Opening a Tunnel

How to expose your local server to the internet

Once you are authenticated, you can start exposing your local services to the internet.

To expose a local server running on a specific port (e.g., 3000), simply run:

outray 3000

You will see an output similar to this:

Connecting to OutRay...
Linked to your local port 3000
Tunnel ready: https://random-name.tunnel.outray.app
Keep this running to keep your tunnel active.

Now, anyone with the public URL can access your local server.

For managing multiple tunnels, you can use a TOML configuration file. Create an outray/config.toml file in your project directory:

[tunnel.web]
protocol = "http"
local_port = 3000

[tunnel.api]
protocol = "http"
local_port = 8000

Then start all tunnels at once:

outray start

You can validate your config file before starting:

outray validate-config

See the CLI Reference for complete configuration options.

OutRay provides a real-time view of requests and responses in your terminal. As requests come in, you will see the method, path, and status code.

To stop the tunnel, simply press Ctrl+C in your terminal. This will close the connection and the public URL will no longer be accessible.