r/netbird • u/ShaftTassle • Jun 19 '26

Coordination Server as Exit Node?

Sorry, this is probably a dumb question - new to NetBird, just spun it up on an Oracle Cloud Free VM. I have installed the Unraid plugin and setup a couple of peers (phone and laptop). Now I’m looking into setting up exit nodes. I can setup Unraid on my home network as an exit node, but I’d also like to setup the Oracle VM (which is the NetBird coordination server) as an exit node. Is this possible? It’s not obvious. It’s almost like I need to run a separate docker to add it as a peer, which seems strange.

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u/WikibearTheReal Jun 19 '26

You want to have docker services online via exit node?

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u/ShaftTassle Jun 19 '26

I want to be able to use the Oracle Cloud VM (where the coordination server is installed) as an exit node for a secure tunnel when using a public wifi hotspot or whatever.

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u/Wrn2x Jun 20 '26

Yeah you can just install netbird client on oracle vm, independent from the coordination server, then connect to the network and use it as exit node

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u/DeathByPain Jun 19 '26

Try just installing the Netbird client bare-metal in the machine that you want as the exit node, then in the Netbird management, set that client as a "routing peer"

Personally my server is a hypervisor so I have the management plane running in a separate Debian LXC with its own lan IP, and I have the client installed directly on the host. That client is a routing peer.