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So I want to setup a remote backup location at my parents house although they are very mindful about there electricity usage and environmental impact (and so am I) so I don't want to have to have a pc always on when it doesn't need to be.

Is it possible to setup remote Wake-on-lan so I can schedule my homelab at my place to wake up the server at my parents house and start a backup like once a week, I want to do this in a secure fashion as well so ideally no port forwarding, I currently use cloudflare tunnels for my home network.

Are there any other options or do you have a similar setup at your place?

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

And how do you communicate with the Pi0?

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

Wireguard between you and remote device like a pi. Set pi to portfowarding and masquerading on. It will then let you be on say a 10.x.x x network remotely but will send info on the remote LAN like it came from that pi local IP

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Use SSH. Ether open a port in the firewall or connect it to a VPN. If the backups are done on a schedule, you could also setup a cron job on the Pi to send the WoL packet a few minutes ahead of time.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Use a VPN; don’t open up SSH to the internet.

[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

Or just be cautious, thoughtful and sensible if you do. Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Ssh over Internet is fine as long as it's properly setup (no password auth, root not allowed, etc.). Obviously a VPN is even better.