bastion-web-proxy

A simple web proxy that supports:

• Serving a proxy auto-configuration file.
• Proxying through an SSH tunnel:
  • SOCKS5 local client connections
  • TCP local connections

Building

Requirements:

• The make command (e.g. GNU make).
• The Golang toolchain (version 1.19 or later).

In a shell, execute: make (or make build).

The build artifacts can be cleaned by using: make clean.

Configuration

The proxy is configured via a YAML configuration file (config.yaml by default).

See config/config.yaml.example for an example.

Running

Using this Git repository, in a shell, execute: make run

or

Using the release tarball, installed in your PATH: bastion-web-proxy

Usage of bastion-web-proxy:
      --config-location string   The path to the directory where the configuration file is stored. (default ".")
      --log-level string         The logging level (trace, debug, info...) (default "info")

TODOs

• Automatically reconnect the SSH connection in case of disconnect
• Automatically disconnect the SSH connection when idling
• Implement a basic status page
• Test client-side connection error handling
• Generate the proxy auto-configuration file from the configuration?