Gokapi is a lightweight HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer written in Golang. It allows you to handle traffic to multiple backends and provides high availability, scalability, and security. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gokapi on Ubuntu Server.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
The first step is to install Git on your Ubuntu Server. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git
In this step, we will clone the Gokapi repository from GitHub and build it. Run the following commands in your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/Forceu/gokapi.git
cd gokapi/
go build
This will build the Gokapi binary.
To configure Gokapi, you need to create a configuration file named config.toml in the same directory where the Gokapi binary is located. You can use the following template and modify it according to your needs:
[kafka.consumers]
enabled = true
brokers = ["localhost:9092"]
topics = ["test"]
group_id = "gokapi"
[http.proxy]
enabled = true
http_listen = ":8080"
https_listen = ":8443"
cert_file = "/path/to/ssl/cert"
key_file = "/path/to/ssl/key"
backend_url = "http://localhost:8081"
The above configuration enables the Kafka consumer and HTTP proxy. It listens on port 8080 for incoming HTTP traffic and port 8443 for HTTPS traffic. It also defines the backend URL where the traffic will be forwarded.
The final step is to run the Gokapi binary. In the same terminal, run the following command:
./gokapi
Gokapi will now start running and will be listening on the configured HTTP/HTTPS ports.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gokapi on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now start using it as a reverse proxy and load balancer for your applications.
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