[clug] Local hosting providers for either SSH Tunnel or "Reverse VPN"

[steve jenkin]

I’d like to experiment with a publicly accessible website to control a local device with either a Raspberry Pi or Arduino micro-controller.

This is easy using an SSH tunnel to map a port on a remote host in the cloud - but I’ve no idea if cheap hosting services support SSH & tunnels this way.
Digital Pacific mention SSH tunnels, but in the context of locally accessing a MySQL database on their host.

Alternatively, it seems the right term is “Reverse VPN”, but I’ve no idea of what (cheap) hosting plans support this.
A full-blown Linux VPS is more than I want to step-up to just now. However, if that’s the answer, got to go there.

I’m not a fan of domestic Firewalls running a DMZ or setting up ‘pinholes’ to local hosts.
Residential ISP plans don’t include fixed, public IP numbers - they’re sold in “business” plans at a premium price.

Jaycar had a project suggestion for a WiFi-linked controller, but only accessible over the local IP network.
It’d be more usable to have such a controller accessible ‘from anywhere’, with proper security controls and authentication.

	<https://www.jaycar.com.au/wifi-relay-controller>

If anyone has links to existing projects of this “relays controlled over the Internet”, please send those.

It’s hard to guess the critical search terms without already knowing them :(

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