Projects
- 1. Own vpn. Time taken: 3 months
- 2. Openvpn on chromebook. Time taken: 10 months
- 3. Own nas. Time taken: 1 month
- 4. Own dashboard. Time taken: 2 weeks
- 5. Making a reverse proxy. Time taken: 3 weeks
Own vpn.
When I was on my new school I wanted a vpn, because the school wifi blocked many things so I made my first vpn with wireguard. But that uses udp protocol and that is blocked on oure school network so I needed to find a other way to access a vpn. So I installed pivpn where I can configure openvpn so it uses tcp and tcp is not blocked. now i have a vpn for my phone so i cant be blocked by my school.
Openvpn on chromebook.
It sounds simple to add a vpn on a chromebook because you can download the openvpn app and import the vpn. But it was not that simple because I wanted the vpn on my school account and that was the difficult thing because i cant install the openvpn app. So I needed to use the build in vpn of my chromebook. So I imported the certificate and it didn't work. Later I tried a other way and that worked. But I'm not gonna tell that now because then my school know how to block it. I will change the website on 01/02/2025.
Own nas.
A nas what is it and what does it do? That is what I thinked. Why do people need a nas? and why is it so useful? A nas stands for network attached storage. The thing that you do with a nas is different between people. You can store files or run virtual machines on them. Or even docker containers. The thing that I did with a nas is just saving files so that I have a back-up for my files of my pc and phone. The program I used for a nas was Truenas Core. It is an easy to run software and it is low weight. Later I decided to switch to Truenas Scale. It is a better version of Truenas core. The main difference is that Truenas core runs on FreeBSD and Truenas Scale on Debian. I used an old laptop for Truenas Scale and Core. They are good software for beginners and it is easy to use.
Own dashboard.
A nas what is it and what does it do? That is what I thinked. Why do people need a nas? and why is it so useful? A nas stands for network attached storage. The thing that you do with a nas is different between people. You can store files or run virtual machines on them. Or even docker containers. The thing that I did with a nas is just saving files so that I have a back-up for my files of my pc and phone. The program I used for a nas was Truenas Core. It is an easy to run software and it is low weight. Later I decided to switch to Truenas Scale. It is a better version of Truenas core. The main difference is that Truenas core runs on FreeBSD and Truenas Scale on Debian. I used an old laptop for Truenas Scale and Core. They are good software for beginners and it is easy to use.
Making a reverse proxy.
A reverse proxy is not the same as an vpn. With an VPN you are on the network but with a proxy you connect to it but don't get an ip from it. A proxy is good when people want to use your apps but you don’t want them on your network. I use Cloudflare for my proxy. Now people can connect to my network without seeing all my devices. For a reverse proxy you need a connector. The connector is installed on my Raspberry Pi. Now people can access my apps without being on my network.