frp is a fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet. Now, it supports tcp, udp, http and https protocol when requests can be forwarded by domains to backward web services.
Sometimes we want to expose a local web service behind a NAT network to others for testing with your own domain name and unfortunately we can't resolve a domain name to a local ip.
Howerver, this timeout duration can be modified by setting `authentication_timeout` in frps's configure file. It's defalut value is 900, means 15 minutes. If it is equals 0, then frps will not check authentication timeout.
KCP is a fast and reliable protocol that can achieve the transmission effect of a reduction of the average latency by 30% to 40% and reduction of the maximum delay by a factor of three, at the cost of 10% to 20% more bandwidth wasted than TCP.
Using kcp in frp:
1. Enable kcp protocol in frps:
```ini
# frps.ini
[common]
bind_port = 7000
# kcp needs to bind a udp port, it can be same with 'bind_port'
kcp_bind_port = 7000
```
2. Configure the protocol used in frpc to connect frps:
By default, frps send message to frpc for create a new connection to backward service when getting an user request.If a proxy's connection pool is enabled, there will be a specified number of connections pre-established.
This feature is fit for a large number of short connections.
1. Configure the limit of pool count each proxy can use in frps.ini:
When forwarding to a local port, frp does not modify the tunneled HTTP requests at all, they are copied to your server byte-for-byte as they are received. Some application servers use the Host header for determining which development site to display. For this reason, frp can rewrite your requests with a modified Host header. Use the `host_header_rewrite` switch to rewrite incoming HTTP requests.
frp support forward http requests to different backward web services by url routing.
`locations` specify the prefix of URL used for routing. frps first searches for the most specific prefix location given by literal strings regardless of the listed order.
```ini
# frpc.ini
[web01]
type = http
local_port = 80
custom_domains = web.yourdomain.com
locations = /
[web02]
type = http
local_port = 81
custom_domains = web.yourdomain.com
locations = /news,/about
```
Http requests with url prefix `/news` and `/about` will be forwarded to **web02** and others to **web01**.
frpc only forward request to local tcp or udp port by default.
Plugin is used for providing rich features. There are built-in plugins such as **unix_domain_socket**, **http_proxy** and you can see [example usage](#example-usage).
Specify which plugin to use by `plugin` parameter. Configuration parameters of plugin should be started with `plugin_`. `local_ip` and `local_port` is useless for plugin.
Using plugin **http_proxy**:
```ini
# frpc.ini
[http_proxy]
type = tcp
remote_port = 6000
plugin = http_proxy
plugin_http_user = abc
plugin_http_passwd = abc
```
`plugin_http_user` and `plugin_http_passwd` are configuration parameters used in `http_proxy` plugin.
* Take a look at our [issues list](https://github.com/fatedier/frp/issues) and consider sending a Pull Request to **dev branch**.
* If you want to add a new feature, please create an issue first to describe the new feature, as well as the implementation approach. Once a proposal is accepted, create an implementation of the new features and submit it as a pull request.
* Sorry for my poor english and improvement for this document is welcome even some typo fix.
**Note: We prefer you to give your advise in [issues](https://github.com/fatedier/frp/issues), so others with a same question can search it quickly and we don't need to answer them repeatly.**
