How to access node red from anywhere in the world?

[Varad Mukhedkar]

Hi! I want to know about accessing node red and all my flows from anywhere in the world. I've gone though one of such topics but I didn't understand that. Please help me.

[Mark Setrem]

Unfortunately to do this safely is not a simple task and requires some knowledge to ensure you’re computer won’t be compromised by hackers (they will find it)

The guide here https://github.com/node-red/cookbook.nodered.org/wiki/How-to-safely-expose-Node-RED-to-the-Internet lists the key steps.

[Mark Setrem]

The other thing to think about is do you really need to see and interact directly with node-red?

You could send messages to node-red via twitter or telegram
to trigger a flow and then get the output back via twitter or telegram.

[Julian Knight]

There is more info here: https://totallyinformation.github.io/nr-qa/node-red-internet

[kovaccs]

This is a really big theme, connecting with security and networking fields.

 
What I'm using is VPN. My IoT gadget exist on a totally private not routed network (an IPv4 C class address space is perfectly sufficient in most cases). I have installed ZeroTier One (ZTO) VPN client on workstations (PC and mobile) which I want to access to this network.

The ZeroTierOne has their own admin webpage, where can be configure public and/or private  networks. On this admin site I set fix IP for all IoT device, and administrator clients. https://my.zerotier.com/login
If I want to access  IoT devices I switched on VPN connection on my mobile (IOS) or my PC. For those devices only use WiFi network has a unique AP configured DHCP address reservation to devices address allocation in their private network.

It is my experience that the ZTO is very reliable.

This was understandable?

Kovaccsaba 

[varad mukhedkar]

Thank you @kovaccs. I'll definitely try that one.

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