A way to access invoker processes from other devices in LAN

[hiroshi]

Like pow does with xip.io.
https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3191-announcing-pow-040-with-xipio-support

[gnufied]

Should be relatively simple to add. We need to modify regular expression that extracts hostname from incoming uri.

[hiroshi]

@gnufied
Thanks for your reply. I'm looking forward to the day ;-)

[hiroshi]

Thanks @abasak @gnufied.
With latest master invoker repo. I can see an invoker process from my iPhone!!

[hiroshi]

After I restarted my mac with OS X update 10.9.4, myapp.<ip address>.xip.io doesn't work, but myapp.127.0.0.1.xip.io does.

I think the following rules for pfctl are only work for the loopback interface.

rdr pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 80 -> 127.0.0.1 port 23401
rdr pass on lo0 inet proto tcp from any to any port 443 -> 127.0.0.1 port 23402

Why myapp.<ip address>.xip.io worked before restart as I reported the last comment? I guess before the restart I migrated from pow setup and there were ipfw rules for pow.

[gnufied]

@hiroshi you are correct. I think, we need to take care of this. I am going to reopen this ticket.

[lcmen]

I'd love to have this feature - I work with api + mobile app on a daily basis and for now the only way to access the application from mobile device is to explicitly provide port in the url (23401- http). Any workarounds (even manual ones)? I've looked for an ability to forward port 80 -> x but as it has been said above it works only for loopback interface.

Btw. How pow is able to make it work?