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# Exposing Local Instance

There are situations when you would like to expose your local environment to external clients, for example:

-   Show your project to the manager.
-   Integrate with the new payment gateway, which requires a return URL.
-   Test the app deployed in the cloud.

To achieve that, you need a service for redirecting the traffic. Such service is delivered by [ngrok](https://ngrok.com) and [localtunnel](https://localtunnel.me). Both are great for our use case, and you can choose any of those services.

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## Using ngrok

1.  Append ngrok URL to `ALLOWED_CLIENT_HOSTS` environment variable.
2.  Start Saleor on your machine.
3.  Follow [ngrok installation guide](https://ngrok.com/product).
4.  Start a tunnel in your command line `ngrok http 8000`.
5.  Your server is now exposed under ngrok domain (e.g., `https://my-app.ngrok.io`). Copy that address.
6.  Enter ngrok URL at Site Settings configuration.