Cloudflared (system container)

System(d) container for use with Podman Machine, MicroShift, OpenShift Local and Podman Desktop installations, etc.

Usage

Container creation

Start the system container. You can choose between the following options: Debian, Fedora or RHEL UBI9

Debian-based

$ podman run -d --name=cloudflared \
        --hostname $HOSTNAME-cloudflared \
        --network=host --systemd=always \
        ghcr.io/spotsnel/cloudflared-systemd:latest

Fedora-based

$ podman run -d --name=cloudflared \
        --hostname $HOSTNAME-cloudflared \
        --network=host --systemd=always \
        ghcr.io/spotsnel/cloudflared-systemd/fedora:latest

RHEL UBI9-based

$ podman run -d --name=cloudflared \
        --hostname $HOSTNAME-cloudflared \
        --network=host --systemd=always \
        ghcr.io/spotsnel/cloudflared-systemd/ubi9:latest

Node registration

and register the tunnel

$ podman exec -it cloudflared cloudflared service install eyJhIjoiZWU5YTFlOTBlNDY3YmI1NmM2NDdiZWI2OTY3ZDM4YWEiLCJ0IjoiNzg0ZDA4NjAtZjExMy00ZjlhLTllYzctNTc4NTk3NzJkZmNjIiwicyI6Ill6azFObU5oWkdRdE9UTmlNaTAwTldWbExXSTNaV0V0T0RRNE9UazJOVGN6TlRNdyJ9

or use the Podman Desktop or Cockpit terminal to do so.

Systemd

The lifecycle of the container can be maintained by the host using a systemd service unit:

$ (cd $HOME/.config/systemd/user && podman generate systemd --name --files cloudflared 
$ systemctl --user enable --now container-cloudflared
$ loginctl enable-linger $USER