Share Your Local Server with Ngrok

Ngrok creates a secure tunnel from a public URL to your local server, making it easy to share work in progress, test webhooks, or demo applications.

Create a free account at ngrok.com to get your auth token.

Claim a free subdomain (Optional)

Ngrok allows you to claim one free static subdomain from your dashboard.

Download and install Ngrok

Download the package for your OS, then extract and install it:

tar -xvzf ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz

Optionally, copy it to /usr/local/bin to make it available system-wide:

cp ngrok /usr/local/bin

Connect your account

Authenticate Ngrok with your auth token:

ngrok config add-authtoken <auth-token>

The auth token is saved to ~/.config/ngrok/ngrok.yml.

Start an HTTP tunnel

Forward traffic to your local server:

ngrok http 80

# With a custom domain (if you claimed one)
ngrok http --domain=<domain-name> 80

Access your public URL

Open the URL shown in the Ngrok terminal output (or your custom domain) in any browser. Your local server is now publicly accessible.

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