Hi, I’ve recently built myself my first server to host a minecraft server. I manage this server through cockpit, which isn’t port forwarded.
Now I’m going to move to a different place, but I want to keep that server at this house because of more stable internet and me moving to a smaller space, but I don’t know how I could access this server remotely.
I’ve already tried adding a vpn to my router, but when connected, I still can’t access my cockpit dashboard. Am I doing anything wrong or do I need to port forward to access my cockpit instance remotely?
There’s not a lot of information to go on here, but my first thought is that you haven’t configured your VPN to route to the local network. So, while you may be getting a connection to the VPN server, your computer doesn’t know where to send traffic for
Cockpit.
There is usually a way to push those routes to the client from your con server.
Hi! I’ve done a bit more thorough googling, because of you I knew what to look for a bit better. I have a wireguard vpn on my fritz box router enabled, which allows me to connect to the vpn from my laptop.
I’ve read up on how to acces local devices and I found something about adding an IP to the “AllowedIPs” section, but I don’t really get which IP I should add.
The folks replying here have pretty much hit the nail on the head. Adding your home network to that AllowedIPs line in the confit file should do the trick.
Someone else mentioned Tailscale, which would be another great option—with a web UI to dial in routes.
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There’s not a lot of information to go on here, but my first thought is that you haven’t configured your VPN to route to the local network. So, while you may be getting a connection to the VPN server, your computer doesn’t know where to send traffic for Cockpit.
There is usually a way to push those routes to the client from your con server.
Hi! I’ve done a bit more thorough googling, because of you I knew what to look for a bit better. I have a wireguard vpn on my fritz box router enabled, which allows me to connect to the vpn from my laptop.
I’ve read up on how to acces local devices and I found something about adding an IP to the “AllowedIPs” section, but I don’t really get which IP I should add.
The folks replying here have pretty much hit the nail on the head. Adding your home network to that AllowedIPs line in the confit file should do the trick.
Someone else mentioned Tailscale, which would be another great option—with a web UI to dial in routes.