Use Cases
You know what you want to achieve; this page finds the guide that gets you there. Scan for your scenario and jump straight in. If you are new to NetBird, start with the quickstart first.
I want to...
Connect to remote networks and devices
| I want to... | Guide |
|---|---|
| Understand which remote access scenario I need | Remote Access overview |
| Connect two networks (offices, homes, or clouds) | Site-to-Site with Networks |
| Let clientless devices reach my NetBird peers | Site-to-VPN |
| Connect cloud workloads to on-premise services | Cloud to On-Premise |
| Reach my NAS and home devices from anywhere | Access Home Devices |
| Access services running on the routing peer itself | Reach Services on the Routing Peer |
| Route all my internet traffic through one peer | Exit Nodes |
| Reach Active Directory and Windows file shares remotely | Active Directory & Windows File Shares |
Deploy NetBird in the cloud
| I want to... | Guide |
|---|---|
| Deploy NetBird on AWS ECS with Terraform | NetBird on AWS ECS |
| Run NetBird on serverless platforms | NetBird on Serverless (FaaS) |
| Build AI infrastructure across multiple clouds | Distributed Multi-Cloud AI |
Run NetBird in Kubernetes
| I want to... | Guide |
|---|---|
| Get started with the NetBird Kubernetes operator | Getting Started |
| Let my peers reach services in a cluster | Routing Peer |
| Give a pod its own peer identity | Client Sidecar |
Operate a remote cluster with kubectl | API Server Proxy |
| Expose services through Gateway API CRDs | Gateway API |
| Expose a single Kubernetes service end to end | Route to a Kubernetes Service |
| Deploy routing peers to a cluster | Deploy Routing Peers to a Cluster |
Secure my network
| I want to... | Guide |
|---|---|
| Implement Zero Trust networking step by step | Implement Zero Trust |
| Publish internal services without opening inbound ports | Private Proxy Without Inbound Ports |
Run NetBird at home
Homelabbers get a dedicated starting point covering NAS access, home automation, media servers, and connecting family networks: see the Homelab guide. To run NetBird directly on your router, see the MikroTik, OpenWrt, pfSense, and OPNsense install guides.
Looking for feature documentation?
These guides show how to accomplish a scenario end to end. For how each feature works and its configuration options, see Manage NetBird — for example Networks, Access Control, and the Reverse Proxy.