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Sharing Jellyfin (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

submitted 22 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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[–] fishynoob@infosec.pub 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't do this, but I would set up oAuth like Authelia or something behind a reverse-proxy and authenticate Jellyfin clients through that.

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[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You could probably set up a cloudflare tunnel. I forget what they call it. I think technically sending video through it is against their TOS but if just a few friends and family are using it I doubt you will hit their naughty list.

[–] Censed@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I've heard mixed responses about how sensitive they are about routing video through their service. I've heard some people are just fine running jellyfin/Plex while others get shut down from routing a security system through it.

[–] Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 20 hours ago

I've used it about 2 years now. I have both Jellyfin and even had Invidious for a while. I don't even know it was against any terms until right now.

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Making a note so I can find this again - also I have been loving JellyFin over Plex.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Jellyfin over Plex?

[–] lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yup, I like jelly more - not that I have one running over the other lol

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

I thought there was some way to use Jelly on the backend with a Plex client!

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Reverse proxy with CrowdSec, which has setups specifically for Jellyfin. Docker for everything.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 points 21 hours ago (10 children)

Now that's interesting, what is the purpose of the reverse proxy, don't you still need something exposed then?

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[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago

I've been making people use VPN, but that's been a huge barrier to entry. I'm in the process of switching to IP allow list in traefik.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

Hang on, why not open the port to jellyfin to the internet?

I have a lifetime Plex pass so its not urgent but I have a containers running emby and jellyfin to check them out. When I decide which one I planned to open it up and give people logins.

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[–] themachine@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I just expose it to the internet.

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I have it behind a proxy and IPS. I force my users to have strong passwords. I don't see why this would be a problem.

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