ngrok and `ddev share` no longer work without a free account

[rfay]

TestShareCmd started failing today with text like this:

"Before you can serve HTML content, you must sign up for an ngrok account and install your authtoken."

ngrok always used to work with limitations with no account or token. Now users will have to create a (free for now) account and will have to get the token installed. For ddev tests, it means we have another secret to carry around.

• Provide ngrok token on test runners
• Update docs so that people know about this. It's in more than one place, especially the "sharing" topic

Also, I note that Chrome is posting a big warning on ngrok.io sites, "Deceptive site ahead: Attackers on 8c11-72-174-68-105.ngrok.io may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing your personal information (for example, passwords, phone numbers, or credit cards). " that you have to click around.

[Jassy87]

My python application on google colab was up and running and today I got this message. I made an account and installed the Authtoken. typed nrgok http 5000 but the app is no longer running. Any help is appreciated :(
Serving Flask app "main" (lazy loading)

• Environment: production
  WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
  Use a production WSGI server instead.
• Debug mode: off
• Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)
• Running on http://xxxx-3x-xx-xxx-xxx.ngrok.io

[rfay]

I assume this has nothing to do with ddev right? I didn't have any trouble even with a free ngrok account, but you should just test with ngrok directly, not with your python app, just use ngrok itself when debugging. Then if you can't sort it out maybe ngrok has some type of support? But my bet is you'll get it sorted out if you start from scratch and just do one thing at a time.

[Jassy87]

Yes rfay, I was so nervous as my app wasn't running in front of my manager so I didn't notice 'ddev'. My issue is related to using ngrok with python & colab. I tried everything I could find on the web but still can't get it running. I emailed the support and hopefully they'll reply before my next demo!

[mrlasdt]

Fixed by installing ngrok authtoken in Colab.
In my case, I used flask_ngrok and it inits ngrok from str(Path(tempfile.gettempdir(), "ngrok")) which results
/tmp/ngrok. So do /tmp/ngrok/ngrok authtoken <your token> should work.

[Jassy87]

I fixed it by using pyngrok instead of flask_ngrok. As pyngrok enables the use of authentication parameters and subdomain name.
https://www.bizkit.ru/en/2021/07/04/19874/

[rfay]

Note that none of the reports above have anything to do with ddev. Simply following the instructions from ngrok using ngrok authtoken <token> (if ngrok is in your $PATH) or ./ngrok authtoken <token> (if you just downloaded ngrok per https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup) will work fine with ddev.

[jonaseberle]

@Biont ddev share requires ngrok being installed on the host, not inside the container. It is not include in the ddev containers. Using post-start is neither necessary nor makes a lot of sense.
Please open a new issue if you would like to see that changed and include your use case.

I think it is easy enough to

1. Register and follow the ngrok authtoken step at https://dashboard.ngrok.com/get-started/setup
2. make sure it is in your PATH
3. ddev share

[Biont]

ddev share requires ngrok being installed on the host

I noticed my error right after posting my comment and hoped I was quick enough to delete my comment before wasting anyone's time.
Unfortunately you were quicker, so I apologize for the noise!