Simple Proxy
This is a simple HTTP/HTTPS proxy - designed to be distributed as a self-contained binary that can be dropped in anywhere and run.
Code based on the guide here: https://medium.com/@mlowicki/http-s-proxy-in-golang-in-less-than-100-lines-of-code-6a51c2f2c38c
Features
- HTTP and HTTPS.
- Can choose which port to run on.
- Can specify paths to certificate and private key file to use.
- Logs each proxied connection.
- Log options can be supplied using
glog.- Can choose the log verbosity with the
-vflag. - Can choose to log to a file.
- Can choose the log verbosity with the
- Basic authentication.
- Can log request headers.
- Can log failed authentication attempt details.
- Printing version number.
Install
You can download the latest release for your architecture and operating system from the releases page.
Once you unzip the release package you can either run the binary directly, or you can add it into your PATH so it can be called from anywhere (e.g. the /usr/bin directory).
Linux AMD64
You can use wget to download and install the program to your /usr/bin directory by running these commands:
wget https://github.com/jthomperoo/simple-proxy/releases/download/v1.1.0/simple-proxy_linux_amd64.zip
unzip -d simple-proxy simple-proxy_linux_amd64.zip
cp simple-proxy/simple-proxy /usr/bin/simple-proxy
rm -r simple-proxy/ simple-proxy_linux_amd64.zip
Usage
You can download the binary and run the program directly (it is fully self contained).
Linux/MacOS
You can run the binary directly:
./simple-proxy
Windows
You can run the binary directly:
simple-proxy.exe
Options
The program has the following options, you can see this list by using the --help flag.
Usage of simple-proxy:
-alsologtostderr
log to standard error as well as files
-basic-auth string
basic auth, format 'username:password', no auth if not provided
-cert string
path to cert file
-key string
path to key file
-log-auth
log failed proxy auth details
-log-headers
log request headers
-log_backtrace_at value
when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
-log_dir string
If non-empty, write log files in this directory
-logtostderr
log to standard error instead of files
-port string
proxy port to listen on (default "8888")
-protocol string
proxy protocol (http or https) (default "http")
-stderrthreshold value
logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
-timeout int
timeout in seconds (default 10)
-v value
log level for V logs
-version
prints current simple-proxy version
-vmodule value
comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
Contributing
See the CONTRIBUTING and CODE OF CONDUCT documents.
