How do you make indi-allsky accessible via the web?

[robhorchner]

Preferably by using my ip address and from my local Raspberry by opening a port in my router.
I know it's not safe, it's for testing purposes only.

[jimmauck]

This can be done with a free account on Cloudflare and utilize their Zero Trust Tunnel service. The solution does require a registered domain name (cost here) that you control and manage the public DNS within Cloudflare (free).

The Tunnel service utilizes their agent running on the end point such as the Indi-Allsky Pi. It does not have any inbound ports open on your router. The agent creates a stateful secure outbound tunnel to Cloudflare's servers. All public traffic goes through Cloudflare (free), which is considered very highly secure and provides ultimate control (free). Cloudflare provides automatically updated security certificates for the public facing website (free). You will be able to see and manage all traffic to your website and restrict access as you like, e.g. block certain undesirable countries, search bots, etc.

In summary, the only cost in this solution is with the domain name registrar and everything else is "free" and very secure.

[robhorchner]

Thanks for the info.

I'm actually looking for a simple solution for testing and will no longer use it when i'm done afterwards.

[jimmauck]

Right, then port forwarding from your router to the internal IP, such as HTTPS port 443. Obvious note here: this is not secure, and it will get probed for vulnerabilities and eventually attacked. Long 12+, complex passwords are critical.
(sorry about the unsolicited lecture, I have PTSD from IT security industry.)

[aaronwmorris]

indi-allsky is really designed to be publicly exposed directly via port-forward from your router. You do need a strong password (as already suggested)

This is one of the major differences between indi-allsky and TJ's allsky. TJ's allskys admin interface should never be port-forwarded as it was not designed to be a secure interface. TJ's allsky has the public website for showing it publicly.

indi-allsky only has a single interface, which is designed to handle both the admin and presentation in a secure manner.