Access Home-Lab SECURELY with CloudFlare ZeroTrust (NO ports open!)

[@ThomasWildeTech]

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[@kassouatmohammed1755]

So how can i access to a private network? For exemple i want to check the connectivity using ping to different subnets (ping already allowed inside the network)

[@ThomasWildeTech]

This sounds like it might be more of a use case for using TailScale which is a mesh VPN. You can then add a node into any device within your private network to add it to your VPN mesh.

[@AnjanModak]

I have a personal request: could you please create a video about using Hetzner's dedicated servers with RAID 0? The video should cover merging the drives into a single drive, installing Ubuntu, adding a virtualization solution, and then explaining how to create VPS instances using one IP address while sharing it among multiple users, as well as using different IPs, port fowarding... This would be very helpful for beginners like me who are investing in dedicated servers but fear that after purchase, we won’t be able to create VPS instances or share them with users or friends. Please make the video as beginner-friendly as possible, with step-by-step instructions. Thank you in advance! Many people are searching for this type of video, but I haven't found anything simple and straightforward. Your videos are always very informative, and I appreciate your help!

[@ThomasWildeTech]

Hey there, could you tell me a little bit more about the dedicated server you have? What are the spec and cost of the server out of curiosity? I know you were interested in running Immich as well from your comment on my other video. Is this where you were wanting to run the Immich app?

[@runiemands7159]

Thanks for the tutorial, I have been following your guides for some time now and learning along for my mini homelab. I noticed you can type localhost:port, instead of an ip:port. How did you configure that?

[@ThomasWildeTech]

Glad to hear! Localhost refers to the self computer. Any app running on the same machine as the browser listening on a port can be accessed by `localhost:port`. When you want to access that application on a DIFFERENT machine, you need to refer to the IP address of that machine running the app, i.e. `ip:port`. 07:31 You see my accessing my application from WITHIN the server itself. So I'm using `localhost:port`. 08:59 I'm accessing the SAME application but this time from my personal computer. So this time, I'm using `ip:port` If I tried listening to `localhost:port` on my personal machine, I wouldn't get anything, because nothing is running on that port on my personal machine, the app is running on my server. Let me know if that clears it up!

[@abdiwahidahmed6826]

I tried to set up, but I got degraded status. If i re-search, I am behind cgnat how can I paypass cgnat

[@ThomasWildeTech]

I don't believe cgnat should actually affect the CloudFlare Tunnel

[@pepeshopping]

Correction! Ports are open on the cloudflare side, correct?! You can do the same for free with an SSL VPN in the Cloud and lab hosts connecting to it. Trivial to implement authentication before connecting.

[@ThomasWildeTech]

I mean to say no ports open on your server, putting your server at minimal risk. The authentication allows you to provide access to only certain users before even hitting your server.

[@bourn3272]

Its possible to create this for game based on UDP ports? Its non HTTP gameserver

[@ThomasWildeTech]

I haven't tried this personally but I suspect that the CloudFlare tunnel may not be ideal for a game.