nginx-https-to-http

nginx-https-to-http let's you test services that require a https connection without the burden of having to manage a https server by yourself.

By default, it starts a https server in the port 4433 and redirects all the request to a http address in the port 8080 to the same host and the same request path used in the https request.

The two mentioned ports are customizable by using the NGINX_HTTP_PORT and NGINX_HTTPS_PORT environment variables.

⚠ Warning: Since the private key is obviously leaked in this repo, this image is only suitable for development. If you need to use it in prod, you'll need to use your own cert files.

QuickStart

Default run (https->4433, http->8080):

docker run -p 4433:4433 lopezator/nginx-https-to-http

Custom ports run:

docker run -p 4433:4433 -e NGINX_HTTP_PORT 8888 -e NGINX_HTTPS_PORT 4444 -d lopezator/nginx-https-to-http

Playground

1. Run lopezator/nginx-https-to-http in your localhost:

docker run -p 4433:4433 -d lopezator/nginx-https-to-http 

2. Run a http server in your localhost on port 8080:

python3 -m http.server 8080

3. Simulate a https request on localhost:4433:

curl -k -L https://localhost:4433

And 💃, check your logs, and you'll see that your request arrived to lopezator/nginx-https-to-http and got redirected to your http server.

# lopezator/nginx-https-to-http
172.17.0.1 - - [04/May/2022:09:51:16 +0000] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 308 171 "-" "curl/7.58.0" "-"

# python3 http.server
127.0.0.1 - - [04/May/2022 11:51:16] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -