0003 — Dedicated domain (bobsmcp.uk) for the tunnel, not robmck.uk

Status

Accepted

Context

Cloudflare-Tunnel requires the published hostname's DNS to be on Cloudflare. The existing domain robmck.uk lives in AWS Route 53, and Cloudflare's free plan only does whole-zone setups (apex nameserver takeover) — a subdomain-only "partial" setup is Business-tier. Moving robmck.uk off Route 53 was undesirable.

Decision

Register a dedicated, throwaway domain bobsmcp.uk (via Cloudflare Registrar, so DNS is on Cloudflare from the start) and use it for the tunnel. robmck.uk stays untouched in Route 53.

Consequences

• No DNS migration; robmck.uk and Route 53 are unaffected.
• A stable https://bobsmcp.uk for the broker, ready for Cloudflare Access/WAF.
• One extra ~£1/yr domain. (A free *.ts.net Funnel host was the alternative — see ADR 0001.)