Every since I've updated to 6.8.x, I've been unable to log into my unraid server remotely.

The way I've always done is, is I simply set up port forwarding on my modem.  Now when I go to the URL that's always worked, when I enter the login info, the screen just refreshes and I'm sitting at a login screen again.  A continuous loop.  Before Unraid updated to 6.8 and had a "proper login page", I had no issues logging this way.  It's purely something to do with the new login page.

 

If I'm sitting on my home PC (which is on the same network as the unraid server), I can log in without issue.  On any device, but remotely, the story changes.

Any advise?

Edited January 30, 20206 yr by Meller

I think I figure out the issue... or atleast where it lies.  Appears to have something to do with the way GoDaddy does forwarding.

I've been using my domain, with a subdomain for allt he different dockers, etc.  But for my unraids main site, I was doing the same. 

IE tower.myunraidserver.com, where in godaddy I had forwarding set up so that the tower sub was pointing to my home ip:port (set up with port fowarding).

If I just straight up type in my ip address and port, I can log in without issues.  But if I use the url with masking, it can't.  Any experience with godaddy/url forwarding as such?

3 minutes ago, Meller said:

Any advise?

Unraid server should not be exposed directly to the Internet.

I hope that you have some serious way to protect your unraid since you're exposing it to the internet. 

Even with port forwarding.

It's not an issue.  And even if it was, and some "hacker" decided to actually get on there... they're going to be vastly disappointed with what they find.

Edited January 30, 20206 yr by Meller

I’ve set up the WireGuard VPN server that is now built into Unraid and that allows me to login just as if I was at home.   It is also a secure connection which satisfies the recommendation of never exposing the Unraid GUI to the Internet via port forwarding.

 

I figured out it's a GoDaddy issue, not an unraid specific issue, I don't think.  When I type in my ip and port manually verse using a URL and forwarding, it allows me to login.