What to use on a server?

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Given the issues and comments in Multi-router setup dropping circuits under load - #4 by plorenz , what would be the recommended software to install on a server?

I am going to try deploying this out more widely to servers. Some Active Directory servers, internal web servers, all with varying amounts of traffic and requests/sec.

There’s the Go tunneler, ZET, or just using a router external to the server (which doesn’t seem very zero-trusty to me). I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the “right” component is to use on a server given the issues described in the linked post. The last thing I need are people coming to me complaining that they randomly can’t reach things.

Thanks!

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There's no right answer. You have two options, deploy a c-sdk-based tunneler: ziti-edge-tunnel (linux), ziti desktop edge for windows, ziti desktop edge for mac when using a "ZTHA" approach (where the traffic leaves the overlay towards 127.0.0.1/localhost only).

The other option is to deploy a router but deploying a router is ever-so-slightly just a bit more tricky imo since it participates in the overlay itself. You need to configure it "properly" so that it doesn't advertise links.

I generally tell people to favor using a C-SDK tunneler for nearly all deployments for starters. Move to using a router if you find it necessary.

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