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Solutions for remote access? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been setting up a music server on my home server recently, looking to move away from private hosting options like iBroadcast, but I've hit a bit of a snag when it comes to actually accessing my server when away from home.

The two most common recommendations I've seen are Cloudflare and OpenVPN. My router supports OVPN access, so I gave that a try, but couldn't ever actually make it work. I don't know for sure, but I think it's probably something with my ISP that I can't really easily work around. As far as Cloudflare goes, setting up a tunnel requires you to have a domain set up with them even if you're just using Warp, and since I don't have one, that's not an option.

What other good options are there for remote access? I'm running Open Media Vault as my server. Thanks.

Edit: Based on responses, it looks like Tailscale is the way to go since it's all private to me. Thanks everyone!

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[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You could use PiVPN (you don't need to install it specifically on a Raspberry Pi -- this is just a handy all-in-one software solution). It supports both OpenVPN and Wireguard standards. Forward the relevant port in your router configuration, set up a single user for yourself in the VPN settings, and then connect via whichever client you prefer (OpenVPN if you use OVPN, or Wireguard if you use Wireguard).

I've used it before to access locally-hosted services from outside my home network and it gets the job done with fairly minimal setup.