I'm running out of ideas for ways to access my server when away from home for work. I leave the country regularly for weeks to months at a time and like to maintain access to the server. I'm very often out of cell service and rely on the provided wifi (typically over satellite connection on ships). These have proven difficult to make VPN connections. I'm currently using the following which covers, almost, every use case:

 

Wireguard

OpenVPN

ZeroTier

Windows VM w/ Splashtop - Once VPN connection is made it works great - I've not had consistent success signing into this service when remote so I'm reluctant to pay for the Anywhere access.

 

When Wireguard works it is fantastic. I keep OpenVPN docker running as a backup in case Wireguard has an issue(which it hasn't). ZeroTier worked really well on one ship I was on that blocked VPN connections but I'm now on one where even it isn't working. I'm running out of secure ideas. I'm currently researching SSH tunneling or using a VPS. I'm willing to buy a domain and direct that to the duckdns I already have setup if that will work(although I think duckdns is blocked out here as well). Also willing to pay for a cheap VPS service. Does anyone have an idea of a combination that will provide secure access while presenting a normal web request that would not be blocked?

 

My Unraid setup is 6.8.3 on a Dell R730 on an AmpliFi HD router(that does not support VPN). I intend to replace with either UniFi or PFSense once I get home in a couple months. I typically do have access to the router settings like port forwarding via the AmpliFi app(not sure if that helps). Thanks in advance.

Shove the traffic onto 443 or wrap it with something like Stunnel

I also have teamviewer on my desktop which stays on.  This works quite well to access my Unraid server through the GUI like normal.

5 hours ago, Michael_P said:

Shove the traffic onto 443 or wrap it with something like Stunnel

Looking for how to do this in OpenVPN-as now. Also researching Stunnel. Thank you.

 

In looking for info on Stunnel I found Streisand. Has anyone implemented any of its more secure options in unraid?

31 minutes ago, Gragorg said:

I also have teamviewer on my desktop which stays on.  This works quite well to access my Unraid server through the GUI like normal.

I'll have to see if this can be run in the VM and offer the same convenience. I tried the Splashtop Anywhere access and it won't connect. I'm fairly certain all UDP is blocked out here.