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cortex7979@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• GreyDawn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  tailscale changed the computing experience for me in everything I do. Amazing networking solution. I also use zerotier but find myself on tailscale more due to how many devices they offer.

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• quaternaut@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do you set up HTTPS? I would like to encrypt the communication between my tailscale devices and my homeserver. Is it just a matter of using Let’s Encrypt with Nginx?

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  • cortex7979@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tailscale is based on the wireguard protocol, which has already very strong encryption

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• UnfairUtan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This might be a dumb question, but could I access my Jellyfin through an external VPN like Proton?

  I have it set up in my raspberry to download Linux ISOs and run Jellyfin

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  • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not in the way you’re probably thinking, no. The VPN (like Proton) will be isolating devices from each other. This is by design, so you don’t end up in situations like different customers seeing each other on the network.

    Your router might be able to act as a VPN host. This would allow you to connect to your home network from anywhere, and use it just like you would use a service like Proton. And if your home network is set to allow devices to see each other, then you could see your Jellyfin server.

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    • cortex7979@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      good luck getting a smart TV to run Tailscale

      My mom uses this approach to access my media files. It’s a Sony Android TV and works pretty good actually

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    • UnfairUtan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I see thank you.

      But if I want to keep my Proton VPN connection active, I don’t think what you’re describing is doable.

      That would mean being connected to two vpns at once wouldn’t it?

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    • cortex7979@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Worst case scenario, you could just run Tailscale directly on your Jellyfin server.

      Why is that the worst case it’s goes literally like this: install on your server, install on the other decide (phone, laptop), connect to the same account and BOOM works

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      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Because running it on your router gives you access to the entire network of devices, not just the Jellyfin server.

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  • Toribor@corndog.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you mean that you are using Proton VPN on your Raspberry Pi to mask your downloading traffic, then no that same VPN will not help you access services like Jellyfin on your home network while you are remote.

    Instead you’ll want to use something like Tailscale (or Wireguard). You run it as a service on your home network and it then becomes your own VPN that you (or others) can use to connect to your home network when you are remote.

    You could run Wireguard on the same RaspberryPi that you use for downloading but I would recommend against it assuming that you’re running Proton VPN right on the host itself (and not inside a container).

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    • UnfairUtan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ahh I see, you helped me understand thz other comment. Thanks a lot!

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