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How to host server outside network (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhost@lemmy.ml

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Does anyone have any advice on hosting a server to the outside world? I intend to host a Jellyfin media server and want to be able to access it remotely. I was leaning towards hosting a VPN on my network with a good password but I don't know much about that. I am looking for a free option that ideally doesn't require proprietary software and can be completely hosted locally. For reasons that I won't go into, I am a little concerned about my isp seeing the traffic to the media server. I know I am being paranoid but I don't really care. I imagine if I host it through port forwarding on the router but set up HTTPS that would encrypt the traffic and stop my ISP from seeing it, but I don't know if hosting a VPN would be easier / more secure. Thoughts?

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[–] archwizard 1 points 2 years ago

Hosting a VPN is going to be the easiest and most secure option. There are a lot of little things that might make exposing Jellyfin tricky and could risk exposing traffic.

I would suggest starting out with a simple Wireguard VPN, which has worked for me for a while, but eventually you might consider looking at Tailscale, which simplifies a lot of it. (You can completely self host it using the Headscale server). OpenVPN has more options and its a little easier to add more devices, but it's not as fast.