# Cloudflare Mesh

Connect services and devices with post-quantum encrypted mesh networking

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## Overview

- [Cloudflare Mesh](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/index.md): Connect services and devices with post-quantum encrypted private networking through Cloudflare.

## Get started

- [Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/get-started/index.md): Set up Cloudflare Mesh and connect your first server, laptop, or phone to your private network.

## How Cloudflare Mesh works

- [How Cloudflare Mesh works](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/concepts/index.md): Learn how Cloudflare Mesh connects participants, assigns private IPs, routes traffic, and differs from Cloudflare Tunnel.

## Features

- [Features](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/index.md): Configure routing and high availability for Cloudflare Mesh nodes.
- [High availability](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/high-availability/index.md): Configure active-passive replicas to provide high availability for routed Cloudflare Mesh networks.
- [Routes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/features/routes/index.md): Configure CIDR and hostname routes to send private network traffic through Cloudflare Mesh nodes.

## Guides

- [Guides](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/index.md): Connect devices, servers, or private networks with Cloudflare Mesh, or deploy nodes on Linux hosts and in containers.
- [Connect two devices privately with Cloudflare Mesh](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/connect-client-devices/index.md): Connect two laptops, phones, or desktops privately with Cloudflare Mesh and verify connectivity between them.
- [Connect two servers with Cloudflare Mesh](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/connect-servers/index.md): Connect two Linux servers with Cloudflare Mesh and reach services by private Mesh IP without exposing them to the public Internet.
- [Connect two private networks with Cloudflare Mesh](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/connect-sites/index.md): Connect two sites with Cloudflare Mesh by routing traffic in both directions between private subnets through Mesh nodes.
- [Run Mesh in Docker / Kubernetes](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/run-mesh-in-containers/index.md): Run a Cloudflare Mesh node as a Docker container for Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and CI/CD environments.
- [Run Mesh on Linux](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/guides/run-mesh-on-linux/index.md): Install a Cloudflare Mesh node on Debian, Ubuntu, or RHEL, and learn what each install command does.

## Best practices

- [Best practices](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/best-practices/index.md): Recommended practices for reliable Cloudflare Mesh deployments.

## Platform

- [Platform](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/platform/index.md): Review Cloudflare Mesh availability and platform requirements.

## Troubleshoot Cloudflare Mesh connectivity

- [Troubleshoot Cloudflare Mesh connectivity](https://developers.cloudflare.com/mesh/troubleshooting/index.md): Diagnose offline Mesh participants, unreachable Mesh IPs, one-way site traffic, private subnet routes, and service failures.