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Advanced install with Apache2, TLS, HTTP Basic Auth

In case you wish to make TeslaMate publicly available on the Internet, it is strongly recommended to secure the web interface and allow access to Grafana only with a password. This guide provides an example docker-compose.yml which differs from the simple installation in the following aspects:

  • Both publicly accessible services, TeslaMate and Grafana, sit behind a reverse proxy (Apache2) which terminates HTTPS traffic
  • Ports 3000 (Grafana) and 4000 (TeslaMate) are only exposed locally
  • The TeslaMate service is protected by HTTP Basic Authentication
  • Custom configuration was moved into a separate .env file
  • Grafana is configured to require a login

Requirements​

  • An already installed Apache2 with the following modules:
    • mod_proxy
    • mod_proxy_http
    • mod_proxy_wstunnel
    • mod_rewrite
    • mod_ssl
  • Two FQDN, for example teslamate.example.com and grafana.example.com
  • An existing SSL certificate including the two above in /etc/letsencrypt/live/teslamate.<your domain>

Instructions​

Create the following files:

docker-compose.yml​

docker-compose.yml
services:
  teslamate:
    image: teslamate/teslamate:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - ENCRYPTION_KEY=${TM_ENCRYPTION_KEY}
      - DATABASE_USER=${TM_DB_USER}
      - DATABASE_PASS=${TM_DB_PASS}
      - DATABASE_NAME=${TM_DB_NAME}
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
      - MQTT_HOST=mosquitto
      - VIRTUAL_HOST=${FQDN_TM}
      - CHECK_ORIGIN=true
      - TZ=${TM_TZ}
    volumes:
      - ./import:/opt/app/import
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:4000:4000
    cap_drop:
      - all

  database:
    image: postgres:17
    restart: always
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_USER=${TM_DB_USER}
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${TM_DB_PASS}
      - POSTGRES_DB=${TM_DB_NAME}
    volumes:
      - teslamate-db:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  grafana:
    image: teslamate/grafana:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      - DATABASE_USER=${TM_DB_USER}
      - DATABASE_PASS=${TM_DB_PASS}
      - DATABASE_NAME=${TM_DB_NAME}
      - DATABASE_HOST=database
      - GRAFANA_PASSWD=${GRAFANA_PW}
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=${GRAFANA_USER}
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${GRAFANA_PW}
      - GF_AUTH_BASIC_ENABLED=true
      - GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED=false
      - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=https://${FQDN_GRAFANA}
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:3000:3000
    volumes:
      - teslamate-grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana

  mosquitto:
    image: eclipse-mosquitto:2
    restart: always
    command: mosquitto -c /mosquitto-no-auth.conf
    ports:
      - 127.0.0.1:1883:1883
    volumes:
      - mosquitto-conf:/mosquitto/config
      - mosquitto-data:/mosquitto/data

volumes:
  teslamate-db:
  teslamate-grafana-data:
  mosquitto-conf:
  mosquitto-data:

.env​

This file should reside in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml file.

.env
TM_ENCRYPTION_KEY= #your secure key to encrypt your Tesla API tokens
TM_DB_USER=teslamate
TM_DB_PASS= #your secure password!
TM_DB_NAME=teslamate

GRAFANA_USER=admin
GRAFANA_PW=admin

FQDN_GRAFANA=grafana.example.com
FQDN_TM=teslamate.example.com

TM_TZ=Europe/Berlin

LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL=yourperson@example.com

teslamate.conf​

This file contains the definition of the virtual hosts teslamate.example.com and grafana.example.com. It has to be enabled via a2ensite teslamate.

This assumes, that you have the SSL certificate files residing in /etc/letsencrypt/live/teslamate.example.com. If it is somewhere else, you need to adapt the file accordingly.

/etc/apache2/sites-available/teslamate.conf
Define MYDOMAIN example.com
Define LOG access.teslamate.log

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ServerName teslamate.${MYDOMAIN}
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/${LOG} combined
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =teslamate.${MYDOMAIN}
    RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    ServerName grafana.${MYDOMAIN}
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/${LOG} combined
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =grafana.${MYDOMAIN}
    RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent]
</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    <VirtualHost *:443>
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        ServerName teslamate.${MYDOMAIN}
        ProxyPass /live/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4000/live/websocket
        ProxyPassReverse /live/websocket ws://127.0.0.1:4000/live/websocket
        ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:4000/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:4000/
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/${LOG} combined
        <Proxy *>
            Authtype Basic
            Authname "Password Required"
            AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
            <RequireAny>
                <RequireAll>
                    Require expr %{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#^/live/websocket.*#
                </RequireAll>
                Require valid-user
            </RequireAny>
        </Proxy>
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/teslamate.${MYDOMAIN}/fullchain.pem
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/teslamate.${MYDOMAIN}/privkey.pem
        Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
    </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
    <VirtualHost *:443>
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        ServerName grafana.${MYDOMAIN}
        ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
        ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:3000/
        CustomLog /var/log/apache2/${LOG} combined
        SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/grafana.${MYDOMAIN}/fullchain.pem
        SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/grafana.${MYDOMAIN}/privkey.pem
        Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
    </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

.htpasswd​

This file contains a user and password for accessing TeslaMate (Basic-auth), note this is NOT your tesla.com password. You can generate it on the web if you don't have the Apache tools installed (e.g. http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/). Use BCrypt encryption mode.

Example:

/etc/apache2/.htpasswd
teslamate:$2y$10$f7PB3UF3PNzqMIXZmf1dIefOkrv/15Xt6Xw3pzc6mkS/B5qoWBdAG

Usage​

Start the stack with docker compose up run in the same directory, where the docker-compose.yml resides.

  1. Open the web interface teslamate.example.com
  2. Sign in with your Tesla account
  3. The Grafana dashboards are available at grafana.example.com.