How to Install inlets on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install inlets on Alpine Linux Latest. inlets is a tool for creating fast and secure tunnels for HTTP and TCP traffic. It can be used for exposing internal services to the internet or for creating a remote access tunnel to a private network.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you will need the following:

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1 - Install inlets

First, we need to add the inlets repository to our system by running the following command:

echo https://inlets.github.io/inlets-docker/alpine/v3.0/inlets.pub >> /etc/apk/keys/inlets.pub

Next, we need to add the inlets package to our system by running the following command:

echo https://inlets.github.io/inlets-docker/alpine/v3.0 >> /etc/apk/repositories

Now, we can install inlets by running the following command:

sudo apk add inlets

Step 2 - Create a Configuration File

Before we start using inlets, we need to create a configuration file. This file will contain the details of the tunnel we want to create. Here is a sample configuration file:

token = "myinletstoken"
upstream = "http://localhost:8080"
port = 8000

• token: A shared secret used to authenticate the inlets client and server.
• upstream: The URL of the service we want to tunnel.
• port: The local port we want to use for the tunnel.

Save this file as config.toml in your home directory.

Step 3 - Start the inlets Server

To start the inlets server, run the following command:

inlets server --token-file ~/.inlets/token --auto-tls --auto-reconnect

• --token-file: The location of the file containing the shared secret.
• --auto-tls: Automatically generate and renew SSL certificates using Let's Encrypt.
• --auto-reconnect: Automatically try to reconnect if the tunnel connection is lost.

Step 4 - Start the inlets Client

To start the inlets client, run the following command:

inlets client --token myinletstoken --url wss://<server-ip>:8080 \
  --upstream http://localhost:8080 --print-token=false

• --token: The shared secret used to authenticate the inlets client and server.
• --url: The URL of the inlets server.
• --upstream: The URL of the service we want to tunnel.
• --print-token=false: Do not print the shared secret to the console.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured inlets on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use inlets to create fast and secure tunnels for HTTP and TCP traffic. For more details on using inlets, please refer to the official documentation.

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