Expose a non-HTTP service (SSH, database) over the internet with an ngrok TCP endpoint

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Documented steps

  1. Authenticate: `ngrok config add-authtoken <TOKEN>`.
  2. Run `ngrok tcp 22` (replace 22 with your service's local port) to get a TCP endpoint like 0.tcp.ngrok.io:12345.
  3. Share the printed host:port; remote clients connect to that public address, which forwards to your local port.
  4. For a TLS-mode endpoint use `ngrok tls 80 --url tls://your-name.ngrok.app` together with a traffic policy that terminates TLS.

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