This is going to be a quick post, but it’s still something that I like. I love systemd, and try to (over)use it every time I can.

This is one of those use-cases where I can use ngrok to freely demo my app without having to set up a cloud instance or open up a port in my router. The simple usage of running ngrok is fine for simple cases like hosting a minecraft server for an hour, but if you need to run it in the background you’d need a service. This is all done without the use of sudo or becoming root; you just need to set up ngrok and have a machine with systemd.