Pstark Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) How do the majority of Unraid users access their files remotely? I want to use a subdomain to access a specific share on my server. I also want to be able to access it via iOS via “connect to server” function. I have tried a few dockers but none have worked out. Alist- poor documentation FileGator sftp Projectsend- can’t get the db to connect FileBrowser- I got this one up and working but I can’t connect iOS to it. Edited August 20, 2022 by Pstark Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 You can use the WireGuard VPN support built into Unraid to allow for secure remote access. When you have the VPN connection active on your iOS device then it will act as if it would when locally connected on your,LAN which is I think what you want? Quote Link to comment
Pstark Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 hours ago, itimpi said: You can use the WireGuard VPN support built into Unraid to allow for secure remote access. When you have the VPN connection active on your iOS device then it will act as if it would when locally connected on your,LAN which is I think what you want? I'm trying to avoid VPN. My router has this function and I'd link it to more seamless to access my files. I can't even seem to get access without using any app. ie. sub.domain.???/sharename doesn't even work. I'm aware of the risk but proof of concept I tried it and that didn't even work. Quote Link to comment
Kilrah Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) You simply cannot connect to samba shares without a VPN (unless you just port forward it directly but that's all kinds of unsafe). If you do the subdomain won't matter, any domain that points to your ip would work. Edited August 20, 2022 by Kilrah Quote Link to comment
Pstark Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Kilrah said: You simply cannot connect to samba shares without a VPN (unless you just port forward it directly but that's all kinds of unsafe). You are definitely right about that so i'm not doing that. I just don't understand why it's so difficult to access files on my server remotely without making it vulnerable to an easy attack. I see there are quite a few options but can't seem to get them to work. Quote Link to comment
Kilrah Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 VPN is easy... if your router has a built-in VPN server it's even easier. Quote Link to comment
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