Figured I’d give Netbird a go, glad I did because I can self host extremely easily by using the new services feature.
You specify a subdomain, point to a peer, specify a protocol and port, and you are good. NetBird fetches you the certificate and your site goes live fast.
I can use my Immich with my mobile data now.
Edit: Note that I choose to self host NetBird, and haven’t really used the service they provide all that much.
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I applied to work for them. Insta-rejected :/
Must be amazing
Where is this hosted? What jurisdiction is netbird in?
Netbird is a European company headquartered in Berlin. It’s fully FOSS and you can self-host the entire stack, unlike Tailscale which relies on a third party implementation.
There’s a script on their github that makes setup super easy.
That said, I’ve no idea where their servers are, if you opt to use their servers instead of hosting your own.
Edit: oh yeah, they also have a YouTube channel with updates and guides.
What’s the advantage of this over cloudflare and a reverse proxy? It does the certificate management for you as well?
Not routing all your unencrypted traffic through a company located in an dictatorship
So? It’s just a reverse proxy?
Then it doesnt solve the purpose of Cloudflare which also has WAF.
And that can (for example) be done with CrowdSec.
Crowdsec is OSS, but probably not fully autonomous because it needs the hivemind to really work it’s intended purpose.
Other than that it’s a fancy fail2ban.Thus I need to ask: What does Netbird better?
lmao
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Fewer Letters More Letters DNS Domain Name Service/System HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web IP Internet Protocol SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL VPN Virtual Private Network VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) nginx Popular HTTP server
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I really wanted to keep it after deciding to switch from Tailscale, but it’s mobile app is draining my phone’s battery. It also disconnects without automatically reconnect. Now, I’m in the process of setting OpenZiti up.
How’s your experience with NetBird’s mobile app?
There is an alternative unofficial app available on F-Droid called JetBird.
It is as valid as the official one.To reduce battery usage, you may want to try Netbird’s Lazy Connections feature.
