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Introduction Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnel (formerly Argo Tunnel) allows you to securely expose your services to the internet without opening any inbound ports. This guide covers setting up cloudflared for both SSH and HTTP tunneling. Why Use Cloudflare Tunnel? No open ports - Your server has no public-facing ports Zero Trust security - Authenticate users before they reach your service DDoS protection - Traffic flows through Cloudflare’s network No public IP needed - Works behind NAT or firewalls Prerequisites A Cloudflare account A domain added to Cloudflare A Linux server (Ubuntu/Debian in this guide) Step 1: Install cloudflared 1 2 3 4 5 6 # Download and install cloudflared curl -L --output cloudflared.deb https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i cloudflared.deb # Verify installation cloudflared --version Step 2: Authenticate with Cloudflare 1 cloudflared tunnel login This opens a browser to authenticate. Select your domain and authorize the connection. A certificate is saved to ~/.cloudflared/cert.pem. ...

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