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ngrok-operator v0.21.0: status conditions galore
This release improves Status Condition consistency across CRDs and includes several bug fixes for LoadBalancer services.
October 31, 2025
Why didn't ngrok go down in last week's AWS outage?
How ngrok stayed available during the recent AWS us-east-1 outage, why we avoid the region, and the design choices that keep customer traffic flowing.
By Peter Yoakum
October 29, 2025
Code, coffee, and connection: Meet ngrokkers at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2025
ngrok is heading your way at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025. Check out what we have in store for you!
October 27, 2025
Self-hosting with and without ngrok
A step-by-step guide to self-hosting your web app using a VPS, Caddy, and systemd, with tips for using ngrok as an alternative.
By Sam Rose
October 27, 2025
What are AI gateways, and do you even need them?
The AI gold rush has led to a very modern problem: too many shovels (models), too little gold (control). Are AI gateways the solution?
October 24, 2025
Sync secrets from external sources to ngrok with Kubernetes External Secrets
ngrok's Vaults can now pick up K8s secrets you already manage with with the OSS External Secrets project. Many third-party stores, one source of truth.
How Rinsed builds data pipelines in car washes: the lessons learned
From progressive degradation to network abstractions, Rinsed is building around ngrok's TLS endpoints to tap into data more valuable than the entire box office.
By Joel Hans
October 21, 2025
How Vijil built a trust layer for my first AI agent
Vijil’s platform tests your in-development agents against failure modes like prompt injection, PII leaks, and hallucinations—with a bit of help from ngrok.
By Joel Hans
September 22, 2025
API gateway shapes: back then, now, and beyond
Explore eight new gateway patterns—from CI/CD previews to multi-model AI—that show why gateways are no longer prod-only infrastructure.
By Joel Hans
September 16, 2025
ngrok-operator v0.20.0: Go SDK v2 and edges removal
This release drops legacy CRDs, moves to ngrok-go v2, and cleans up old code as we prepare for ngrok-operator v1.0.
September 10, 2025
The ngrok cheatsheet
How to run ngrok with Slack webhook authentication? GitHub OAuth? How to serve files? This cheat sheet shows you what else you can do with ngrok!
September 9, 2025
Secrets for Traffic Policy now in Open Beta
Manage sensitive values securely, reuse them across policies, and rotate them without editing policies—now open to everyone who's open to using the ngrok CLI!
August 27, 2025
ngrok is now HIPAA-compliant
HIPAA compliance opens ngrok for healthcare workloads—API gateways, webhook handling, and remote access with ePHI securely in transit.
August 25, 2025
Self-hosted local AI workflows with Docker, n8n, Ollama, and ngrok
The shortest path to the best of all worlds: AI-driven automation, simple deployments with containers and a GUI, and a gateway to knit it all together securely.
By Joel Hans
August 20, 2025
Smithery is shaping the agent-first internet—for builders and bots alike
Smithery is building tools to help you build, test, and distribute your MCPs on one side, and a "Google for MCPs" on the other—here's how they do it with ngrok.
By Joel Hans
August 19, 2025
Terminate requests to your endpoint with the close-connection action
While you can send a "no thanks" error code and response body, close-connection is perfect for situations where you'd rather just definitively close the door.
August 19, 2025
Block threats before they reach your services with our new WAF actions
Two new Traffic Policy actions, powered by OWASP CRS, drop malicious requests and responses at the edge, with no extra WAF service required.
August 18, 2025
ngrok-operator v0.19.0: Gateway API updates and edge deprecation
We've brought .Status.Addresses for ExternalDNS, gateway status conditions that match community standards, and are prepping for the EOL of edges.
August 14, 2025
Our approach to always evolving dev tools for speed and clarity
The story of `nd`, why we surface what’s happening under the hood, and lean on proven tools so developers can work faster and troubleshoot smarter.
By James Szalay
August 13, 2025
Five ways ngrokkers 'doglab' gateways for homelabs and side projects
How do they build gateways to route and authenticate traffic to blogs, OSS analytics services, photo-sharing apps, and much more with Traffic Policy?
