Posts about cloudflare

How to securely expose Plex from behind CGNAT with Cloudflare Tunnel
July 15, 2024
Exposing Plex normally involves port forwarding from the router, which is very insecure and not recommended. If your home network is behind CGNAT - very common with most ISPs nowadays -- you can't even port forward if you wanted to. Here's how I did it in a fairly secure way that limits access by using Cloudflare.
Complete guide to self-hosting a website through Cloudflare Tunnel
December 29, 2023
Self-hosting a static web blog has never been easier thanks to Cloudflare Tunnel. In this guide I explain how to expose a static website hosted on machine inside my network to the internet using Nginx as webserver and securing it with various free Cloudflare services.
Setup a Cloudflare Tunnel to securely access self-hosted apps with a domain from outside the home network
July 20, 2023
Cloudflare Tunnels have been around for a few years and are well regarded alternatives for VPNs or port-forwarding on a router. They are often used to expose access to self-hosted apps from outside the local network with minimal config or hassle. Here's how it's done.