fix: /https/settings shows the https section and switches https.acme_staging, for the Router Manager.

debian-package/debian/changelog

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+vpn-router (0.38.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  fix: /https/settings shows the https section and switches https.acme_staging, for the Router Manager.
+
+  * GET /https/settings shows the https section, and PUT /https/settings
+    changes acme_staging; the other settings of the section stay with
+    vpn-config-edit.
+
+ -- Slawomir Koszewski <slawek@koszewscy.waw.pl>  Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:43:22 +0100
+
 vpn-router (0.38.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   feature: https.acme_staging takes Caddy's certificates from Let's Encrypt's staging environment.

debian-package/src/usr/lib/vpn-router/vpnrouter_web/handler.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from .connectivity import remote_access, site_to_site
 from .dns import dns
 from .identities import account, groups, service_accounts, users
 from .logs import logs
+from .https import https_settings
 from .metrics import metrics_history, metrics_settings
 from .pki import PUBLISHED, ca
 from .shell import EDITOR_BODY_LIMIT, shell, shell_editor, shell_passkey, shell_ticket
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         directory = next((name for name in ('users', 'service-accounts', 'groups', 'account', 'site-to-site', 'backup',
                                             'ca', 'shell', 'remote-access', 'logs', 'sites', 'dns')
                           if path == f'/{name}' or path.startswith(f'/{name}/')), None)
-        protected = path in ('/status/full', '/config', '/metrics/history', '/metrics/settings', '/postgresql') or \
+        protected = path in ('/status/full', '/config', '/metrics/history', '/metrics/settings', '/https/settings',
+                             '/postgresql') or \
             directory is not None
         signing = path in ('/auth', '/auth/passkey', '/auth/passkey/complete', '/auth/refresh', '/auth/logout')
         oidc = (path == '/.well-known/openid-configuration' or path.startswith('/oidc/')) and \
@@ -113,6 +115,9 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         elif path == '/metrics/settings':
             code, document = metrics_settings(self.command, payload)
             body, kind = json.dumps(document, indent=2).encode() + b'\n', 'application/json'
+        elif path == '/https/settings':
+            code, document = https_settings(self.command, payload)
+            body, kind = json.dumps(document, indent=2).encode() + b'\n', 'application/json'
         elif directory == 'shell' and (path, self.command) == ('/shell', 'GET'):
             return shell(self, claims.get('sub'))
         elif directory == 'shell' and path.startswith('/shell/editor/'):

debian-package/src/usr/lib/vpn-router/vpnrouter_web/https.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"""/https/settings: the settings of HTTPS, of which the API changes the CA of Caddy's certificates."""
+
+import vpnrouter
+
+from .common import section_change
+
+#: The settings of the https section PUT /https/settings changes.
+CHANGEABLE = ('acme_staging',)
+
+
+def https_settings(method, body):
+    """Answer a /https/settings request: the HTTP status and the JSON document.
+
+      GET /https/settings  {"settings"}: the https section
+      PUT /https/settings  change acme_staging; the other settings of the section are changed on the router with
+                           vpn-config-edit, and a body naming one is 400
+
+    A change is applied by restarting vpn-router-setup without waiting for it.
+    """
+    if body == 'invalid' or (body is not None and not isinstance(body, dict)):
+        return 400, {'error': 'the body must be a JSON object'}
+    if method in ('GET', 'HEAD'):
+        try:
+            return 200, {'settings': vpnrouter.load_config()['https']}
+        except SystemExit as exc:
+            return 500, {'error': str(exc.code)}
+    if method != 'PUT':
+        return 404, {'error': f'no route {method} /https/settings'}
+    others = sorted(set(body or {}) - set(CHANGEABLE))
+    if others:
+        return 400, {'error': f'https.{", https.".join(others)}: changed on the router with vpn-config-edit only'}
+    changed = section_change('https', body or {})
+    return changed if isinstance(changed, tuple) else (200, {'settings': changed})