@argus-inc/simple-reverse-proxy NPM

Simple Reverse Proxy

This library makes it easy to configure multiple reverse proxies with a single config file. The goal is to also make the library programmable so it can be used in code.

Installation

You can install it globally with the following:

yarn global add @argus-inc/simple-reverse-proxy

You can also install it in a project with the following:

yarn add @argus-inc/simple-reverse-proxy

Running

To run simple-reverse-proxy you can do the following globally:

simple-reverse-proxy --config="./myconfig.json"

If you are in a project you can simply do the following:

yarn simple-reverse-proxy

The default file loaded is srp.json at the root of the project.

Configuration

Here is a configuration example:

{
    "port": 8070,
    "hostname": "proxy.myapp.com",
    "hasSSL": false,
    "environment": "local",
    "servers": [
        {
            "route": "/test/*",
            "destination": "http://localhost:8000"
        }
    ]
}

Generic configuration:

port: This is the port the proxy should run on.
hostname: This is used if the environment is set to live. It is the hostname the proxy will be called.
hasSSL: If SSL should be used. If this is set to true then you will need to specify: pathCertificate, pathPrivateKey.
environment: Sets the current environment. This means for local the hostname will be ignored.
servers: An array of server configurations.

Server configuration:

route: The proxy route that should be called for redirection
destination: The destination of the traffic

Example:

{
    "route": "/test/*",
    "destination": "http://localhost:8000"
}

This will redirect for instance the request:

RQ: GET http://127.0.0.1:8070/test/random FW: GET http://localhost:8000/test/random

Development

For development the few things to know are:

Types go in the src/types.ts file.
Interfaces, Classes, Enums comm capitalized for instance: MyClass, ConfigType, MyCoolEnum
Function names and variables come non first character capitalized for instance: myFunctionIsCool, myAwesomeUserVariable

Make sure to comment your code.

For stesting locally there is a test server in test/index.ts

It can be started with the following command: