Total noob, but I set up TrueNAS/Nextcloud on an old laptop and it’s working great locally.

What would be the easiest secure way to access my files remotely from my phone and/or laptop?

  • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Tailscale. Download it and you’ll be up and running in 5 minutes. Don’t use cloudflare tunnels unless you plan on opening it up to the public. Then you can go that route.

    • jbarr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      For restricted access, I add a Cloudflare Application in front of the Tunnel to provide authentication. Work’s like a charm, and the user never hits my services unless they successfully authenticate.

      • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes I do that too with email authentication. But if he is using a personal server with no users then there is no need for that.

        • jbarr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          True, but then Tailscale needs to be installed on the remote device to connect. A Cloudflare Tunnel and Application can be accessed by pretty much any device. This was more appropriate for my use case. YMMV, of course.

          • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            For me it’s all about use case.

            I use cloudflare tunnels for programs exposed to the open web (Nextcloud, Radicale, etc).

            But I use tailscale for anything not, then I use tailscale (RD client, KDE Connect, Sonarr, etc) because it’s way too simple.

    • LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Second on that. The whole “it just works” slogan was frustrating when it didn’t work at first, but once it finally for running it was great

      • N-E-N@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        What exact route did u advertise? I’m having trouble getting it working

        • LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Trust me, you don’t want to get instructions from me. Just look at my post/comment history haha everything I touch breaks in ways that are hard to diagnose. I had to reach out to tech support, they got back to me in <12hrs

    • N-E-N@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Hey, I’m testing it and I have it installed on my phone/PC/TrueNAS but having trouble getting access remotely (testing on data).

      I think I have the part “Advertise Routes” wrong, how to I know what IP to put in exactly

        • N-E-N@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Is the port number the 4 numbers after the : which I use as a url to access Nextclouds web gui?

          Also that means I should be adding two routes?

            • N-E-N@lemmy.caOPEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Sorry for the questions, how do I know which Tailnet IP to use? Each device seems to get a different address and a I tested a couple and neither worked

              A tutorial I watched used 192.168.3.0/24. I tested this and it didn’t give me any errors and it connected to tailscale, but I couldn’t actually access things remotely