I have successfully installed (for the second time) a pi-hole on the raspberry 4B. But I also have failed to make pi-vpn works.
I would like some help or suggestions to setting up it correctly.
I also have a domain name through namecheap, and maybe it would help setting it properly, and then setting it for a jellyfin server later. Any help is appreciated. Thanks all!
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whatever it is you’re trying to do, be careful that your pi-hole DNS on port 53 is not exposed to the internet. otherwise your server will be abused for DDOS amplification attacks.
What actual problem are you attempting to solve?
If you want pihole blocking away from your LAN, set the DNS for the device to adguard and be done with it.
If you’re trying to do something else, give us some context.
In general, this is of course 100% based on speculation, but I assume that you can connect to a VPN but you cannot access any resource inside the local network. Just because this is the most basic mistake that beginners usually make. And it’s related to the fact that your pi is not your default gateway. To solve this, you need to enable SNAT on the local Pi interface. There are many guides on the Internet on how to do this.
P.S. Unfortunately, I have a poor telepathy skill, so it would be good to get a little more background. At least an accurate description of the problem. =)
Hard to say, unless you give us more on why and where you failed!
I’m hesitant to promote vc-funded software, but Tailscale would probably the simplest setup for VPN.
This is the first I’ve heard of Tailscale=/=infallible. As a long-time user, should I switch to a different setup?
Stick with it for now, just be aware they need to make money at some point.
Fair enough
Try to keep track of how much work you invest because it may be time-expensive to switch later on if you built a lot of stuff on their infra. Which is not the end of the world.
I have remote users, and I’m hosting several services through it. It wouldn’t be pretty, but we’d survive
You don’t absolutely need a domain for that stuff to work, what problem are you trying to solve?
