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I have tried a variety of different services that provide this but I have decided that I like the newer https://ngrok.com/ https://ngrok.com/ service more. I ha

by zek 13y ago

I have tried a variety of different services that provide this but I have decided that I like the newer https://ngrok.com/ https://ngrok.com/ service more. I have had some major difficulties with localtunnel on my mac in the past.

inconshreveable 13y ago
Hi zek, glad you like ngrok! Progrium and I have been talking about combining efforts recently. I'm going to be extracting out the tunneling component of ngrok into a library that will be used by both ngrok and a new version of localtunnel which will have all of the stability (and features like tcp tunenling and custom hostnames) that you enjoy with ngrok. You'll still want to use ngrok if you want to do any traffic inspection or request replays. Lastly, I have some new features coming up for ngrok including the ability for it to auto-update without your intervention so that I can push features more rapidly without bothering everyone to update every other day. I've open sourced the code to do it as a separate library (https://github.com/inconshreveable/go-update https://github.com/inconshreveable/go-update), and I'll be writing a blog post about the techniques necessary to make it work. Stay tuned!
- scottbruin 13y ago
  Hey, quick question: is there a way to make ngrok preserve the Hostname it passes to my local machine? E.g. we're using virtualhosts and I need the requests to hit my local host with the correct hostname.
  - inconshreveable 13y ago
    Ngrok will pass the same hostname that it received from the public request, so something like example.ngrok.com. If you use the -subdomain flag, then it will always be the same hostname. I'm not entirely sure I answered your question, so if that didn't help, feel free to email me and we'll get it sorted out: alan at ngrok dot com
garraeth 13y ago
At first glance it looks like ngrok supports Windows without Ruby or Python, which I really appreciate. Not sure why that market (Win w/o Ruby/Python) has been completely ignored so far. But it seems like a strong selling point. Thanks guys! signup
- conroy 13y ago
  One of the many benefits of developing downloadable software in Go. Also, ngrok has no dependencies, just download the binary and start it up.

by zek 13y ago

inconshreveable 13y ago

Hi zek, glad you like ngrok! Progrium and I have been talking about combining efforts recently. I'm going to be extracting out the tunneling component of ngrok into a library that will be used by both ngrok and a new version of localtunnel which will have all of the stability (and features like tcp tunenling and custom hostnames) that you enjoy with ngrok. You'll still want to use ngrok if you want to do any traffic inspection or request replays. Lastly, I have some new features coming up for ngrok including the ability for it to auto-update without your intervention so that I can push features more rapidly without bothering everyone to update every other day. I've open sourced the code to do it as a separate library (https://github.com/inconshreveable/go-update https://github.com/inconshreveable/go-update), and I'll be writing a blog post about the techniques necessary to make it work. Stay tuned!

scottbruin 13y ago
Hey, quick question: is there a way to make ngrok preserve the Hostname it passes to my local machine? E.g. we're using virtualhosts and I need the requests to hit my local host with the correct hostname.
- inconshreveable 13y ago
  Ngrok will pass the same hostname that it received from the public request, so something like example.ngrok.com. If you use the -subdomain flag, then it will always be the same hostname. I'm not entirely sure I answered your question, so if that didn't help, feel free to email me and we'll get it sorted out: alan at ngrok dot com

garraeth 13y ago

At first glance it looks like ngrok supports Windows without Ruby or Python, which I really appreciate. Not sure why that market (Win w/o Ruby/Python) has been completely ignored so far. But it seems like a strong selling point. Thanks guys! signup

conroy 13y ago
One of the many benefits of developing downloadable software in Go. Also, ngrok has no dependencies, just download the binary and start it up.