![]() Prior to beginning the install process, you will need to decide which device you will want to host your VPN on and set up port forwarding rules for it. For my setup, I'm running it in an ESXi VM on my Dell R720xd. ![]() While the name implies that it's meant to be run on a Raspberry Pi, you are not limited running it on that particular series of devices. When doing research on how I wanted to set up my VPN, I stumbled upon PiVPN, a simple tool that gets you up and running with a Wireguard or OpenVPN connection. Whether you're at a coffee shop and on public wifi, like I am right now, wanting to securely tunnel back to your own network before accessing a more sensitive site, or even just wanting to be able to SSH into some of the servers you host, without having to expose SSH to the entire world, a self-hosted VPN will get the job done and do it well. Self-hosted VPNs are an extremely helpful tool when it comes to having a homelab.
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