Localtunnel NGINX docker server setup

This is a basic localtunnel NGINX setup using docker-compose

Installation

Copy the .env.dist for to .env and modify the parameters defined in the file.

LOCALTUNNEL_DOMAIN: The domain the localtunnel is running on. Eg: tunnel.example.com

You'll need to set up tunnel.example.com and *.tunnel.example.com in your DNS control panel to resolve to the IP the containers are running on.

Next, you'll need to generate your certificates in the ssl folder, this folder will be mounted in the container and used by NGINX.

In the root of this folder, run:

mkdir ./ssl
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 5000 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ./ssl/server.key -out ./ssl/server.crt

Just follow the instructions, fill in the information as desired.

Finally, you start the server by running docker-compose up -d

Once started, you can simply use localtunnel with the --host parameter:

lt -p 80 --host http://tunnel.example.com