Access localhost from the internet

localhost port wamp portforwarding
woel picture woel · Feb 24, 2011 · Viewed 154.8k times · Source

I need to forward my localhost for a short period of time for testing purposes. It has to be accessed from the public internet.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks.

Answer

Saurabh Kumar picture Saurabh Kumar · Jan 7, 2014

There are couple of good free service that let you do the same. Ideal for showing something quickly for testing:

Edits:

  • add ngrok service
  • add localhost.run service

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