mainframed767/web3270 repository overview

⁠web3270

This is a web based front end to c3270.

⁠How to use

1. Run this container with:

docker run -d \
  --name=web3270 \
  -p 4443:443 \
  -v /opt/docker/web3270:/config \
  -v /opt/docker/web3270/certs:/certs \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  mainframed767/web3270

Where:

• 4443 is the port you want the web server to listen on
• /opt/docker/web3270 is the location for the web3270.ini config file optional
• /opt/docker/web3270/certs is the location of the TLS server certificates optional

On first run the config file will be copied to the /config volume. Run this container, edit that file then reset the container.

⁠Config File

The config file allows you to specify multiple options:

• server_ip IP address of the tnN3270 server to connect to
• server_port TCP port of the tn3270 server to connect to
• webport TCP port for this webserver
• tls yes/no should this server use HTTPS. If yes this script will check in the folder denoted by the script argument --certs, the default is the folder used the run the script.
• encrypted yes/no when connecting to tn3270 use SSL or not
• selfsignedcert yes/no allow self signed certs when connecting to encrypted tn3270 server
• model tn3270 model type (2 through 5), default 4. See https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/3270_models⁠ for more details.
• useproxy yes/no should a proxy be used to connect to tn3270 server
• proxystring The proxy connection string optional.