hidden-server

talk to public-server in order to execute client commands

use case: access server sitting behind firewalls with unknown ip-address via reverse tunnel on demand.

documentation

the hidden-server is the counter part of public-server. to keep things less redundant, the documentation can be found here: public-server

install

npm install hidden-server

usage

full examples can be found here: public-server/examples

with roundtrip

var HiddenServer = require('hidden-server');
var hidden = new HiddenServer({
  publicServer: 'http://localhost:3000',
  pingUri: '/ping/:hiddenServerName',
  simultaneousPings: 3,
  pingInterval: 5,
  keepPingOpen: true,
  roundTripResponse: true,
  hiddenServerName: 'server1'
}).start();
 
hidden.on('command', function(obj, cb) {
  console.log('got command', obj);
  // simulate async response
  setTimeout(function() {
    obj.response = "are you sure about: " + obj.command;
    console.log('parameters', obj, cb);
    if (cb) cb(obj);
  }, 0);
});
 

without roundtrip

var HiddenServer = require('hidden-server');
var hidden = new HiddenServer({
  publicServer: 'http://localhost:3000',
  pingUri: '/ping/:hiddenServerName',
  simultaneousPings: 5,
  pingInterval: 3,
  keepPingOpen: true,
  roundTripResponse: false,
  hiddenServerName: 'server1'
}).start();
 
 
hidden.on('command', function(obj) {
  console.log('command', obj);
});

test

tests can be found here: public-server/test

license

MIT License