Setting Up Cloudflare Tunnel for ABforAbortion Website

This guide will walk you through the process of setting up a Cloudflare Tunnel to securely expose your ABforAbortion website to the internet without opening ports on your firewall.

Prerequisites

A Cloudflare account
A domain registered and using Cloudflare DNS
Docker and Docker Compose installed on your server

Step 1: Install cloudflared CLI

# For Debian/Ubuntu
curl -L --output cloudflared.deb https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cloudflared.deb

# For other systems, visit: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/install-and-setup/installation/

Step 2: Authenticate with Cloudflare

cloudflared login

This command will open a browser window. Log in to your Cloudflare account and authorize the cloudflared application to access your account.

Step 3: Create a Tunnel

cloudflared tunnel create abforabortion-tunnel

This will create a new tunnel and store the credentials in ~/.cloudflared/[TUNNEL-ID].json.

Step 4: Get Your Tunnel ID

cloudflared tunnel list

Note the tunnel ID - you'll need to update it in the cloudflared-config.yml file.

Step 5: Set Up DNS Records

# Replace with your actual domain and tunnel ID
cloudflared tunnel route dns your-tunnel-id abforabortion.com
cloudflared tunnel route dns your-tunnel-id www.abforabortion.com

Step 6: Update the Configuration File

Edit the cloudflared-config.yml file:

Replace your-tunnel-id with your actual tunnel ID
Update the hostnames to match your domain

Step 7: Start the Docker Containers

docker-compose -f docker-compose-with-cloudflare.yml up -d

Step 8: Monitor the Tunnel

# Check logs
docker-compose -f docker-compose-with-cloudflare.yml logs -f cloudflared

# Check status
cloudflared tunnel info your-tunnel-id

Troubleshooting

Connection issues: Check if the cloudflared container can access the web container
DNS issues: Verify DNS records in your Cloudflare dashboard
Authentication issues: Ensure credentials file exists and is mounted correctly

Security Considerations

The Cloudflare Tunnel provides secure access without exposing your server's IP address
All traffic is encrypted between visitors and your origin server
Authentication happens via Cloudflare's authentication system

For more information, visit the Cloudflare Tunnel documentation.

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