I am slowly setting up my home environment. I was looking at ways to access my services from my mobile device. I know a lot of folks set up Traefik but I have a Unifi System and that has Teleport. I have tested it on my mobile device and I can connect to local devices that are not opened to the internet. I am curious if people have used this as an alternative and how it worked out.

Since I already have the Unfi system I was hoping this could work for me so I don’t need to mess with anything else.

  • KingOogaBooga@lemmy.worldOP
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    15 天前

    My big paranoia is setting up Internet accessible services, I am an idiot…I know this. So if I don’t need to expose things to the internet I don’t want to. Generally all my services are just for me and I am on my local network pretty much all the time. My mobile device is where the issue lies. Not sure if you can run teleport all the time and if that is a good idea.

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      14 天前

      If you want it to run all the time, I’d export the config file and use Wireguard tunnel rather than wifiman for teleport.

      VPN only access for just you is a perfectly appropriate solution.

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          14 天前

          I am, though I’m not using unifi.

          Teleport is just Wireguard with unifi stacked on top. You can just export the config and its literally a Wireguard connection. Unifi Teleport is just using their online services to replace a step.

          But teleport (which is Wireguard under the hood) is not meant for an always-on connection, its meant for ad-hoc connections.

          So if you want always on, export the config and run it as a Wireguard tunnel. Its exactly the same service, running on exactly the same device, without using wifiman and allowing for an always on VPN.

          • KingOogaBooga@lemmy.worldOP
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            13 天前

            I am pretty smooth brained so apologies for the questions. You are setting up the wireguard on a separate server or on the Unif device itself?

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              13 天前

              My setup doesnt matter, I don’t use Unifi for my main home infra.

              You can use the Unifi device itself. Teleport is just a single click Wireguard service, with no need for port forwarding or additional configuration.

              Last I saw it, you can export the config from the browser for use with client devices, you can use that with wireguard tunnel and set it as always on.

      • 🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.website
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        14 天前

        This is what I do. It’s under settings > VPN > VPN server.

        Then on my phone I run Tasker to auto connect to my VPN when it disconnects from home wifi.