You don't have permission to access /UI on this server

[Nazar78]

I’m not defending WD but this is for the good cause. Imagine if this restriction is not implemented, and the remote access is enabled? The NAS login page could get brute force attacks.

Since you’re using VPN and I assumed you have some networking experience, you can create a tunnel to view the Dashboard. SSH from your VPN to MyCloud and create a tunnel which you can access via the browser.

See my similar post here:

Access Dashboard remotly via internet

No other official way unless you do tunneling. Tunneling is the better approach than vpn without any modifications to WD’s stuffs. But if you’re doing this, you’re aware that your wdmycloud root account is vulnerable to the internet’s brute force attacks. I’m using the methods below to access WD’s Dashboard remotely via PC and Mobile and I have my own way of dealing with security.  Enable ssh via WD Dashboard and change your root password in the terminal type “passwd”. Make sure your new pass…