Are you saying that you have a registered domain name (and that is as far as you have gone), or that you have a web server that is already successfully serving other pages to the public internet? What exactly is that raspberry pi doing? If it is serving web pages, is it the same machine that is running weewx?
On Friday, 6 January 2023 at 6:35:21 pm UTC+10 kb3...@gmail.com wrote: > Lots of info. Thanks. I have a website domain already and use a > raspberry pi for this. I apparently just can't seem to get it to show > other than on the local network. > > On Thursday, January 5, 2023 at 12:13:20 PM UTC-5 pannetron wrote: > >> If you host a public website from a personal Linux server, as I do, look >> into using fail2ban as a way to detect and block some bad actor bots. My >> implementation currently has about 2500 IPs blocked because they were >> looking for typical webserver security flaws. >> >> On Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 11:11:49 AM UTC-7 do...@dougjenkins.com >> wrote: >> >>> Glad some of you find this useful. >>> >>> I have been using this method since it came out this summer (July 2022). >>> I run my infrastructure (Web Server, WeeWX, MQTT, MariaDB) as containers in >>> one stack in its own network all in Docker. I do this to limit what the >>> cloudflare tunnel can access on my network (just WeeWx stuff). All of this >>> works in docker in one stack and one YAML file! >>> >>> Like Tom Lawerence mentioned in the video I attached, you have to put >>> Cloudflare in your "circle of trust" as you are depending on them for both >>> the client and server/edge side of the tunnel. You have to make that >>> determination on your own if you are comfortable with that. >>> >>> As other methods mentioned here, they are all great alternatives. I was >>> not aware adafriut offered a dashboard to present your data. That can be a >>> good alternative than going through the hassle of hosting a full website >>> for your station. >>> >>> If I get a free moment in a few weeks, I can post a step-by-step article >>> on onboarding your WeeWX weather station as a public website using >>> Cloudflare. I think it can help a lot of users who struggle with the >>> network & security setup. >>> >>> DDJ >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 12:49 PM vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:41:01 PM UTC-8 do...@dougjenkins.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you are willing to roll up your sleeves and get technical, serving >>>>> your website at home can be done safely and securely without changing >>>>> your >>>>> firewall. There are some steps to do, but at the end it will save you >>>>> money >>>>> and it will give you some real-world IT experience. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Very cool - thanks for the pointer to the video. I hadn't previously >>>> figured out the Zero Trust terminology enough to try the tunnel stuff. >>>> I'll >>>> have to try the tunnel thing too !!!! >>>> >>>> For the original poster, Doug's steps 1-3 are very easy. I'd >>>> previously done that using Google Domains ($12/year). >>>> >>>> Note - you probably still want to possibly harden your weewx webserver >>>> a bit. There are zillions of bots trying to attack web servers >>>> 'especially' all things WordPress. If you go just with a vanilla weewx >>>> setup you're likely in very good shape straight out of the box. Cool >>>> cheap >>>> option for sure. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/56afd382-a9ba-49e7-831f-2813872d6db0n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/56afd382-a9ba-49e7-831f-2813872d6db0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/fdc5e744-6983-4527-a87d-38f0ff76793an%40googlegroups.com.
