linking laravel and node app with subdomain

Question

i currently have a running la ravel project,recently i did receive an order to make a web app for client so i made it using MEAN(mongodb,Express,Angular and Node). Unfortunately when i finished the web application the client asked for a demonstration on-line,due to huge difference in location(between me and the client) using my local development environment to showcase the working sample is not an option.i was inquiring if i could link a url from the laravel application to the node app without having to buy a domain

Answer 1

You can create a tunnel to your local environment by using ngrok

Follow this steps:

• Download ngrok and unzip ngrok
• Open a cmd / terminal and navigate to ngrok location
• Type the following command:

ngrok http {your_localhost_server_port_number}

• It will create the tunnel but we need to point a virtual host to it so edit your local virtual host and add an alias / server name like following: NOTE: if you only have one app running on your local server this step is optional

*.ngrok.io

• Now restart your local server to load our new configuration
• Now you are able to see your localhost site online by using the ngrok provided url.
• Enjoy!