Expose localhost to the network using Cloudflare Tunnel
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MUHAMMAD ARBAB ANJUM

MUHAMMAD ARBAB ANJUM @arbab529

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Expose localhost to the network using Cloudflare Tunnel

Publish Date: Aug 25 '25
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Install cloudflared

Download from: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases
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Change Dir

cd C:\cloudflared\
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Login to Cloudflare

cloudflared tunnel login
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Create tunnel

cloudflared tunnel create nextjs-tunnel
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Route DNS

cloudflared tunnel route dns nextjs-tunnel test.myworkly.com
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Create config.yml file in C:\cloudflared\config.yml

tunnel: nextjs-tunnel
credentials-file: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.cloudflared\[your-tunnel-id].json

ingress:
  - hostname: test.domain.com
    service: http://localhost:3000
  - service: http_status:404
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Quick Test

cloudflared tunnel --hostname test.domain.com --url http://localhost:3000
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Run tunnel pointing directly to Next.js

cloudflared tunnel --config config.yml run nextjs-tunnel
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