Tunnelled services running slow
reddit / selfhosted

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Chrisspray · 2023-09-27 20:24

I've been hosting a couple external-facing docker services and I am
exposing them via Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnel and recently they have
been running really slowly, not even loading sometimes. When I go to
the services using the local 192.x.x.x IP they all run perfect and
fast, but doing it via my.cloudflare.domain there is a huge delay and
lag.
I've been using a tunnel due to their simplicity as I am new to this
but I am being put off by the connections. Before looking to
alternatives, is there any advice to improve the speeds/consistency?


Thanks in advance!

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danclaysp · 2023-09-28 10:32

The speed of your connection for tunnels depends on your internet
connection speed. E.g if you’re accessing it in your house via the
tunnel it goes round trip: you request > ISP connection > Cloudflare >
ISP connection > your server responds > ISP connection > Cloudflare >
ISP connection > you get it. Connecting locally will always be the
fastest. Tunnels are best used for remote access.