submitted 9 months ago by milkytoast@kbin.social to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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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 9 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

[-] ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Sure, you can use a VPN if you want to spin up the instance and connect to it without having a domain. You can always open the instance of Nextcloud to the internet later, when you buy a domain.

Get a cheap .XYZ domain if you just want to experiment with spinning up a reverse proxy.

[-] milkytoast@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

honestly a .com was just about the same as anything else I think. could be wrong tho idk

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