ngrok

ngrok

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Updated: 01 July 2024

For a working web application listening on http://localhost:8080

ngrok http http://localhost:8080

Working with a ngrok custom domain. Strictly http only

ngrok http --scheme=http --domain=client-demo.ctd.co.uk 8080

For a MySQL server published to port 3307

ngrok tcp 3307

Locate the ngrok config file

ngrok config check

Configure two tunnels to start from the same agent. Start both with ngrok start client_demo and ngrok start client_demo_mysql

tunnels:
  client_demo:
    proto: http
    addr: 80
    inspect: true
  client_demo_mysql:
    proto: tcp
    addr: 3307
    inspect: false

Check a ngrok tcp tunnel

telnet 5.tcp.eu.ngrok.io 16456

Connect to MySQL database made available through ngrok tunnel

mysql -h 5.tcp.eu.ngrok.io -P 16020 -u username -puser_pass db_name