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Running .NET 8 on Cloudflare Workers

Running .NET 8 on Cloudflare Workers

.NET is an open-source application framework from Microsoft which supports a wide range of platforms such as Windows, Linux and macOS. Meanwhile, Cloudflare Workers & Pages is a serverless platform for executing application code, like AWS Lambda and Azure Functions. In .NET 8, support was added for compiling .NET apps

Securely Share Your Local ASP.NET Core Development Server with TryCloudflare

Securely Share Your Local ASP.NET Core Development Server with TryCloudflare

Sharing your local ASP.NET Core development server can be a very useful way of obtaining feedback, testing webhook integrations, and facilitating collaboration during development. One method of sharing a development server is to use ngrok, however a TryCloudflare tunnel can also be used to create a temporary publicly accessible

Azure Container Apps (ACA) with Cloudflare Origin Server Certificates

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Azure Container Apps (ACA) with Cloudflare Origin Server Certificates

I recently deployed a containerised application to Azure Container Apps and decided that I was going to use Cloudflare as a proxy for the application (as I do for most of my services). As I wanted the connection between Azure Container Apps and the Cloudflare edge to be over HTTPS,

Setup Windows Terminal to use Cloudflare Access for SSH Authentication

Setup Windows Terminal to use Cloudflare Access for SSH Authentication

Windows Terminal is a modern terminal application, which supports a wide variety of customisation through profiles. Windows Terminal Profiles can be used to configure terminal colours, fonts, and commands. We are going to use this, to setup a new Windows Terminal profile to connect to a server using SSH while

Browser based SSH with Short Lived Certificates using Cloudflare Zero Trust

Browser based SSH with Short Lived Certificates using Cloudflare Zero Trust

SSH is the de-facto standard for remotely accessing Unix computers. However, it requires pre-configured keys and an SSH client to be available on the client computer. By using a Cloudflare Tunnel and Cloudflare Access you can use any web browser as the SSH client, and use Cloudflare Access for authenticating

Using Ghost as a Headless CMS with Static Site Generator and Deploying to Cloudflare Pages

Using Ghost as a Headless CMS with Static Site Generator and Deploying to Cloudflare Pages

Most blogging websites are powered by server-side software such as Ghost or WordPress. This is extremely useful since they can support complex post editors, schedule posts to be released later, and allow users to register on the website. I self-host Ghost in a dedicated virtual machine, but this mean that

Protect Microsoft SQL Server with a Cloudflare Tunnel and Cloudflare Access

Protect Microsoft SQL Server with a Cloudflare Tunnel and Cloudflare Access

Microsoft SQL Server is a database server engine used in a wide variety of organisations for storing their data. Sometimes, it can be necessary to provide access to this data from remote locations (such as to remote workers, or to services running in remote locations). A Cloudflare Tunnel when combined

Using Cloudflare Access and tunnels to create an RDP jump host

Using Cloudflare Access and tunnels to create an RDP jump host

Cloudflare Tunnels are a useful way of allowing private services to be accessed remotely, without exposing the devices to inbound connections. This can be combined with Cloudflare Access to provide a secure way of accessing services such as remote desktop. These services can be used to setup a bastion inside