Cannot configure cloudflare tunnel for my local server to ssh over the internet
it keeps getting timed out, ive tried it a lot of times but i just cannot manage to get it up and running.
localhost:22
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i want to do it over a public hostname, using a domain i own, i have the dns configured with cloudflare
the connector shows the status as healthy but any attempt to ssh is plainly not working.
You have to use some client locally/software to access it. There's a bunch of ways now: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/
Cloudflare Docs
SSH
The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) enables users to remotely access devices through the command line. With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can make your SSH server available over the Internet without the risk of opening inbound ports on the server.
The simplest way is client-side cloudflared: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-cloudflared-authentication/#2-connect-as-a-user
Cloudflare Docs
Connect to SSH with client-side cloudflared (legacy)
End users can connect to an SSH server without the WARP client by authenticating through cloudflared in their native terminal. This method requires having cloudflared installed on both the server machine and on the client machine, as well as an active zone on Cloudflare. The traffic is proxied over this connection, and the user logs in to the se...
umm i don't get it? i haven't seen anything about this till now in the official docs