How to install cloudflared on Alpine linux?

[ocodista]

I see that the binaries link are https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64

But what's the extension of this file?

How can I install it on alpine linux?

docker run -it alpine

apk add --no-cache curl

curl -s -O https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64

tar zxvf cloudflared-linux-amd64

Does not work, any tips?

[sudarshan-reddy]

That’s the binary. You can just run it without unzipping it.

[ocodista]

Hey @sudarshan-reddy thank you for the reply.

But unfortunately that didn't work either.

[ocodista]

Code tried

docker run -it alpine

apk add --no-cache curl

curl -s -O https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64

chmod +x ./cloudflared-linux-amd64
./cloudflared-linux-amd64 -v

[MPThLee]

Could you try install libc6-compat package in apk? I had no issue.

[arthurfiorette]

To anyone who got here.

curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/cloudflared

It was missing the -L flag.

[shahraizq]

To anyone who got here.

curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/cloudflared

It was missing the -L flag.

Thanks I literally Just got here looking to deploy cloudflared on alpine linux.

[moiz-qureshi]

To anyone who got here.

curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/cloudflared

It was missing the -L flag.

any idea how I can run the cloudflare as a service on alpine linux? I want the tunnel to be running in the background upon boot.

[arthurfiorette]

Do that and execute cloudflared service install <key that i blurred on image>, cloudflared will self install after it.

[MPThLee]

Just in case you may not know. Alpine has own cloudflared build on aports repository. But it is on testing branch (which is disabled by default on apk configuration), And the build is not by cloudflare. It is build from source by their build system.

[arthurfiorette]

Yeah I saw that, but i was on the testing branch... Would it make any difference?

[bktiel]

To anyone who got here.

curl -L https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64 -o /usr/bin/cloudflared

It was missing the -L flag.

any idea how I can run the cloudflare as a service on alpine linux? I want the tunnel to be running in the background upon boot.

For anyone else who stumbles on this thread and follows that solution, cloudflared service install ... installs a sysv service alpine doesn't know what to do with. You'll need to create a valid one if you want an alpine service. Here's a bare example:

#!/sbin/openrc-run
  
name=$(basename $(readlink -f $0))
cfgfile="/etc/$RC_SVCNAME/$RC_SVCNAME.conf"
command="/usr/bin/cloudflared"
command_args="--pidfile /var/run/$name.pid --autoupdate-freq 24h0m0s --config /etc/cloudflared/config.yml tunnel run"
command_user="root"
pidfile="/var/run/$name.pid"
stdout_log="/var/log/$name.log"
stderr_log="/var/log/$name.err"
command_background="yes"

Sticking it as /etc/init.d/cloudflared and then rc-update add cloudflared default should set it to work as expected.

[YueMiyuki]

Sticking it as /etc/init.d/cloudflared and then rc-update add cloudflared default should set it to work as expected.

Just in case someone is using Alpine Base image, rc-update it a part of openrc, so you need to install it manually by running: apk add openrc

[qaqland]

Cloudflared doesn't support multi tunnel with one config file, so I use softlinks to make services.

Here are my /etc/init.d/cloudflared and /etc/conf.d/cloudflared

~ $ cat /etc/init.d/cloudflared
#!/sbin/openrc-run

name=${RC_SVCNAME}
command=/usr/bin/cloudflared
command_user=cloudflared:cloudflared # maybe should change
command_background="yes"
pidfile=/run/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid

# output_log="/var/log/${RC_SVCNAME}.log"
# error_log="/var/log/${RC_SVCNAME}.err"


depend() {
        need net
        after firewall
}
~ $ cat /etc/conf.d/cloudflared
command_args="tunnel --config /etc/cloudflared/${RC_SVCNAME##*.}.yml run"

When need to start a new tunnel service, just create two softlinks in both init.d and conf.d

ln -s cloudflared cloudflared.example

and write config file at /etc/cloudflared/example.yml.

Then it can be used as normal:

rc-service cloudflared.examplle start...

[felixmaker]

What's more, if you Create a remotely-managed tunnel (dashboard), you can change command_args into:

command_args="--pidfile /var/run/$name.pid  --autoupdate-freq 24h0m0s tunnel run --token YOUR_TOKEN"

[rxda]

rc-update add cloudflared default One more command is needed chmod +x /etc/init.d/cloudflared