Can I use AWS as tunnel when connecting my local development server to Shopify? Cloudflare and ngrok are blocked due to company policies. I can’t use other tunnels such as expose.dev either due to security policies. I was told to check if AWS EC2 if possible but I can’t seem to find any resources…

Yeah, of course This is feasible. you could run your app on the EC2 and make that endpoint to the app_url.

@Eric-HAN Thank you for your reply. Do you have a guide on how to do so? I am new to Shopify and resources seems difficult to find in one place.

Ensure Your App Is Running on AWS EC2 First, confirm that your app is started and running on your AWS EC2 instance. If it is, you’ll need to navigate to the AWS Management Console to obtain your app’s endpoint (e.g., a public IP address or domain name). Configure Shopify Partner Settings with AWS …

Hi @Eric-HAN , I can’t seem to work this properly. Please see what I did so far: Question: How to use and properly configure AWS EC2 as my tunnel in connecting my local development to Shopify? STEPS DONE: AWS Side: Create an EC2 instance. Get the public IP Set inbound rule to accept incoming t…

Can I use AWS as tunnel when connecting my local development server to Shopify?

Technical Q&A

Eric-HAN May 22, 2025, 2:29am 6

Hi , there
You need to configure a domain name and SSL certificate for your EC2 instance, then set them in your Shopify Partner configuration.

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Can I use AWS as tunnel when connecting my local development server to Shopify?

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