ngrok

What is ngrok?

ngrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel between from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. ngrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.

ngrok is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Expose any http service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a subdomain of ngrok.comExpose any tcp service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a random port of ngrok.comInspect all http requests/responses that are transmitted over the tunnelReplay any request that was transmitted over the tunnel

ngrok Pros & Cons

Pros of ngrok

✓Easy to use
✓Super-fast
✓Free
✓Awesome traffic analysis page
✓Reliable custom domains
✓Mobile development
✓Shares service-wide metrics
✓Supports UTP And HTTPS

Cons of ngrok

✗Doesn't Support UDP
✗El tunel SSH cambia de dominio constantemente

ngrok Integrations

Azk, Twilio SendGrid, GitHub, Slack, 1Password and 2 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with ngrok. Here's a list of all 7 tools that integrate with ngrok.

Azk

Text Generation Web UI

ngrok Discussions

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John Barton

CTO at Hecate

Mar 14, 2019

Needs adviceon

Docker Compose

Rails

Create React App

Docker Compose might have been a bit of overkill for a dev environment as a solo founder, but I'd found so much with past side projects (though this is no longer a side project) that I would frequently waste time every time I came back to work on the project getting my dev env sorted again.

Made the conscious choice to make a "prod-ish" docker-compose config up front to make sure that didn't bite me again.

Structured it so I have the following containers running

server - the Rails app in API style
client - the Create React App
ngrok - ngrok to receive webhooks in dev
db - PostgreSQL
queues - delayed_job worker

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ngrok Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to ngrok?

npm

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Visual Studio

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IntelliJ IDEA

Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.

Webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

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What is ngrok?

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