Cloudflare
Remote Access
Giving Internal Homelab Apps Real DNS Names and HTTPS
Cloudflare Tunnel gets your public apps out; a local DNS rewrite gives private ones the same clean hostname and valid HTTPS, from the same Caddy instance.
September 12, 20267 min read
Remote AccessPart 1 / 3
Part 1: Cloudflare vs Tailscale
Cloudflare Tunnel publishes an app without opening a port; Tailscale puts your devices on one private network. The real difference, and the hybrid I run.
June 15, 20265 min read
Remote AccessPart 2 / 3
Part 2: Cloudflare Tunnel
cloudflared connects outbound-only to Cloudflare's edge; Caddy reverse-proxies apps behind it with automatic TLS: compose files, and a DNS-challenge trap.
June 22, 20264 min read