Cloudflare Tunnels¶

Active Tunnels¶

Tunnel Name	Tunnel ID	Hostname	Origin
openclaw	`2cee0852-5148-4067-9d8d-092820394049`	`openclaw-deepcool.bigleagueinc.com`	`http://127.0.0.1:18888`
nhl-agent	`d4be20d4-5ec0-40e1-87be-d5166d558026`	—	—

Configuration¶

Config file location: C:\Users\ajay\.cloudflared\config.yml

tunnel: 2cee0852-5148-4067-9d8d-092820394049
credentials-file: C:\Users\ajay\.cloudflared\2cee0852-5148-4067-9d8d-092820394049.json

ingress:
  - hostname: openclaw-deepcool.bigleagueinc.com
    service: http://127.0.0.1:18888
  - service: http_status:404

Key Files¶

File	Purpose
`~/.cloudflared/cert.pem`	Origin certificate (login auth)
`~/.cloudflared/<tunnel-id>.json`	Tunnel credentials
`~/.cloudflared/config.yml`	Tunnel routing config

Common Commands¶

# List tunnels
cloudflared tunnel list

# Start tunnel
cloudflared tunnel run openclaw

# Stop tunnel
taskkill /F /IM cloudflared.exe   # Windows

# Create new tunnel
cloudflared tunnel create <name>

# Add DNS route
cloudflared tunnel route dns <tunnel-name> <hostname>

# Check tunnel info
cloudflared tunnel info openclaw

Install as Windows Service¶

cloudflared service install

This auto-starts the tunnel on boot using the default config.yml.

Troubleshooting¶

Port already in use¶

# Find what's using the port
netstat -ano | findstr :18888
# Kill it
taskkill /F /PID <pid>

Tunnel won't connect¶

Check cloudflared tunnel list — is it created?
Check credentials file exists at path in config.yml
Try cloudflared tunnel run openclaw --loglevel debug