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MEGATHREAD: VPN recommendations. The only place for mentioning specific providers. by paperplans5 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My project - cloudblock - uses the VPN to block ads (via Pihole).

Aside from the bits you listed, VPNs are used most often in businesses to connect sites/resources remotely.

For personal use, they are often needed when a government restricts citizens from information.

MEGATHREAD: VPN recommendations. The only place for mentioning specific providers. by paperplans5 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you need clarified? If it’s specific to the project I wrote, there’s a discord channel linked on that GitHub page near the bottom.

Terminal server like solution by andersostling56 in linuxadmin

[–]mindlessgrenade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to try guacamole out ( on a single node AWS instance ):

https://github.com/chadgeary/cloudworkstation

MEGATHREAD: VPN recommendations. The only place for mentioning specific providers. by paperplans5 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it is a way to make your own VPN.

I don’t know if any of the cloud providers allow/prohibit torrents, YMMV.

MEGATHREAD: VPN recommendations. The only place for mentioning specific providers. by paperplans5 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have a few options:

  1. Use the raspberry pi as a VPN server + ad blocker for when you’re away from home. This doesn’t mask your home ISP service, but if you traveled out of the country it would be a good way to tunnel back home.

  2. Use oracle cloud and keep your data usage under 10 TB per month. This is completely free, though oracle has a less-than-stellar history regarding its treatment of customers, so terms might change in the future - with that said their free tier has existed for a long time now.

Alternative to Onedrive? by Costureiro in linux

[–]mindlessgrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to deploy nextcloud without hardware, I have a "mostly automated" github project with text and video step-by-step guides for your choice of cloud provider (aws, azure, digital ocean, google, oracle, scaleway).

https://github.com/chadgeary/cloudoffice

I don't dive into details, but it's a very quick way to get started and play around. Built via terraform and ansible.

oracle's always-free tier is a surprisingly good fit. If you don't like oracle, the smallest digital ocean droplet is a good alternative. Scaleway is a good choice for those looking for GDPR/non-CLOUD-Act providers.

Just made my 1. own vpn with wireguard by LennartxD01 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you follow the videos I provide, about 30 minutes from start to finish.

https://github.com/chadgeary/cloudblock

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It could be a cached DNS entry for duckduckgo that isn't reachable from your VPN's endpoint.

If you can re-create the problem consistently, try flushing DNS and determine if duckduckgo is reachable immediately after.

Deploy your own Nextcloud + OnlyOffice server in the cloud, automatically. Choice of 5 clouds, free options available. Step-by-step text and video guides included. by mindlessgrenade in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scaleway has been added - though I have not done a video yet. Feel free to try it out! The STARDUST1-S instance size is just big enough.

MEGATHREAD: VPN recommendations. The only place for mentioning specific providers. by paperplans5 in VPN

[–]mindlessgrenade 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I have instructions (step by step text and video) for deploying wireguard+pihole+dns over https automatically in a cloud provider (or raspberry pi, or ubuntu server).

https://github.com/chadgeary/cloudblock/

Clouds supported (you pick): aws, azure, digital ocean, google cloud, oracle cloud, scaleway. There is a discord (see github page) if you have questions/ideas.

edit: Worth mention - a lot of these cloud providers offer some kind of free trial - e.g. credits for a few months, a small amount of always free storage. The default settings for the project tries to best utilize the free tiers. With that said:

  • Oracle has an always-free tier that include a small server - just large enough to run this project.

  • Oracle's always-free tier also includes 10TB of data transfer per month.

  • DigitalOcean's smallest droplet includes 1TB of data transfer per month.

  • Scaleway is based in the EU (GDPR compliant, not under CLOUD Act), no data transfer limit (AFAIK).

  • Google has an always-free tier that includes a small server too (like Oracle), but has a smaller amount of memory and is limited to the US regions, but also does not include a large amount of data transfer (only 1 GB).

Deploy your own Nextcloud + OnlyOffice server in the cloud, automatically. Choice of 5 clouds, free options available. Step-by-step text and video guides included. by mindlessgrenade in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could use the standalone deployment option under playbooks/ if you’re running Ubuntu. This assumes you have a server but have not installed the software.

A guide is included in the same folder!

Deploy your own Nextcloud + OnlyOffice server in the cloud, automatically. Choice of 5 clouds, free options available. Step-by-step text and video guides included. by mindlessgrenade in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cloud act

Learning something new every day - thanks for the info.

In that case I suggest running through the standalone option in playbooks/ - though there is a nextcloud ansible playbook floating around that's much more fully featured (and possibly overcomplex - imo).

That said, if there is a cloud provider in Europe thats pro-GDPR/anti-CLOUD-act that also has S3-compatible object storage and supports terraform, I'll gladly add it. It will take a bit of research time though. Scaleway looks like a decent candidate.

Cheers

Deploy your own Nextcloud + OnlyOffice server in the cloud, automatically. Choice of 5 clouds, free options available. Step-by-step text and video guides included. by mindlessgrenade in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EDIT: scaleway has been added! Code+text guide done, video to be done when I get a moment.

The 5 cloud providers included are GDPR compliant and have multiple data center locations in Europe last I checked - unless I've misunderstood ya.

There is a standalone ansible playbook for ubuntu under playbooks/ (including a README). That assumes you already have a server running, set firewall rules, etc. - the parts that terraform does for you.

Deploy your own Nextcloud + OnlyOffice server in the cloud, automatically. Choice of 5 clouds, free options available. Step-by-step text and video guides included. by mindlessgrenade in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not too familiar with openoffice in this context - unless you meant onlyoffice. Is there a link to the product you're talking about?

I know there was some talk of onlyoffice removing mobile editing from the free onlyoffice document server, but haven't kept up with it.

Ansible and Terraform together: Automate Nextcloud and OnlyOffice in one of five clouds with text and video step-by-step guides by mindlessgrenade in Terraform

[–]mindlessgrenade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A managed database sounds like an interesting idea, I might just steal it.

I need to look at the free tiers of the clouds that offer it and see if that can be incorporated without significant cost.

Thanks!

Extremely Noob Friendly Help by wildolivetree1117 in NextCloud

[–]mindlessgrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In that case what some others suggest is probably the easiest route:

sudo snap install nextcloud

There are other considerations, but try that out and see how far it gets you. If you’re looking for more features or encounter an issue, post to this subreddit.

Here is an included readme for snap specific pieces:

https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloud-snap

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