ngrok allows you to expose a web server running on your local machine to the internet.
Read more about ngrok in the official docs.
- Go to your root directory
cd
- download ngrok .zip file
wget https://bin.equinox.io/c/4VmDzA7iaHb/ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
if by any chance the url has been changed go to ngrok download page and copy the url of the linux .zip file.
- unzip the file
unzip ngrok-stable-linux-amd64.zip
in case you don't have unzip installed, you can do that like this
sudo apt install unzip
- if you pass in this command
./ngrok
you'll see this output
NAME:
ngrok - tunnel local ports to public URLs and inspect traffic
DESCRIPTION:
ngrok exposes local networked services behinds NATs and firewalls to the
public internet over a secure tunnel. Share local websites, build/test
webhook consumers and self-host personal services.
Detailed help for each command is available with 'ngrok help <command>'.
Open http://localhost:4040 for ngrok's web interface to inspect traffic.
EXAMPLES:
ngrok http 80 # secure public URL for port 80 web server
ngrok http -subdomain=baz 8080 # port 8080 available at baz.ngrok.io
ngrok http foo.dev:80 # tunnel to host:port instead of localhost
ngrok tcp 22 # tunnel arbitrary TCP traffic to port 22
ngrok tls -hostname=foo.com 443 # TLS traffic for foo.com to port 443
ngrok start foo bar baz # start tunnels from the configuration file
VERSION:
2.2.8
AUTHOR:
inconshreveable - <alan@ngrok.com>
COMMANDS:
authtoken save authtoken to configuration file
credits prints author and licensing information
http start an HTTP tunnel
start start tunnels by name from the configuration file
tcp start a TCP tunnel
tls start a TLS tunnel
update update ngrok to the latest version
version print the version string
help Shows a list of commands or help for one command
this means that ngrok is working well
- all you need to do is specify a port where your website is servered so that you expose it to the internet. Example
./ngrok http 8000
passing the above command will produce this output
ngrok by @inconshreveable
Session Expires 7 hours, 59 minutes
Version 2.2.8
Region United States (us)
Web Interface http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding http://********.ngrok.io -> localhost:8000
Forwarding https://*******.ngrok.io -> localhost:8000
Connections ttl opn rt1 rt5 p50 p90
0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
thanks