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Sharing Jellyfin (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 2 days ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hi folks. So, I know due to a myriad of reasons I should not allow Jellyfin access to the open internet. However, in trying to switch family over from Plex, I'll need something that "just works".

How are people solving this problem? I've thought about a few solutions, like whitelisting ips (which can change of course), or setting up VPN or tail scale (but then that is more work than they will be willing to do on their side). I can even add some level of auth into my reverse proxy, but that would break Jellyfin clients.

Wondering what others have thought about for this problem

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[–] jonesboyz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I use a reverse proxy via NGINX Proxy Manager to expose to the web but allow easy access for my users. I pay $10 a year for a domain name to make access easier.

[–] NicestDicerest@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

You should maybe reconsider this for security reasons. You should implement a Whitelist or a VPN. Jellyfin is notoriously insecure software, check here:

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415

[–] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Reading over that list, I don't really see anything that isn't "maybe gets read privileges for non-critical data". Hardly useful enough to be worth attempting access to a single personal Jellyfin server.

I'd be mildly surprised if anyone has ever bothered.

You do you, but in my view the effort outweighs the benefits.

[–] NicestDicerest@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Sure, and its your own choice - But you should still be aware of what could/can happen, so that you can make this decisions informed. Maybe I worded it a bit too harshly, i'm sorry English is not my first language.