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# Production Setup

## Starting the Proxy

By default the following command will run the proxy on `localhost` port `5012`

```
start.sh
```

You should be able to connect to a reverse-proxy (if desired).

Alternatively if you would prefer to run the proxy on this server using built-in tls/http2 support you can create a `tls` directory and add a `cert.pem` and `key.pem`. 

Then starting your proxy with the following will use your certificate and run on port `80/443` and automatically redirect http requests to https:

```
start_with_tls.sh
```