Is Twingate good for remote access to a selfhosted Nextcloud server?
from Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 20:37
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I run a Nextcloud instance on my home server and want secure remote access without exposing ports. I came across Twingate, which looks like a VPN alternative.

Has anyone used it for personal setups? Is it overkill compared to something simpler like Tailscale? I’d like to know how you use it, or what else you use.

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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz on 27 Oct 20:51 next collapse

I never heard if twingate but i see no reason why not to selfhost Wireguard.

Its a proven open source vpn.

As far as a little research went. Twingate is proprietary software and caters to enterprises, it has some open source alternatives that have a similar functionality. Most if them using Wireguard under the hood. Look for tailscale/headscale or netbird.

Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world on 27 Oct 21:28 collapse

Thanks for the recommendations, will look into wireguard first

ITGuyLevi@programming.dev on 27 Oct 21:25 next collapse

I personally like to use a proxy for that like NPM (a handy dockerized nginnx proxy setup). Not as secure as a VPN but I really like being able to access my stuff from anywhere I’m likely to be. I’ve combined it with a few other things to try and add simplicity (in use) and a little extra privacy by using Authentik for SSO. My main goal with the use of NPM though was to limit the number of ports I had punched.

rtxn@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 00:31 collapse

I used it for a while, and it’s a decent solution. Similar to Tailscale’s subnet router, but it always uses a relay and doesn’t do all the UDP black magic. I think it uses TCP to create the tunnel, which might introduce some network latency compared to Tailscale or bare Wireguard.

mc@toot.houbahouba.de on 28 Oct 00:36 collapse

@rtxn did you check out the new relay-feature in tailscale yet? it's fab!! @Jokulhlaups

rtxn@lemmy.world on 28 Oct 00:44 collapse

I don’t know which feature you mean, can you link the documentation?

mc@toot.houbahouba.de on 28 Oct 00:56 collapse

@rtxn there isn't one yet. but check in this weeks events....tested the relay feature and it's really solving a bunch of issues. https://tailscale.com/events-webinars