Need an easy way to allow external network users to access services or websites on your local machine? ngrok allows you to easily create a secure tunnel from ngroks servers to your machine. For a web developer, this is a dream come true, this is a great way to demo a development whilst in the early stages, saves time uploading to a server.
- Allows access to your locally hosted web server from a unique domain
- Can use your own domains
- Works with vHost files
- Allows testing of website which require an external accessible point such as payment gateways or oAuth
- Can tunnel other services such as PhoneGap allowing users external to your network to test your mobile app
- Various API and IoT implementations
- Easy / quick private networking, VPN benefits
These are only a short list of what is possible using ngrok. Look at their website for a full list of its powerful features and get started.
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