Comment on NUC, Proxmox and HA (a noob seeking for help)
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 5 months ago
I have a domain I own and access through Cloudflare, but there’s also DuckDNS or Nabu Casa.
Or as someone else has pointed out, Tailscale, which is awesome, and free.
That’s to access from outside.
As for NAS, I’m currently happily using Open Media Vault.
won’t proxmox add a layer of complexity with Coral/Frigate/a Zigbee dongle?
Nah, just pass it through
nosnahc@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thanks for your help!
I can’t figure out how access from outside is going to happen. I will have multiple addresses that correspond to my different VMs?
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Nah it sounds far too simple to “just install Tailscale and you’re good” doesn’t it? But it really is kinda that easy.
Install the Tailscale add on for Home Assistant, sign in and set up an “exit node” (it’s a menu item, easy) then install Tailscale on your phone.
Switch it on on your phone outside your network. 3 dots in the app and select “Use exit node” and select the one you set up.
Now on your browser on your phone just type in the IP address of the self hosted service (I just have my home page address set to Homarr which has them all) and you’re done.
Really damn easy, and free
dai@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Tailscale is great, but it’s not something that should be shouted from the rooftops.
I use tailscale with nginx / pihole for my home services BUT there will be a point where the “free” tier of their service will be gutted / monetized and your once so free, private service won’t be so free.
Tailscale are SAAS (software as a service), once their venture capital funds look like their running dry, the funds will be coming from your data, limiting the service with a push to subscription models or a combination.
Nebula is one such alternative, headscale is another. Wire guard (which tailscale is based on) again is another.
brewery@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m hesitant about it too for the same reason but not sure if I’m being unreasonable given that I rely on so many other free services. However, this is one that would potentially have access to everything I do.
I’m watching headscale with interest until its safe enough for me to try breaking it!
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Fortunately it’s built on Wireguard. So it’s an easy way to get started with Mesh Networking.
Hamachi did the same thing 20 years ago, and is still around (I think) with a free tier that let’s you have 250 clients.
Tailscale also has the “Funnel” feature, which can route traffic into your Tailscale network without using a Tailscale client.
I’m currently a free tier of TS, and will have no problem paying for the service once I go production. It’s not expensive for what I’m getting.
I could just switch to self-hosting Wireguard, it’s the protocol Tailscale is using.
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 5 months ago
I hear what you’re saying and honestly it’s not something I had thought about, so thanks for that.
For myself I should be good if your prediction comes true since I already have Home Assistant through my own domain using Cloudflare. I could theoretically move all my stuff to my own domain and Nginx, etc.
I like Tailscale because I don’t have to do all that. I’m new to Self Hosting (no I’m new to running multiple VMs) so finding something that just works with minimal effort is great for a noob. I wanna learn the things (networking), but I wanna learn other things (loads!) first.
Cloudflare and a Domain wasn’t as hard as DuckDNS and Nginx, but Tailscale was easier and cheaper than that in my adventures on Home Assistant. I’ve gone from hard to easy mode.
At some point a hobby has to cost money, I may be happy to pay for Tailscale if there’s more features. I’d like to replace SMB mounts with Tailnet mounts, but currently that’s not a thing to my knowledge.
Oh and I’m not really shouting from rooftops on a self hosted Lemmy server, it’s more like a quiet chat around a campfire telling a potential newcomer and easy way. It may cost in the future or they may make enough from Businesses that they keep a free tier, but currently it’s free and easy.