Heroku Privoxy Buildpack

This buildpack installs Privoxy for your app on Heroku.

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Setup

With this buildpack installed, Privoxy runs automatically on the port: 8118.

Create a new app with this buildpack

Create a new Heroku app with this buildpack (through the Heroku CLI):

heroku create --buildpack "https://github.com/iamashks/heroku-buildpack-privoxy.git"

Or, add this buildpack to an existing app

1] Create a Heroku app as normal with the usual buildpacks.

2] Then, add this buildpack in your app (through the Heroku CLI):

$ heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/iamashks/heroku-buildpack-privoxy.git

Variables

You'll need to provide these as env variables (check this guide):

PRIVOXY_PORT: The port to be used for the Privoxy server (default: 8118).
PRIVOXY_CONF_FILE_URL: The configuration file for Privoxy (default: supplied).
TOR_PROXY_PORT: The port to be used for the Tor Proxy server (default: 9050).

Features

Caches compilation