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this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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Before you invest a lot of time into this just wanted to say that it's a 2m job with Tailscale. You install it on the server and on your phone (or laptop whatever), you start it, and you can access anything on the server at a short name you can customize fully, or at a long name you can pick from randomly generated choices generated by Tailscale. (The long name is usually only relevant if you're going to expose your server to the internet or in unusual DNS setups, if you just want to access the server from your phone the short name will do.)
OP's list is great for learning and for full control but if you just want to solve your problem fast, you can.
I’m either lucky or it’s stupid easy to install wireguard. I put basic config in docker compose, downloaded the app, port forwarded and I’m good. Even pihole works. It’d haven taken me 5 mins if it wasn’t for the firewall
One of the other benefits of Tailscale is device management. Wireguard is an awesome tool (Tailscale uses it under the hood), but adding new devices is more work with Wireguard, as you have to generate keys and share the public keys (and do some IP management). With Tailscale it's pretty much install the app and allow the device with a click.
Dont listen to people about tailscale. This is self hosting! Do it yourself it's part of the fun. I don't know why people are shilling corporate entities so hard here.
Exactly what I did haha