Alternative to PiTunnel or Dataplicity
reddit / selfhosted

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InkognetoInkogneto · 2023-12-08 08:47

Do you know any self-hosted alternatives for services like PiTunnel or
Dataplicity? Reverse SSH or VPN is not exactly what I'm looking for.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eirikr70 · 2023-12-08 09:57

You should be more specific : what is the problem you face with a vpn
and a reverse proxy ? They are the most secure way to go for what
seems to be your need.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InkognetoInkogneto · 2023-12-08 12:10

I have different devices (RPi or something like that), that can  be in
different locations. Autossh stopped working after a while, also there
is no way to easily see what's online and what's not. Btw, setting up
everything in one network is not always a secure/easy/best solution.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eirikr70 · 2023-12-08 12:21

For seeing what is online or not, you can use Uptime Kuma, with alerts
through gotify if necessary. For sshing different locations, I am
afraid that the most secure would be several vpn. Otherwise you might
also open an ssh port for all of our devices and allow access only
through a key present on your vpn server. Or set up a connexion of all
your devices on the vpn of that central device ...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InvaderToast348 · 2023-12-08 16:25

Tailscale is probably the easiest solution for multi location.

The control server is selfhostable (headscale) and afaik all of the
clients are open source.

I have used it for years, not a single complaint (my only problems
were due to my misconfiguration)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InkognetoInkogneto · 2023-12-09 07:38

Yeah but it is VPN

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InvaderToast348 · 2023-12-09 09:37

What's the actual problem with that though?

The options are either VPN or publicly exposing ports. There's no way
to access services if you can't reach them, you have to have some path
from the outside in.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
InkognetoInkogneto · 2023-12-09 16:06

From my understanding services like pitunnel established some sort of
a socket. I want to know if there are any selfhosted alternatives to
such services.
I know why VPN is cool and all, but this is not an alternative to
these services and not an all-in-one solution for anything.