Help me get started with VPN (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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TLDR: VPN-newbie wants to learn how to set up and use VPN.

What I have:

Currently, many of my selfhosted services are publicly available via my domain name. I am aware that it is safer to keep things closed, and use VPN to access -- but I don't know how that works.

domain name mapped via Cloudflare > static WAN IP > ISP modem > Ubiquity USG3 gateway > Linux server and Raspberry Pi.
80,443 fowarded to Nginx Proxy Manager; everything else closed.
Linux server running Docker and several containers: NPM, Portainer, Paperless, Gitea, Mattermost, Immich, etc.
Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole as DNS server for LAN clients.
Synology NAS as network storage.

What I want:

access services from WAN via Android phone.
access services from WAN via laptop.
maybe still keep some things public?
noob-friendly solution: needs to be easy to "grok" and easy to maintain when services change.

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[-] Lordjohn68@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I chose wireguard implemented by pivpn (i like pi's)

Wireguard app on phone and a quick duckduck will find you a script or app for your laptop. Connected to your home in seconds.

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

PiVPN is elegant. Easy install, and I am impressed with the ascii QR code it generates.

But I could not make it work. I am guessing that my Android setup is faulty, orrrr maybe something with the Pi? This is incredibly difficult to troubleshoot.

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

What didn’t work?

[-] Lordjohn68@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

As a side note i had to portforward in my router to make this work.

[-] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Obviously :) and make sure to forward to the correct LAN IP address, and make sure that machine has a static IP (or DHCP reservation).

[-] TurboLag@lemmings.world 4 points 5 months ago

Here is a script to easily install WireGuard and generate client config files for any server: https://github.com/Nyr/wireguard-install

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