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Description / nameInput element
Container Registry
Cloudflared Host Port

Build Status Last Commit

Tunneling daemon that proxies any local webserver through the Cloudflare network without DNS records or firewall changes.
Port 2000
Registry ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared
Daemonless daemonless/cloudflared
Source cloudflare/cloudflared
Website developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps

Version Tags

Tag Description Best For
latest / pkg FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages. Most users — recommended.
pkg-latest FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates. Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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services:
  cloudflared:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest"
    container_name: cloudflared
    environment:
      - TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE  # Required: The Cloudflare Tunnel token.
      - TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000  # Optional: Address to bind metrics server (default: 0.0.0.0:2000)
    ports:
      - "2000:2000"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

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podman run -d --name cloudflared \
  -p 2000:2000 \
  -e TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE \
  -e TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000 \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

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- name: Deploy cloudflared
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: cloudflared
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      TUNNEL_TOKEN: "YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE"
      TUNNEL_METRICS: "0.0.0.0:2000"
    ports:
      - "2000:2000"

Save as cloudflared-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook cloudflared-deploy.yaml.

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# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=cloudflared
TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE
TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000

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# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  cloudflared:
    name: cloudflared
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '2000:2000 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - TUNNEL_TOKEN: !ENV '${TUNNEL_TOKEN}'
        - TUNNEL_METRICS: !ENV '${TUNNEL_METRICS}'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

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appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="2000:2000 proto:tcp" \
  -e TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE \
  -e TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000 \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest cloudflared

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

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services:
  cloudflared:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest"
    container_name: cloudflared
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE
      - TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

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bastille create -O \
  --env TUNNEL_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE \
  --env TUNNEL_METRICS=0.0.0.0:2000 \
  cloudflared ghcr.io/daemonless/cloudflared:latest inherit

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable Default Description
TUNNEL_TOKEN YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_TOKEN_HERE Required: The Cloudflare Tunnel token.
TUNNEL_METRICS 0.0.0.0:2000 Optional: Address to bind metrics server (default: 0.0.0.0:2000)

Ports

Port Protocol Description
2000 TCP

Implementation Details

  • Architectures: amd64
  • User: root (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
  • Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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