I have creating the Shopify application from learning this website https://shopify.dev/apps/getting-started/create#step-1-create-a-new-app while I have following the steps and I have completed Step 1: Create a new app. Unfortunately, I have been stucked in Step 2: Start a local development server owing to I am coding in the node js even I am getting The Ngrok tunnel could not be started error. So kindly solve the issue.
Thank you
Hi, I had faced exact same issue. This is how I had resolved such kind of ngrok start failed issue in my shopify node app. Follow these steps to resolve issue.
Note: Please correct me if I am wrong. Suggestions and feedback are welcome.
didn’t work for me
Hi,
I had the same issue on a Macbook.
What worked for me was copying the ngrok.exe file into /user/local/bin and then going through the steps @lekh mentioned
Running into the same error as this. Running MacOS Ventura 13.2.1. Tried scaffolding a new application and I am getting the same exact “Ngrok tunnel could not be started”.
- I’ve tried scaffolding using pnpm, yarn, and npm, this had no effect
I’ve tried using different networks
I’ve tried symlinking the homebrew binary for ngrok to /usr/local/bin/ngrok (sudo \ln -s $(which ngrok) /usr/local/bin/ngrok)
I’ve tried using multiple different stores
I’ve tested ngrok manually, and I can open a tunnel manually
What is going on here? The amount of time I’ve spent making no progress while developing embedded apps is too damn high.
I found the solution today. I used cloudfare. Follow below steps:
Step 1: Run “cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:3000”.
Step 2: One URL will be generated in the CMD for example “https://example.trycloudflare.com”. Copy that and use it in Step 3.
Step 3: sudo npm run dev – --tunnel-url https://example.trycloudflare.com:3000.
Hope it helps. Cheers 
