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ngrok — Reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel from a public endpoint to a locally running web service.

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Problem

How to use the ngrok command: Reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. More information: <https://ngrok.com/docs/agent/cli>.

Solution

ngrok — Reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. More information: <https://ngrok.com/docs/agent/cli>.

Expose a local HTTP service on a given port:

ngrok http {{80}}

Expose a local HTTP service on a specific host:

ngrok http {{example.com}}:{{80}}

Expose a local HTTPS server:

ngrok http https://localhost

Expose TCP traffic on a given port:

ngrok tcp {{22}}

Expose TLS traffic for a specific host and port:

ngrok tls -hostname={{example.com}} {{443}}

Code Snippets

Expose a local HTTP service on a given port

ngrok http {{80}}

Expose a local HTTP service on a specific host

ngrok http {{example.com}}:{{80}}

Expose a local HTTPS server

ngrok http https://localhost

Expose TCP traffic on a given port

ngrok tcp {{22}}

Expose TLS traffic for a specific host and port

ngrok tls -hostname={{example.com}} {{443}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ngrok

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