[SOLVED] 401 (Unauthorized) on Appwrite through Cloudflare Tunnel

I ran Appwrite on my local Ubuntu Server, works fine locally. However, when accessing it through a Cloudflare tunnel, I can't log in.

I tried disabling Cloudflare's Proxy (DNS only) and adjusting the .env file to mydomain.com or subdomain.mydomain.com or localhost with the same result.

The cloudflare tunnel is connecting with cloudflared which is also running on docker.

TL;DR

[SOLVED] 401 (Unauthorized) on Appwrite through Cloudflare Tunnel. The issue appears to be related to the SSL/HTTPS certificate. Accessing the domain via HTTP works, but not HTTPS. Try generating a self-signed cert and configure Cloudflare to only trust that cert for better security.

*I'm unable to login even tho "Succesfully logged in" shows up

Did you run docker compose up -d to apply the change to the .env file?

Yes! Still unauthorized, am I missing something 🤔, has anyone else worked with Appwrite through a cloudflare tunnel?

Try removing the volumes after stopping the containers

What version of Appwrite?

1.4.13

Yes, and I’ve never seen something like this happen

It appears to be related to the SSL/HTTPS certificate. I experimented with Tailscale Funnel (a service similar to Cloudflare Tunnels) and found that I can log in when the domain is accessed via HTTP but not when using HTTPS.

Interesting. What about when accessing it via CF over HTTP?

I typically suggest using https throughout the whole flow

I have no idea what I'm doing, but in case someone has the same issue while using cloudflare tunnels with Appwrite: