Can I use HTTP instead of HTTPS to connect to Teleport?

[deusxanima]

Type:
How-To

Question/Problem:
How can I connect to my Teleport cluster via HTTP instead of HTTPS?

Solution:
By default Teleport requires all connections to be made via HTTPS, which also requires valid TLS certificates. For test environments, however, it is sometimes not desirable to spin up new certificates just for testing and certain environments only forward HTTP instead of HTTPS traffic.

For these situations you can connect insecurely via HTTP by making sure to start teleport with the --insecure flag at startup.

Note: This is not recommended for production environments nor for any environments exposed externally due to insecure nature of the setup.

For more information about the --insecure option and additional startup flags, please take a look at the comprehensive CLI reference: https://goteleport.com/docs/setup/reference/cli/#teleport-start