June 11, 20242 yr Hi guys, I will try to keep this as short as possible. I have followed Spaceinvaderones guide from 2 years ago which details getting nextcloud running through a reverse proxy and using a domain name. I now own a domain name and spent hours trying to get this working yesterday but it turns out my router does allow port forwarding but it does not allow the forwarding of one port to another, so I cant forward 443 to 1443 for example, which as far as I am aware was causing my issues as I couldnt connect to the reverse proxy. I have currently got it all up and running through a Cloudflare tunnel which is working however I am seeing people mention potential security issues as your traffic is visible (this is all very alien to me so forgive the ignorance) and potential limits when uploading lots of files especially large ones. My plan is to install Nextcloud on my main Pc and my phone and use it to transfer files between and also store lots of old photos and videos. I am seeing people using things like Tailscale and Wireguard (I do have wireguard set up in order to remote access my server) and I am just wondering are those VPN systems better in terms of security and not running into the limits that I would have with cloudflare tunnels? I also see the term VPS going around and have no idea what that is but basically just would like to know what the best way to get this running is if I cant use a reverse proxy. Thanks!
June 11, 20242 yr Community Expert I use tailscale as I can set everything up with one tailscale ip (that you can customize to a certain extent, and then use the same address regardless of where you are. when you are local it transfers the data directly, and when you are outside your network it sends it through the internet.
June 11, 20242 yr Author Im in the process of trying it now, I have my phone and Unraid server connected but how do I get nextcloud connected to tailscale?
June 11, 20242 yr Community Expert when you install nextcloud on your phone sub in the Tailscale IP... I don't see a way to change it once it's added, so you may have to remove and readd
June 11, 20242 yr Author I dont understand, in my tailscale I just have my server and my iphone, do I put the server IP in there?
June 11, 20242 yr Author In the Tailscale video on this, the guy was on linux and he said just SSH to the app and type tailscale up, I have been trying for hours and i know nothing about SSH so as of now I am totally lost
June 11, 20242 yr Community Expert log into the tailscale website and go to machine manager.. that will show you the IP address of your server. login.tailscale.com/admin/machines Edited June 11, 20242 yr by Arbadacarba
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