SOCKS proxy written in PHP as Docker container

based on https://github.com/clue/reactphp-socks

Example for docker-compose.yml

services:
  # socks proxy on 127.0.0.1:1080 using separate network
  proxy:
    image: proxy
    container_name: ddev-typo3v10-forensics-proxy
    environment:
      APP_PROXY: >
        [proxy]
        listen=0.0.0.0:1080
        [proxy.targets]
        127.0.0.1=web
    ports:
      - "1080:1080"
    networks:
      - t3-forensics

• proxy
  • listen=host:port host and port that shall listen for SOCKS connections (e.g. listen=127.0.0.1:1080)
• proxy.targets
  • source-host:target-host substitions for requested data on https or http ports (e.g. 127.0.0.1=web mapping localhost to web service/host inside Docker scope)

Proxy invocation

curl --socks5 127.0.0.1:1080 https://xn--hofhckerei-t5a.de/