mixctl – Forward TCP to different upstream servers behind a tunnel
mixctl by inlets is a TCP proxy to forward multiple TCP connections over a single inlets Pro TCP tunnel.
What’s it for?
mixctl can be used to replace HAProxy, Traefik and/or Nginx with streams in certain scenarios.
It could also be used as a lightweight load-balancer for K3s servers.
Perhaps use this instead of IP Virtual Server (IPVS)?
This is a lightweight, multi-arch, multi-OS, uncomplicated way to reverse proxy different TCP connections and/or load balance them.
IPVS is going to be more performant, but requires a Linux host and capabilities, which you may be remiss to grant through Docker or Kubernetes.
Usage:
- Write a rules.yaml file such as: ./rules.example.yaml:
version: 0.1
rules:
- name: rpi-k3s
from: 127.0.0.1:6443
to:
- 192.168.1.19:6443
- 192.168.1.21:6443
- 192.168.1.20:6443
- name: rpi-ssh
from: 127.0.0.1:22222
to:
- 192.168.1.19:22
- 192.168.1.21:22
- 192.168.1.20:22
-
Run the tool:
mixctl -f ./rules.yaml -
Run
inlets-pro tcp client --ports 6443 --ports 22222 --upstream 127.0.0.1 -
Connect to ports 6443 or 22222 on your inlets Pro tunnel server to access any of the servers in the “to” array
Connections are load balanced if there are multiple hosts in the to field.
To make the upstream address listen on multiple ports, use 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 in the from field.
The port for the from and to addresses do not need to match.
License
This software is licensed MIT.
