--- title: Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection | daily.dev description: Ngrok introduces Kubernetes-bound endpoints, a feature of its Kubernetes Operator that lets developers project locally running services directly into remote... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection | daily.dev og:description: Ngrok introduces Kubernetes-bound endpoints, a feature of its Kubernetes Operator that lets developers project locally running services directly into remote... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OEVuqFKDy.png og:image:alt: Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection **[ngrok Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ngrok introduces Kubernetes-bound endpoints, a feature of its Kubernetes Operator that lets developers project locally running services directly into remote clusters, eliminating the slow build-push-deploy dev loop. Platform engineers install and configure the Operator via Helm, restricting which endpoints can bind using CEL-based endpoint selectors, while app developers can then expose a local port to a staging cluster instantly using the ngrok CLI. The bindings are cluster-internal only, not exposed to the public internet, and rely on a BoundEndpoint custom resource that becomes a standard Kubernetes Service, enabling use cases like cluster-to-cluster communication, service mesh-like traffic policies, and multi-environment syncing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I test a local service against a remote Kubernetes cluster without rebuilding and redeploying it? Ngrok's Kubernetes-bound endpoints let a locally running service be exposed directly inside a remote cluster without port forwarding or public internet exposure. After installing the ngrok Kubernetes Operator via Helm, run a command like `ngrok http 12345 --url http://myservice.staging --binding kubernetes` to create a bound endpoint, then point other cluster services to that URL. _Explore daily.dev for more approaches to cutting Kubernetes dev loop times._ ### How can platform engineers restrict which Kubernetes-bound endpoints developers are allowed to create? The ngrok Kubernetes Operator supports an endpointSelectors Helm value that accepts a CEL expression using ngrok's endpoint variables, letting infra teams limit bindings to specific patterns, such as only endpoints created at a URL like http://foo.staging. This gives self-service access to developers while keeping cluster ingress controlled. _daily.dev surfaces practical Kubernetes ingress and access-control patterns like this one._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [One Cluster, Two Services: KIND \+ NGINX Ingress, Explained](https://daily.dev/posts/one-cluster-two-services-kind-nginx-ingress-explained-ijvf50hzk) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:20:34.157Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:25:50.623Z","description":"Ngrok introduces Kubernetes-bound endpoints, a feature of its Kubernetes Operator that lets developers project locally running services directly into remote...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6373924e32a187e4de9894b6f421950d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6373924e32a187e4de9894b6f421950d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ngrok Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ngrok Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--718XXxvE--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787469610/logos/ngrok?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devtools,kubernetes,cicd,networking","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ngrok Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ngrok"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Speed up Kubernetes dev loops with projection"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/speed-up-kubernetes-dev-loops-with-projection-oevuqfkdy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I test a local service against a remote Kubernetes cluster without rebuilding and redeploying it?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Ngrok's Kubernetes-bound endpoints let a locally running service be exposed directly inside a remote cluster without port forwarding or public internet exposure. 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