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.
This is interesting. I’m excited to hear more about NetBird.
if you’re only hosting Immich for yourself, it might be better to look into setting up internal VPN only access to it for remote connection.
Netbird is an relay VPN at heart. The machines you connect called “peers” communicate with eachother like it’s one network. I could access my servers from anywhere else and it would connect provided I have the client on and connected.
When you register a peer by installing the client, the device gets a NetBird IP and domain that other peers in the network can access. The communication between the peers is end to end encrypted and if you access them with the provided Netbird IP or domain via HTTP, the packets in wireshark can not be read. From my testing it seems to be quite good.
The reverse proxy service feature is the way you can make something openly accessable without the end user needing to install a client. You specify the protocol, destination and port and you are set. The only downside is you need two domains, one for management and the other for proxying. You also need to set CNAME records right for the SSL certs to work.
My friend who has little self hosting experience was able to quickly get his Jellyfin up within a few minutes. NetBird deals with the cert for you in the background when you make the service. After a few seconds, the service is live and accessable
Is it identical to Tailscale?