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vpn on nextcloud? (kbin.social)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I plan to selfhost nextcloud, for now just for bookmark sync. is there a point to installing a vpn on the computer running the instance? it shouldnt matter as long as i have https right? what about if i dont have a domain? i cant have https without a domain (ill buy one later just want everything to work first). or maybe use one of those free domain providers for now to get https? what do you guys think?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (10 children)

i would need to open a port even if i were to use a domain name correct? would hiding the ip behind a reverse proxy be enough? is nextclouds brute force protection not enough?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (9 children)

A reverse proxy helps, a LOT, like practically eliminating the issue because authentication happens at the proxy, not your port. I've never set one up, but I think your local system makes an outbound connection to the proxy, creating the tunnel. In this way no one ever knows what they're really connecting to - the proxy appears to be the endpoint.

Which is essentially what Tailscale Funnel does - they expose an interface, then encrypt a tunnel between your Tailscale network and that "proxy".

Same concept, just all rolled in to one thing, a check box and a little config info. TS Funnel will create the url to access your service. I suppose you could create another domain/url and have it redirect (or use a link shortener) to make it easier to share. I think by default it uses your Tailscale network name as the domain, and adds to it to define the service.

https://tailscale.dev/blog/funnel-serve-demo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

first I have to find out if my ISP will even let me open a port lol

thanks tho :)