Vhoster

Vhoster is a library for creating virtual hosts in a Go server. It is intended to be used as a library, but it also includes a gateway that can be used to create and delete vhosts dynamically.

The gateway can also be used as a central point of entry for all requests, and it can be used to load balance requests to multiple servers.

Quick Start

Locally

1. Start the server listening on port 8082

   go run cmd/server/main.go

2. Start the gateway listening on port 8083

   go run cmd/gateway/main.go

3. Create the vhost in the gateway

   curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"host_prefix": "test", "target": "http://localhost:8082"}' http://localhost:8083/vhost/

   then, to test, run curl test.localhost:8081, and you'll get the "Hello, World!"

4. Delete the vhost in the gateway

   curl -X DELETE localhost:8083/vhost/test

In docker compose

1. Run docker compose up, it will build and start two container: (a) the gateway on port 8080 and vhost api on port 8083, and (b) the test server on port 8082, but the testserver is unreachable from the local machine directly. We will set up a virtual host to access it.

   If you want to verify that testserver is not accessible, try running curl localhost:8082 and you'll get an error.

2. It comes with preconfigured vhost "test.localhost:8080" that routes to "http://testserver:8082". You can verify that it works by running curl test.localhost:8080, and you'll get the "Hello, World!"

3. Run the following command to instruct gateway to route all requests to "hello.localhost:8080" to "http://testserver:8082":

   curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"host_prefix": "hello", "target": "http://testserver:8082"}' http://localhost:8083/vhost/

   This will instruct the gateway to route all requests that arrive at "test.localhost:8080" to "http://testserver:8082".

4. Now, you can access the test server by running curl hello.localhost:8080, and you'll get the "Hello, World!"

   At this point, both "test.localhost:8080" and "hello.localhost:8080" will route to the test server.

5. To list existing routes, and verify that, run:

   curl -X GET localhost:8083/vhost/

   (-X GET is optional and instructs curl to use GET method, which is the default method for curl, so you can omit it: curl localhost:8083/vhost/)

   The API server will respond on this GET request with JSON that lists all existing vhosts.

6. You can delete the route now, by running:

   curl -X DELETE localhost:8083/vhost/hello