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Setting Up Live Results via the Internet using NGROK

What You Will Learn

Once you complete this tutorial you will be able to publish results on the Internet.

Pre-requisites

You need to have some Networking knowledge

Purpose

Sqorz Local Web Services distributes live results to other computers/tablets via the local network at the venue. However, this service does not distribute live results via the Internet.

NGROK is a third party utility that can be used for publishing live Sqorz Web Service results via the Internet. There are free and paid plans, the free plan is good enough for limited distribution of Sqorz Web Services. We recommend the paid version.

Important

NGROK is not supported by Eventsoft Pty. Ltd. Any queries please refer to the NGROK website for more detailed instructions ngrok | API Gateway, IoT Device Gateway, Secure Tunnels for Containers, Apps & APIs

Each active NGROK connection puts load onto the Sqorz computer, it is highly recommended that connections using NGROK are kept to a minimum to avoid impacting the operation of Sqorz

NGROK — initial setup (Windows)

  • Download NGROK: from here Download ngrok
  • Place the file in a directory or on your desktop
  • Double-click the file to unzip NGROK
  • You need to sign-up to NGROK to obtain a Token Number. Sign-up to NGROK here: ngrok - Online in One Line
  • You will receive a mail from NGROK

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Click on “Get your Auth Token here”

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  • Go to “2. Connect your account” and copy all the text
  • Go back to NGROK on your computer and double click the NGROK icon — a black screen will appear
  • Copy and paste the text you copied
  • Press Enter

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You will see the text “Auth token saved to configuration file” Done. Close the black screen.

NGROK — how to use

A. Set up an event in Sqorz

Open the event

Go to Settings > Services and enable Local Web Services

For Training make sure the Training checkbox is Enabled (see image below)

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B. Set up NGROK

Double-click the NGROK icon — a black screen will appear

Enter or copy/paste the following text — ngrok http 4343

Press Enter

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Copy the text on the line that says “Forwarding” e.g. https://xxxx-xx-xx-xxx-xx.xx.ngrok.io

Paste this text into the url address bar in a browser on a device with Internet access (computer, tablet)

The Web Services menu will appear

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Select the required service from the menu