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Is it possible to access the local site from another network? Like run a local server, that I can access from my phone outside of the house? I looked into this

Is it possible to access the local site from another network? Like run a local server, that I can access from my phone outside of the house? I looked into this before, but I could never find a simple solution.

mhitza 5y ago
Use something like ngrok (or manual ssh tunnels), just be sure to have some authentication in place.
johnny35 5y ago
Look into Tailscale. Ridiculously easy to set up and free for your use case.
- newaccount74 5y ago
  +1 on Tailscale. It took me time to accept using a closed source free product, but it's just such a nice product -- they focussed on the essentials and it works really well.
  - skinnymuch 5y ago
    It seems like they have gone past essentials now. Like being able to use any connected device as an endpoint? I haven’t used Tailscale yet past as a mesh network but regardless. It is so well done.
skinnymuch 5y ago
Tailscale as others have said. ZeroTier if not Tailscale. Both are top notch
jeroenhd 5y ago
With IPv6: yes, if you open the port in your firewall. With IPv4 you can do it with a port forward, but the IP listed isn't the same as the IP you'll actually receive the connection on. You can get your external IP relatively easily with `curl ifconfig.co`. If firewalls or port forwards aren't available to you, pick any of the popular port forwarding methods (here's a list: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling). I'm a big fan of just SSH-ing into an internet connected machine myself (`ssh -R 0.0.0.0:3000:127.0.0.1:3000 server.on.the.inter.net` will expose localhost:3000 on server.on.the.inter.net:3000 and encrypt the traffic between you and the server as an added bonus!) but there are plenty of paid and sketchy alternatives if you don't have a server to SSH into.
- svnpenn 5y ago
  > If firewalls or port forwards aren't available to you I don't know if they are or not. I am just a regular person with a home computer. I know how to set up a run a basic localhost server, but I don't really know about the other stuff you're talking about.
  - jeroenhd 5y ago
    You can follow any Minecraft server guide to make your web server accessible to other users; enter 80 where the guides enter 25565 and it should work relatively flawlessly. If you're thinking of diving deeper into development, I'd recommend you take the time to learn about computer networking. It's not a necessity if your end goal is to stuff HTML/CSS/JS files into a server somewhere, but it'd make your life a lot easier down the line.
    - svnpenn 5y ago
      I asked for something simple, this is the opposite of that: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_ser...
      - jeroenhd 5y ago
        I meant guides like these: - https://www.wikihow.com/Portforward-Minecraft https://www.wikihow.com/Portforward-Minecraft - https://www.technewstoday.com/port-forward-minecraft/ https://www.technewstoday.com/port-forward-minecraft/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8 Most of the guide you linked is related to setting up Java and configuring Minecraft itself, you only need the port forwarding bit.

mhitza 5y ago

Use something like ngrok (or manual ssh tunnels), just be sure to have some authentication in place.

johnny35 5y ago

Look into Tailscale. Ridiculously easy to set up and free for your use case.

newaccount74 5y ago
+1 on Tailscale. It took me time to accept using a closed source free product, but it's just such a nice product -- they focussed on the essentials and it works really well.
- skinnymuch 5y ago
  It seems like they have gone past essentials now. Like being able to use any connected device as an endpoint? I haven’t used Tailscale yet past as a mesh network but regardless. It is so well done.

skinnymuch 5y ago

Tailscale as others have said. ZeroTier if not Tailscale. Both are top notch

jeroenhd 5y ago

With IPv6: yes, if you open the port in your firewall. With IPv4 you can do it with a port forward, but the IP listed isn't the same as the IP you'll actually receive the connection on. You can get your external IP relatively easily with `curl ifconfig.co`. If firewalls or port forwards aren't available to you, pick any of the popular port forwarding methods (here's a list: https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling). I'm a big fan of just SSH-ing into an internet connected machine myself (`ssh -R 0.0.0.0:3000:127.0.0.1:3000 server.on.the.inter.net` will expose localhost:3000 on server.on.the.inter.net:3000 and encrypt the traffic between you and the server as an added bonus!) but there are plenty of paid and sketchy alternatives if you don't have a server to SSH into.

svnpenn 5y ago
> If firewalls or port forwards aren't available to you I don't know if they are or not. I am just a regular person with a home computer. I know how to set up a run a basic localhost server, but I don't really know about the other stuff you're talking about.
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  You can follow any Minecraft server guide to make your web server accessible to other users; enter 80 where the guides enter 25565 and it should work relatively flawlessly. If you're thinking of diving deeper into development, I'd recommend you take the time to learn about computer networking. It's not a necessity if your end goal is to stuff HTML/CSS/JS files into a server somewhere, but it'd make your life a lot easier down the line.
  - svnpenn 5y ago
    I asked for something simple, this is the opposite of that: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_server https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tutorials/Setting_up_a_ser...
    - jeroenhd 5y ago
      I meant guides like these: - https://www.wikihow.com/Portforward-Minecraft https://www.wikihow.com/Portforward-Minecraft - https://www.technewstoday.com/port-forward-minecraft/ https://www.technewstoday.com/port-forward-minecraft/ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75GbRaGzu8 Most of the guide you linked is related to setting up Java and configuring Minecraft itself, you only need the port forwarding bit.