na4ma4 / boringproxy

Simple tunneling reverse proxy with a fast web UI and auto HTTPS. Designed for self-hosters.

Disclaimer

boringproxy is currently beta-quality software. While I am a big believer in open source, my primary goal at the moment is to build a sustainable business around the code I write. So for the most part I can only afford to spend time fixing problems that arise in my own usage of boringproxy. That said, feel free to create GitHub issues and I'll try to help as I have time.

What is it?

If you have a webserver running on one computer (say your development laptop), and you want to expose it securely (ie HTTPS) via a public URL, boringproxy allows you to easily do that.

NOTE: For information on downloading and running boringproxy, it's best to start on the website, boringproxy.io. The information in this README is just for building from source.

Building

git clone https://github.com/boringproxy/boringproxy

cd boringproxy

If you don't already have golang installed:

./install_go.sh
source $HOME/.bashrc

go build

To embed the web UI into the executable:

go get github.com/GeertJohan/go.rice/rice
rice embed-go
go build

Running

Server

boringproxy server -admin-domain bpdemo.brng.pro

Client

boringproxy client -server bpdemo.brng.pro -token fKFIjefKDFLEFijKDFJKELJF -client-name demo-client -user demo-user