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To create and manage tunnels, you will need to install and authenticate cloudflared on your origin server. cloudflared is what connects your server to Cloudflare’s global network.

You have the option of creating a tunnel via the dashboard or via the command line. We recommend getting started with the dashboard, since it will allow you to manage the tunnel from any machine.

• Create a remotely-managed tunnel (dashboard)
• Create a locally-managed tunnel (CLI)
• Useful terms