Remote connection to my server

[Cameron K]

Hello all, I have recently gone abroad and I have a r510 acting as a server at home. Besides using team viewer to connect to my ubuntu vm whats the best way to connect and control to exsi? Also if I want to tunnel (I want hulu back!) how can I do this securely. I'm definitely new into this server thing and really appreciate any advice.

[NelizMastr]

ESXi is controlled through the web interface (since ESXi 6.5, the classic C client no longer works), so you'll need to

 

A) Forward the correct port, by default 9443

or

B) Setup a VPN to your local network, by L2TP, OpenVPN or SSTP.  (I personally recommend OpenVPN. Relatively simple to setup and safer than other non-certificate based options, you can host this on a Linux VM or whatever). 

 

You could also consider VNC for accessing Linux machines with a GUI. Typically performs better than Teamviewer, but again, you'll need to forward ports or use a VPN to do that remotely.

[Cameron K]

Thanks so much, looks straight forward enough to fumble through. 

49 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

ESXi is controlled through the web interface (since ESXi 6.5, the classic C client no longer works), so you'll need to

 

A) Forward the correct port, by default 9443

or

B) Setup a VPN to your local network, by L2TP, OpenVPN or SSTP.  (I personally recommend OpenVPN. Relatively simple to setup and safer than other non-certificate based options, you can host this on a Linux VM or whatever). 

 

You could also consider VNC for accessing Linux machines with a GUI. Typically performs better than Teamviewer, but again, you'll need to forward ports or use a VPN to do that remotely.

 

[itzzkolt]

+1 for OpenVPN.  I have it as a VM that automatically starts when I turn on the server so I can VPN to the local network and access all local services.