Port forwarding a minecraft server
i have a starlink router so i cant port forward my mc server, but someone told me i can use cloudflare to port forward for free. so is that true, and if it is how do i do it/ i dont have a credit card or anything
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Cloudflare Tunnels use Cloudflare's proxy, which only supports proxying HTTP Traffic. If you want to use non-http applications over your tunnel, Cloudflare has a few other options:
For a few specific protocols such as SSH, RDP, and SMB, Cloudflare has guides for them here:
https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/
For Arbitrary TCP like Minecraft, MySQL, and any other tcp application, Cloudflare has a guide here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/arbitrary-tcp/
For Arbitrary UDP like Minecraft Bedrock, SMTP, and any other udp application, you will need to use Private Networking with WARP: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/private-net/connect-private-networks/
Please note for all of these except SSH, VNC and RDP which can be browser-rendered, you will either need to use cloudflared (Cloudflare's tunnel daemon) on the client machine running in the background or Private Networking with WARP, and have WARP installed on the client machine logged into your Zero Trust Team.
see the minecraft section
wait mc java is tcp?
yeah
bedrock is udp afaik
k
and can i do this on a raspberry pi
:shrugpepe: try it and see but I don't see why not
wait which version of cloudflared do i need for a raspberry pi 5?
what does he mean by "sudo ... rest of the comand before ... dpkg -i cloudflared-linux-armhf.deb ... rest of the comand after ..."
uhmm i dont have a site on cloudflare..
I tried to do this with tunnels and failed
Also I'm pretty sure they don't like you using tunnels for a minecraft server
if that was the case they wouldn't explicitly mention tunnels for minecraft
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According to the documentation, Cloudflare can be used to route applications through a public hostname, which allows users to connect to the application without the need for port forwarding. However, this method requires having
cloudflared installed on both the server machine and on the client machine, as well as an active zone on Cloudflare.
You can refer to the documentation on Connect to SMB server with cloudflared access for more information on how to set this up.
As for the cost, Cloudflare offers a free plan, and you can use the public hostname method without needing a credit card. However, please note that some features may have limitations or requirements, such as having an active zone on Cloudflare.
If you have any specific questions or need further clarification on the setup process, feel free to ask.Sources
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Huh, interesting
Ohhh yeah but I think that requires WARP to be installed
Also, idle.cool just returns forbidden @Idle
yes cuz its behind zt
also #off-topic