ngrok
Date: 2022-12-12Last modified: 2023-02-17
ngrok is a globally distributed reverse proxy fronting your web services running in any cloud or private network, or your machine.
Installation
From https://ngrok.com/download copy the apt command:
curl -s https://ngrok-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ngrok.asc \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ngrok.asc >/dev/null \
| && echo "deb https://ngrok-agent.s3.amazonaws.com buster main" \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ngrok.list \
| && sudo apt update \
| && sudo apt install ngrok
Account
Connecting your account according to https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup:
ngrok config add-authtoken 2Ip...BYo
Authtoken saved to configuration file: /home/geraldo/.config/ngrok/ngrok.yml
Basic usage
Serving a webpage
Starting a server on localhost:
http-server ./
Expected output:
Starting up http-server, serving ./
http-server version: 14.0.0
http-server settings:
CORS: disabled
Cache: 3600 seconds
Connection Timeout: 120 seconds
Directory Listings: visible
AutoIndex: visible
Serve GZIP Files: false
Serve Brotli Files: false
Default File Extension: none
Available on:
http://127.0.0.1:8080
http://192.168.15.35:8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server
Piping port 8080:
ngrok http 8080
Session Status online
Account Geraldo Ribeiro (Plan: Free)
Version 3.1.0
Region South America (sa)
Latency 13ms
Web Interface http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding https://118c-2804-431-c7db-f2a7-a31-6b93-92ee-3650.sa.ngrok.io -> http://localhost:8080