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A developer's guide to webhook security
Webhooks help applications stay up to date with system changes, but are they secure? We guide you through steps to ensure the webhooks you consume are valid.
October 3, 2023
Introducing Always-On Global Server Load Balancing
ngrok announces always-on GSLB Solution that improves application performance and resiliency without burdening ITOps.
September 14, 2023
Introducing Cloud Edges for all ngrok users
Announcing the addition of Cloud Edges to our free tier to deliver production apps and APIs on ngrok
August 28, 2023
Static domains for all ngrok users
All ngrok users can now claim one static domain for free. Your ngrok URL will not change on the free plan.
August 16, 2023
Kubernetes Ingress with ngrok and HashiCorp Consul
HashiCorp Consul and ngrok together provide seamless, secure microservice traffic management, with Consul handling resilience and ngrok enabling public ingress
August 15, 2023
Webhook Verification with ngrok Edges
Keep your webhook verification settings around by configuring them using an ngrok Cloud Edge. This demonstrates the process using the ngrok-go library.
July 11, 2023
Introducing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator
Announcing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator for adding public, secure, and highly-available ingress traffic to your k8s clusters
By Alex Bezek
June 26, 2023
Add Auth0 Authentication and authorization to ngrok traffic
Securely add production-grade auth with self-service sign-ups, account recovery, and social auth for multiple platforms - integrate ngrok to Auth0.
June 21, 2023
Send your ngrok traffic as logs to Datadog
Announcing ngrok’s integration with Datadog Logs. Send ngrok traffic logs to Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Kinesis, or Firehose with just a few clicks.
By Alan Shreve
June 13, 2023
Verifying PagerDuty Webhooks with ngrok
Easily validate PagerDuty webhooks without making any changes to your code using ngrok's webhook verification feature.
June 6, 2023
Integrating OAuth into your Rust App
ngrok is useful to run alongside your app. What happens when you embed it and start activating OAuth, webhook verification, load balancing, and more?
By Mike Lloyd
April 11, 2023
Product Updates: ngrok-go, ngrok-rs, OAuth & Webhooks for free
This month we've been busy with ngrok-go, ngrok-rust, making OAuth and webhook verification free for all plans, and traveling coast to coast and even to Europe.
April 7, 2023
New ngrok domains now available
Announcing new ngrok domains for free and paid users. Automatically route traffic to the nearest region, providing visitors with a faster experience.
April 6, 2023
ngrok partners: better together
The best tools fit seamlessly with your existing tools so you can build better apps faster. We've been hard at work and are excited to share our progress.
By Claire Shaw
April 4, 2023
Introducing ngrok-rs - safe and portable network ingress to your Rust apps 🦀
Today, we're excited to announce ngrok-rs, our native and idiomatic crate for embedding secure ingress directly into your Rust applications.
March 29, 2023
1Password and ngrok in Practice
Managing your ngrok credentials across environments, projects, and teams doesn't have to be complicated. Try the 1Password ngrok shell plugin.
By Keith Casey
March 21, 2023
Expanding ngrok's free plan with security in one line
We're adding our security features — OAuth and Webhook validation — to our free plan.
By Sam Richard
March 16, 2023
Introducing ngrok-go: Ingress to Your Go Apps as a net.Listener
Announcing ngrok-go, for embedding secure ingress directly into your Go applications. ngrok-go is the ngrok agent packaged as a Go library.
By Alan Shreve
March 9, 2023
Build a ChatGPT-like SMS Chatbot with OpenAI and Python
Learn how to build a ChatGPT-like SMS chatbot using the OpenAI API and Twilio Programmable Messaging with Python.
March 7, 2023
How ngrok Actively Combats Phishing Attacks
Phishing attacks are one of the most common attacks on the internet, and ngrok is committed to actively trying to stop them.
By Russ Savage
February 28, 2023
