I have docker installed, but only have a vague idea of how it works.
Back in the day, I would just port forward, but even then, I would need a static IP somehow.
I have heard a reverse proxy is an option, but that is an entirely new topic to me.
Surely there is an easy way to access Jellyfin outside of my home network that I’m just missing.
*Edit: I am blown away by all the help and support! I currently have tailscale running, and I’m in the process of purchasing a domain.
Thanks everyone!
The responses I received were exponentially more helpful than scouring for the information myself (which I had done).
Everyone here had experience and expertise that I did not, and I had a working solution running on my computer within 10 minutes of asking.
Part of the purpose of a community like this is evident in posts like this.
Your response, though funny, is damaging to the community, and unhelpful at best.
I understand where you were coming from, but please don’t.
lazy people being lazy.
but do you actually understand the solution you used or did you just “follow the recipe”. knowing how to make brownies is nice, but knowing why brownies brownie allow you to make a better brownie.
not saying don’t ask questions, but asking less generic questions help build a stronger community. Questions like, “what are the benefits to exposing jellyfin publicly using tailscale vs just opening ports?” or “how does tailscale protect my private network from attacks when it’s used to expose jellyfin publicly?”
can’t be any more damaging than asking the same question 300 different ways because “The responses I received were exponentially more helpful than scouring for the information myself”.
we’re not your LLM agent. we’re not your search engine. we’re a community with experience and opinions. use us for that.
Go back to your Linux forums or whatever dark hole you crawled out of.
Did your mom ever tell you if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say it at all?
Nah, I’m just confused about if this community is about asking the same question over and over or not. maybe it’s about sharing AI generated slop projects instead? nah couldn’t be that either. I know! it has to be the community to shit on anyone who uses Plex!
she did, but then again look at where that got us in the world today.
I bet you don’t even know what the OSI model is.
Lol the OSI model? Weird flex. I am a senior network engineer by trade and manage global routing and security for large companies, so I am definitely familiar.
not a flex, quite the opposite.
I’ve met numerous devs and engineers that didn’t. knowing OSI and TCP/IP should be the bare minimum to work in service development/admin.