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# Create a localhost tunnel

In order to test an application running on localhost. It can be very useful to create a public link to localhost. That is easily done with Ngrok. SImply go to their website, signup and follow their instructions <https://ngrok.com/>

<https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup>

To create a tunnel write this command in the terminal

```
ngrok http PORT_NUMBER
```

Where `PORT_NUMBER` needs to be replaced with the port number your application has