Portal is an api-driven, in-kernel layer 2/3 load balancer.
Complete/Experimental
Simply run portal <COMMAND>
portal or portal -h will show usage and a list of commands:
portal - load balancer/proxy
Usage:
  portal [flags]
  portal [command]
Available Commands:
  add-service    Add service
  remove-service Remove service
  show-service   Show service
  show-services  Show all services
  set-services   Set service list
  set-service    Set service
  add-server     Add server to a service
  remove-server  Remove server from a service
  show-server    Show server on a service
  show-servers   Show all servers on a service
  set-servers    Set server list on a service
  add-route      Add route
  set-routes     Set route list
  show-routes    Show all routes
  remove-route   Remove route
  add-cert       Add cert
  set-certs      Set cert list
  show-certs     Show all certs
  remove-cert    Remove cert
  add-vip        Add vip
  set-vips       Set vip list
  show-vips      Show all vips
  remove-vip     Remove vip
Flags:
  -C, --api-cert="": SSL cert for the api
  -H, --api-host="127.0.0.1": Listen address for the API
  -k, --api-key="": SSL key for the api
  -p, --api-key-password="": Password for the SSL key
  -P, --api-port="8443": Listen address for the API
  -t, --api-token="": Token for API Access
  -b, --balancer="lvs": Load balancer to use (nginx|lvs)
  -r, --cluster-connection="none://": Cluster connection string (redis://127.0.0.1:6379)
  -T, --cluster-token="": Cluster security token
  -c, --conf="": Configuration file to load
  -d, --db-connection="scribble:///var/db/portal": Database connection string
  -i, --insecure[=false]: Disable tls key checking (client) and listen on http (server)
  -j, --just-proxy[=false]: Proxy only (no tcp/udp load balancing)
  -L, --log-file="": Log file to write to
  -l, --log-level="INFO": Log level to output
  -x, --proxy-http="0.0.0.0:80": Address to listen on for proxying http
  -X, --proxy-tls="0.0.0.0:443": Address to listen on for proxying https
  -s, --server[=false]: Run in server mode
  -v, --version[=false]: Print version info and exit
  -w, --work-dir="/var/db/portal": Directory for portal to use (balancer config)
Use "portal [command] --help" for more information about a command.
For usage examples, see Api and/or Cli readme
To start portal as a server run:
portal --server
An optional config file can also be passed on startup:
portal -c /path/to/config.json
config.json
{
  "api-token": "",
  "api-host": "127.0.0.1",
  "api-port": 8443,
  "api-key": "",
  "api-cert": "",
  "api-key-password": "",
  "db-connection": "scribble:///var/db/portal",
  "cluster-connection": "none://",
  "cluster-token": "",
  "insecure": false,
  "just-proxy": false,
  "proxy-http": "0.0.0.0:80",
  "proxy-tls": "0.0.0.0:443",
  "balancer": "nginx",
  "work-dir": "/var/db/portal",
  "log-level": "INFO",
  "log-file": "",
  "server": true
}| Route | Description | payload | output | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Get /services | List all services | nil | json array of service objects | 
| Post /services | Add a service | json service object | json service object | 
| Put /services | Reset the list of services | json array of service objects | json array of service objects | 
| Put /services/:service_id | Reset the specified service | nil | json service object | 
| Get /services/:service_id | Get information about a service | nil | json service object | 
| Delete /services/:service_id | Delete a service | nil | success message or an error | 
| Get /services/:service_id/servers | List all servers on a service | nil | json array of server objects | 
| Post /services/:service_id/servers | Add new server to a service | json server object | json server object | 
| Put /services/:service_id/servers | Reset the list of servers on a service | json array of server objects | json array of server objects | 
| Get /services/:service_id/servers/:server_id | Get information about a server on a service | nil | json server object | 
| Delete /services/:service_id/servers/:server_id | Delete a server from a service | nil | success message or an error | 
| Delete /routes | Delete a route | subdomain, domain, and path (json or query) | success message or an error | 
| Get /routes | List all routes | nil | json array of route objects | 
| Post /routes | Add new route | json route object | json route object | 
| Put /routes | Reset the list of routes | json array of route objects | json array of route objects | 
| Delete /certs | Delete a cert | json cert object | success message or an error | 
| Get /certs | List all certs | nil | json array of cert objects | 
| Post /certs | Add new cert | json cert object | json cert object | 
| Put /certs | Reset the list of certs | json array of cert objects | json array of cert objects | 
| Delete /vips | Delete a vip | json vip object | success message or an error | 
| Get /vips | List all vips | nil | json array of vip objects | 
| Post /vips | Add new vip | json vip object | json vip object | 
| Put /vips | Reset the list of vips | json array of vip objects | json array of vip objects | 
- service_id is a formatted combination of service info: type-host-port. (tcp-127_0_0_3-80)
- server_id is a formatted combination of server info: host-port. (192_0_0_3-8080)
For examples, see the api's readme
json:
{
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 1234,
  "type": "tcp",
  "scheduler": "wlc",
  "persistence": 300,
  "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
  "servers": []
}json with a server:
{
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 8080,
  "type": "tcp",
  "scheduler": "wlc",
  "persistence": 300,
  "netmask": "",
  "servers": [
    {
      "host": "172.28.128.4",
      "port": 8081,
      "forwarder": "m",
      "weight": 1,
      "UpperThreshold": 0,
      "LowerThreshold": 0
    }
  ]
}Fields:
- host: IP of the host the service is bound to.
- interface: Host interface the service is bound to (optional, overrides host).
- port: Port that the service listens to.
- type: Type of service.
- tcp
- udp
 
