appserve

appserve is a reverse proxy server in go with automatic https. it routes requests based on domain to specified ports.

usage

$ ./appserve

appserve reads routes from routes.json.

interactive shell

upon starting, appserve provides an interactive shell with several commands:

• list: display all of the domain-port mappings.

• add <domain> <port>: add a mapping for the domain to the specified port.

• remove <domain>: remove the mapping for the specified domain.

• save: save the routes to the current routes.json file.

• load: load routes from the current routes.json file.

• help: display the help menu.

• exit: exit the application.

adding routes

to add a new route via the interactive shell:

> add example.com 9000

this command routes example.com to port 9000. the route is also saved to routes.json.

removing routes

to remove an existing route:

> remove example.com

configuration

routes file

the routes file is a json array of domain-port pairs:

[
    {
        "domain": "example1.com",
        "port": "9000"
    },
    {
        "domain": "example2.com",
        "port": "9001"
    }
]

custom routes file

to specify a custom routes file location at startup:

$ ./appserve -routes /path/to/your/routes.json

logging

appserve logs information to the system logger (syslog). ensure you have permissions to write to the syslog.

license

mit license 2023 donuts-are-good, for more info see license.md