Plex server on Argo Tunnel

[triz]

What is the name of the domain?

Example.com

What is the issue you’re encountering

No issue, just a question

What steps have you taken to resolve the issue?

I have a Plex Media Server that my friends and family can access over at app.plex.tv however I’m wanting to have it as a sub domain to keep everything nice and easy for them, rather than having links to external websites, so I want to have a subdomain through my Cloudflare Tunnel to my Plex server which is at localhost:32400, I’ve read conflicting things about whether this is allowed or not, some say it is, others say it isn’t. Could someone please clarify? Thanks

[Laudian]

@triz

I’ve read conflicting things about whether this is allowed or not, some say it is, others say it isn’t.

It is not allowed.

@Cloudflare Terms of Service

Content Delivery Network (Free, Pro, or Business)

Cloudflare’s content delivery network (the “CDN”) Service can be used to cache and serve web pages and websites. Unless you are an Enterprise customer, Cloudflare offers specific Paid Services (e.g., the Developer Platform, Images, and Stream) that you must use in order to serve video and other large files via the CDN. Cloudflare reserves the right to disable or limit your access to or use of the CDN, or to limit your End Users’ access to certain of your resources through the CDN, if you use or are suspected of using the CDN without such Paid Services to serve video or a disproportionate percentage of pictures, audio files, or other large files. We will use reasonable efforts to provide you with notice of such action.

[triz]

How about this website stating that it’s a different ToS

How to set up free, secure, high-quality remote access for Plex — mythofechelon

Thanks for reply btw.

[Laudian]

The Zero Trust service (which covers Access and its tunnels) seems to be separate to the CDN service, as can be seen in Cloudflare’s own screenshot

It is possible that Zero Trust Access Tunnels makes use of their CDN, but I have yet to find any definitive evidence of this. In fact:

It is true that CDN and tunnel are separate products. But it’s not possible to use the tunnel without also using the CDN. CDN basically means any proxied traffic, not just cached traffic.

In the end, Cloudflare doesn’t want to pay for your video traffic.

I mean, if you think about it: Cloudflare doesn’t want videos included on websites it serves, but but is willing to pay for your private streaming service? That makes no sense.