Access Self-Hosted services using CLOUDFLARE Tunnel | Proxmox Home Server

Cloudflare Tunnel is very easy to use, simple to setup and FREE services to grant public access to your home server self-hosted services. You can restrict access by Email, IP, Country ect.
All this can be setup and done in 5 min or less.
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• Proxmox Home Server Tu...
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Cloudflare
02:56 Setting up LXC Container
04:05 Zero Trust
04:25 CF Tunnel Install
06:00 Setting up 1st Hostname
07:26 Restrict access - by email
10:20 Restrict access - by IP
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[@edwaaij4752]

Thanks mate. Helped me tremendously! Hopefully there will be a sequel. I see so many more options and possibilities in Cloudflare.

[@baileyboy3687]

Finally. A youtuber whos videos actually work! I've been following the series and apart from the hiccup with my harddrives which you gratefully helped me with, everything has worked. Spot on man.

[@julfamily9088]

Absolutely, this guy is a gift of God. thank you.

[@samlaatstenaam6957]

Great video, been looking for so long to het https working on my homeserver, this is by far the easiest way. Don't even have to open ports in my router.

[@Tofflus]

Thank you for doing video explaining how this work. until now I haven't understand how cloudflare tunnels worked! THANKS!

[@travis5732]

Thanks a lot mate, not sure if this is easier than I thought or if you simply explained it very well. :)

[@MRPtech]

When I found out about Cloudflare tunnel - my first impressions was 😨 But now, after completing like 50 installations for myself and friends, it is super easy. And I only using half of what Cloudflare tunnel can offer

[@nayz-]

Brilliantly explained tutorial, thank you!

[@repairstudio4940]

Its absolutely perfectly explained...ive seen sooo many and his is by far the best.

[@maqsoodhashmi7863]

Brilliant video, domain purchased and application configured and working. This is my first time with a domain as I have always used DDNS previously. I need to start looking to how to direct the DDNS to the domain from my router. Thanks for your help, I realise I have a long way to go but your videos are help immensely.

[@MRPtech]

If you will get stuck on anything - let me know. I am not a linux expert, i am far away from being one ... one day i will be :) Still, i will to help as much as i can.

[@maqsoodhashmi7863]

@@MRPtech thanks mate, appreciate your help.

[@gismoscherer]

Indeed, really good and helpful video, You got yourself a new subscriber!🎉

[@atadjs]

simply the best, thank mate

[@MRPtech]

Thank you! I Apreshiate your comment !

[@serhioromano]

This is awesome! It is free ddns replacement but way better!

[@MRPtech]

Fyi: I got your email. Sorry for not replying back. I've been busy this week ... Will get back to you as soon as I can.

[@serhioromano]

@@MRPtech No problems, take your time. Question. Why in a container? Why not install Tunnel right in PVE OS through SSH(Console)? I've spent some time playing with CF Tunnels. I tried install in Docker inside WSL, then in WSL directly but it only worked well in Windows OS intself.

[@TheTorsti]

Thanks, very helpful.

[@kristof9497]

Thanks, useful.

[@FSULAUBACH]

any idea how to forward the proxmox admin gui through the tunnel? I am getting no server connection when I do it and it wont work .

[@damadorpl]

this is 9 th video in 2 days about CF tunel :) strange coincidence

[@pakings]

I was gonna comment the same but every video has something very specific to learn than the others

[@GuilhermeMiranda123]

Brilliant video. Just what I was looking for earlier today. Thank you! I do have a quick question I would like your help clarifying. Do I need to have a static public IP address provided by my ISP for this to work? Thanks again.

[@MRPtech]

I am not 100% sure but my guess would be no. As link between cloudflare and your system happens with help of cloudflared service which is running in your server.

[@GuilhermeMiranda123]

@@MRPtech Great! Thanks for taking the time to reply. I’ll give it a go and and monitor what occurs when my ISP next changes my router’s public IP.

[@jhboricua]

You don't need a static IP because the tunnel initiates an outbound connection to Cloudflare when it initializes. Cloudflare tunnels are specially great on CG-NAT internet connections where port-forwarding is simply not feasible, or with Internet providers that won't allow port forwarding. I use a combination of Cloudflare tunnels and Caddy to expose my self-hosted apps. If the app doesn't have its own authentication layer, I use Cloudflare tunnels with Google Authentication to protect it. If the app does have an authentication layer, I simply port forward HTTPS to Caddy, which has the Cloudflare dns plugin built in it so that it can generate letsencrypt certificates. Much simpler to setup than Cloudflare tunnels. Not to mention FAR less complicated than using Nginx Proxy Manager.

[@hasrt1206]

If I have cloudflared tunnel in one container would give me access to other containers? Or would I still get bad gateway error code 502?

[@alecyang9130]

this is awesome! thank you! I just want to know do you recommend to have a tunnel setup for the proxomx server itself? so that i can access/control the proxomx anywhere?

[@ernakthehun]

I'm no expert, but I would think you'd want to set up a VPN for that

[@Futzicomp]

hi mrp, Thx a lot for this video! Unfortunally i have no access to my files stored in the lxc container "Turnkey fileserver". I can get only access to the "control panel" - but if i click on "Web Shell" or "WebDAV" nothing happens ????? What can i do?

