Getting Started with Rabtly
Rabtly is a private network tool that connects your devices securely over the internet. You don’t need any networking knowledge — Rabtly handles everything for you.
The problem Rabtly solves
Imagine you have a home server, a work laptop, and a cloud VM. Normally:
- Reaching your home server from outside requires port-forwarding on your router (complex and risky).
- Sharing internal tools with a teammate means either giving them credentials or setting up a traditional VPN.
- Cloud VMs with public IPs need to be hardened against attacks.
Rabtly removes all of that complexity. Every device gets a private IP address, and Rabtly handles the connection automatically — even through firewalls.
Key concepts
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Device | Any computer running Rabtly (laptop, server, VM, Raspberry Pi) |
| Network | Your private, isolated space — all your devices, members, and settings live in one network. Devices in different networks can’t see each other |
| Group | A label you put on devices inside a network. Access-control rules connect groups, and devices in the same group can always reach each other |
| Dashboard | The web app at app.rabtly.cloud where you manage everything |
What you’ll need
- An account at app.rabtly.cloud
- The devices you want to connect (any Linux, macOS, or Windows machine)
- About 5 minutes
Ready? Let’s go.