The tunnel

Lightweight NGROK alternative services like twilio which require a public url for callbacks.

Installation

Globally

npm install -g the-tunnel

CLI usage

When thetunnel is installed globally, just use the tt command to start the tunnel.

tt --port 8000 --subdomain my-subdomain

Thats it! It will connect to the tunnel server, setup the tunnel 'my-subdomain.thetunnel.ga'. This url will remain active for the duration of your session; so feel free to share it with others for happy fun time!

Arguments

Below are some common arguments. See tt --help for additional arguments

• --subdomain request a named subdomain on the localtunnel server (default is random characters)
• --local-host proxy to a hostname other than localhost

You may also specify arguments via env variables. E.x.

options

• port (number) [required] The local port number to expose through localtunnel.
• subdomain (string) Request a specific subdomain on the proxy server. Note You may not actually receive this name depending on availability.
• host (string) URL for the upstream proxy server. Defaults to https://localtunnel.me.
• local_host (string) Proxy to this hostname instead of localhost. This will also cause the Host header to be re-written to this value in proxied requests.
• local_https (boolean) Enable tunneling to local HTTPS server.
• local_cert (string) Path to certificate PEM file for local HTTPS server.
• local_key (string) Path to certificate key file for local HTTPS server.
• local_ca (string) Path to certificate authority file for self-signed certificates.
• allow_invalid_cert (boolean) Disable certificate checks for your local HTTPS server (ignore cert/key/ca options).

License

MIT