How to specify which domain using ngrok

Question

I use mamp and I have virtual hosts all on port 8888. For example:

• site1.dev:8888
• site2.dev:8888

would point to localhost/site1/, localhost/site2/ etc.

Before using virtual hosts, I would just change my docroot to whatever project I was currently working on and would start ngrok like so

./ngrok http 8888 and it would launch and give me a random generated *.ngrok.io url.

My question is how do I specify the domain now since I am using virtual hosts?

I've tried ./ngrok http site1.dev:8888 and it starts but just serves up mamps webroot.

I am using a free account.

Answer 1

If you prefer a free option, it is possible via:

$ ngrok http -host-header=site1.dev 80

Answer 2

You can use custom domains with this syntax:

ngrok http -hostname=dev.example.com 8000

For reference: https://ngrok.com/docs#custom-domains

But a paid plan is needed.

Answer 3

Works just for paid plan, otherwise not works :(

The correct way to use a custom subdomain name is follow:

ngrok http -subdomain=mycustomsubdomain 80

Will generate:

Forwarding                    http://mycustomsubdomain.ngrok.io -> 127.0.0.1:80
Forwarding                    https://mycustomsubdomain.ngrok.io -> 127.0.0.1:80

More in docs: https://ngrok.com/docs#http-subdomain