--- title: Install https-forward on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of https-forward for on Pop!_OS - A forwarding HTTPS server using Let's Encrypt url: https://snapcraft.io/install/https-forward/pop --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install https-forward on **Pop!\_OS** # https-forward [Sam Thorogood (samthor)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/samthor "View all snaps from Sam Thorogood (samthor)") * [Sam Thorogood (samthor)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/samthor "View all snaps from Sam Thorogood (samthor)") * [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/https-forward/pop#install) #### A forwarding HTTPS server using Let's Encrypt Provides a forwarding HTTPS server which transparently fetches and caches certificates via Let's Encrypt. This must run on 443 and 80 (http:// just forwards to https://, no forwarding happens unencrypted) and can't coexist with any other web server on your machine. **Why?** This is so you can host random and long-lived services publicly on the internet—perfect for *other* services which are served on http://, don't care about certificates or HTTPS at all, and might be provided by Node or Go on a random high port (e.g., some dumb service running on `localhost:8080`). **Note!** This doesn't magic up domain names. You would use this service only if you're able to point DNS records to the IP address of a machine you're running this on, and that the machine is able to handle incoming requests on port 443 and 80 (e.g., on a home network, you'd have to set up port forwarding on your router). Configure this via `/var/snap/https-forward/common/config`, which is empty after install. It should be authored like this: ``` # hostname forward-to optional-basic-auth host.example.com localhost:8080 blah.example.com 192.168.86.24:7999 user:pass user-only.example.com localhost:9002 user # accepts any password # Specify host with '.' to suffix all following .example.com test localhost:9000 under-example any-hostname-here.com:9000 # Clear the current suffix with a single "." (otherwise below would be "*.example.com.example.com") . # You can include ? or * to glob-match domain parts (this does NOT match "-") *.example.com localhost:9000 test-v?*.example.com localhost:9999 # matches "test-v1", "test-v100", but NOT "test-v" or "test-vx-123" # serves a blank dummy page (but generate https cert, perhaps as a placeholder) serves-nothing.example.com ``` (example.com used above purely as an *example*. You'd replace it with a domain name you controlled, preferably with a wildcard DNS () record like `*.example.com`.) Restart with `snap restart https-forward` to reread the config file (or try `killall -SIGHUP https-forward` to signal it instead). You can read logs to ensure that the file has been parsed properly: ``` sudo journalctl -f -u snap.https-forward.https-forward ``` ### Package name * https-forward --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * 18 August 2025 - latest/stable * 18 August 2025 - latest/beta --- ### Websites * [samthor.au](https://samthor.au "https://samthor.au") --- ### Source code * [github.com/samthor/https-forward](https://github.com/samthor/https-forward "https://github.com/samthor/https-forward") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/https-forward/pop#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install https-forward Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly. ### Install https-forward To install https-forward, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install https-forward ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? 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