System Administrator at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 5
Oct 3, 2026
Our main use case for NetBird is to provide secure, lightweight, and high-performance remote connectivity while reducing our dependency on traditional VPN solutions. Previously, we were using traditional SSL and IPsec VPNs for remote access. We found that these VPN connections could consume significant bandwidth and sometimes negatively impact internet speed and overall user experience, particularly when users were working over slower internet connections or mobile hotspots. We were looking for a solution that could provide secure access to internal resources without introducing the same level of performance overhead. NetBird addressed this requirement by providing seamless and secure connectivity between users, servers, and internal infrastructure. It allows me to access required machines and services from different locations while maintaining controlled access through policies. We can define one-way, one-to-one, or two-way communication depending on the requirement, which gives us better control over which systems can communicate with each other. Another important use case we discovered was automation testing. We were using Jenkins for testing automation of our product applications, and we identified an opportunity to improve the performance and efficiency of this workflow by combining NetBird with Docker. We deployed automated Docker containers that connect to NetBird as peers. When a testing container starts, it establishes the required NetBird connectivity and can securely communicate with the machines hosting services such as PostgreSQL and Grafana. The automation runs the required test cases, sends the results, and once the job is completed, the container and its associated environment can be automatically destroyed. This has significantly reduced manual intervention and simplified our testing workflow. The complete process is essentially automated from start to finish: the container starts, establishes secure connectivity through NetBird, performs the required testing, publishes the results, and is then removed. For my day-to-day IT operations, NetBird has also made remote infrastructure management easier. Instead of repeatedly connecting to traditional VPNs whenever I need to access internal systems, I can maintain secure connectivity to the required machines. This is particularly useful when working from locations with limited connectivity, such as a mobile hotspot. Overall, our primary NetBird use cases are secure remote access, replacing or reducing traditional VPN dependency, automated infrastructure connectivity, Docker-based testing automation, and controlled communication between systems. The combination of security, simplicity, performance, and automation has made NetBird a valuable part of our infrastructure.
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Our main use case for NetBird is to provide secure, lightweight, and high-performance remote connectivity while reducing our dependency on traditional VPN solutions. Previously, we were using traditional SSL and IPsec VPNs for remote access. We found that these VPN connections could consume significant bandwidth and sometimes negatively impact internet speed and overall user experience, particularly when users were working over slower internet connections or mobile hotspots. We were looking for a solution that could provide secure access to internal resources without introducing the same level of performance overhead. NetBird addressed this requirement by providing seamless and secure connectivity between users, servers, and internal infrastructure. It allows me to access required machines and services from different locations while maintaining controlled access through policies. We can define one-way, one-to-one, or two-way communication depending on the requirement, which gives us better control over which systems can communicate with each other. Another important use case we discovered was automation testing. We were using Jenkins for testing automation of our product applications, and we identified an opportunity to improve the performance and efficiency of this workflow by combining NetBird with Docker. We deployed automated Docker containers that connect to NetBird as peers. When a testing container starts, it establishes the required NetBird connectivity and can securely communicate with the machines hosting services such as PostgreSQL and Grafana. The automation runs the required test cases, sends the results, and once the job is completed, the container and its associated environment can be automatically destroyed. This has significantly reduced manual intervention and simplified our testing workflow. The complete process is essentially automated from start to finish: the container starts, establishes secure connectivity through NetBird, performs the required testing, publishes the results, and is then removed. For my day-to-day IT operations, NetBird has also made remote infrastructure management easier. Instead of repeatedly connecting to traditional VPNs whenever I need to access internal systems, I can maintain secure connectivity to the required machines. This is particularly useful when working from locations with limited connectivity, such as a mobile hotspot. Overall, our primary NetBird use cases are secure remote access, replacing or reducing traditional VPN dependency, automated infrastructure connectivity, Docker-based testing automation, and controlled communication between systems. The combination of security, simplicity, performance, and automation has made NetBird a valuable part of our infrastructure.