URL to CMD app

A tiny web server that runs a specific command on the server when a specific URL is reached. A use case can be to update production code on a server, but without giving arbitrary command access to the server to external parties.

Dependencies and installation

To build a new binary, you need to have Go 1.21 or later installed and then run ./build.sh. All binaries lands in the bin folder.

To "install" this app, simply copy the binary to a folder in your $path, or run it directly.

There is no dependencies except for a supported architecture for the binary. If your architecture is not present, please add it and make a PR.

Running and configuration

Either copy .env.example to .env and modify the settings to your likings, or modify the ENV in your shell according to .env.example. Modify urlstocmd.example.json to your liking and rename it to match your ENV URLS_CMDS_JSON_PATH. Then run the application.

Installing as a system.d service in compatible Linux systems (Debian etc)

1. Configure the app according to the above instructions somewhere on your filesystem.
2. Copy urltocmd.service to /etc/systemd/system/urltocmd.service.
3. Modify /etc/systemd/system/urltocmd.service to match your needs (especially check User, ExecStart and WorkingDirectory)
4. sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable urltocmd && sudo service urltocmd start
5. Profit!

You can watch the log from urltocmd like this: sudo journalctl -u urltocmd -f.

See more information about how to work with system.d services here.