Cloudflare Tunnel browser based ssh "Connection Refused" Error

# 1. Cloudflare Tunnel “Connection Refused” Error

  • Problem: cloudflared logs showed a connection refused error for localhost:22.

  • Cause: The tunnel was running in a Kubernetes container. Inside a container, localhost refers to the container itself, not the host machine where the SSH service was running.

  • Fix: Add hostNetwork: true to the pod’s Deployment YAML. This makes the container share the host’s network, allowing it to connect to localhost correctly.

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