ngrok and https tunnel for asp.net core application

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The ASP.NET CORE application, when launched from visual studio, has the address https://localhost:44313/. To test the performance you need to make a tunnel. I use ngrok and the command:

ngrok http -host-header=localhost 44313

But this does not work for https.

Can anyone share a working example?

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asp.net-corehttpsngrok

2 Answers

30
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  1. Download the current version of ngrok
  2. Register and get a token: https://dashboard.ngrok.com/auth
  3. Run ngrok and set the token with the command: ngrok authtoken YOUR_AUTHTOKEN
  4. Create a tunnel: ngrok http -host-header=localhost https://localhost:44313

Update 11 april 2019

9
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Using ngrok version 2.3.29 and added authtoken (not sure if authtoken influences outcome, I've just added it following the online installation guide).

This command worked for me:

ngrok http https://localhost:{your-app-port} -host-header=localhost:{your-app-port}

Difference from existing answer: I pass localhost:port to -host-header

Difference form your question: I use ngrok http https://localhos:port instead of ngrok http http://localhos:port (https instead of http)