I would like to make a personal VPN using a dedicated server running Almalinux. My family and I are currently living abroad and none of the payed VPN work well.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!!!
Easiest? Tailscale. Self hosted? Wireguard.
It should be fairly simple to setup.
If you are looking for a good VPN provider go for mullvad
Simple guide to self host on cloud provider.
Wireguard is easy to configure and many of the newer VPN use it. Instructions for configuration are easy to find and it works on all platforms.
Honestly if none of the paid VPNs are working well there’s probably an issue close to you, rather than with the VPNs, and I kind of doubt setting one up on your own hosting box will fix it.
But two questions: why Almalinux (literally never heard of it) and why not just install OpenVPN server and use that?
What is the intention? To hide yor ass and/or to get some region locked access?
As paid vpn services are to hide your ass and connect through a specific country. However many region lockes media services are aware of vp service subnet ranges and are able prevent access.
If you host your own vpn service, connetions can be traced back to your isp connection (not what you do bit still where it connects to).
Most use their own vpn server to be able to access their home network from remote.
VPN for what purpose exactly?
Basically, I purchased a dedicated server with godaddy and I have Almalinux running.
Hotel? Trivago.
+1 for Wireguard tho. I played around a bit with both wg and OpenVPN and found the first to be easier to set up (albeit a bit more limited with regards to configuration)
Alma Linux is a free (as in price) replacement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
As of right now I want to reach content that is locked due to my geolocation. I do a lot of research and most scientific papers are blocked theses days when outside the USA.
Script to install OpenVPN on the server - https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install
Script to install Wireguard on the server - https://github.com/angristan/wireguard-install
AlmaLinux is a replacement for CentOS, which is a replacement for RHEL.
I seem to recall that it is also free (libre) software. Is that not true?
So you are going to rent a vps in the US then a deploy a vpn server on it? Or do you mean you are US based and want to be able to access these resources when being abroad?
Only for the latter hosting yourself makes sense. If you need to pretent to in a different country, then its ip address needs to be from the country you are pretending to be in.
But as said, many services can detect this and prohibit access nonetheless…
Interesting and I was not aware this was happening. Thanks for the info: Is there any wAy to change the curl ipinfo?
free (as in price)
Im renting a dedicated server in the US to deploy as my family personal VPN. Im NOT planning in selling to anyone. Since we are out half of the year I wish to access the resource while abroad.
I always thought the reason most companies block comercial VPN was due the amount people using the same IP
Yes, but that doesn’t give me any new information. I asked whether it is also free software in the sense of being open-source and community-driven, not just free of charge. I do not care whether it is free of charge. I am asking whether it is the other meaning of “free”.
It’s just another RHEL-compatible distro you don’t have to pay for. RHEL is only free for 16 production servers. And CentOS is “gone” now.