Create a locally-managed tunnel

Follow this step-by-step guide to get your first tunnel up and running using the CLI.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you:

1. Download and install `cloudflared`

Download cloudflared on your machine. Visit the downloads page to find the right package for your OS.
Rename the executable to cloudflared.exe
In PowerShell, change directory to your Downloads folder and run .\cloudflared.exe --version. It should output the version of cloudflared. Note that cloudflared.exe could be cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe or cloudflared-windows-386.exe if you have not renamed it.
PowerShell
```
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\cloudflared-stable-windows-amd64> .\cloudflared.exe --version
```

To download and install cloudflared:

brew install cloudflared

Alternatively, you can download the latest Darwin amd64 release directly.

Debian and Ubuntu APT

Use the apt package manager to install cloudflared on compatible machines.

Add Cloudflare's package signing key:

sudo mkdir -p --mode=0755 /usr/share/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-public-v2.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-public-v2.gpg >/dev/null

Add Cloudflare's apt repo to your apt repositories:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-public-v2.gpg] https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflared any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflared.list

Update repositories and install cloudflared:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cloudflared

RHEL RPM

Use the rpm package manager to install cloudflared on compatible machines.

Add Cloudflare's repository:

curl -fsSl https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflared.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudflared.repo

Update repositories and install cloudflared:
Terminal window
```
sudo yum update && sudo yum install cloudflared
```

Arch Linux

cloudflared is in the Arch Linux community repository ↗. Use pacman to install cloudflared on compatible machines.

pacman -Syu cloudflared

Other

Alternatively you can download the cloudflared binary or the linux packages to your machine and install manually. Visit the downloads page to find the right package for your OS.

To build the latest version of cloudflared from source:

git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared.git
cd cloudflared
make cloudflared
go install github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared

Depending on where you installed cloudflared, you can move it to a known path as well.

mv /root/cloudflared/cloudflared /usr/bin/cloudflared

2. Authenticate `cloudflared`

cloudflared tunnel login

Running this command will:

Open a browser window and prompt you to log in to your Cloudflare account. After logging in to your account, select your hostname.
Generate an account certificate, the cert.pem file, in the default cloudflared directory.

3. Create a tunnel and give it a name

cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>

Running this command will:

Create a tunnel by establishing a persistent relationship between the name you provide and a UUID for your tunnel. At this point, no connection is active within the tunnel yet.
Generate a tunnel credentials file in the default cloudflared directory.
Create a subdomain of .cfargotunnel.com.

From the output of the command, take note of the tunnel's UUID and the path to your tunnel's credentials file.

Confirm that the tunnel has been successfully created by running:

cloudflared tunnel list

4. Create a configuration file

In your .cloudflared directory, create a config.yml file using any text editor. This file will configure the tunnel to route traffic from a given origin to the hostname of your choice.

Add the following fields to the file:

url: http://localhost:8000
tunnel: <Tunnel-UUID>
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/<Tunnel-UUID>.json

Confirm that the configuration file has been successfully created by running:
Terminal window
```
cat config.yml
```

5. Start routing traffic

To route a published application through the tunnel:

cloudflared tunnel route dns <UUID or NAME> <hostname>

This command will create a CNAME record pointing to <UUID>.cfargotunnel.com.

6. Run the tunnel

Run the tunnel to proxy incoming traffic from the tunnel to any number of services running locally on your origin.

cloudflared tunnel run <UUID or NAME>

If your configuration file has a custom name or is not in the .cloudflared directory, add the --config flag and specify the path.

cloudflared tunnel --config /path/your-config-file.yml run <UUID or NAME>

7. Check the tunnel

To get information on the tunnel you just created, run:

cloudflared tunnel info <UUID or NAME>