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Share an internal https (encrypted) host with a publicly accessible URL using http (unencrypted) using socat and ngrok.
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Test an Internal HTTPS Host using HTTP on a Public Network.

Limitations

This does not rewrite URLs like a reverse proxy but can be useful for viewing a single page.

Install tools

socat

OSX - install with Homebrew

$ brew install socat

RHEL/CentOS

$ yum install socat

ngrok

Set up the route

Export the internal host's name or IP address

$ export HOST=internal.localdomain

Using socat you can decrypt the encrypted address.

$ sudo socat TCP4-LISTEN:80,fork,reuseaddr OPENSSL:${HOST}:443,verify=0

In another terminal window/tab run ngrok so you can access the intenal host from a publically accessible address.

$ ngrok http -host-header=${HOST} 127.0.0.1:80

References:

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