Surfer is a simple and efficient open-source reverse proxy designed for developers who want to securely expose a local web server to the internet. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure Surfer on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.
The first step is to install the Cloudron CLI tool. You can do this by following the instructions on the official Cloudron documentation here: https://cloudron.io/documentation/cli/
After installing the CLI tool, open your terminal and log in to your Cloudron account by running the following command:
cloudron login
Provide your Cloudron username and password to authenticate.
Once you are logged in, create a new Surfer app on your Cloudron account by running the following command:
cloudron install --appstore-id surfer
This will create a new Surfer app instance on your Cloudron account.
Now that you have created a new Surfer app on Cloudron, the next step is to install Surfer on your Fedora CoreOS machine.
To do this, open a terminal and SSH into your Fedora CoreOS machine. Once you are connected, run the following command to download and install Surfer:
sudo podman run -it --rm quay.io/cloudron/surfer:1.2.0 check
This command will download and install the latest version of Surfer on your Fedora CoreOS machine.
Now that Surfer is installed on your Fedora CoreOS machine, the next step is to configure it to work with your Cloudron Surfer app.
To do this, you will need to retrieve your Cloudron Surfer app's configuration data by running the following command:
cloudron <APP-ID> info
Replace <APP-ID> with the ID of your Cloudron Surfer app instance.
This command will retrieve and display your Cloudron Surfer app's configuration data, including the proxy URL and authentication details.
Copy the configuration data and use it to create a Surfer config file on your Fedora CoreOS machine by running the following command:
sudo tee /etc/surfer.conf <<EOF
<Configuration Data>
EOF
Replace <Configuration Data> with the configuration data you copied earlier.
Save the file and exit.
The final step is to start Surfer by running the following command:
sudo podman run -d --name=surfer -p 80:80 -v /etc/surfer.conf:/etc/surfer/surfer.conf quay.io/cloudron/surfer:1.2.0
This command will start Surfer and map its port 80 to your Fedora CoreOS machine's port 80. Surfer will also use the configuration file you created in the previous step.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Surfer on your Fedora CoreOS machine. You can now securely expose your local web server to the internet.
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