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  • A different device from your home server?
  • On the same home server as the services but directly on the host?
  • On the same home server as the services but inside some VM or container?

Do you configure it manually or do you use some helper/interface like WGEasy?

I have been personally using wgeasy but recently started locking down and hardening my containers and this node app running as root is kinda...

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[–] sakphul@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 7 months ago

For me a similar tasks should be handled by the same device. Network routing and VPN are similar things for me, therefor they are handled by the router.

It also handles VPN connections to other remote locations. So again same things in the same device.

Another benefit (which you can also have on the Server with some additional effort): the router boots up without interaction after a power outage. The Server does not. Them I can connect and unlock (LUKS password) the servers.