Tunnel Manager

Tunnel Manager

Agnostic tunnel management supporting Cloudflare, Tailscale, and other providers. Create, manage, and monitor tunnels with a unified interface.

Setup

Requires tunnel provider CLI tools installed:

• Cloudflare Tunnel: cloudflared
• Tailscale: tailscale

Usage

Create a Tunnel

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js create --provider cloudflare --name "my-tunnel"

List Tunnels

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js list

Get Tunnel Status

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js status --provider cloudflare --tunnel-id "tunnel-id"

Start Tunnel

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js start --provider cloudflare --tunnel-id "tunnel-id" --port 3000

Stop Tunnel

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js stop --provider cloudflare --tunnel-id "tunnel-id"

Delete Tunnel

{baseDir}/tunnel-manager.js delete --provider cloudflare --tunnel-id "tunnel-id"

Options

Providers

Cloudflare Tunnel

• Requires cloudflared CLI
• Creates DNS records automatically
• HTTPS with automatic certificate

Tailscale

• Requires tailscale CLI
• Peer-to-peer connection
• Uses Tailscale network

Ngrok

• Requires ngrok CLI
• Quick temporary tunnels
• Shared/unique URLs available

Response Format

{
  "success": true,
  "provider": "cloudflare",
  "tunnelId": "tunnel-123",
  "name": "my-tunnel",
  "status": "running",
  "url": "https://my-tunnel.example.com"
}

When to Use

• Exposing local servers to the internet
• Secure tunnel without port forwarding
• Multi-provider tunnel management
• Development webhook testing
• Temporary tunnel for testing