Irrelon-router NPM

Create routes via domain names with node.js

This node.js server will listen for connections and route those connections to other hosts and ports based upon the domain name being used to connect and the router mapping table that you define.

The server will automatically update its mapping table when the configuration file is updated meaning you can use it to create new routes or modify existing routes without shutting down the router and therefore causing loss of connection to anyone currently connected.

This is very useful for running many server applications behind a single IP address and port that need to respond to different domain names. For instance you can have www.mydomain.com point at your IP address 8.12.14.2 and any requests to www can route to your internal port 81 where you have a web server listening. Then you could have store.mydomain.com pointing to the same IP 8.12.14.2 and have it internally route to port 82.

This allows one physical server to serve multiple sub-domains from different internal listeners.

The latest version supports SSL / TLS and can also automatically generate certificates for you (for free through letsencrypt).

How to use

First clone this repo:

git clone git://github.com/irrelon/node-irrelon-router.git

Then install:

cd node-irrelon-router
npm install

Copy Config File

cp exampleConfig.json config.json

Set your router configuration

Modify the config.js file to the settings you require. You can modify this file at any time and the router will automatically update the internal settings with the new content. This is useful if you want to add or remove routes on the fly!