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Sharing Jellyfin (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 13 hours 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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[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

When I did this I set up a VPN on my network and forced anyone that wanted to use it to get on my network.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

How does that work with Roku/smart TVs?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

They could route it though a different device

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I have my smart TV access it over my local network. If you're using a friend's instance, you could set up a WiFi SSID that tunnels everything over your VPN.

If that's onerous, you can make it publicly accessible, but only for whitelisted client IPs.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yeah I want to completely switch off of Plex but neither is a good solution for my non tech family members. Mother in law is in a retirement center where they use wifi provided for the condos so I can't access her router. And I would expect her ip to occasionally change on reboots etc. I might try IP ranges or narrow geo blocking.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 37 minutes ago

Yeah, an IP range totally works. Figure out the subnet info and add that to a whitelist. It's a pain, but it should keep the script kiddies at bay.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

You configure the VPN in the router the roku connects through.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago

Probably doesn't. Might need to use the router to get the whole network on th vpn