Proxy Server as a function on Google Cloud Platform

This is a simple proxy server that runs on the google cloud platform

Getting Started

Prerequisites

1. Nodejs - to install nodejs visit nodejs.org
2. A google cloud account - to create a google cloud account visit cloud.google.com

Installing

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

1. Clone the repo to your local machine git clone https://github.com/ifeLight/proxy-server-gcp-functions proxy-server
2. Change directory into the project directory cd proxy-server
3. Install dependencies npm install
4. Copy the sample.env.yaml and create a new file .env.yaml and fill in the required details.
5. Run the app npm start and visit http://localhost:8080 to see the app running.

Testing

To run the tests, run npm test

Deployment

To deploy follow the following steps:

1. Create a new project on the google cloud platform
2. Install the google cloud sdk on your local machine Click here to install the google cloud sdk.
3. Run gcloud init to initialize the sdk
4. Create a new service account and download the json file
5. Copy the sample.env.yaml and create a new file .env.yaml and fill in the required details.
6. Run npm run deploy to deploy the app to the cloud functions