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Hello,

recently I recycled my old laptop and started out with OpenMediaVault. After some initial difficulties I figured out how things work. Just to mention: I'm not an IT guy but can solve and figure out things. I want to have access to one or another self hosted services. But I'm a bit lost which approach and tools to use without exposing and making my NAS vulnerable on the internet.

Do you know any beginner friendly guides especially for OMV? I also want to understand what happens if and what my next action causes/can cause. So I don't just want to dumb follow a tutorial and that's it.

Thank you for your help and please let me know if you need any more details.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have used OMV for years. Great system.

I remote in using zeroTier.

It's installed on the OMV server, and I have it on all my devices.

That puts all my devices on a virtual "local network" so I can explore my shared folders, log into the OMV admin panel, etc, anywhere in the world.

Has been working beautifully for me, for years.

I hope that helps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

Oh that's interesting! I never heard about it tbh. But if it is preinstalled it should lay on the hand to (at least) try it out. Thanks a lot for your comment!