Self-hosted VPN server made EASY!

[fbartels]

I recently started using Pangolin on a vps I got on black friday. Its main purpose is exposing web applications with optional auth (which can use Cloudron for OIDC), but they recently added private networks as well. No mobile clients yet unfortunately. For sites it is compatible with Wireguard.

[robi]

@fbartels do you think it's integratable for what Girish wants?

[fbartels]

In general yes Pangolin could do something like that. But I don't think this will work without fiddling with Cloudron internals. Its probably best if this would be a feature of the Cloudron native vpn app.

[Joe.D]

@girish Can you run multiple instances of the VPN App (or any app) on the same Cloudron server that has a paid subscription?

[james]

Hello @joe.d and welcome to the Cloudron forum

Yes, you can install any app as many times as you want, including the VPN app.

[robi]

@james some require specific ports, so limits to the exhaustable port ranges.

[Joe.D]

@james Thanks for the info

[svtx]

@timconsidine said in Self-hosted VPN server made EASY!:

I am using self-hosted Netbird (deployed on a VPS)
It works great !!
"unifies" devices across different networks and locations
Personally I find it easier than Cloudron VPN, but maybe I should review the Cloudron offering again

In what world is Netbird easier to set up than the Cloudron VPN?

That comment seems bizarre to me. Makes me wanna say:

Kindly don't hijack my thread here for "ads" (I know it's not but seems like it) and/or dev circle jerks.

Feel free to open your own thread on the matter.
This is my feedback, not asking for opinions

[timconsidine]

@svtx I didn't say "easier to setup"
easier to use - extra features

I am not hijacking your thread - I am contributing my experience that cloudron vpn may be good but necessarily great.

I am not advertising anything !! There is no alternative

This is my feedback, not asking for opinions

Fine - live in your own world then.

[svtx]

@timconsidine said in Self-hosted VPN server made EASY!:

Fine - live in your own world then.

I tried but some people can't read the room

[humpty]

Just to confirm, I can use the VPN app on a fresh VPS/CR hosted somewhere and use it to connect from my devices (iphone/windows desktops) and this works as a replacement to a paid VPN service like from Proton VPN?What's the smallest VPS would you recommend to run the VPN app for 5-8 devices (mostly browsing)?

How is the VPN app better than the wireguard app that you can 1-click install with most hosting providers?

[joseph]

It's probably functionally the same. I guess the Cloudron app has a UI. Wireguard by itself does not have a UI.

[svtx]

It also does Wireguard AND OpenVPN simultaneously, which is hella convenient