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!

  • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    and used a cloudflared tunnel to direct traffic to Caddy

    There is also a way to use the cloudflared tunnel for free that gives you a domain as well (sort of anyways).

    This is DDNS, a popular, free alternative would be ddclient. Essentially updating an A Record so that your dynamic IP is remains associated with your domain.

    While cloudflare is also my registrar as well, I don’t use any of the “features” they offer, and opted to use Keycloak for my authentication needs.

    • ridethisbike@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      7 hours ago

      I’ve debated setting up Authelia or something similar because cloudflare is sooo slow to load their login page, but haven’t landed on anything yet… Plus I worry I set something up wrong and expose my network

      • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        I can’t be much of a help with Caddy however, for Traefik you can use the OIDC Middleware to forward requests to your authentication service.

        Plus I worry I set something up wrong and expose my network

        The only port that would need opening is :443, leave port :80 closed so that people cannot connect to your services insecurely. Slap fail2ban or geoblock on it and call it a day. Also, DDNS allowlist for that deny-first approach.

        • ridethisbike@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          6 hours ago

          The current config routes through the cloudflared tunnel so no ports are open externally at the moment, so that’s nice, but yea, I’d have to imagine there’s some documentation out there for caddy.

          Caddy has been a pain, though, so I might give one of the others a try. Thanks for the tips!