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Selfhosting behind VPN? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by stonesimulator@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I have played around with yunohost and other similar tools. I know how to open ports on router, configure port forwarding. I am also interested on hosting my own stuff for experiments, but I also have a VPN enabled for privacy reasons on my router at all times. If you haven't guessed already, I am very reserved on revealing my home IP for selfhosting, as contradictory as it sounds.

I am aware that it's better to rent a VPS, not to mention the dynamic IP issues, but here it goes: assuming my VPN provider permits port forwarding, is it possible to selfhost anything from behind a VPN, including the virtual machine running all the necessary softwares?

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edit2: I just realized my VPN provider is discontinuing port forwarding next month. Why?!

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[–] PriorProject@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

PureVPN supports port-forwarding over the VPN and is frequently used for making port-forwarding work through janky ISPs that don't support it properly. Some details at: https://www.purevpn.com/blog/how-to-port-forward-your-web-development-server-remotely/

There are many other ways to do similar things, but this is one possible approach.

[–] stonesimulator@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Nice to know there's an actual justifiable use case for what I am describing!