Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server

Re:Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server by alphanumeric0 on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @06:40PM (#31842785)

My older mac book recently died and instead of buying a new laptop I'm using termux to connect to a droplet for side projects. I've tried two different bluetooth keyboards so far and found one I liked with back-lit keys. Also recently setup wireguard on a raspberry pi at home and had fun working on my droplet through my VPN while on a flight. What a time to be alive.

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Re:Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server by syntaxing on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @07:30PM (#31843263)

You could probably set up Tailscail ssh that was recently posted here on HN. Though why do you need to go from VPN to droplet?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31837115

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Re:Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server by alphanumeric0 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @12:13AM (#31845089)

Cool, I'll check it out. It is an extra hop, but my fdroid termux install has been blown away (along with my ssh key) several times by the play store version. So now I save my key on my pi instead. I did turn off updates from play store for termux so hopefully it doesn't overwrite termux again.

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Re:Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server by madacol on Thursday June 23, 2022 @08:13AM (#31847947)

Termux does not update on the play store anymore since 2020 or 2021. In fact, your repositories are probably outdated

If you ever need to upgrade, you have to install from somewhere else, like F-droid

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Re:Repurposing an old Android phone as a web server by alphanumeric0 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @03:30PM (#31854110)

Thanks, I think actually it was something else that made me re-install from F-droid, but I'm glad I can rule out the play store.

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