pgrok - Introspected tunnels to localhost.

”I want to expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet.”

Install client

Install supports Linux and MacOS with homebrew

brew install jerson/tap/pgrok

Usage

pgrok -subdomain=customsubdomain 3000

sample output

pgrok                                                           (Ctrl+C to quit)
                                                                                
Tunnel Status                 online                                            
Version                       3.0/3.0                                           
Forwarding                    http://customsubdomain.ejemplo.me -> 127.0.0.1:3000            
Forwarding                    https://customsubdomain.ejemplo.me -> 127.0.0.1:3000           
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040                             
# Conn                        0                                                 
Avg Conn Time                 0.00ms

Downloads

just download in Release section

Install server

Install supports Linux and MacOS with homebrew

brew install jerson/tap/pgrokd

or you can just download it from download section

Install server with Docker

pgrok and pgrokd available in Docker Hub

Sample server in docker-compose

version: "3.7"

services:
  pgrokd:
    image: jerson/pgrok
    entrypoint: pgrokd
    command: -domain ejemplo.me -httpAddr=:80 -httpsAddr=:443 -tunnelAddr=:4443 -tlsCrt=/certs/tls.crt -tlsKey=/certs/tls.key
    volumes:
      - /home/certs:/certs
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
      - 4443:4443

What is pgrok?

pgrok is a reverse proxy that creates a secure tunnel from a public endpoint to a locally running web service. pgrok captures and analyzes all traffic over the tunnel for later inspection and replay.

What can I do with pgrok?

Expose any http service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a subdomain of ejemplo.me
Expose any tcp service behind a NAT or firewall to the internet on a random port of ejemplo.me
Inspect all http requests/responses that are transmitted over the tunnel
Replay any request that was transmitted over the tunnel

What is pgrok useful for?

Temporarily sharing a website that is only running on your development machine
Demoing an app at a hackathon without deploying
Developing any services which consume webhooks (HTTP callbacks) by allowing you to replay those requests
Debugging and understanding any web service by inspecting the HTTP traffic
Running networked services on machines that are firewalled off from the internet

Developing on pgrok

pgrok developer's guide

Disclaimer

pgrok is a fork of ngrok

vmas4u/pgrok