• Author: Pedric Kng
• Updated: 26 Jun 2020

Snap is a simple way to install

1. Install snap

sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd

2. Install ngrok via snap

sudo snap install ngrok

Create the ngrok configuration as per ngrok documentation

Sample ngrok configuration

Note: the 'web_addr' configuration refers to ngrok web console. By default, it is set to localhost for ubuntu interactive mode-only (UI). For pure console, change it to an external url/ip address.

web_addr: 192.168.137.47:4040

1. Create a Ngrok service file in /etc/systemd/system/

Enable ngrok service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable ngrok.service

Start ngrok service

sudo systemctl start ngrok

Check if ngrok service is up

sudo systemctl status ngrok

Check ngrok service version

ngrok --version

Inspecting the traffic through tunnel

ngrok http 8080

1. Browse to http:\localhost:4040 for the ngrok console.

2. Query via ngrok rest api

curl http://192.168.137.47:4040/api/tunnels

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