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What's wrong with using cloudflared? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 10 months ago by damnthefilibuster to c/selfhosted

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I read a comment on here some time ago where the person said they were using cloudflared to expose some of their self-hosted stuff to the Internet so they can access it remotely.

I am currently using it to expose my RSS feed reader, and it works out fine. I also like the simplicity of Cloudflare's other offerings.

Any thoughts on why cloudflared is not a good idea? What alternatives would you suggest? How easy/difficult are they to setup?

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[–] damnthefilibuster 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I use and love zerotier. Just that using it on mobile is a bit of an effort with the VPN. Also, it doesn't seem to support DNS like cloudflared does? Am I missing something in zerotier or is the only way you can access your servers is by IP address?

[–] happy_saw 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I setup AdGuard DNS on the network I host my services on and made Tailscale use it as a second DNS. This let's me access services using domain names. I'm sure you can do something similar with zerotier but I've never used it.

Also, it doesn't have to be AdGuard DNS. Any DNS will be fine.

https://tenekev.com/posts/internal-dns-for-your-tailscale-network/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can always use regular DNS and simply point your domain's records at hosts on your home's local network and/or the mesh VPN addresses. I do that with Tailscale.

[–] damnthefilibuster 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never done that before. Interesting! Will try that out and see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Note that some SOHO router appliances block DNS responses with local addresses ("rebind protection"). You may have to explicitly allow-list your domain(s).