Talk:Cloudflared

Out of date?

Latest comment: 23 January4 comments3 people in discussion

Most of the instructions on this page no longer seem relevant to the current version (2023.6.1) of `cloudflared` in either the `Extra` repo or in AUR as `cloudflared-bin`. My take is that we should probably rewrite this page to keep it inline with the current version's capabilities.

Specifically, using `cloudflared` for DoH via `proxy-dns` doesn't seem to use the `config.yml` file at all anymore -- the config file only seems to be used for setting up a tunnel for their ZeroTrust offering.

The `Extra` repo version of the program doesn't include a systemd service file either -- the AUR version does though. Creating a service to setup the proxy-dns has become cryptic (as has the help for the program in general) but there are instructions buried in the cloudflare help (links below).

For proxy-dns, everything needs to be done on the commandline when invoking `cloudflared`.

Relevant links for reference:

Some of the better docs I've found for the command: https://fig.io/manual/cloudflared/proxy-dns
Cloudflare's DoH docs, including a service file: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/dns-over-https-client/
Bug #75999 referencing the lack of service files and how to use `cloudflared` to install them (but only for tunnels, not for proxy-dns/DoH): https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75999

Aside: I'm thinking there should be two main sections for this wiki page to cover the two primary use cases for the command -- one for DoH/proxy-dns, and one for ZeroTrust tunnels.

Thoughts? Vic acid (talk) 01:33, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feel free to use Template:Out of date to mark the obsolete parts of the page. — Lahwaacz (talk) 06:18, 25 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why the wiki says "Pending resolution of FS#75999, start and enable cloudflared.service." if no service file is provided? And what is the AUR package that provides the service file? Can we advertise it in the wiki? I will poke the bug issue Fhy (talk) 01:21, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I updated the entry Fhy (talk) 02:04, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]