Scott McAllister
Scott McAllister is a Developer Advocate for ngrok. He has been building software in several industries for over a decade. Now he's helping others learn about a wide range of web technologies and incident management principles. When he's not coding, writing or speaking he enjoys long walks with his wife, skipping rocks with his kids, and is happy whenever Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders FC, Manchester City, St. Louis Cardinals, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Bulls, Seattle Storm, Seattle Seahawks, OL Reign FC, St. Louis Blues, Seattle Kraken, Barcelona, Fiorentina, Borussia Dortmund or Mainz 05 can manage a win.
Add OAuth 2.0 to a Node.js CRUD app
This blog post provides a guide on securing a Node.js CRUD app by integrating the ngrok JavaScript SDK for stable domain setup and implementing OAuth through Google for user authentication and authorization.
January 26, 2024
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Migrate to ngrok from Cloudflare Tunnels using YAML
Explore ngrok as a versatile alternative for secure service access, offering seamless integration options for teams migrating from Cloudflare Tunnels.
November 3, 2023
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Build a CRUD app with Node.js
Master the art of building a CRUD app with Node.js, Express, and React. Manage a database and deploy with ngrok.
October 19, 2023
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A developer's guide to webhook security
Webhooks are extremely useful for staying up to date with changes in other systems but are they secure? This post will guide you through some steps to ensure the webhooks you consume are valid.
October 3, 2023
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Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul
HashiCorp Consul provides a scalable and highly resilient platform for managing traffic across microservices. When paired with ngrok, Consul provides a robust and secure way for service-to-service communication within a Kubernetes cluster to communicate, while ngrok can seamlessly and securely provide public ingress to those services.
August 15, 2023
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Webhook Verification with ngrok Edges
Keep your webhook verification settings around awhile by configuring them using an ngrok Cloud Edge. This post will demonstrate the process using the ngrok Dashboard as well as the ngrok-go library.
July 10, 2023
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Verifying PagerDuty Webhooks with ngrok
PagerDuty provides a shared secret with their webhooks so consumers can ensure the event's authenticity. Normally, verifying this secret requires a multiple step process implemented through your application code. This post will show how you can easily validate PagerDuty webhooks without making any changes to your code using ngrok's webhook verification feature.
June 6, 2023
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