[@sigkalbar]

Can I add more than one machine from different location in one Tunnel?

[@WayneBrummer]

Nice 👍This got be stated with CF. I just hit one issue with it and that is my container that has proxmox is not able to access other containers. i.e i sintalled portainer and installed cf on portainer. So the only resource I have access to is portainer and the containers on that host but everything else it fails with. pi-hole for example is in a container on my main proxmox host. Would you know of the network settings to allow this.

[@daledroid]

Maybe make your cf container on host network, not on bridge

[@sigkalbar]

Nice

[@daledroid]

Hey MRP, nice video as always, CMIIW but you make one CT for CF tunnel and all the hosts/CTs on the same range network can be accessed by CF?

[@MRPtech]

Yes. Once you create CF tunnel, it has access to all your local services. For example: Proxmox HOST running LXC container with CF Tunnel. Separate device, for example Raspberry Pi can host a wordpress website, CF Tunnel will see that and you can point subdomain to that Wordpress instant. If your washing machine has web GUI, you can point your domain to access that GUI from anywhere in the world :)

[@daledroid]

@@MRPtech thank you for clearing this up

[@MRPtech]

Your welcome.

[@shrenikshah8882]

How to transfer or copy/paste files from windows to novnc and vice versa

[@meh8995]

is there a free way to make this or alternative

[@avshalog]

hi, thanks for this video! there i something I didn't understand. if I have domain I purchase from other domain provider. how I connect it to cloudflare? what should I do in my domain provider side to connect it to cloudflare? Its some kind of forwarding? I need to establish subdomains first? thanks!

[@MRPtech]

for you to use CF Tunnel with domain from another provide - you need to change nameservers. For example, lets say you domain provider is Google. Inside Google domain dashboard you need to change domain nameservers to Cloudflare. Last paragraph on this page: developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/change-nameservers#:~:text=Update%20your%20nameserver%20with%20your%20domain%20registrar%201,4%20of%20Create%20the%20custom%20nameserver%20with%20Cloudflare.

[@rafaelg8238]

great video. just a doubt. if i wanna to export ip address of the proxmox (not specific service like you to do) i have to execute 'cloudfare tunnel script' in the pc terminal that proxmox is installed?

[@MRPtech]

Once you have cloudflare tunnel running in VM or LXC container - it will have access to your proxmox and all the other IP addresses in your local network. No need to install cloudflare inside proxmox host OS.

[@rafaelg8238]

@@MRPtech Nice. Tks.

[@MRPtech]

Just wanted to drop in and give you an example. Today i had to setup 3D printer for my friend. Creality K1. K1 has built in web UI. For my friend to access that UI from outside of his home network we setup Cloudflare Tunnel on Raspberry Pi 4. Now he can access printer web UI which is hosted on a printer itself by going to k1.domain.com while RPi4 handles CF tunnel.

[@ltonchis1245]

Mr.P ( So by Adding an LXC ) ubuntu container, does this container allow access to All of your proxmox network? ( VMBR1, VMBR2, VMBR3 etc. ) ? Or it's only per network, lets say you are running PFSense or OPNSense and you want to only give access to containers on per network. ( Cloudflare tunnel doesn't care what network it's on when running that lxc container? )

[@MRPtech]

at home i have two networks Wired and Wireless Wired: 192.168.178.X Wireless: 192.168.72.X Cloudflare only see what is inside 192.168.172.X. Has no access / knowledge about network 192.168.72.X

[@ltonchis1245]

@@MRPtech Awesome cool, so I'm guessing it only see what is on the network assigned on proxmox :)

[@koningvoorschot4200]

Hi. MRP. Thank you for the great video. I have followed all the steps and I can now access it from outside network. However, there is a problem, I can't seem to upload anything if I access it outside network but I can upload when I access it through local network. Everytime I try to upload, even small files like 1MB, 2 MB, pdf or any other files it gives me an error 405, upload failed: tus Could you please help me out? Thank you once again!

[@MRPtech]

Where do you want to upload a file. i mean to which service? File Browser, NextCloud, ... ?

[@koningvoorschot4200]

@@MRPtech thank you for getting back to me. Yeah I’m using filebrowser, I watched your video on how to set it up. Everything works great except the above problem

[@manologitech]

Puikūs video. Akcentas panašus į lietuvišką, jei taip, tai linkiu daug sėkmės.

[@MRPtech]

Ačiū, Neklysti, esu lietuvis:)

[@Jinx_Cole]

If I were to self host a game server like "Project Zomboid" in a container on my ProxMox server would CloudFlare Tunnel be a good option to secure my Homelab. Or would somthing like this introduce too much latency. I have only ever seen people using this service with things that aren't that effected by latency.

[@MRPtech]

Cloudflare Tunnel setup for game servers is a bit different when you compare to CF Tunnel setup for something like Plex, or NextCloud. Cloudflare tunnel won't allow server connections to game server without extra configurations and i don't know them yet. A while a go i tried to do simple minecraft server via CD Tunnel which not end up well. I think i need to revisit that as i know more about self-hosting stuff.

