SYNOPSIS
[--tls ] [--ssl ] [-c ciphers ] [-b host,port ] [-f host,port ] [-n cores ] [-r path ] [-u username ] [--write-ip ] [--write-proxy ] certificate.pemDESCRIPTION
is a network proxy that terminates TLS/SSL connections and forwards the unencrypted traffic to some backend. It's designed to handle 10s of thousands of connections efficiently on multicore machines.has very few features -- it's designed to be paired with an intelligent backend like haproxy or nginx. It maintains a strict 1:1 connection pattern with this backend handler so that the backend can dictate throttling behavior, maxmium connection behavior, availability of service, etc.
The only required argument is a path to a PEM file that contains the certificate (or a chain of certificates) and private key. It should also contain DH parameter if you wish to use Diffie-Hellman cipher suites.
The options are as follows:
- --tls
- Use TLSv1 (default).
- --ssl
- Use only SSLv3 and no TLSv1.
- -c ciphers
- Set allowed ciphers using the same format as openssl ciphers For example, you can use RSA:!COMPLEMENTOFALL
- -b host,port
- Define backend. Default is 127.0.0.1,8000 Incoming connections will be unwrapped and sent to this IP and port.
- -f host,port
- Define frontend. Default is *,8443 Incoming connections will be accepted to this IP and port and will be sent to the backend defined above.
- -n cores
- Use cores worker processes. Default is 1.
- -r path
- Chroot to the given path. By default, no chroot is done.
- -u username
- Set GID/UID after binding the socket. By default, no privilege is dropped.
- --write-ip
- Write 1 octet with the IP family followed by the IP address in 4 (IPv4) or 16 (IPv6) octets little-endian to backend before the actual data.
- --write-proxy
- Write HaProxy's PROXY (IPv4 or IPv6) protocol line before actual data.
AUTHORS
was originally written by Jamie Turner (@jamwt) and is maintained by the Bump server team. It currently provides server-side TLS termination for over 40 million Bump users.