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I am looking something to connect to my server from outside my local network.

I am on a shared IP and my ISP doesn't have port forwarding.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

This seems like it might be a perfect use case for Tailscale. The open source version of the control plane is called Headscale but you'd have to host it in a vps somewhere if you wanted to use it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Tailscale is probably your best option.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Do you have any external server available to you? If yes you could use that to set up a VPN connection or SSH tunnel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Cloudflare Tunnels are black magic and exactly what you're looking for:

https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/

Free, no need to self host a server somewhere externally. Can even be used for SSH!

[–] tomjuggler 3 points 10 months ago

I am upvoting this - also moved to Cloudflare from ngrok it's much simpler to use

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

frp, or just anything on awesome-tunnel at GitHub list

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I use headscale and headscaleui but I've heard things about net bird and netmaker

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use zerotier. It's excellent.

[–] breadsmasher 1 points 10 months ago

+1 this is what I use

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If you are fine with ipv6, I'd use yggdrasil.

Just install it on any number of devices and each of them become part of a single «local» ipv6 network.

[–] TheLugal 1 points 10 months ago

Yggdrasil Network might be an alternative.

It's a breeze to set up, just be mindful about setting up your firewall and allowed keys, depending on your use case.

[–] AustralianSimon 1 points 10 months ago

I use tail scale to get on the LAN and Rustdesk for desktops, webuis or SSH once in.

[–] devfuuu 1 points 10 months ago
[–] ndupont 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If you already own a domain name, you could use Cloudflare tunnels using cloudflared (it's free).