[@D1Ck3n]

Hey, great video! I try to set up a country block for my tunnel services, so that popular hacker countries like Russia, China and co. can't access my services at all. I have set up a block rule via Application that includes a list of countries. When I apply this, I am also blocked, although I have an IP from a permitted country. Have I misunderstood the function?

[@MRPtech]

The way i would do this is : 1st - delete all the rules and add only your public IP as "baypass" This will only allow traffic from that IP (your IP) Next add "allow" using your email address. When you out and about and you want to access your service but your public IP will be different, you will be asked to enter email address and PIN number will be sent to you. Do you want to allow access to everyone except some countries ?

[@D1Ck3n]

@@MRPtech yes, i want to ban traffic from specific countries like Russia or China. Everything else should be accessible. if i would use the mail filter, does this would have an impact when i want to access the cloud via the next cloud app and not via browser?

[@MRPtech]

1. If you add email filter, that will have block apps accessing domains behind cloudflare tunnel. Unless you install Cloudflare WARP app and autorise device to access CF Tunnel services. I tired that and .... removed it as i can't add custom DNS to the list. Cloudflare DNS 1.1.1.1 or nothing. 2. Your security setup. Try this: i.imgur.com/E7626rf.png RULE: Everyone in UNLESS connection origin is from RUSSIA. But obviously anyone from blocked country can easily get VPN to France or UK and get access to your service with no issues. I only do EMAIL verification to my friends that need access to what ever i am hosting. And to more technical friends, we have Tailscale network going between us.

[@D1Ck3n]

@@MRPtech thanks for your tips! i'll try this. i know that hacker can bypass this by using VPN but this is a first step to get more secure :D

[@frankyjunior6005]

Will i need to create lxc container everytime i need create a new tunnel?

[@MRPtech]

Only one cloudflare tunnel can run inside one OS. If you want to have two or more cloudflare tunnels pointing to your server - you will need to create more LXC or VMs

[@patek2385]

Creating a windows machine and connecting it into a tunnel I still cannot access the machine through remote desktop from a different net

[@MRPtech]

To use CF tunnel to access HTTP/HTTPS services like SSH, RDP - there are extra steps/configurations required. I tried to get them working but no success. A work around would be Taiscale setup to access Windows VM via RDP.

[@MagicJF]

What about accesing the proxmox UI via cloudflare? i did try to install it as a container in my base machine but I obtain 502 errors when accesing the domain. Any ideas?

[@MagicJF]

Edit: You only need to Enable No TLS Verify in the tunnel when accessing HTTPS, under advanced options. This approach might be better in cases where yout ISP provider puts you under CGNAT

[@mikegodin23]

@@MagicJF Thank yo so much...

[@theangryfox]

@@MagicJF I did that but now when I try to log in to pro mox just refuses to login

[@alejandoramirez4510]

good video but an error is happening to me, it disconnects after a few hours, any solution?

[@MRPtech]

Do you have error log? Strange that this is happening to you. Once you set Cloudflare - it just works. No troubleshooting required.

[@jonnyzeeee]

One thing this video doesn’t mention is that Cloudflare requires you to provide your credit card number to setup zero trust. I’m not sure that I am comfortable with this arrangement.

[@MRPtech]

Can you please let me know what Cloudflare, The Most well known internet security service in the world will do with your credit card?

[@jonnyzeeee]

@@MRPtech I don’t know but why do they need it for the free plan? Are there limits on how much data you can put through the tunnel?

[@MRPtech]

Cloudflare ZERO trust gives a lot of thing for free. There are some features that are behind a paywall. And these extra features - well, let's say i can't see them being any useful need for anyone with home server. As these features are more tailored for Enterprise use. As i own 4 domains via Cloudflare - registering my Credit Card with them was no brainer. On top of that. My Day Job - we use Cloudflare daily for past 5+ years and they never ever failed as so i have trust in cloudflare to store my card details as much trust as i have with the bank who gave me credit card in the first place.

[@jhboricua]

@@MRPtech The OPs concern is completely valid and dismissing it with such a silly argument is pretty lame. Just because you trust them doesn't mean everyone should.

[@jhboricua]

If you setup the tunnels via the Cloudflare Web interface, you get asked for a credit card. But if you setup the tunnels using the command-line on the server you installed cloudflared on, you won't need to provide any credit card info.

[@repairstudio4940]

comment was erased? Its was praising your channel man. @MRPtech ?

[@MRPtech]

I do not delete any comments.

[@repairstudio4940]

@@MRPtech KZbin, sorry, hey so I had Cloudflare tunnel setup and my IP address changed but I cannot use the Proxmox IP when I go to edit the DNS setting in Cloudflare, I cannot use port 8006, I set Proxmox so that traffic to port 443 comes to my promxmox port of 8006 but still nothing. I purchased the domain from Cloudflare and seems not much help or support even in the forums there. Ugh...do you know what I can do to resolve this issue now that my IP address has changed?