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If you have a public facing server then this can be had for free: ssh -nNT -R 8080:localhost:3000 myserver.com Et voilà, myserver.com:8080 now points to loc

by moe 16y ago

If you have a public facing server then this can be had for free: ssh -nNT -R 8080:localhost:3000 myserver.com Et voilà, myserver.com:8080 now points to localhost:3000.

wildmXranat 16y ago
Do you accept upvotes as currency? I was thinking that ssh should be able to do this.
senex 16y ago
Yup, this is basically what showoff is doing. Showoff is nice because it gives you: * HTTPS * Works without access to public-facing server. * Pretty URL * Eventually will support more stuff besides just port-forwarding :)
- tekacs 16y ago
  Ah, that last bit sounds good - look forward to it... :)
kordless 16y ago
There's this bit about the 'show' command on your computer. I'm wondering if that's a bash script, or a standalone bit of software to forward data to their servers?
- bobwaycott 16y ago
  `show` is just the command that sets up the ssh tunnel. Doesn't forward data or anything like that. EDIT: It's not a bash script. It's a Ruby wrapper.
bobwaycott 16y ago
And there's still that ugly port number in the URL. Vast majority of clients would neither like nor understand this -- most of them don't even know what a port number is. EDIT: Also, Showoff isn't suggesting it's doing something you couldn't do before. It just does it in a simpler & pain-free way.
- chrismetcalf 16y ago
  Set up an Apache mod_proxy from port 8080 on your server's localhost to a vhost at showoff.yourdomain.com. You'll have to make sure to build your app to not make any assumptions about where it's running (ex: links to "http://localhost:3000/path http://localhost:3000/path), but you should be doing that anyway.
  - bobwaycott 16y ago
    Yep, that's definitely possible. And yet, again, you have to "setup" something. It's totally okay to do things that way. Two thoughts: You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). You can also save your current file by going to File > Save. But Ctrl/Cmd+S is easier (and probably what you use every day).
    - mishmash 16y ago
      > You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). Showoff project is definitely cool, but instead of apache, nginx installs in one command and can easily proxy like this with about 10 lines of easily googled config using 1/10 of the resources on a simple prgmr account or the like.
      - bobwaycott 16y ago
        Absolutely. The win here is that you get to stop at "installs in one command". No googling. No configuration. Job is done; share your URL.
    - tekacs 16y ago
      With just the most minuscule bit of initial setup a simple bash function using just SSH can replicate all of the functionality (and more) of showoff.io, with just as much ease ('show 3000 subdomain') but hopefully the upcoming features will make it a more viable proposition... :) Then again, I'm quite happy with a VPS setup since I get all of the extra benefits of having the server around...
tekacs 16y ago
Hmm I've been using the following: https://gist.github.com/932137 https://gist.github.com/932137 for some time now - it's just a bash function which lets me type: $ show 3000 test and get http://test.tekacs.com/ http://test.tekacs.com/ -> port 3000 on my computer using just SSH, assuming you have root access to the server (which you would need to set up forwarding on port 80 anyway...) $ ssh -tR 1080:127.0.0.1:$1 vps "sudo ssh -Nl \$USER -L $REMOTE:80:127.0.0.1:1080 localhost" being the functional line...
- aliukani 16y ago
  Thanks for this!
emehrkay 16y ago
I came in here to start a sentence like " I dont want to be a dick, but..." and you've answered. Thanks. Showoff is a great idea though, best of luck!!
d0m 16y ago
It's a bit like saying: if you have a private server you can use: git push blah instead of using DropBox. (This doesn not invalidate your point; far from it, I'm just saying that because it's somewhat trivial for us geek doesn't mean it's not something that other folks would pay for.
- 18pfsmt 16y ago
  What non-technical person runs a server on their laptop?
  - deleted 16y ago
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  - HerraBRE 16y ago
    Ever heard of Skype? Bittorrent? Servers are awesome. :-)
    - fps 16y ago
      Neither of those are technically servers, and both do NAT traversal on their own.
colanderman 16y ago
And if you need a public facing server, teensy VPNs can be had for $5/mo.

