I plan to selfhost nextcloud, for now just for bookmark sync. is there a point to installing a vpn on the computer running the instance? it shouldnt matter as long as i have https right? what about if i dont have a domain? i cant have https without a domain (ill buy one later just want everything to work first). or maybe use one of those free domain providers for now to get https? what do you guys think?
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Where do you live and whats your router?
Illinois, USA, the one xfinity gave me
Seems doable: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/port-forwarding-xfinity-wireless-gateway
ugh so I gotta use the app? ew
Does the thing not have a web interface? Usually 192.168.178.1 should get you there
yea it does, couldn’t log in tho, idk. maybe I messed up user or something
I’ll try some stuff when i get home