This is a very minimalistic example of a proxy server. It receives client request and forwards it to the specified upstream server. It then receives upstream server response and sends it over to the client.
$ bash run_server.sh [UPSTREAM_HOST] [UPSTREAM_PORT]
Example:
$ bash run_server.sh 127.0.0.1 80
The bash script compiles the C program files and then starts the proxy server on port 8088. URL: http://localhost:8088
NOTE: The [UPSTREAM_HOST] should be unsecured http as the proxy server is not able to perform ssl handshake with the upstream at the moment.
You can pull the docker image for httpbin and run it locally to test with. See below how to:
Pull image:
$docker pull kennethreitz/httpbin
Run httpbin on port 80:
docker run -p 80:80 kennethreitz/httpbin