9500
       ├── /mail/*      → Alps :9600
       ├── /ai/*        → Open WebUI :9700
       └── /admin/*     → Portainer :9800

• Caddy: Reverse proxy, TLS (auto LE), subdomain routing, forward auth to Authelia
• Authelia: OIDC provider, 2FA, identity store
• Binary: Go launcher + path-based reverse proxy to upstream apps

Quick Start (Bare VM)

# Download the script to your home folder
curl -o ~/nextwks.sh https://git.lohmar.co.uk/lexton-it/NextWks/raw/branch/main/tools/nextwks.sh
chmod +x ~/nextwks.sh

# Run the installer (no sudo — it'll ask only where needed)
./nextwks.sh --install

Prompts for domain, TLS email, and admin credentials. Installs deps (Go, Podman, git), clones repo to /tmp/nextwks-build/, builds binary, generates configs, deploys stack. The script stays in ~/nextwks.sh for future updates.

Directory Layout

/opt/nextworkspace/            # Runtime (freshly populated on every deploy)
├── config/
│   ├── caddy/Caddyfile
│   ├── authelia/configuration.yml
│   ├── authelia/users_database.yml
│   └── nextworkspace/{config,apps}.yaml
├── data/
│   ├── caddy/ (certs + runtime)
│   └── authelia/ (database)
├── compose/stack.yaml
├── www/ (landing page)
├── lng/ (translations)
└── nextworkspace (static Go binary)

/opt/backup/                   # Secrets vault (survives --destroy)
├── .env
└── certificates/

/tmp/nextwks-build/            # Ephemeral build dir (git clone --depth 1)

Operations

# Smart update (pull, build, copy, restart)
./nextwks.sh --update

# Full redeploy (tear down, rebuild from scratch with saved secrets)
./nextwks.sh --destroy

Workflow (Development)

1. Edit code in your clone.
2. Bump VERSION, update CHANGELOG.md.
3. git commit -m "message" && git tag v$(cat VERSION) && git push origin main --tags
4. On the server: ./nextwks.sh --update

The script clones fresh from git every time — no stale repos, no permissions issues.

Version

Current: 0.1.0.0032 — see CHANGELOG.md