Expose Your Local Website to the Internet Using ngrok | Free Public Domain | No Port Forwarding

GitHub Link: https://github.com/manjunath-ganesan/ngrok In this tutorial, you'll learn how to expose a local website running on your laptop or VM to the internet using ngrok and its free public domain. We'll first install Nginx, host a simple web page, install ngrok, configure an authentication token, and generate a secure public URL that anyone can access from anywhere—without port forwarding or deploying to a cloud server. This is perfect for: Developers sharing demos Testing webhooks Client presentations Remote testing API development Temporary website hosting 🚀 What You'll Learn ✅ Install and configure Nginx ✅ Create a simple website ✅ Install ngrok on Ubuntu/Linux ✅ Configure ngrok authentication ✅ Generate a free public URL ✅ Access localhost from anywhere ✅ Share your local website securely 📝 Step 1: Install Nginx and Update index file Execute the below commands (use sudo if you're not logged in as the root user). Example sudo apt install nginx apt install nginx systemctl enable nginx systemctl start nginx systemctl status nginx curl localhost cd /var/www/html vim index.html curl localhost 📝 Step 2: Install ngrok wget https://bin.equinox.io/c/bNyj1mQVY4c/ngrok... sudo tar -xvzf ngrok-v3-stable-linux-amd64.tgz -C /usr/local/bin ngrok config add-authtoken YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN ngrok http --url=thoroughly-current-primate.ngrok-free.app 80 📝 Step 3: Test the Public URL Open the generated URL from another device or share it with anyone. https://thoroughly-current-primate.ngrok-f... Note: The URL may change depending on your ngrok endpoint configuration or plan. 💻 Technologies Used ngrok Nginx Ubuntu Linux Localhost HTTP Linux Terminal Web Server Public URL Tunneling Web Development 🎯 Who Should Watch? Beginners Web Developers Backend Developers DevOps Engineers Cloud Engineers Students QA/Test Engineers If this tutorial helped you, 👍 Like the video 💬 Leave a comment 🔔 Subscribe for more tutorials on AWS, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Jenkins, Terraform, Networking, and Cloud Architecture.