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Sam Richard
Sam Richard

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.
September 5, 2024
4
min read
Jonathan Stacks
Jonathan Stacks

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.
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Battle against search and AI bots on your ngrok endpoints

Are search and AI bots invading your ngrok endpoints? Fight back with three developer-friendly traffic policies you can deploy in minutes.
August 28, 2024
8
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

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.
August 21, 2024
3
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

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.
August 21, 2024
12
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

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.
August 19, 2024
3
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Developer's guide: Manage traffic with CEL expressions and connection variables

Explore how ngrok's Traffic Policy feature helps developers intelligently filter traffic, without requiring help from ops, with raw connection variable data and CEL.
August 14, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

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.
August 13, 2024
8
min read
Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister

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
8
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

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.
August 6, 2024
10
min read
Arianna Willett
Arianna Willett

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
5
min read
Mike Coleman
Mike Coleman

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.
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

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.
July 24, 2024
3
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

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
8
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Traffic Policy Engine now supports dynamic configuration with CEL Interpolation

Enhance your traffic policy management with ngrok's CEL Interpolation, enabling dynamic, adaptable configurations for APIs.
July 23, 2024
3
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

How ngrok’s GSLB elevates Linode-hosted SaaS performance and resilience

Discover how ngrok’s Global Server Load Balancing also brings multi-cloud and smoother application delivery to SaaS hosted globally on Linode VMs or k8s clusters.
July 17, 2024
10
min read
Salil Subbakrishna
Salil Subbakrishna

Traffic Policy support for the Kubernetes Gateway API

We have added a policy CRD which can be used to support traffic policies in both ingress controller and Gateway API. This enables all traffic policy actions on the Gateway API.
July 3, 2024
10
min read
Nijiko Yonskai
Nijiko Yonskai

Traffic Policy Engine - What are CEL variables?

Harness the power of CEL variables in ngrok’s Traffic Policy Module to create dynamic, robust traffic filtering rules for your APIs.
July 1, 2024
4
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Ingress controller vs. API gateway: A comparison

Ingress controllers and API gateways have some overlapping functionality, and this post helps you know when to use one over the other—or both!
Team ngrok
Team ngrok

What is port forwarding?

Think of port forwarding as opening a specific "door" on your network to let in and route traffic to specific services. Learn more in this post.
June 17, 2024
4
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Accounts Now Require a Valid Payment Method to use TCP Endpoints

In an effort to curb abuse, a valid payment method must be added to your ngrok account, including the free tier, before using TCP endpoints.
June 13, 2024
3
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Network Traffic Inspector is now Generally Available with replay and additional retention

Capture, inspect, and replay traffic for up to 90 days from the ngrok dashboard with our Network Traffic Inspector, now GA.
June 10, 2024
3
min read
Team ngrok
Team ngrok

What is mTLS (mutual TLS)?

mTLS or Mutual TLS extends TLS by requiring the client and server to authenticate each other with digital certificates.
June 6, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

API gateway gallery: Drop-in API policy management examples

With these 10 YAML-configured examples, you can mix-and-match your way to better security, availability, and observability of your freshest APIs.
May 30, 2024
10
min read
Mike Coleman
Mike Coleman

An introduction to the Kubernetes Gateway API

Take a look at key concepts of Kubernetes Gateway API, advantages over traditional approaches, and use for effective traffic control in deployments.
May 29, 2024
4
min read
Mandy Hubbard
Mandy Hubbard

Secure site-to-site connectivity: Implement now with ngrok’s new guides

Use our new guides to self-serve site-to-site connectivity to APIs, databases, and device service APIs in external networks.
May 20, 2024
3
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Secure your API with JWTs and ngrok’s API Gateway

Secure your APIs with JWT authentication using ngrok’s developer-defined API Gateway for enhanced security and seamless integration.
May 16, 2024
7
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Developer experience in deployed API gateways: Kong vs. ngrok

Discover the simplicity of ngrok's API gateway and compare it to Kong for enabling developer productivity, ease of use, and rapid deployment capabilities.
May 14, 2024
10
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

Automate Bot User creation and management with our new APIs

ngrok now features a new Bot Users API endpoint that allows you to automate the creation, management, and deletion of Bot Users in your account.
May 2, 2024
5
min read
Joel Hans
Joel Hans

Build your developer-defined "golden path" with the Kubernetes Gateway API and ngrok

Working together, the Kubernetes Gateway API and ngrok’s Cloud put power back into developers’ hands while abstracting away all the complexity of secure Kubernetes networking.
April 25, 2024
5
min read
Chad Tindel
Chad Tindel

Reverse proxy vs. API gateway: Key differences explained

Reverse proxies and API gateways share many similarities. This post helps you understand how these technologies differ and when to use each one.
April 17, 2024
5
min read
Sam Richard
Sam Richard

Lunda.ai manages connections to Vonage, Whisper, and Llama with ngrok

Discover Lunda.ai's innovative approach to sales coaching using AI, powered by ngrok for seamless integration and rapid development.
April 3, 2024
3
min read
Team ngrok
Team ngrok

What is VPC peering?

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) peering is a method that allows two VPCs to connect and communicate. Get an overview of VPC peering here.
April 2, 2024
3
min read
Russ Savage
Russ Savage

ngrok Introduces Network Traffic Inspection - Available directly from the dashboard

Our new network traffic inspector provides network traffic observability for all endpoints. A modern PCAP in the cloud.
March 27, 2024
5
min read
Chad Tindel
Chad Tindel

Transform connectivity with ngrok: A strategic edge for modern enterprises

Learn how ngrok redefines digital transformation, offering strategic advantages in security, efficiency, and innovation for modern enterprises.
March 21, 2024
5
min read