When I build my server , I was running Freenas 9.3 and I upgraded this year to TruNas 25.04. When doing so, I lost my ability to VPN into my server using OpenVPN. I would like to restore this feature. I don’t necessarily need to OpenVPN if there are better solutions out there.
Take a look at tailscale, wg easy or zerotier from the apps catalogue
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I’m a bit of a novice. Could you walk me thru installation and configuration?
Since I don’t use any of those apps I can’t. I’m sorry.
I installed Tailscale on my server, set up my Win 11 laptop, iPad and iPhone with the Apps and I can see all of the devices I setup. I see where I can send files to the other devices but I don’t see where I can access the files from my server to download from a remote location.
Am I doing something wrong or the app doesn’t work that way?
Truenas doesn’t have a native web file sharing ( as of the current version). You’d have to connect the devices via NFS or smb shares. Or install the filebrowser app
I don’t understand what I need to do to get this to work. I have already setup a SMB to access my files from windows laptop, but that is within my home network. Like I said before, I’m a novice at this stuff and only know enough to get myself over my head. I really need some help.
OK, I got it figured out. I installed everything correctly but did not understand how to access the files on my server.
For the benefit of those who ran into the same problem, I tried using the Tailscale IP (assigned to my server, found in the app) in a web browser, but it brought me to the TrueNAS admin panel. This is good for administrative tasks but not for file retrieval.
What I needed to do was to enter the Tailscale IP for my server, in file explorer.
For Windows:
Open File Explorer, type the Tailscale IP in the address bar, and press Enter. This brings you to a login in for the server. Once you enter your login and password, your files appear and are now available.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!