Kind of a quick off the cuff question… but is it difficult to get a docker hosted jellyfin server accessible outside of lan safely?

I have tailscale and a VPN I can use for my own devices but would like to be able to access it safely without needing those.

  • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Stick with the VPN. No point in exposing more services with possible security vulnerabilities.

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    If you are not behind a CGNAT, it should be as easy as opening the necessary ports.

    I have a reverse proxy running in ports 80, 443 and can safely access Jellyfin on a subdomain without issues from outside my LAN.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
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    1 year ago

    To get it outside the LAN, you just need to forward the port it uses in your router. Example 8096 for regular http requests. I would highly recommend getting at least a reverse proxy with an SSL cert.

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    1 year ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    CGNAT Carrier-Grade NAT
    DNS Domain Name Service/System
    NAT Network Address Translation
    SSL Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
    TLS Transport Layer Security, supersedes SSL
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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    1 year ago

    Depends on your definition of safe.

    If you do a public port forward and set up basic security and proper SSL its safe from the majority of people.

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    1 year ago

    You can but it will cause security issues. You will need to buy a domain and setup a SSL proxy with https to proxy traffic in. After than I would lock down you firewall rules and make sure that a compromise can’t escape the isolated environment.

    Also make sure you docker container is hardened against excaping as it will improve security when a security hole is discovered in jellyfin