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# Cloudflare tunnel

A Cloudflare tunnel gives your server a public address through Cloudflare's network, without opening ports on your router. In **Settings → Remote Access**, set the **Direct connection** method to **Cloudflare**, then pick a variant:

* **Quick Tunnel.** A temporary address with no Cloudflare account needed. Good for a quick test. The address changes each time.
* **Named Tunnel (Token).** Use your own domain. Create a tunnel in your Cloudflare dashboard and give it a public hostname that points at your server, for example `https://192.168.1.10:3443`. The server uses a self-signed certificate, so turn on **No TLS Verify** in the tunnel's origin settings. Then paste **Hostname** and **Tunnel Token** here. Your domain must already be a zone in your Cloudflare account.
* **Named Tunnel (OAuth).** Use your own domain, with camera.ui doing the setup. Enter a hostname, choose **Connect Cloudflare**, sign in to authorise your zone, and camera.ui creates the tunnel and DNS record for you.

With cloud access on, camera.ui keeps a public address up at all times. If your named tunnel stops connecting, it starts a Quick Tunnel so the server stays reachable and tries your tunnel again about every ten minutes. Each failed retry leaves you on a new Quick Tunnel address, and the apps need a moment to find the server again.