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hitch


Information about the package, hitch, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hitch package is designed for, Network proxy that terminates TLS/SSL connections.


Package Name:

hitch

Summary:

Network proxy that terminates TLS/SSL connections

Description:

hitch is a network proxy that terminates TLS/SSL connections and forwards the unencrypted traffic to some backend. It is designed to handle 10s of thousands of connections efficiently on multicore machines.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.4.8

Release:

1.el6

Size:

96 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for hitch


Control the hitch package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install hitch

This command will install hitch on the server.

yum remove hitch

This command will un-install hitch on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hitch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove hitch

This command will un-install hitch on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hitch when using the -y flag.

yum update hitch

This command will update hitch to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hitch, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update hitch

This command will update hitch to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove hitch when using the -y flag.

yum info hitch

This command will show you core information about the hitch package.

yum deplist hitch

This command will show you the dependencies for hitch. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update hitch

This command will check if there is an update waiting on hitch. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.