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Cloudflare Tunnel architecture

Read the explanation, try the exercise, then answer the quiz.

Understand the concept

A cloudflared connector creates outbound connections to Cloudflare. A published application route links the public hostname to a local HTTP service.

The connector needs network access to its origin: host-network mode can reach an Nginx port bound to 127.0.0.1 on the host. Tunnel credentials must remain secret and should be rotated if exposed.

TRY IT YOURSELF

Practice task

Write down which parts of the website are public, and confirm Proxmox management stays private.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Quick quiz

Which traffic direction initiates a typical Cloudflare Tunnel connector connection?