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Docker DesktopAgent

Add the ngrok extension to Docker Desktop

Install the extension

Follow the in-app instructions to add your authtoken

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Start an endpoint for a running container

Don’t have a container running? Use the hello-world container to test your endpoint.

Open your ngrok URL in a browser to see it working!

You’re all set. What’s next?

Create a policy.yaml file and run this command:

ngrok http 80 --traffic-policy-file policy.yaml

contents of policy.yaml

1on_http_request:2  # redirect users to Google to log in3  - actions:4    - type: oauth5      config:6        provider: google7 8  # allow logins *only* from acme.com9  - expressions:10    - "!actions.ngrok.oauth.identity.email.endsWith('@acme.com')"11    actions:12    - type: deny

Inspect every detail of your traffic

Watch the flow in real time, then dig into the headers, body, latency, response, and more for every request.

Traffic inspector showing live request paths, client IPs, and status codes

Configure your Docker Desktop extension

Turn on more features, like internal endpoints for private accessibility, or Endpoint Pools for load balancing.

Bring your own domain

Paid feature

Create a DNS CNAME record to use your own domain name for your endpoint URL.

ngrok http 8080 --url https://app.acme.com