jkuri / bore

Reverse HTTP/TCP proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet via secure SSH tunnels.

bore

https://bore.digital

Reverse HTTP/TCP proxy tunnel via secure SSH connections.

Installation

You can download prebuild binaries here.

Build from source

First, clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/jkuri/bore.git

Then install client:

make install_dependencies
make
cp ./build/bore /usr/local/bin/bore

This will compile and install bore client locally.

Establish tunnel on hosted bore.digital

Let's say you are running HTTP server locally on port 6500, then command would be:

bore -s bore.digital -p 2200 -ls localhost -lp 6500

2200 is port where bore-server is running and localhost:6500 is local HTTP server.

Example output:

bore -s bore.digital -p 2200 -ls localhost -lp 6500

Generated HTTP URL: http://918574de.bore.digital
Generated HTTPS URL: https://918574de.bore.digital
Direct TCP: tcp://bore.digital:60637

Then open generated URL in the browser to check if it works, then share the URL if needed.

You can also request custom id instead of randomly generated one:

bore -lp 6500 -id myapp

Generated HTTP URL: http://myapp.bore.digital
Generated HTTPS URL: https://myapp.bore.digital
Direct TCP: tcp://bore.digital:55474

If custom requested ID is already taken, then random id is used.

You can also specify custom remote bind listening port, which is useful for using direct TCP connection:

bore -lp 6500 -bp 55000

Generated HTTP URL: http://fe2d57f3.bore.digital
Generated HTTPS URL: https://fe2d57f3.bore.digital
Direct TCP: tcp://bore.digital:55000

Note that for hosted bore you need to specify port in range 55000-65000.

If port is already taken, random port is used.

Running Server

Run Compilation

make install_dependencies
make

Running bore-server example

BORE_DOMAIN=bore.digital BORE_HTTPADDR=0.0.0.0:80 BORE_SSHADDR=0.0.0.0:2200 ./build/bore-server

This will generate initial config at ~/bore/bore-server.yaml with values you provided over environment variables.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Jan Kuri <[e-mail]>

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