the stuttering was introduced to make the same type name declared in multiple
packages, and used in the admin sherpa api, unique. with sherpadoc's new
rename, we can make them unique when generating the api definition/docs, and
the Go code can use nicer names.
we don't want external software to include internal details like mlog.
slog.Logger is/will be the standard.
we still have mlog for its helper functions, and its handler that logs in
concise logfmt used by mox.
packages that are not meant for reuse still pass around mlog.Log for
convenience.
we use golang.org/x/exp/slog because we also support the previous Go toolchain
version. with the next Go release, we'll switch to the builtin slog.
- serve static files, serving index.html or optionally listings for directories
- redirects
- reverse-proxy, forwarding requests to a backend
these are configurable through the config file. a domain and path regexp have to
be configured. path prefixes can be stripped. configured domains are added to
the autotls allowlist, so acme automatically fetches certificates for them.
all webserver requests now have (access) logging, metrics, rate limiting.
on http errors, the error message prints an encrypted cid for relating with log files.
this also adds a new mechanism for example config files.