Run as a service on Linux
You can install cloudflared as a system service on Linux. Before you install Cloudflare Tunnel as a service, follow the Tunnel guide to install cloudflared on your machine, create a tunnel, route traffic to your tunnel, and then run it.
Configuring cloudflared as a service
By default, Cloudflare Tunnel expects all of the configuration to exist in the $HOME/.cloudflared/config.yml configuration file
. The available options are documented on the configuration file reference
, but at a minimum you must specify the following arguments to run as a service:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
tunnel | The UUID of your Tunnel |
credentials-file | The location of the credentials file for your Tunnel |
Running cloudflared as a service
Complete steps 1 through 4 in the CLI setup guide
. At this point cloudflared should be installed, authenticated, and have a config.yml file in the .cloudflared directory.
Next, run the following three commands to run cloudflared as a service:
$ cloudflared service install
$ systemctl start cloudflared
$ systemctl status cloudflared