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Segment 1 (Deep Dive)

Netbird

NetBird combines a configuration-free peer-to-peer private network and a centralized access control system in a single platform, making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home. NetBird creates a WireGuard-based overlay network that automatically connects your machines over an encrypted tunnel, leaving behind the hassle of opening ports, complex firewall rules, VPN gateways, and so forth. It enables secure remote access by applying granular access policies while allowing you to manage them intuitively from a single place. Works universally on any infrastructure.

Topics

License: BSD and AGPL

Use case basics

Implementation basics

Cloud vs. self-hosted

Cross-platform

Installation procedure (download, curl, pamac, installation files for MacOS or Windows, etc)

Starting the service

Authentication via SSO

Linking a host (URL, setup key)

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/JT

Bringing up the VPN on a host (sudo netbird server start, netbird up)

Access control

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/JU

Access policies, port rules, etc.

Posture validation (paid versions)

Cloud application management panel

Additional Info: https://lhs.fyi/JV

Disable client expiration for non-transient hosts!

Last seen

Operating system

Groups

Host control options

Networks

Agentless access to network resources

DNS

Set DNS servers (by group, domain, etc)

Local DNS is handled by local Netbird service

Teams

Allow access to create peers, manage network, etc for other users

Free version allows 5 users and 100 peers

API

All features of the Netbird dashboard can be managed through its API

Authentication can be managed with tokens and MFA

Resources

https://lhs.fyi/JP (Netbird control panel)

https://lhs.fyi/JQ (Netbird homepage)

https://lhs.fyi/JR (Documentation)

https://lhs.fyi/JS (Github)

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