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Cloudflare Developers•3y ago•

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Southpaw

`cloudflared access` asking for SSH password instead of using Zero Trust for authentication.

I'm setting up Cloudflare Zero Trust, and trying to manage SSH connections to a server with

cloudflared access

cloudflared access

, following https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/use-cases/ssh/#connect-to-ssh-server-with-cloudflared-access. I have already set up the server as a Tunnel and given it a public hostname, and it is showing as healthy. I have also installed Cloudflared on my Mac and set up the

ProxyCommand

ProxyCommand

in my ssh config.

However, when I type

ssh <hostname>

ssh <hostname>

, instead of launching a browser window for authentication, it simply asks for my password, as it would for a regular SSH connection. I also tried visiting the browser terminal, but the server "unexpectedly dropped the connection". Why might this be?

I do know that password login over SSH is not best practice: I intend to disable it as soon as Cloudflare Access is set up.

SSH · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs

The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) enables users to remotely access devices through the command line. With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can make your SSH …