#urlforwarding

[justphilll]

ngrok is useful for exposing an IIS Web API application on your local machine to the outside world. You application can be called externally (hooked into) from another server elsewhere. For example, Signable allow you to forward to your local machine through a "Webhook". For another example, Dynmark offer what they call "Url Forwarding".

1) On Windows Start Menu, click Run

2) We want to open the Command Prompt. So, type "Cmd" and enter

3) In the Command Prompt, do the following:

cd c:\ngrok_2.0.19_windows_386

4) Then type the following:

ngrok.exe http 80

# Something like the following is then displayed:

ngrok by @inconshreveable

(Ctrl+C to quit)

Tunnel Status online

Version 2.0.19/2.0.19

Web Interface http://127.0.0.1:4040

Forwarding http://8dd33939.ngrok.io ->

localhost:80

Forwarding https://8dd33939.ngrok.io ->

localhost:80