Package Proxy

A caching reverse proxy designed for caching package managers. Generates self-signed certificates on the fly to allow caching of https resources.

Currently supported:

• Apt/Ubuntu
• RubyGems
• Composer

Planned

• Npm
• Docker Registry

Running

Via Docker:

docker run --tty --interactive --rm --publish 3142:3142 --publish 3143:3143 lox24/package-proxy:latest

As a binary:

go get github.com/lox/package-proxy 
$GOBIN/package-proxy

By default package-proxy will only run the http proxy, to enable the https proxy:

$GOBIN/package-proxy -tls

Configuring Package Managers

Where possible, Package Proxy is designed to work as an https/http proxy, so under Linux you should be able to configure it with:

export http_proxy=http://localhost:3142
export https_proxy=http://localhost:3143

Because Package Proxy uses generated SSL certificates (effectively a MITM attack), you need to install the certificate that it generates as a trusted root. Do not do this unless you understand the security implications.

Under Ubuntu:

curl -s http://<proxyaddress>:3143/package-proxy.pem > \
    /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/package-proxy.crt

update-ca-certificates

Apt/Ubuntu

Apt will respect https_proxy, but if you'd rather configure it manually

echo 'Acquire::http::proxy "https://x.x.x.x:3142/";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf
echo 'Acquire::https::proxy "https://x.x.x.x:3143/";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf

Development / Releasing

The provided Dockerfile will build a development environment. The code will be compiled on every run, so you only need to use --build once:

./docker.sh --build --dev

Releasing is a bit complicated as it needs to be built under osx and linux:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=xzyxzyxzyxzyxzy 

# under osx
./release-github.sh v0.6.0 darwin-amd64

# now for linux
./docker.sh --build-linux
./release-github.sh v0.6.0 linux-amd64 package-proxy-linux-amd64