How to Install Ngrok on Kali Linux
What is Ngrok?
Ngrok lets anyone to access your website of your localhost or local server. Ngrok actually creates a private connection tunnel between your website and the ngrok cloud service.
Your localhost server is mapped to an subdomain like ngrok.io provided by ngrok itself.
Your website is remotely accessible without exposing any ports, setting up any forwarding or without making any network changes.
Is Ngrok Secure?
Yes, Ngrok is secure. The connection to your localhost port is a tunnel established by ngrok, which transmits data only to your localhost port.
It might be very difficult to try to do any damage, but ngrok is merely as secure as the application you're testing.
How to Install Ngrok on Kali Linux
For installing ngrok on your Kali Linux Machine, you first need to download the ngrok client file.
For downloading it we first need to sign up and create an account on Ngrok official website ngrok.com.
When you sign up for a account there, you'll be redirected to your ngrok dashboard, there you can see a download button. Just click on it, it will be downloaded automatically.
Now move to your Downloads directory of your Kali Machine, through thunar or your terminal.
I am supposing you are not using your Kali Linux Terminal, So follow the steps for installing Ngrok on your system.
1. Go to the directory containing the previously downloaded client file.
2. Select the file & right click on it and click on "Extract Here"
3. If extraction completes successfully, then right click on anywhere in the blank spaces in that directory and click on "Open Terminal Here"
4. Now copy and paste the second command shown there your ngrok website dashboard in your
terminal.
5. That's all! You have successfully installed and authenticated ngrok server in your system.
Type the following command to start ngrok.
$ ./ngrok http 3000
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