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| - | ====== External server ====== | ||
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| - | Having one or more external servers is required to have proper and resilient home access from outside. | ||
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| - | I will assume you have at least two external servers with public IP addresses: | ||
| - | * **external-server1** with IP 99.99.99.99 | ||
| - | * **external-server2** with IP 77.77.77.77 | ||
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| - | Whether they are commercial servers, rented hardware, virtual servers or some box you plugged in in secret at your uncle workplace, i don't care. All you need is a public IP with a Linux operating system and a **domain** that you can point to it. | ||
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| - | ===== Selecting an external server ===== | ||
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| - | The best choice would be a physical hardware with unlimited bandwidth and data cap, and with free network attached console. | ||
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| - | Now stop dreaming and get real. | ||
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| - | I rent some hardware from a local provider, it's quite cheap and has been proved reliable over the years. You could do the same or get a Virtual Server (VPS) which are even chaper. | ||
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| - | Things you need: | ||
| - | * public IP address | ||
| - | * enough bandwidth (10Mbit/s or better) | ||
| - | * possibly no data-cap, or a reasonable one (100Gbit/ | ||
| - | * Linux operating system | ||
| - | * Remote SSH access to the server (or some kind of VDI access) | ||
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| - | Things you might want to consider (price for value): | ||
| - | * Access to network console, for when the server doesn' | ||
| - | * Freedom to install your own OS (which will be [[https:// | ||
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| - | Things that don't need money spent on:; | ||
| - | * Storage (no data will be stored locally, only enough to install OS is needed) | ||
| - | * RAM (8Gb should be more than enough, no services will run on the machine) | ||
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| - | Physical or Virtual server, that's up to you. Physical servers usually are more flexible (you can choose your OS) but more expensive. | ||
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| - | ===== External server Setup ===== | ||
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| - | I assume you can install your own OS, so let's install Gentoo. Follow the [[gentoo: | ||
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| - | You don't need to install **anything** beside the bare minimum of the basic text-only installation. | ||
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| - | Do not create any additional users except one unprivileged user, because you don't want to login as root remotely. | ||
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| - | Referring to [[router: | ||
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| - | I will assume your server has IP 99.99.99.99. | ||
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| - | ===== Domain Setup ===== | ||
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| - | To access home remotely and securely, using SSL/HTTPS with regular certificates, | ||
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| - | In [[router: | ||
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| - | Assuming you own **mydomain.com** and **home.mydomain.com** and **external.mydomain.com**, | ||
| - | * mydomain.com -> 99.99.99.99 | ||
| - | * home.mydomain.com -> 99.99.99.99 | ||
| - | * external.mydomain.com -> 99.99.99.99 | ||
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| - | While, in the **/ | ||
| - | * mydomain.com -> 10.0.0.1 | ||
| - | * home.mydomain.com -> 10.0.0.1 | ||
| - | * external.mydomain.com -> 99.99.99.99 | ||
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