Aim
At the end of this article you will be running your own small scale on-premise cloud on Android device and hosting a web page
Requirements
- Android device
- Cloudflare account
- Domain name
- Knowledge of Linux (optional)
The Method
1. Visit F-Droid open source app store and install Termux on your Android device
Download APK
2. After installation is complete, open termux, you will be presented with Android terminal, execute following commands:
pkg update
pkg upgrade
termux-setup-storage
the above commands updates termux packages if there is any update and permits Termux to access files in your device's internal storage.
3. Sign up for cloudflare zero trust
4. Register a .com domain name or get a free domain from afraid.org
5. Install proot-distro
pkg install proot
pkg install proot-distro
proot-distro allows to install linux which runs along with android os. This is not a vm so we get native performance.
proot-distro commands:
proot-distro list - show the supported distributions and their status.
proot-distro install - install a distribution.
proot-distro login - start a root shell for the distribution.
proot-distro remove - uninstall the distribution.
proot-distro reset - reinstall the distribution.
Following linux flavours are supported:
Following are the steps for Ubuntu
proot-distro install ubuntu
proot-distro login ubuntu --termux-home
su
apt install wget -y
apt install ssh -y
apt-get install -y net-tools
Conclusion
Unlimited possibilities when you run linux on your mobile phone and point cloud to your linux running on mobile
Recommended Hardware
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References
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TLDR;
- Install termux on your Android device
- Create Cloudflare account & Setup cloudflare zero trust
- Get your domain name and point nameservers to Cloudflare
- Install any proot-distro on Android using Termux
- Point domain to your Linux using Cloudflare zero trust
