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# Pomerium
-[](https://travis-ci.org/pomerium/pomerium)
-[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/pomerium/pomerium)
-[](https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/master/LICENSE)
-[](https://hub.docker.com/r/pomerium/pomerium/)
+[](https://travis-ci.org/pomerium/pomerium) [](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/pomerium/pomerium) [][godocs] [](https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/master/LICENSE)
Pomerium is a tool for managing secure access to internal applications and resources.
@@ -16,24 +15,16 @@ Use Pomerium to:
- deploy mutual authenticated encryption (mTLS).
- aggregate logging and telemetry data.
-To learn more about some problems Pomerium attempts to address, check out this repository of [resources] covering zero-trust and BeyondCorp.
+Check out [awesome-zero-trust] to learn more about some problems Pomerium attempts to address.
-## Get started
+## Docs
-For instructions on getting started using Pomerium, see our [quick start guide].
+To get started with pomerium, check out our [quick start guide].
-## Start developing
+For comprehensive docs see our [documentation] and the [godocs].
-Assuming you have a working [Go environment].
-
-```sh
-$ go get -d github.com/pomerium/pomerium
-$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/pomerium/pomerium
-$ make
-$ source ./env # see env.example
-$ ./bin/pomerium -debug
-```
-
-[resources]: https://github.com/pomerium/awesome-zero-trust
+[awesome-zero-trust]: https://github.com/pomerium/awesome-zero-trust
+[documentation]: https://www.pomerium.io/
[go environment]: https://golang.org/doc/install
+[godocs]: https://godoc.org/github.com/pomerium/pomerium
[quick start guide]: https://www.pomerium.io/guide/
diff --git a/docs/guide/readme.md b/docs/guide/readme.md
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# Quick start
-
## Using Docker
-* Install [docker] and [docker-compose].
-* Grab Pomerium's included example [`docker-compose.yml`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pomerium/pomerium/master/docker-compose.yml) directly or by cloning the repository.
-* Update `docker-compose.yml` to match your [identity provider] settings.
-* Copy your subdomain's wild-card TLS certificate next to the compose file. If you don't have one handy, the included [script] generates one from [LetsEncrypt].
-* Run docker-compose by runnig the command `$ docker-compose up`.
-* Pomerium is configured to delegate access to two test apps [helloworld] and [httpbin]. Navigate to `hello.corp.example.com` or `httpbin.corp.example.com`. You should see something like the following in your browser and in your terminal.
+- Install [docker] and [docker-compose].
+- Grab Pomerium's included example [`docker-compose.yml`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pomerium/pomerium/master/docker-compose.yml) directly or by cloning the repository.
+- Update `docker-compose.yml` to match your [identity provider] settings.
+- Copy your subdomain's wild-card TLS certificate next to the compose file. If you don't have one handy, the included [script] generates one from [LetsEncrypt].
+- Run docker-compose by runnig the command `$ docker-compose up`.
+- Pomerium is configured to delegate access to two test apps [helloworld] and [httpbin]. Navigate to `hello.corp.example.com` or `httpbin.corp.example.com`. You should see something like the following in your browser and in your terminal.

[](https://asciinema.org/a/tfbSWkUZgMRxHAQDqmcjjNwUg)
-[docker-compose]: (https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
-[docker]: https://docs.docker.com/install/
-[download]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/releases
-[kms]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_management
+## From source
+
+### Get the code
+
+Using [git](https://git-scm.com/), retrieve the latest copy of pomerium's source code by cloning the repository.
+
+```bash
+# where `$HOME/pomerium` is the directory you want to save pomerium
+git clone https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium.git $HOME/pomerium
+```
+
+Build pomerium from source in a single step using make.
+
+```bash
+cd $HOME/pomerium
+make
+```
+
+The command will run all the tests, some code linters, then build the binary. If all is good, you should now have a freshly built pomerium binary in the `pomerium/bin` directory.
+
+### Configure
+
+Make a copy of the [env.example] and name it something like `env`.
+
+```bash
+cp env.example env
+```
+
+Modify your `env` configuration to to match your [identity provider] settings.
+
+```bash
+vim env
+```
+
+### Run
+
+Finally, source the the configuration `env` file and run pomerium.
+
+```bash
+source ./env
+./bin/pomerium
+```
+
+### All-in-one
+
+Assuming your configuration file ready to go, you can simply use this one-liner.
+
+```bash
+make && source ./env && ./bin/pomerium
+```
+
[certbot]: https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html
-[script]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/master/scripts/generate_wildcard_cert.sh
-[source]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium#start-developing
-[identity provider]: ./identity-providers.md
+[docker]: https://docs.docker.com/install/
+[docker-compose]: (https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
+[download]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/releases
+[env.example]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/master/env.example
[helloworld]: https://hub.docker.com/r/tutum/hello-world
[httpbin]: https://httpbin.org/
-[LetsEncrypt]: https://letsencrypt.org/
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+[identity provider]: ./identity-providers.md
+[kms]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_management
+[letsencrypt]: https://letsencrypt.org/
+[script]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/master/scripts/generate_wildcard_cert.sh
+[source]: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium#start-developing
diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index a8d8b0892..4444722f7 100644
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@@ -51,5 +51,7 @@ export IDP_CLIENT_SECRET="REPLACEME"
# export SCOPE="openid email" # generally, you want the default OIDC scopes
# k/v seperated list of simple routes. If no scheme is set, HTTPS will be used.
-export ROUTES="example.corp.example.com=example.org"
+# Currently set to httpbin which is a handy utility letting you inspect requests recieved by
+# a client application
+export ROUTES="httpbin.corp.example.com=httpbin.org"
# export ROUTES="https://weirdlyssl.corp.example.com=http://neverssl.com" #https to http!