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 *   [**Infrastructure Provisioning with Terraform**](./docs/03-terraform.md)
 *   [**Centralized Identity & DNS Management**](./docs/04-identity.md)
 *   [**Application Container Deployments**](./docs/05-applications.md)
+*   [**Ingress & Secure Tunnels**](./docs/06-tunnels.md)
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+# 🌩️ Ingress & Secure Tunnels
+
+This document outlines the zero-trust remote access architecture of the homelab. By utilizing outbound-only secure tunnels (**Cloudflared** and **Playit.gg**), external services are exposed without configuring port forwarding or opening inbound router ports.
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Tunnel Ingress Architectures
+
+Traffic ingress is divided into two separate pathways: HTTP web traffic via Cloudflare, and TCP/UDP game server traffic via Playit.gg.
+
+### 1.  Cloudflare HTTPS Ingress (Web Portals)
+
+Handles secure HTTPS traffic routing for the Nginx portfolio website and the Grafana analytics dashboard.
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+    %% My Color Palette
+    classDef extNode fill:#212c2a,stroke:#9580ff,color:#f8f8f2,stroke-width:1.5px;
+    classDef agentNode fill:#212c2a,stroke:#ffca80,color:#ffca80,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
+    classDef appNode fill:#2b3b38,stroke:#8aff80,color:#8aff80,stroke-width:1.5px;
+
+    subgraph WAN ["Public WAN"]
+        User["🌐 Web Browser"]:::extNode
+        CFEdge["☁️ Cloudflare Edge Network"]:::extNode
+    end
+
+    subgraph VM_Portfolio ["portfolio.lab.local VM"]
+        Agent_CF["🐳 cloudflared container<br>(--net=host)"]:::agentNode
+        App_Nginx["🌐 Nginx Port 80"]:::appNode
+        App_Grafana["📊 Grafana Port 3000"]:::appNode
+    end
+
+    User -->|HTTPS Query| CFEdge
+    CFEdge ===>|Encrypted Tunnel Stream| Agent_CF
+    Agent_CF -->|Proxies HTTP traffic| App_Nginx
+    Agent_CF -->|Proxies HTTP traffic| App_Grafana
+
+    %% Subgraph Colors
+    style VM_Portfolio fill:#111615,stroke:#70a99f,stroke-width:1px;
+    style WAN fill:#161d1c,stroke:#9580ff,stroke-width:1px;
+```
+
+### 2. Playit.gg Game Ingress (Minecraft Server)
+
+Routes game packets for external players into the local Fabric server instance using a secure UDP/TCP agent connection.
+
+```mermaid
+graph LR
+    %% My Color Palette
+    classDef extNode fill:#212c2a,stroke:#9580ff,color:#f8f8f2,stroke-width:1.5px;
+    classDef agentNode fill:#212c2a,stroke:#ffca80,color:#ffca80,stroke-width:1px,stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
+    classDef appNode fill:#2b3b38,stroke:#8aff80,color:#8aff80,stroke-width:1.5px;
+
+    subgraph WAN_Game ["Public WAN"]
+        Player["🎮 Game Client"]:::extNode
+        PlayitWAN["🔌 Playit.gg Global Proxy"]:::extNode
+    end
+
+    subgraph VM_Minecraft ["minecraft.lab.local VM"]
+        Agent_Playit["🐳 playit-agent container<br>(--net=host)"]:::agentNode
+        App_MC["⚔️ Fabric Server Port 25565"]:::appNode
+    end
+
+    Player -->|TCP/UDP Game Packets| PlayitWAN
+    PlayitWAN ===>|Encrypted Tunnel Stream| Agent_Playit
+    Agent_Playit -->|Proxies raw TCP/UDP| App_MC
+
+    %% Subgraph Colors
+    style VM_Minecraft fill:#111615,stroke:#70a99f,stroke-width:1px;
+    style WAN_Game fill:#161d1c,stroke:#9580ff,stroke-width:1px;
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📄 Service Configurations
+
+The outbound tunnel agents are launched as rootless container daemons:
+
+### 1.  Cloudflare Tunnel Agent (`06_cloudflared_setup.yml`)
+
+*   **Engine**: Spawns `docker.io/cloudflare/cloudflared:latest` using `--net=host`.
+*   **Credentials**: Authenticates with Cloudflare using a secure credential token(`cloudflare_token`) managed inside the encrypted Ansible Vault file(`vms/vault.yml`).
+*   **Systemd Integration(`cloudflared.service`)**: Configures startup sequencing to ensure the local web application services(`portal.service`) are active before starting the tunnel agent:
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+After=network-online.target portal.service
+Wants=network-online.target portal.service
+```
+
+### 2.  Playit.gg Tunnel Agent (`05_playit_setup.yml`)
+
+*   **Engine**: Spawns `ghcr.io/playit-cloud/playit-agent:1.0` using `--net=host` to bridge internal traffic.
+*   **Credentials**: Authenticates using a cryptographically generated static secret key(`playit_secret_key`) mapped to the agent container's environment variables(`SECRET_KEY`).
+*   **Systemd Integration(`playit.service`)**: Chains the agent startup process to load immediately after Minecraft service completes:
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+After=network-online.target minecraft.service
+Wants=network-online.target minecraft.service
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Execution & Administration
+
+To deploy or refresh the ingress tunnels, run the following playbooks:
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook site.yml --tags "playit,cloudflared" --ask-vault-pass
+```
+
+### Checking Tunnel Status
+
+Inspect active connections on the respective VMs by viewing Systemd status outputs:
+
+```bash
+# Verify connection logs and exit statuses
+systemctl status cloudflared.service
+systemctl status playit.service
+```