lodev

lodev is a simple reverse proxy server for local development with SSL termination.

Obsoletes using ngrok or manually configuring combination of mkcert, dnsmasq and nginx/caddy. It provides HTTPS endpoint under https://dev.lo and by default proxies all requests to http://127.0.0.1:3000.

It uses locert to generate and install locally trusted SSL certs and lodns for DNS name resolution.

Installation

Download correct binary from the latest release and place it somewhere in the PATH.

Or nimble install lodev

Configuration

lodev comes preconfigured for all supported platforms to act as a HTTPS reverse proxy server behind dev.lo domain.

On MacOS and Linux you have to run with sudo to be able to configure the system

sudo lodev install

On Windows run inside elevated command prompt or Powershell

lodev.exe install

Start

Service must be started with elevated priviledges because it will bind to a well-known port 443. By default service will proxy all requests to 127.0.0.1:3000. You can specify different destination port using -p=8000.

On MacOS and Linux

sudo lodev start

On Windows inside elevated command prompt or Powershell

lodev.exe start

Uninstallation

On MacOS and Linux run

sudo lodev uninstall

On Windows run inside elevated command prompt or Powershell

lodev.exe uninstall

and remove the binary.

License

BSD 3-Clause License