Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister is a Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, helping others learn about a wide range of software development and infrastructure principles.

Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

How can I geoblock with an API gateway?

Use geoblocking in your API gateway to control traffic by location, enhancing security, compliance, and performance

November 22, 2024

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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

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Add OAuth 2.0 to a Node.js CRUD app

Secure a Node.js CRUD app using the ngrok JavaScript SDK for stable domain setup. Implement OAuth through Google for user authentication and authorization.

January 26, 2024

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Migrate to ngrok from Cloudflare Tunnels using YAML

Explore ngrok as a versatile alternative for secure service access, offering seamless integration options for teams migrating from Cloudflare Tunnels.

November 3, 2023

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Build a CRUD app with Node.js

Master the art of building a CRUD app with Node.js, Express, and React. Manage a database and deploy with ngrok.

October 19, 2023

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

A developer's guide to webhook security

Webhooks help applications stay up to date with system changes, but are they secure? We guide you through steps to ensure the webhooks you consume are valid.

October 3, 2023

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul

HashiCorp Consul and ngrok together provide seamless, secure microservice traffic management, with Consul handling resilience and ngrok enabling public ingress

August 15, 2023

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Kubernetes Operator

Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Webhook Verification with ngrok Edges

Keep your webhook verification settings around by configuring them using an ngrok Cloud Edge. This demonstrates the process using the ngrok-go library.

July 10, 2023

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Scott McAllister

Scott McAllister

Verifying PagerDuty Webhooks with ngrok

Easily validate PagerDuty webhooks without making any changes to your code using ngrok's webhook verification feature.

June 6, 2023

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Developer Roundtable: API security

We welcome Micah Silverman, Director of DevSecOps Acceleration at Snyk, as we discuss API security.

Developer Roundtable: How customers use ngrok

We welcome Jack Britton, Lead, Product-Led Growth at ngrok, to discuss amazing ngrok use cases.

10 Things You Hate About Your API Gateway

Learn about different types of API gateways, when you would want to use them, and some of the pain points with API gateways or situations that are wrong fits.

The API Gateway Advantage: Streamlining Security, Performance, and Scalability

Learn how to manage routing, authentication, & rate limiting to keep your applications efficient & resilient. Building & scale microservice-based systems.

Developer Roundtable: Solidify Your Infrastructure with Automation

We welcome Kerim Satirli, Senior Developer Advocate at HashiCorp, as we discuss running software on distributed architectures.

Developer Roundtable: Bad Ideas Worth Spreading

We welcome Ben Dechrai, Head of DevRel at Arcjet, as we discuss "Bad Ideas Worth Spreading."

Developer Roundtable: Device Gateways

Join us as we discuss ngrok Device Gateways for IoT

Unlock IoT Potential with Device Gateways

This webinar introduces the concept of device gateways, explore architectural components, and highlight their significance in managing communication and data flow between devices and broader networks.

Developer Roundtable: Bot User API

Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, will be joined by Wils Dawson, Senior Software Engineer at ngrok, and Ryan Grant, Software Engineer at ngrok. They’ll demonstrate the recently added Bot Users API that helps you automate the management of Bot Users!

Developer Roundtable: Site-to-Site Connectivity with mTLS for APIs and Databases

Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, was joined by Mandy Hubbard, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at ngrok. They discussed how to configure site-to-site with mTLS connectivity for APIs and databases using ngrok.

Developer Roundtable: Traffic Inspector

Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, was joined by Warren Nelson, Senior Software Engineer at ngrok. They demonstrated the newly added Traffic Inspector in the ngrok dashboard and then opened the floor to YOU to ask questions about the ngrok unified ingress platform.

Developer Roundtable: Gateway API

Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, was joined by a special guest to demonstrate the recently updated ngrok Kubernetes Operator that now supports the Kubernetes Gateway API spec.

Developer Roundtable: March discussion

Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, will be joined by Rob Richardson, Microsoft Community MVP, and Jonathan Stacks, Staff Software Engineer at ngrok. They will demonstrate some of the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) benefits and how it works well with the ngrok platform.

Developer Roundtable: Developer-defined API Gateway

The roundtable is a time for folks who use ngrok to connect, see what's new with ngrok, and ask questions. Scott McAllister, Principal Developer Advocate at ngrok, will be joined by a special guest.

ngrok’s Developer Roundtable : JavaScript SDK

See what's new with ngrok and ask us questions as we demonstrate the recently released ngrok JavaScript SDK!

ngrok’s Developer Roundtable : ngrok Kubernetes Ingress Controller

We'll demonstrate some of our latest features—namely, our SDKs and the ngrok Kubernetes Ingress Controller. After a quick demo, we open the floor for audience questions.

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