Product Information
What is Ngrok?
ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.
How it works
You download and run a program on your computer and provide it with the port of a network service (usually a web server).
It connects to the ngrok cloud service, which accepts traffic on a public address and relays that traffic to the ngrok process running on your computer, then forwards it to the local address you specified.
What are its benefits
Demonstrate websites without deploying them
Build webhook consumers on your development machine
Test mobile apps connecting to locally running backends
Stable addresses for deployed connected devices
Run personal cloud services from home
How to use Ngrok?
ngrok provides secure tunneling to expose local servers to the public internet and acts as a flexible API gateway, simplifying secure app/API connections without complex networking.
Core Functions of Ngrok
Lightweight, Local Host, Ingress as a Service
Usage Scenarios of Ngrok
- Demo websites without deployment
- Build a webhook consumer on a development machine
- Test mobile apps connected to locally running backends
- Provide stable addresses for on-site connected devices
- Run personal cloud services from home
- Implement site-to-site connections
Common Questions about Ngrok
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