Comment on Jellyfin over the internet
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours agoTake a look at Nginx Proxy Manager and how to set it up. But you’ll need a domain for that. And preferably use a firewall of some sort on your server and only allow said ports.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 10 hours ago
I’ve look a little on it, didn’t understand most of it. I’m looking for a comprehensive beginner guide before going foward
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
This isn’t a guide, but any reverse proxy allows to to limit open ports on your network (router) by using subdomains (thisPart.website.com) to route connections to an internal port.
So you setup a rev proxy for jellyfin.website.com that points to the port that jf wants to use. So when someone connects to the subdomains, the reverse proxy is hit, and it reads your configuration for that subdomain, and since it’s now connected to your internal network (via the proxy) is routes to the port, and jf “just works”.
There’s an ssl cert involved but that’s the basic understanding. Then you can add Some Other Services at whatever.website.com and rinse and repeat. Now you can host multiple services, without exposing the open ports directly, and it’s easy for users as there is nothing “confusing” like port numbers, IP addresses, etc.
scoobydoo27@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
So I’m another newbie dummy to reverse proxies. I’ve got my jellyfin accessible at jellyfin.mydomain.com but I can only access it through the web. How do I share with other people who want to use the apps? I can’t get my apps to find my instance.