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