Installing ngrok on Windows
Install Manually
Installing ngrok manually involves a few more steps:
- Download the ngrok ZIP file
- Unzip the ngrok.exe file
- Place the ngrok.exe in a folder of your choosing
- Make sure the folder is in your PATH environment variable
Step 1 – Create a Free Account on Ngrok.com, basically you can create an account on Ngrok by three ways.
- – With your personal Email
- – With Github
- – With Gmail
You can choose any way for signing up into Ngrok.
Step 2 – After confirming the account with your mail ID, just try to login with the same details which you’ve used while creating the account.
Step 3 – After successful signup, you’ll a Dashboard Page in front of you just like below:
Step 4 – Now you need to download the Ngrok package from the Download Page.
Based on your operating system, you can choose the file and ngrok supports all OS (Windows/Linux/MacOSX)
Step 5 – Next step is to install the package which you’ve downloaded from previous step.
- To extract the package in Linux/MacOSX – type “unzip /path/to/ngrok.zip” in your command terminal.
- And for Windows, just simply double click on the file and extract the .exe file with the help of Winrar/Winzip.
Step 6 – Now to use ngrok in windows, run command prompt from same directory where you’ve downloaded the package.
For Linux/MacOSX:
Command: ./ngrok authtoken <Your Token>
Step 7 – Starting your first tunnel
Once you have your local server running, you can open a tunnel to the port where your application is running.
For local web server to internet, type “ngrok.exe http 80” in your cmd terminal.
Test Your Installation
To test that ngrok is installed properly, open a new command window (command prompt or PowerShell) and run the following:
ngrok version
Post a Comment