NetBird - WireGuard based VPN
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NetBird combines a configuration-free peer-to-peer private network and a centralized access control system in a single platform, making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home.
Connect. NetBird creates a WireGuard-based overlay network that automatically connects your machines over an encrypted tunnel, leaving behind the hassle of opening ports, complex firewall rules, VPN gateways, and so forth.
Secure. NetBird enables secure remote access by applying granular access policies, while allowing you to manage them intuitively from a single place. Works universally on any infrastructure.
Docker : YES
Webite: https://app.netbird.io/install
Github: https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird#quickstart-with-self-hosted-netbird -
I am using Netbird for almost a year now and I must say it's rock steady.
Am using it for snmp monitoring and smb/nfs acces to allow only specific servers and or ports together.
This can be achieved by setting up the ACL's on the main page of Netbird (selfhosted).I say this would be a very interesting potential app for Cloudron
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I am using Netbird for almost a year now and I must say it's rock steady.
Am using it for snmp monitoring and smb/nfs acces to allow only specific servers and or ports together.
This can be achieved by setting up the ACL's on the main page of Netbird (selfhosted).I say this would be a very interesting potential app for Cloudron
@DanTheMan Cool, perhaps you can contribute a guide for the community?
One notable thing is that Netbird uses Rosenpass.eu, allegedly post quantum secure set of algorithms that works with Wireguard.
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I really would also look forward to it.
@DanTheMan thank you for your tell - would also love to see a guide. Thank you!
And it's also made in Berlin
Just connecting some posts:
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/9787/netbird-on-cloudron-peer-to-peer-wireguard-vpn-network
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Because there's a interest for a write up about my experience with Netbird, i shall try to write something about it here in the forum in the upcoming time.
I never did a write up before, so a bit challenging but also fun and exciting to do for me
@DanTheMan said in NetBird - WireGuard based VPN:
Because there's a interest for a write up about my experience with Netbird, i shall try to write something about it here in the forum in the upcoming time.
I never did a write up before, so a bit challenging but also fun and exciting to do for meLooking forward to it, if you like some kind (if!) of feedback, write me
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@DanTheMan said in NetBird - WireGuard based VPN:
Because there's a interest for a write up about my experience with Netbird, i shall try to write something about it here in the forum in the upcoming time.
I never did a write up before, so a bit challenging but also fun and exciting to do for meLooking forward to it, if you like some kind (if!) of feedback, write me
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Firezone looked like the most versatile and user-friendly of the bunch when I looked into this:
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G girish forked this topic on
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@DanTheMan thanks for the great writeup. I think it deserves a totally different post of it's own for the sake of keeping comments. So, I have moved it to https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11158/netbird-installation-and-my-experience .
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@DanTheMan thanks for your amazing post.
I do not understand a thing. Is there a way to use Netbird on a cloudron app ?
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Coming from Zerotier _ I any really digging Netbird - Super easy setup and now have "networks" which we had on Zerotier. Running on their host now, but would love to have our own server on Cloudron. This is much more powerful than the basic wireguard in the VPN app. Please?
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Coming from Zerotier _ I any really digging Netbird - Super easy setup and now have "networks" which we had on Zerotier. Running on their host now, but would love to have our own server on Cloudron. This is much more powerful than the basic wireguard in the VPN app. Please?
@stevespaw Agreed!
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OK now is the time - support for multiple OIDC-compatible identity providers simultaneously.
@girish and team - This would be great!
https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub/local-users-simplified-idp
Built-in user management - Create users directly from the Dashboard using the embedded Dex server—no external IdP required. Secure by default with bcrypt-hashed passwords and AES-256-GCM encryption
Simplified deployment - Reduced from 7+ containers down to just 5. No separate database for the IdP, no extra containers to maintain. The quickstart script handles everything automatically—from container deployment to reverse proxy configuration
Interactive setup wizard - When you first access the Dashboard, a setup wizard guides you through creating your admin account. That's it—you're done
Easy external IdP integration - Connect multiple SSO providers simultaneously (Google, Microsoft, Okta, Keycloak, etc.) directly from the Dashboard. No config files to edit, no service restarts. Optional JWT group sync automatically provisions groups from your IdP -
I posted this in 2022:
along with other mesh vpn threads worth reading:
- https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/4793/netmaker-manage-wireguard-networks
- https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7567/firezone-foss-noconf-mesh-vpn-using-wireguard-alternative-to-zerotier-tailscale-omniedge-netmaker-etc
- https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7560/omniedge-decentralised-noconf-mesh-vpn-using-wireguard-alternative-to-zerotier-tailscale-etc
- https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/7563/tailscale-decentralised-noconf-mesh-vpn-using-wireguard-alternative-to-zerotier-etc
