Hey everyone, I've been using Ngrok to link various local services together during my development work. For instance, I connect my Android emulator to a backend that runs in Docker containers. However, today I noticed that the header rewrites feature seems to have disappeared from the free tier. I couldn't find any official announcement on this change, and I'm a bit confused. Also, if this feature is indeed gone, are there any good alternatives out there for tunneling local services with header rewrites to work with internal HTTP services?
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I get what you're saying! I'm pretty sure HAProxy can handle that kind of tunneling, but it might not be the easiest solution to set up.
Hey, so I wanted to follow up. The header rewrite issue you mentioned was indeed a bug, which we've fixed in a rollout. If you still experience problems, please reach out to our support team at [email protected]!
Just to clarify, I think you might be talking about URL rewrites. Check this link for details: [Ngrok URL Rewrite](https://ngrok.com/docs/traffic-policy/actions/url-rewrite/). If it's about adding headers, then that's another thing.
Just so you know, we at Ngrok haven't actually removed the traffic policies or URL rewrites from the free tier. If you've noticed any issues, please drop us a message with specific details. It might just be a bug on your end.
I've switched to using LocalTunnel since Ngrok limited their free tier. It still has the header rewrite capability, so you might want to give that a try!
Thanks for the quick reply! I'll test it out as soon as I get home and see if the issue persists.