by moe 16y ago

If you have a public facing server then this can be had for free: ssh -nNT -R 8080:localhost:3000 myserver.com Et voilà, myserver.com:8080 now points to localhost:3000.

wildmXranat 16y ago

Do you accept upvotes as currency? I was thinking that ssh should be able to do this.

senex 16y ago

Yup, this is basically what showoff is doing. Showoff is nice because it gives you: * HTTPS * Works without access to public-facing server. * Pretty URL * Eventually will support more stuff besides just port-forwarding :)

tekacs 16y ago
Ah, that last bit sounds good - look forward to it... :)

kordless 16y ago

There's this bit about the 'show' command on your computer. I'm wondering if that's a bash script, or a standalone bit of software to forward data to their servers?

bobwaycott 16y ago
`show` is just the command that sets up the ssh tunnel. Doesn't forward data or anything like that. EDIT: It's not a bash script. It's a Ruby wrapper.

bobwaycott 16y ago

And there's still that ugly port number in the URL. Vast majority of clients would neither like nor understand this -- most of them don't even know what a port number is. EDIT: Also, Showoff isn't suggesting it's doing something you couldn't do before. It just does it in a simpler & pain-free way.

chrismetcalf 16y ago
Set up an Apache mod_proxy from port 8080 on your server's localhost to a vhost at showoff.yourdomain.com. You'll have to make sure to build your app to not make any assumptions about where it's running (ex: links to "http://localhost:3000/path http://localhost:3000/path), but you should be doing that anyway.
- bobwaycott 16y ago
  Yep, that's definitely possible. And yet, again, you have to "setup" something. It's totally okay to do things that way. Two thoughts: You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). You can also save your current file by going to File > Save. But Ctrl/Cmd+S is easier (and probably what you use every day).
  - mishmash 16y ago
    > You have to have Apache setup (which, when developing a new project, you may likely not have even reached that point). Showoff project is definitely cool, but instead of apache, nginx installs in one command and can easily proxy like this with about 10 lines of easily googled config using 1/10 of the resources on a simple prgmr account or the like.
    - bobwaycott 16y ago
      Absolutely. The win here is that you get to stop at "installs in one command". No googling. No configuration. Job is done; share your URL.
  - tekacs 16y ago
    With just the most minuscule bit of initial setup a simple bash function using just SSH can replicate all of the functionality (and more) of showoff.io, with just as much ease ('show 3000 subdomain') but hopefully the upcoming features will make it a more viable proposition... :) Then again, I'm quite happy with a VPS setup since I get all of the extra benefits of having the server around...

tekacs 16y ago

Hmm I've been using the following: https://gist.github.com/932137 https://gist.github.com/932137 for some time now - it's just a bash function which lets me type: $ show 3000 test and get http://test.tekacs.com/ http://test.tekacs.com/ -> port 3000 on my computer using just SSH, assuming you have root access to the server (which you would need to set up forwarding on port 80 anyway...) $ ssh -tR 1080:127.0.0.1:$1 vps "sudo ssh -Nl \$USER -L $REMOTE:80:127.0.0.1:1080 localhost" being the functional line...

aliukani 16y ago
Thanks for this!

emehrkay 16y ago

I came in here to start a sentence like " I dont want to be a dick, but..." and you've answered. Thanks. Showoff is a great idea though, best of luck!!

d0m 16y ago

It's a bit like saying: if you have a private server you can use: git push blah instead of using DropBox. (This doesn not invalidate your point; far from it, I'm just saying that because it's somewhat trivial for us geek doesn't mean it's not something that other folks would pay for.

18pfsmt 16y ago
What non-technical person runs a server on their laptop?
- deleted 16y ago
  [deleted]
- HerraBRE 16y ago
  Ever heard of Skype? Bittorrent? Servers are awesome. :-)
  - fps 16y ago
    Neither of those are technically servers, and both do NAT traversal on their own.

colanderman 16y ago

And if you need a public facing server, teensy VPNs can be had for $5/mo.