Accessing apps on Dashboard remotely doesn't work

[sullivanhome]

At home I can access all my apps just fine from the dashboard, however, when i am elsewhere and i got to ******.yourhda.com and log in, I am able to see the dashboard, adjust settings and shares, but can't run any of the apps. I click on one and get taken to a search site.

Not sure what I set up wrong. Seems port forwarding in my router has been done right since I can access and log into the desktop.

Any suggestions?

THX!

[cpg]

use VPN - it's the only safe and secure way.

otherwise, use the Webapps Proxy app and that may help.

[sullivanhome]

I have VPN set up and can run the VPN client, but not sure how to use it. I have tried typing in the VPN IP into IE8.0 after connected but does not do anything. Is there another client I should be using?

I have proxy installed, but it does not work with many of the apps. Not sure why.

THX!

[bigpaudge]

I don't think this question has been fully answered?
I too have the same problem, I can log into my server (HDA) from home and start my apps ex. tflux; but when I am outside of my home working and sat at my desk I cannot. I have relatively good internet access from work (I'm a Systems Admin by a large corporation) my HDA is called
bigpaudge.yourhda.com/ when I start any application for example tflux, it pops up with http://tflux.paudge.com/ which is my home network. I am not at home though, the hda does not seem to realise this?

I have installed the app Adito but don't really see what I should set so as to access it via VPN? I too am a poor dumb windows user but very much want to understand Linux and the networking side of this... telling me to use adito is great but you also have to show me how to set it up. where? How? Please!

PS: How do I install a proxy? I need baby steps and pictures if possible.

[bitpicker]

I don't think this question has been fully answered?
I too have the same problem, I can log into my server (HDA) from home and start my apps ex. tflux; but when I am outside of my home working and sat at my desk I cannot. I have relatively good internet access from work (I'm a Systems Admin by a large corporation) my HDA is called
bigpaudge.yourhda.com/ when I start any application for example tflux, it pops up with http://tflux.paudge.com/ which is my home network. I am not at home though, the hda does not seem to realise this?

I have installed the app Adito but don't really see what I should set so as to access it via VPN? I too am a poor dumb windows user but very much want to understand Linux and the networking side of this... telling me to use adito is great but you also have to show me how to set it up. where? How? Please!

PS: How do I install a proxy? I need baby steps and pictures if possible.

I have the same sort of problem. Accesssing for example myplace.yourhda.com brings up the dashboard. Selecting one of teh utilities like phpSysInfo takes me to http://phpsysinfo.home.com/ which comes up as http://home.com. This is a problem that needs to be corrected.

Life has to be simple for this system to be successful at replacing Windows Home Server. That's why I'm playing around with it. So far, I've managed to get it up and running, get access via my network and from the outside. The network card change was something beyond a home user, but not too bad for me having played with Linux some.

[smystaki]

webapps proxy is a real good solution if someone needs to access via www the machine.

But there are cases we like to give limited access to some others to visit a wiki site or a gallery or a wordpress.
Instead of messing around with Apache I've tried several forward proxying software available.

It seems that ngine is what we need (also pound but I didn manage anything with this one)

The problem : I want to have a domain name that links directly to my wordpress installation in my hda server.

1. Create a web `forward` in any provider. (e.g. http://freedns.afraid.org/)
my.new.site.mooo.com ---> **username**.yourhda.com: **port**
2. Install and configure nginx
in a terminal

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yum install nginix

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nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

in server edit listen to the port you like (i chose 18800)
in

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location / { proxy_pass http://wordpress; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; }

save file

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service nginx start

if you wish this to start any time you boot system up

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chkconfig nginx on

3. Use your routers NAT to create connection between internet and your hda:port.

I really don't have any idea how risky is this concerning security.

see this running in smystaki.chickenkiller.com