Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
i wouldnt say im an expert at it as ive only had my media server for a month now, but how i approached making it user friendly was buying a domain name, and using a cloudflare tunnel to link your ip addresses/port to a subdomain.domain combination.
e.g i have overseer accessible by overseerr.domainname.extention and have it linked to the servers ipadress and port number. if i wanted to add another one, i would for example add a new subdomain and do the same (e.g plex.domainname.extention and point it to the correct ip/port combo)
although this has the cost of owning a domain, it doesnt require you to open a port so its better for security reasons
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I have done this with Home Assistant. It’s at ha.mydomain.com after I treated myself to a domain for Christmas.
The only issue I have with this is that my server is a hole in my lan.
I have a pretty good password on my HA but that can’t be said for any of my internal stuff.
Plus I’ve since discovered the amazing world of Tailscale and I’m fiddling with that. I didn’t realise it was so easy to always be on my own network even when I’m not, I found a setting on android that means I’m always in my Tailnet. This makes me wonder if the domain was a waste of money (it wasn’t) but then remember there’s more than just me in the house, and I use the domain for prescence detection by having my family install the HA app, logged in through the domain.
I shall certainly use this method in the future if any of my family want access to anything while they’re out and about, but I could probably just set em up on Tailscale and share it that way with less hassle
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
FYI there’s an option between opening ports and TailScale. Cloudflare tunnels have a connection started from within your network to cloudflare servers, and your internal services can be accessed through that connection. Throw a zero trust wall in front of that, and you have a secure login, in front of your now publicly accessible services.
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Ace! Thanks. There’s so much to delve into in networking, it’s a bit daunting tbh.
That’s why I asked, when you know a little but not a lot it’s hard trying to figure out where to look.
At least by asking I have some ideas where to start poking my nose.