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cloudflared system service on AWS Linux
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Configure .cloudflared to run on boot as system service

ssh -i "/path/to/cert.pem" ec2-user@ec2-100-25-159-112.compute-1.amazonaws.com
# ...

# Traverse file directory to ~/.cloudflared
cd ~/.cloudflared
# Elevate to root permission
sudo su
# Temporarily append ec2-user PATH to root user path for duration of terminal session
export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/ec2-user/.local/bin:/home/ec2-user/bin:$PATH
# Run cloudflared and specify --config flag
cloudflared --config /home/ec2-user/.cloudflared/config.yml service install
# Start service
sudo systemctl start cloudflared
# .. or start on boot with:
sudo systemctl enable cloudflared
# ...

# To test configuration:
sudo reboot
# ...

# SSH back into machine, then:
systemctl status cloudflared
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