Dear readers, In this article i have described the way to access the local server via internet (or creating secure tunnels to localhost).
We will use Ngrok software, which is a multi-platform tunneling, reverse proxy software that establishes secure tunnels from a public endpoint such as internet to a locally running network service.
We can download Ngrok software from their official website: https://ngrok.com/.
After downloading the same extract the .zip file & run ngrok.exe as Administrator.
You can see the below screen:
This screen display the basic help commands to operate the tool.
Now you need to setup your localhost port-number. Default port number is 80. Setup the same, run below command:
ngrok http 80
It will create a access link for you:
As shown above, for my localhost access link is http://84227dcd.ngrok.io.
For Developers, this software save lots of time to avoid constantly redeploy your in-progress work. Its helps to show demo to clients & get feedback without deploying.
Check Ngrok documentation for more details.
Thanks.
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