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title: Public hostnames
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With Cloudflare Tunnel, you can expose your HTTP resources to the Internet via a public hostname. For example, you can add a route that points `docs.example.com` to `localhost:8080`. Anyone can now view your local application by going to `docs.example.com` in their web browser.

Cloudflare can route traffic to your Cloudflare Tunnel connection using a [DNS record](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) or [Cloudflare Load Balancer](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/). You can configure either option from the Cloudflare dashboard by pointing a DNS `CNAME` record or a load balancer pool to the Cloudflare Tunnel subdomain for your connection. You can also associate these records with your tunnel from `cloudflared` directly.

:::note

You do not need a paid Cloudflare Access plan to publish an application via Cloudflare Tunnel. [Access seats](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management/) are only required if you want to [secure the application using Access policies](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/), such as requiring users to log in via an identity provider.

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