Using Inlets on Akash

akash-inlets.md

Thanks to awesome @alexellis for this contribution:

1. Set an Inlets Token

export INLETS_TOKEN=abcd1234

2. Deploy Inlets on Akash using the below config:

cat > inlets.yml <<EOF
---
version: "1.0"

services:
  inlets:
    image: inlets/inlets:2.6.1
    args:
     - server
     - --control-port=8081
     - --port=8081
     - --token=$INLETS_TOKEN
    expose:
      - port: 8081
        as: 80
        to:
          - global: true

profiles:
  compute:
    inlets:
      cpu: "0.25"
      memory: "512Mi"
      disk: "1G"

  placement:
    global:
      pricing:
        inlets: 500u

deployment:
  inlets:
    global:
      profile: inlets
      count: 1

EOF

Deploy:

akash deployment create inlets.yml

3. Start an inlets client with the domain mapping you got from previous step to your local service. For example, if the akash domain mapping is m6bsdofuf3dzl4mdxq6w6y.marx.akashtest.net and your local service is running on port 3000, run the below:

inlets client --remote ws://m6bsdofuf3dzl4mdxq6w6y.marx.akashtest.net:80 --upstream http://127.0.0.1:3000 --token $INLETS_TOKEN