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A Laravel package for creating and managing Cloudflare Tunnels to provide secure public access to local development environments. This solution offers an alternative to services like ngrok or Expose, leveraging Cloudflare's infrastructure for tunneling requests directly to your local Laravel application.

Key Features

Create and manage Cloudflare Tunnels directly from Laravel Artisan commands
Automatic DNS record configuration for custom subdomains
Integration with Laravel Herd for local development environments
Secure tunneling with Cloudflare's global network
Seamless integration with Vite development server via companion package

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

This software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied. The maintainers and contributors shall not be liable for any damages or losses, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages, arising from the use of this package. Users are solely responsible for ensuring the security, reliability, and compliance of their development and production environments. Use at your own risk.

Prerequisites

Before using this package, ensure you have:

Cloudflared CLI: Install from Cloudflare's downloads page
Cloudflare Authentication: Run cloudflared tunnel login to authenticate with your Cloudflare account and domain
Laravel Herd: Install Laravel Herd for optimal local development experience

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require pixovoid/laravel-cloudflared

Usage

Creating a Tunnel

Create a Cloudflare tunnel for your project with a single command. This command will:

Create a new Cloudflare tunnel
Configure DNS records for your specified subdomain
Set up a Herd link for local access
Save configuration to .cloudflared.yaml in your project root

php artisan cloudflared:install

Note: Running this command again will modify the existing installation. You can change the subdomain, repair DNS records, or recreate the tunnel as needed.

Running the Tunnel

Start the tunnel to make your local development environment publicly accessible:

php artisan cloudflared:run

Removing a Tunnel

Clean up all resources when the tunnel is no longer needed:

php artisan cloudflared:uninstall

Development Setup

Local Development with Path Repository

For developing or modifying the package, you can use Composer's path repository:

Add the path repository to your Laravel application's composer.json:

{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "path",
            "url": "../path/to/laravel-cloudflared",
            "options": {
                "symlink": true
            }
        }
    ]
}

Require the package from the local path:

composer require pixovoid/laravel-cloudflared:dev-main

Testing

The package includes PHPUnit tests and uses orchestra/testbench for Laravel integration testing.

Run the test suite after installing development dependencies:

composer install --dev
composer test

Platform Compatibility

Windows Support

This fork implements best-effort Windows compatibility with the following considerations:

Automatic detection and fallback for TTY unsupported environments
Normalized home directory detection supporting HOME, USERPROFILE, and HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH environment variables
Graceful fallback for process signal handling when pcntl extension is unavailable
Process cleanup mechanisms for Windows environments

For Windows usage, ensure:

cloudflared CLI is installed and available in your system PATH
Laravel Herd is installed and configured
Required environment variables are properly set

Attribution and Licensing

This repository is a fork of the original project aerni/laravel-cloudflared (https://github.com/aerni/laravel-cloudflared).

Original Project

Author: Michael Aerni
License: MIT
Repository: https://github.com/aerni/laravel-cloudflared

Fork Maintainer

Maintainer: PixoVoid (PixoVoid.dev, PixoVoid.net)
Package Name: pixovoid/laravel-cloudflared
Key Changes: Windows compatibility improvements, maintenance updates, and platform-specific fixes

License Information

This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for the full license text.

For a detailed summary of changes made in this fork, please refer to the NOTICE.md file.

Support

For issues, feature requests, or questions, please use the GitHub Issues page of this repository.

Related Packages

For seamless integration with Vite development server, consider using Cloudflared for Vite, which provides tunneled access to both your Laravel application and Vite's hot module replacement server, facilitating frontend debugging on real devices.

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