Add a managed network

Cloudflare WARP allows you to selectively apply WARP client settings if the device is connected to a secure network location such as an office.

​​ 1. Choose a TLS endpoint

A TLS endpoint is a host on your network that serves a TLS certificate. The TLS endpoint acts like a network location beacon — when a device connects to a network, WARP detects the TLS endpoint and validates its certificate against an uploaded SHA-256 fingerprint.

The TLS certificate can be hosted by any device on your network. However, the endpoint must be inaccessible to users outside of the network location. Therefore, do not choose a private network IP that is exposed to users over Cloudflare Tunnel. One option is to choose a host that is physically in the office which remote users do not need to access, such as a printer.

​​ Create a new TLS endpoint

If you do not already have a TLS endpoint on your network, you can set one up as follows:

1. Create a local certificate:

   $ openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -keyout example.key -out example.pem -subj "/CN=example.com" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:example.com"
   

   The command will output a PEM certificate and key. Store these files in a secure place.

2. Run a simple HTTPS server to host the certificate:

   1. Create a Python 3 script called myserver.py:

      myserver.py
      import ssl, http.server
      
      class BasicHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
          def do_GET(self):
              self.send_response(200)
              self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
              self.end_headers()
              self.wfile.write(b'OK')
              return
      
      server = http.server.HTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 4443), BasicHandler)
      sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
      sslcontext.load_cert_chain(certfile='./example.pem', keyfile='./example.key')
      server.socket = sslcontext.wrap_socket(server.socket, server_side=True)
      server.serve_forever()

   2. Run the script:

      $ python3 myserver.py
      

​​ 2. Extract the SHA-256 fingerprint

To obtain the SHA-256 fingerprint of a certificate:

$ openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 -inform pem -in example.pem | tr -d :

The output will look something like:

SHA256 Fingerprint=DD4F4806C57A5BBAF1AA5B080F0541DA75DB468D0A1FE731310149500CCD8662

​​ 3. Add managed network to Zero Trust

1. In Zero Trust Open external link , go to Settings > WARP Client.

2. Scroll down to Network locations and select Add new.

3. Name your network location.

4. In Host and Port, enter the private IP address and port number of the TLS endpoint (for example, 192.168.185.198:4443).

   The example TLS endpoint created above would use the IP of the device running the Python script and the port configured for the HTTPS server.

5. In TLS Cert SHA-256, enter the SHA-256 fingerprint of the TLS certificate.

WARP will automatically exclude the TLS endpoint from all Split Tunnel configurations. This prevents remote users from accessing the endpoint through the WARP tunnel.

​​ 4. Configure device profile

1. In Zero Trust Open external link , go to Settings > WARP Client.
2. Under Profile settings, create a new settings profile or edit an existing profile.
3. To apply this profile whenever a device connects to your network, add the following rule:

   Selector	Operator	Value
   Managed network	is	<NETWORK-NAME>

4. Save the profile.

Managed networks are now enabled. Every time a device in your organization connects to a network (for example, when waking up the device or changing WiFi networks), the WARP client will determine its network location and apply the corresponding settings profile.