dumduckie - Setting Up Tunnels
i need a persistent tunnel. i am trying to make a sort of media backup server. i can't seem to get ddns to work. i think my router doesn't support http traffic
HSo, first, do you have a Cloudflare account yet?
SI do
HHave you added your domain to it yet?
SI tried. But I'm not sure how to. I typed in my domain and it showed an A record i had set up pointing to another project. Should I remove that? What other record should I add? Can I keep it empty?
HThat is showing what records currently exist on your domain. This is probably a previous project you set up through Google, or something that Google may have added on its own. It is up to you whether you want to keep the record or not. Just make sure you won’t break anything if you do choose to remove it.
SIs it okay to keep the records empty? Suppose i own the domain example.com. And i want the tunnel to be accessible through something like subdomain.example.com. Can you walk me through the process of setting up something like that? Sending documentation resources is also fine. I'm just confused with the networking terms 
HDo you have anything on the domain already you want to keep, or are you ok with starting with a clean slate?
SI have an A record set up to another project i was working on.
SI would like to keep that
HThere should be a continue/import button. Click that to move on.
SOkay. And after that the nameservers right?
HYup. Replace the pre-existing ones in Google with the ones you got from Cloudflare.
SI did that as well. What next?
HThere should be another blue continue button, or something similar. Click that.
SOh i didn't see that. But I'll have to try it tomorrow now because it's late for me . Can I bother you tomorrow? Thank you so much for your help so far
. Can I bother you tomorrow? Thank you so much for your help so farHOf course! Reply to a message I have sent in this thread, or send me a ping like so: @HardAtWork, and I’ll get back on. Have a nice evening!
SSure. Thank you so much. Have a good rest of the day.
S@HardAtWork Hi sorry for the late response
Si have completed setting up the site
Si logged in to cloudflared from cmd but running the tunnel command still creates a temporary tunnel
HStart by running cloudflared tunnel create <Name>
Si have created the tunnel. i am trying to make the config file. what should the config file be called? I can't find that in the docs
S@HardAtWork
HThe config file should be called ~/.cloudflared/config.yaml
Sokay
S@HardAtWork I have created the config and ran the route dns command. I am getting this error when visiting the address
S
Soh i forgot to cover up the domain im working with lol. it's fine
HSometimes it takes a few minutes for the tunnel to start resolving. Have you started the tunnel yet?
SYES it worked oml thank you so much
Si have one more question tho how do i make it persistent?
Sfor instance if i am running the tunnel on a vps or a pi how can i keep it running after i stop ssh? like using pm2 for node apps?
S@HardAtWork
Si have set up everything in this. How do i start a tunnel now?
SSThe service has started
SSThis is the config file
S@HardAtWork sorry to bother you again 
HIs the tunnel not running now?
Si set up the service like it says in this docs. but how do i actually start it? because going to the domain shows the same error as before. not found
HIf the service has started, then it should be working now.
HHold on…
HHey @Erisa | Out of office, do you know what might be the issue here? If a cloudflared Windows Service is active, it should be resolving, right?
SI am trying to restart but i am getting this error. how do i stop the currently running service?
@HardAtWork
EWhat does the log file say?
HStop-Service -name “cloudflared”
Eor
sc stop cloudflared