- scheduler: How to pick downstream server.
- rr - Round Robin
- wrr - Weighted Round Robin
- lc - Least-Connection
- wlc - Weighted Least-Connection
- lblc - Locality-Based Least-Connection
- lblcr - Locality-Based Least-Connection with Replication
- dh - Destination Hashing
- sh - Source Hashing
- sed - Shortest Expected Delay
- nq - Never Queue
 
- persistence: Timeout for keeping requests from the same client going to the same server.
- netmask: How to group clients with persistence to servers.
- servers: Array of server objects associated to the service.
json:
{
  "host": "127.0.0.1",
  "port": 1234,
  "forwarder": "m",
  "weight": 1,
  "upper_threshold": 0,
  "lower_threshold": 0
}Fields:
- host: IP of the host the service is bound to.
- port: Port that the service listens to.
- forwarder: Method to use to forward traffic to this server.
- g - Gatewaying
- i - Ipip encapsulation
- m - Masquerading
 
- weight: Weight to perfer this server. Set to 0 if no traffic should go to this server.
- upper_threshold: Stop sending connections to this server when this number is reached.
- 0 - No limit
 
- lower_threshold: Restart sending connections when drains down to this number.
- 0 - Not set
 
json:
{
  "ip": "192.168.0.101/24",
  "interface": "eth1",
  "alias": "eth1:0"
}Fields:
- ip: Ip to add to interface. Should be ip/cidr
- interface: Interface to add ip to
- alias: Alias to assign the ip (can be used as "interface" when adding a service)
json:
{
  "subdomain": "admin",
  "domain": "test.com",
  "path": "/admin*",
  "targets": ["http://127.0.0.1:8080/app1","http://127.0.0.2"],
  "fwdpath": "/",
  "page": ""
}Fields:
- subdomain: Subdomain to match on
- domain: Domain to match on
- path: Path to match on
- targets: URIs of servers
- fwdpath: Path to forward to targets (combined with target path)
- page: Page to serve instead of routing to targets
json:
{
  "key": "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMII.../J8\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----",
  "cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMII...aI=\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
}Fields:
- key: Pem style key
- cert: Pem style certificate
json:
{
  "error": "exit status 2: unexpected argument"
}Fields:
- error: Error message
json:
{
  "msg": "Success"
}Fields:
- msg: Success message
Portal uses govendor to manage dependencies. After clone, run govendor sync to ensure you have the proper dependencies prior to building.
- vip testing
- balance vips across cluster
- redis cluster init to get and set certs and vips
- 
0.1.1 - 17-06-20 - Log and fail if db init fails
- Use govendor for deps
- Pre-validate protocol for services
- Log all 'forwarded-for' ips
 
- 
0.1.0 - 17-01-24 - Fixed start issues related to VIPs
 
- 
Added ability to specify interface when registering a service 
- 
Users can now add vips to portal 
- 
Portal now uses the service host for server's hosts that are "127.0.0.1" 
