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Can we combine CloudFlare tunnel's Email OTP with apps ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by athes@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello,

Long time lurker, first time poster and eternal newbie in selfhosting.

I have installed cloudflare tunnel in order to allow my Emby installation to be reached externally. (Previously was using tailscale but now trying this solution to expand my 'reach' and include my parents houshold)

The tunnel with email OTP works like a charm, but the access seems to be browser specific, so the Emby app doesn't seem to be able to connect (as it faces the email OTP challenge I suppose)

Is there a way to combine both?

I actually went down the path of writing a little script that tries to authorize the IP of someone that managed to pass the OTP challenge via browser. ( I get the user's IP and update the cloudflare policy via its API)

Seems to be overkill, any suggestions?

Thx

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[–] Unmapped@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

From what I understand running high bandwidth things like video streaming through cloudflare tunnels will get your cloudflare account banned or charged (which is why they require payment info to setup tunnels).

Best to keep things like emby, jellyfin, and Plex to tailscale or just open the port.

Idk how emby works but with Plex I feel pretty safe having port open. Since any logins have to auth though Plex's servers.

[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From what I understand running high bandwidth things like video streaming through cloudflare tunnels

Not at present; section 2.8 is gone.

It is true they frown very bigly on doing stuff like that through the normal cached CDN, but that's mostly because the CDN is vastly vastly more expensive than some traffic through a tunnel and is still pretty much enterprise-or-you-can't territory.

The bigger issue is the tunnels are relatively slow, and the performance for real-time stuff like streaming really sucks.

So probably won't get banned, but it's also not going to work very well.