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vpn on nextcloud? (kbin.social)
submitted 11 months ago by milkytoast@kbin.social to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

I plan to selfhost nextcloud, for now just for bookmark sync. is there a point to installing a vpn on the computer running the instance? it shouldnt matter as long as i have https right? what about if i dont have a domain? i cant have https without a domain (ill buy one later just want everything to work first). or maybe use one of those free domain providers for now to get https? what do you guys think?

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[-] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

It's an extra layer of security. Your nextcloud instance won't be reachable from anybody who isn't on your vpn, if a bug which allows unauthorized access gets discovered you will be protected, if they steal your nextcloud credentials you will be protected, but if you're on a device without the vpn you won't be able to access nextcloud. As for the domain you can buy a random xyz for a couple of bucks per year so just do it

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