[arm-allstar] Using the Zerotier VPN solution. ---Was: Ipv6

[David McGough]

If you're needing to completely painlessly setup a VPN, and don't mind 
having a 3rd party involved, at this point I recommend using zerotier.  I 
built a hamvoip package for zerotier a few weeks ago. I had never tried 
zerotier before then, but, I have to say, using this solution is 
completely painless....At least from my testing, thus far.

.....Note that a very simple installation is described, below. You need at 
least 2 devices on the network to try this out.

Setup is very, very simple.  Here are very steps to get setup on a HamVoIP 
nodes:

1)  Go to the zerotier website, register and activate an account. The
website is here. Use the "Register" link:  https://my.zerotier.com/

2) Login to your new account and click the "Create a network" button. A 
new network with an arbitrary name will be created.

3) Click the link to enter the setup page for your new network. At the top 
of the webpage, you'll notice a 16 character (8 hexadecimal digits) 
network ID.  Something like "1c33c1ced0e4c478"  ....Make a note of this 
ID.

4) Now install the software on the HamVoIP node from the bash shell 
prompt:

pacman -Sy zerotier-one

5) Once the package is installed, run the zerotier daemon, which goes 
immediately into the background:

zerotier-one -U -d


6) From the HamVoIP node, join your new VPN network using the network ID 
noted above....For EXAMPLE:

zerotier-cli -J 1c33c1ced0e4c478

*NOTE* that "1c33c1ced0e4c478" is an example...Use the network ID you got 
from the zerotier webpage, using your account.

7) The final step is to go back to the zerotier webpage and scroll down to 
the "Members" section and click the checkbox at the left to authorize the 
HamVoIP device, allowing it to join the network.

8) That's it!  Your VPN should now be on-line and running.  All your 
connected devices should show up on the zerotier webpage.

9) To launch your VPN when the node boots, just edit the /etc/rc.local 
file and place the command: "zerotier-one -U -d"  (without the quotes) 
just above the exit statement at the bottom of the file.  It automatically 
knows what networks to join.


Have Fun!

73, David KB4FXC