balena-io-examples / balena-zerotier-gateway

Fully working ZeroTier container with IP forwarding an masquerading to the LAN.

ZeroTier Router on Balena

How to use:

• create a new fleet on Balena https://balena.io
• create a network on ZeroTier https://my.zerotier.com/
• under IPv4 Auto-Assign, choose a IP address range that doesn't conflict with existing networks
  • if your network is 192.168.*.*, make sure to choose something different, like 10.144.*.*.
• copy the network ID (e.g. abcd12ef3456gh78)
• update the application variables on Balena, add:
  • ZT_NETWORK = ZeroTier network ID
• push this repository to your balena application
• add a device to your Balena fleet
• wait until the device has started and is running the application
• on the ZeroTier dashboard, approve the device and copy it's assigned ZeroTier IP address
• in the Managed Routes seciton of the ZeroTier dashboard,
  • add a route to 0.0.0.0/0 via the new device' assigned ZeroTier address
• add more clients to your ZeroTier network
  • they can now use the connection as their default route

Tested on:

• Raspberry Pi 3B+ running balenaOS 2.95.8
  • ZeroTier version 1.8.7
• Raspberry Pi 4, running balenaOS >=2.88.5
  • ZeroTier version 1.8.7