Expose localhost HTTP servers with a public URL
$ go build
First we run the gotunel server. Normally this would be run on a server, but by default uses urls.click
for a hostname which resolves all of its subdomains to localhost.
$ ./groktunnel
2021/04/29 16:10:35 gotunel server [urls.click] ready!
Now run a local web server. Here is how to run a server listing a file directory with Python:
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ...
Then we run gotunel as a client by giving it the local port to expose.
$ ./groktunnel 8000
port 8000 http available at:
http://y8eyshnpol.urls.click:9999
That address should serve the same content as the local web server on 8000. For added effect,
run both client and server with -p 80, which will require root to run the server.
This uses qmux between the client and server to tunnel subdomain requests down to the client. This is done over a hijacked http connection after a tunnel is established and a new subdomain vhost is setup.