Setup a Tunneling Solution (for local dev)

This guide walks you through setting up a Tunneling solution for local development.

To test locally, you need to install a tunnel solution to get an external url

Option 1: Using localtunnel

Install

npm install -g localtunnel

Start

Assuming supervaizer server runs on port 8000 (which it does by default)

lt --port 8000
# your url is: https://silly-peaches-chapter.loca.lt

# or optionally, set your own subdomain (if available)

lt --port 8000 --subdomain my_supervaizer_agent
# your url is: https://my_supervaizer_agent.loca.lt

Keep track of your url

Make note of the host name (without http://) : my_supervaizer_agent.loca.lt and store it in the SUPERVAIZER_HOST environment variable.

Option 2: Using ngrok

Installation

macOS

brew install ngrok

Windows

Install via the Windows App Store

Linux (apt)

curl -sSL https://ngrok-agent.s3.amazonaws.com/ngrok.asc \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ngrok.asc >/dev/null \
&& echo "deb https://ngrok-agent.s3.amazonaws.com bookworm main" \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ngrok.list \
&& sudo apt update \
&& sudo apt install ngrok

Setup & Deploy

Sign up to grok (free with limitations) to get a token

Configure

ngrok config add-authtoken <token>

Run

ngrok http 8000

# Or -optionally try to set the url (paid plans)
ngrok http 8000 --url my_supervaizer_agent.ngrok.dev

Ngrok Running

Update                        update available (version 3.26.0, Ctrl-U to update)
Version                       3.22.1
Region                        United States (us)
Web Interface                 http://127.0.0.1:4040
Forwarding                    https://e83bc6b8acec.ngrok-free.app -> http://localhost:8000

Keep track of your url

Make note of the host name (without http:/) : my_supervaizer_agent.ngrok.dev and store it in the SUPERVAIZER_HOST environment variable.

What's next?

Export your enviornment variable and start the server