Feature Request: Add Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared) as a SparkBox app

Posted by xionide

I just set this up with the help of a couple AI's. I am on 5G internet so it seemed like the right way to go. I also created this feature request with chatgpt. Lmk what you think: "It would be great to have Cloudflare Tunnel / cloudflared available as an official SparkBox app. My use case is exposing Jellyfin through a Cloudflare Tunnel without opening ports on my router: Internet ↓ Cloudflare ↓ cloudflared ↓ sb-npm ↓ sb-jellyfin-media For example, I currently have: media.(redacted).com routed through a Cloudflare Tunnel to: http://sb-npm:80 Since cloudflared is currently a manually-created Docker container, it doesn't appear in the SparkBox dashboard or get managed alongside the other apps. Having it as an official app would allow SparkBox to handle: - Installation - Starting/stopping/restarting - Container updates - Logs/status - Cloudflare Tunnel token configuration - Attaching it to the existing sbproxy network - Reboot persistence Ideally, the app could provide a simple setup where the user enters their Cloudflare Tunnel token and configures the hostname and internal service. Cloudflare Tunnel would be especially useful for users who are behind CGNAT or don't want to expose ports 80/443 directly to the Internet. I think cloudflared would be a useful addition to SparkBox because it works very well with the existing NPM/reverse-proxy architecture."

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Chris wrote:

Good idea, xionide — and the cloudflared container you already got running by hand is exactly the shape this would take. Cloudflare Tunnel is the right call on a 5G connection where you can't open ports, so it fits the box really well. I've logged this for Tom as a proper app request: install, updates, logs, and the tunnel token handled in the dashboard like every other app. I can't promise a date, but it's on his list now with your write-up attached. Thanks for laying the setup out so clearly.