I want to move away from Cloudflare tunnels, so I rented a cheap VPS from Hetzner and tried to follow this guide. Unfortunately, the WireGuard setup didn’t work. I’m trying to forward all traffic from the VPS to my homeserver and vice versa. Are there any other ways to solve this issue?

VPS Info:

OS: Debian 12

Architecture: ARM64 / aarch64

RAM: 4 GB

Traffic: 20 TB

  • AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I have no idea how to properly manage the firewall with Hetzner. I’ve opened the ports on the Hetzner management page and I ran several iptables commands to allow traffic from those ports. Still doesn’t work. This is weird!

      • AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Does iptables count as a firewall? You said that I should “forget” iptables. Is it that bad? It came preinstalled on the VPS. Should I switch? And if so, how?

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Iptables is the low level mechanism that handles network routing. Firewall software just takes it up a layer so you can manage it without crazy long commands

          • AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
            1·
            5 months ago

            Alright, sounds good. What firewall are you recommending me to use? I would like to use a firewall that’s easy to manage.

            Edit: I went with ufw.

            • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Sorry I didn’t mean you should go out and create a firewall. (Although that’s a good idea) I mean there is a issue with either your connectivity or your Wireguard config.