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Remote Server & Cloudflare Tunnels

Deploy headless GPU servers (AWS EC2 / Hetzner) and configure zero-trust Cloudflare Tunnels.

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1. Linux Systemd Service Setup

Create a systemd unit file at /etc/systemd/system/xianscan.service:

ini

[Unit]
Description=XianScan Comic Translation Server
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ubuntu
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/xianscan
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/xianscan/xianscan
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Environment=PORT=8124
Environment=RUST_LOG=info
Environment=DATA_ROOT=/home/ubuntu/xianscan/data

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start the service:

bash

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now xianscan

2. Cloudflare Tunnel Remote Ingress

Securely access your home server or remote GPU instance over HTTPS without port forwarding:

Install cloudflared on your server:

bash

sudo apt-get install cloudflared

Authenticate and create a tunnel:

bash

cloudflared tunnel login
cloudflared tunnel create xianscan-server

Route traffic to your local XianScan port (8124) in ~/.cloudflared/config.yml:

yaml

tunnel: <TUNNEL_UUID>
credentials-file: /home/ubuntu/.cloudflared/<TUNNEL_UUID>.json

ingress:
  - hostname: manga.yourdomain.com
    service: http://localhost:8124
  - service: http_status:404

Run the tunnel service:

bash

sudo cloudflared service install
sudo systemctl start cloudflared

You can now access your XianScan server and Mihon extensions securely from anywhere at https://manga.yourdomain.com!

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