Quick Tunnels: Anytime, Anywhere
Sep 2, 2021Rishabh Bector
Summary
Introduced 'Quick Tunnels' for Cloudflare Tunnel, a feature that allows users to create and expose local services to the internet with a single command (`cloudflared tunnel`) without requiring an account or prior onboarding. This leverages Cloudflare Workers for tunnel creation and management, and a complementary edge service for DNS record creation. It also utilizes Workers Cron Triggers for automated cleanup of abandoned tunnels. The feature is built on a more resilient and stable architecture, enabling longer-lived tunnels compared to previous account-free offerings.
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