Cloudflared Tunnel

A simple tool automates running a Cloudflare-Tunnel for exposing your local host to the world! it could be used as a standalone CLI or imported into other libraries CLI's

• Cloudflared Tunnel
  • Pre-requisites
  • Usage CLI
    • Install CLI
    • Setup
    • Note: you need to do this only once
    • Run
    • Commands
      • cf-tunnel
      • Options
  • Usage as a library
    • Install Library

Pre-requisites

• Cloudflare account
• A Domain that is managed by Cloudflare you can transfer your domain management to Cloudflare from your current registrar for free

Usage CLI

Install CLI

yarn install -g cloudflared-tunnel

Setup

Note: you need to do this only once

cf-tunnel -s

OR

cf-tunnel setup

Run

cf-tunnel  [-p <port>] [-h <host>] [-s]

Commands

cf-tunnel

Runs a cloudflared tunnel simply with a single command

cf-tunnel

Options

-p, --port=port # port to expose
-h, --host=host # host to expose
-s, --setup # setup cloudflared tunnel

Usage as a library

Install Library

yarn add cloudflared-tunnel

import {setup, startTunnel} from 'cloudflared-tunnel'

await setup() // setup the project | you need to do this only once

await startTunnel({
  host: 'http://localhost', // required
  port: 3000, // required
}) // pass in the host and port of the server you want to tunnel