AImissq / tunnelMe-HowTo

expose localhost running static website to the internet - node express

tunnelMe-HowTo

1. Install nodeJS http://nodejs.org/

git clone https://github.com/AImissq/tunnelMe-HowTo.git or download the zip

put files to be served in views folder - index.html will automatically be rendered and served

Run "node app.js" from within the downloaded git repo folder, or uncompessed zip file location

Browse to 127.0.0.1:8080 http://localhost:8080/

Create a public url for a static site from localhost

How to

2. Get a free public URL for localhost from https://packetriot.com/downloads

3. OR get a public URL from https://ngrok.com/

4. OR get a public URL from https://localhost.run/

5. Or get a publc URL from https://pagekite.net/

6. Dowload repo and inside 'views' folder put your static site. Be aware that in view folder must be present an 'index.html' file

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Additional info by ackroydAI (aimissq)

To overcome dynamic ip addresses try https://www.dynu.com/en-US/DynamicDNS

This is another free solution, albeit no option for a custom domain, but works well http://localhost.run/

Also there is of course https://ngrok.com/

You may see the error msg "(node:5323) [DEP0066] DeprecationWarning: OutgoingMessage.prototype._headers is deprecated" Switching to node v 10.11.0 removes the error.