151 sats \ 4 replies \ @supratic OP 23 Sep \ on: Install, Run, Publish & Connect 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚡𝚍 to SEND/RECEIVE sats to/from SN meta
@ek, I know you have some experience in networking stuff, how you'd face the port forwarding issue on step 2.0 to make the locally installed phoenixd publicly available on the internet?
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63 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 23 Sep
Few options:
  1. use (free) dynamic DNS services like https://www.duckdns.org/ to get a domain that always points to your router even if your IP address changes and then use port forwarding on router
  2. use VPN tunnel to a server you own
  3. or just deploy phoenixd on that server
  4. wrap phoenixd with NWC and use NWC instead (not sure if this exists yet)
I am using the third option right now.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @supratic OP 23 Sep
That's great to know you are using phoenixd, and thanks for sharing all these options. I think this step of port-forwarding/tunneling is a major blocker for people aiming to run a node. I know for example that Start9 is working on it, finding a way to automate the process somehow. I did not have checked lately, maybe someone else can confirm.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 23 Sep
NWC is the solution imo
Or I might look into if I want to maintain a service like ngrok for stackers only
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic OP 23 Sep
That's sound exiting! running ngrok on a private SN instance?
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