Cloudflared lxc loses connection to cloudflare after container or host reboot.

[sambarlick]

Hi,

I was wondering if there was a way to store the token from cloudflare in the lxc instead of having to re enter it in the lxc console after every reboot.

[tteck]

I've never encountered that issue with cloudflared. I've rebooted many times without any problems.

[sambarlick]

I rebooted the container and ran that command and it started file not found.

But when I copy the command from cloudflare the tunnel works. But I have to do it every time the container is rebooted.

[tteck]

You ran systemctl edit --full cloudflared.service in the LXC console and it said file not found?

[sambarlick]

Yes.

[tteck]

After inserting your token run this command:

cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/cloudflared.service
[Unit]
Description=cloudflared
After=network.target

[Service]
TimeoutStartSec=0
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cloudflared --no-autoupdate tunnel run --token <your token>
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5s

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

[tteck]

Then run command systemctl enable cloudflared.service

[sambarlick]

After inserting the token I'm unable to use the console and enter any command

[tteck]

You inserted your token in the snippet I provided? Then executed the snippet in the LXC console?

[tteck]

Did you run the command systemctl enable cloudflared.service? Reboot

[sambarlick]

Yes and cloudflare is showing the tunnel as healthy.

[tteck]

Reboot to see if everything is working as intended. You shouldn't have to do anything else but reboot.

[sambarlick]

You ran systemctl edit --full cloudflared.service in the LXC console and it said file not found?

Running this command opens the file and the token is stored in the file. But after a reboot cloudflare is showing the tunnel is down.

[tteck]

Did you enable the service?

[tteck]

systemctl enable cloudflared.service

[sambarlick]

Yes. I did then rebooted the container.

[sambarlick]

I entered the tunnel id instead of the token within the docker command on cloudflare. I changed the file to include the token but it still isn't up after enabling the service and rebooting the container.

[tteck]

docker command

???

I'm not sure about the root cause of this problem, but I recommend starting fresh by setting up a new Cloudflared LXC container. You might find it helpful to refer to this video for a refresher on how to configure Cloudflare tunnels.

[tteck]

But, Debian instead of Docker

[sambarlick]

This docker command.

docker run cloudflare/cloudflared:latest tunnel --no-autoupdate run --token eyJhIjo.......

[tteck]

The Cloudflared LXC is NOT a Docker installation!

[sambarlick]

Running that command every time i reboot is the only thing that establishes a "healthy" tunnel, but then i have to enter it after every reboot.

[tteck]

I recommend starting fresh by setting up a new Cloudflared LXC.

[tteck]

It seems that the installation you have does not match this repository.

[sambarlick]

Ok seems to be working now. I created a new container from your script, created the file, inserted my token and rebooted. Works!!

[sambarlick]

Thanks for your help!