There are multiple ways to reach our locahost web server depends on your requirements.

1. Using HTTP Tunnel.
2. Using TLS tunnel.
3. Using TCP tunnel.

1. Using HTTP Tunnel:

a. Prepare Apache/Nginx web server

We will run Apache or Nginx web server through docker:

docker run -p 3000:80 httpd
docker run -p 3000:80 nginx

This will run Apache/Nginx web server in localhost:3000

b. Start HTTP tunnel

Run HTTP tunnel and point it to Apache/Nginx web server

loclx tunnel http --subdomain apache --to localhost:3000

After creating the tunnel and getting a shareable link to our website, we can access the website through https://apache.loclx.io or http://apache.loclx.io.

2. Using TLS tunnel

a. Prepare Apache/Nginx web server

We will run Apache/Nginx web server through docker as we did with HTTP tunnel above:

docker run -p 3000:80 httpd
docker run -p 3000:80 nginx

This will run Apache/Nginx web server in localhost:3000

b. Start TLS tunnel

You either can:

• Let LocalXpose client to terminate the TLS traffic by providing the TLS certificate , so in this case you don't need to configure your Apache/Nginx web server TLS settings for example:

loclx tunnel tls --to localhost:3000 --crt /path/to/crt.pem --key /path/to/key.pem

• Or configure your Apache or Nginx web server to deal with TLS termination by using mod_ssl module for Apache and for Nginx you can follow this tutorial https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/configuring_https_servers.html (opens in a new tab), then you don't need to pass the TLS certificate to LocalXpose client for example:

loclx tunnel tls --to localhost:443

Now the TLS tunnel will be accessible from the internet through https://your-domain.com.

3. Using TCP tunnel

Since HTTP works on top of TCP, then a TCP tunnel will also works.

a. Prepare Apache/Nginx web server as we did before in TLS and HTTP tunnel.

b. Start TCP tunnel

loclx tunnel tcp --port 8888 --to 3000

This will create a TCP tunnel us.loclx.io:8888, you can access your Apache/Nginx webserver from the internet through http://us.loclx.io:8888

Since you are using TCP tunnel to access your localhost webserver, you will not be able to use HTTP middlewares.