Raspberry Pi PHP Http Proxy

This post is about how to setup your Raspberry Pi to be a web server and work as a Http Proxy on internet.

I"m using a Raspberry Pi 3.

You need:

1, install Apache and PHP
2, install Athlon1600/php-proxy-app
3, port forwarding on your modem / router
4, use HTTPS (optional)
5, use dynamic DNS (optional)

1, install Apache and PHP
https://www.stewright.me/2016/03/turn-raspberry-pi-3-php-7-powered-web-server

Step 1 – Add new repository sources

At the time of writing, PHP 7.0 hasn’t yet made the official repository sources, so we need to add one which provides us with the PHP 7.0 packages. Edit your sources file with this command:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Below the existing entries in the file on a blank line, add the following two lines:

deb http://repozytorium.mati75.eu/raspbian jessie-backports main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://repozytorium.mati75.eu/raspbian jessie-backports main contrib non-free

Your file should look a little like this:

Next we need to add a couple of certificates in order to allow us to use the sources with apt-get. Run the following two commands:

sudo gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key CCD91D6111A06851

sudo gpg --armor --export CCD91D6111A06851 | sudo apt-key add -

And finally we need to update the package list by running:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2 – Install the core Apache2 and PHP 7 packages

We’re ready to install Apache2 and PHP7, along with some common packages that we may need for most web applications such as Symfony2, WordPress, Drupal etc. Run the following command to install these packages:

apt-get install apache2 php7.0 php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-imap php7.0-json php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-xmlrpc libapache2-mod-php7.0

This may take a little time, but as soon as we’re done, we are essentially finished.

Step 3 – Test Apache2 and PHP 7

Assuming all went well, we’re ready to test to see if everything went OK with the installation. First we’ll test the version of PHP that CLI is using:

php -v

You should see something like this:

Next we’ll test two things; Apache2 and PHP 7. In your web browser, visit the IP address of your Raspberry Pi. If you haven’t used ssh and have followed these steps on your Raspberry Pi 3 itself, just visit http://127.0.0.1, otherwise change 127.0.0.1 for the IP address of your Raspberry Pi.

You should see the default Debian holding page:

Next we’ll test PHP. Run the following command to create a test file:

echo "> /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

Yet again, visit the IP address of your Raspberry Pi, this time adding /phpinfo.php to the URL. You should see the PHP Information.

Tips: if you got error of cUrl extension not installed, you can do:

sudo apt-get install php-curl

sudo service apache2 restart

reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33775897/how-do-i-install-the-ext-curl-extension-with-php-7?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa

2, install Athlon1600/php-proxy-app

https://github.com/Athlon1600/php-proxy-app

3, port forwarding on your modem / router

https://maker.pro/raspberry-pi/projects/raspberry-pi-web-server

4, use HTTPS (optional)

https://variax.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/adding-https-to-the-raspberry-pi-apache-web-server/comment-page-1/

5, use dynamic DNS (optional)

https://desec.io/#!/en/docs/dyndns-client#option2