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CliffsNotes your voicemails with WebSockets, Twilio, and OpenAI
Explore ngrok's WebSocket capabilities with a demo crafted for Office Hours, integrating with OpenAI’s API to create a secure phone call summarization app.

By Joel Hans
October 2, 2024
How we built ngrok's data platform
At ngrok, we manage a ~100TiB, 500+ table data lake, managed by a very small team. Here's a look at how we built it and what unique challenges we solved.
September 26, 2024
ngrok in production: Not just for testing anymore
Transform how you handle production traffic with ngrok, enhancing security and management for your applications beyond just testing.
September 18, 2024
AWS PrivateLink vs. VPC peering vs. ngrok
Explore the pros/cons of AWS PrivateLink vs VPC peering for connecting AWS clouds securely—and whether ngrok could be a simpler and more flexible alternative.

By Team ngrok
September 17, 2024
Deploy advanced HTTP traffic shaping with request variables and CEL
Explore ngrok's request variables and Common Expression Language to create flexible, powerful HTTP traffic shaping rules for your API endpoints.

By Joel Hans
September 12, 2024
Introducing Office Hours: Learn about and build on ngrok together
Join ngrok's Office Hours: A monthly livestream for developers to learn, ask questions, and explore ngrok's capabilities beyond secure tunneling.

By Joel Hans
September 11, 2024
Deploy a globally-distributed API gateway with DigitalOcean and ngrok
Deliver low-latency, resilient APIs without vendor lock-in or complex networking with ngrok’s global server load balancer, automatically deployed with your API.

By Team ngrok
September 10, 2024
Visibility and limits: Keep track of your ngrok usage
Track your ngrok usage effectively with our dashboard, offering visibility into metrics like traffic, endpoints, and data transfers.

By Sam Richard
September 5, 2024
Introducing Load Balancer support for ngrok Kubernetes Operator
Enhance Kubernetes operations with ngrok’s Load Balancer support, streamlining access and connectivity for services in your clusters.
August 29, 2024
Send ngrok Network Traffic Logs to Azure Monitor
Seamlessly integrate ngrok with Azure Monitor to forward network traffic logs for enhanced visibility and secure traffic management.

By Russ Savage
August 21, 2024
Set up a reverse proxy with AWS and ngrok
Discover what a reverse proxy is and why they're essential for public-facing services, apps, and APIs, and learn how to set up a reverse proxy on AWS with ngrok

By Joel Hans
August 21, 2024
Easier DNS configuration with subdomains and zones—and a switch
Using branded domains with ngrok? It’s never been easier or more error-proof to establish proper DNS zones for delegation and namespacing.

By Joel Hans
August 19, 2024
Developer's guide: Manage traffic with CEL expressions and connection variables
Explore how ngrok's Traffic Policy feature helps developers filter traffic, without requiring help from ops, with raw connection variable data and CEL.

By Joel Hans
August 14, 2024
How to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) with ngrok’s API gateway
Mutual TLS (mTLS) with an API gateway can help you meet compliance requirements in industries that demand high security for data transmission.

By Joel Hans
August 13, 2024
Redirect vs URL rewrite in an API gateway
Find out the difference between URL rewriting and redirection and how to utilize them to seamlessly migrate your API endpoints
August 8, 2024
APIOps and an API gateway: Get your development groove back
Discover how GitOps and APIOps can revolutionize your API gateway workflow, offering version control, easy deployment, and developer sanity with ngrok.

By Joel Hans
August 6, 2024
Data at ngrok: A primer
Understand how ngrok handles your data with advanced security measures, offering clarity and control over your traffic flows and storage.
August 5, 2024
MicroK8s and ngrok: Easy ingress at the edge
Leverage ngrok with MicroK8s for efficient, secure edge computing and easy Kubernetes ingress setup across your networks.
How to build connectors to on-premise services for workflow automation
Streamline workflow automation by connecting on-premises services with ngrok’s secure, efficient connectors for various APIs.
July 24, 2024
It’s about time: Format timestamps and time zones in the ngrok dashboard
Customize timestamps in your ngrok dashboard to streamline debugging and enhance event observability across time zones.

By Russ Savage
July 24, 2024