Posts tagged “Networking”
Showing 27 posts tagged with Networking.
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
From nginx to ngrok: Dogfooding our own website with Traffic Policy
We built an API gateway, then turned it on ourselves. Here's the full story of how we replaced nginx and now host ngrok.com with Kubernetes and Traffic Policy.
Introducing Endpoint Pools: Load balance anything, anywhere
With ngrok Endpoint Pools, load balancing is just starting endpoints with the same URL. Zero config. Elastic scale. Cross-cloud ready.
By Alan Shreve
May 20, 2025
ngrok is also now your Kubernetes ingress
Simplify your Kubernetes ingress stack: global load balancing, DDoS protection, and flexible routing all built into ngrok’s Operator.
Tired of slow Kubernetes dev loops? Try local projection with bindings
Run your service on localhost, interact with it from any of your clusters—or all of them at once. ngrok makes the K8s dev loop feel magical again.
By Joel Hans
April 25, 2025
Simplify your customer integrations with zero-VPN access
This is how I help modern teams do site-to-site connectivity: no VPNs, no sprawl—just secure tunnels and full control.
By Ishan Jain
April 21, 2025
All the ways to hang with an ngrokker (and see what they built) at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
From Platform Engineering Day, to our booth at N611, to talks on Gateway API implementations and API gateway maturity, there are plenty of places to find us.
By Joel Hans
March 20, 2025
Introducing Cloud Endpoints
Have you ever wanted an ngrok endpoint that doesn’t go offline when you get disconnected from the internet? Now possible with always-on cloud endpoints.
February 24, 2025
Introducing IP Intelligence to control unwanted traffic
Learn how ngrok's IP Intelligence gives you powerful tools to identify and block bots, scrapers, and malicious traffic at your API gateway.
By Russ Savage
January 15, 2025
Manage traffic on a region-aware API gateway—without the networking
Build a region-aware API gateway with ngrok's Traffic Policy. Route requests, manage failover, and enforce regional compliance with simple YAML configs.
By Joel Hans
December 4, 2024
Manage traffic at critical connection points with Traffic Policy phases
Learn how ngrok's phase-based Traffic Policy gives you granular traffic control in more places, from TCP connect through HTTP response, to take decisive action.
November 21, 2024
Flexible and expressive traffic orchestration: introducing internal endpoints
Internal endpoints are secure, non-public endpoints that end with .internal, allowing you to route traffic based on headers, paths, subdomains, and more.
October 29, 2024
How nuanced rate limiting transforms your API and business
Master the dynamics of API rate limiting with ngrok’s gateway: a key to enhanced security, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
By Joel Hans
October 3, 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 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
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
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
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
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
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!
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.
By Team ngrok
June 17, 2024
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.
By Team ngrok
April 2, 2024
What is the control plane?
The control plane is the component in a distributed system that directs how data is processed by the data planes, ensuring proper and secure data processing.
By Team ngrok
January 19, 2024
What is the data plane?
The data plane is responsible for the actual processing of data to accomplish a task based on the routing decisions made by the control plane.
By Team ngrok
December 18, 2023
Our next generation firewall project
Read about how we have improved our firewall and created an open-source Firewall Toolkit in the process.
December 7, 2023
What is global server load balancing (GSLB)?
Understand the basics of GSLB and its benefits, like reducing application latency, supporting disaster recovery, and simplifying IT operations.
October 12, 2023
