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    🕯️ Localhost Accessible

You can open the localhost application to the internet with an intermediary (ngrok) and perform tests and
experiments.
The procedures in the current step may vary, so it is more reasonable to go to the specified website to access the current
steps.


Steps for many platforms are available in the specified link. 

This gist is based on Linux.
Setup


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Install ngrok via Apt with the following 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


Run the following command to add your authtoken to the default ngrok.yml configuration file.

ngrok config add-authtoken <your_auth_token>


For a simple example, start the apache service

systemctl start apache2


Go to the directory where the index files are presented and edit index.html file

cd /var/www/html

Remove the whole lines and added these lines:
<html>
<body>
<center>
<h1>Localhost Accessible</h1>
</center>
</body>
</html>


Make your website accessible

ngrok http http://localhost:80

Source


Access your local computer from anywhere in the world : Hindi