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
You should maybe reconsider this for security reasons. You should implement a Whitelist or a VPN. Jellyfin is notoriously insecure software, check here:
https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues/5415
Thanks. I’ve heard about these issues before and I am not really concerned.
To OP’s point, I want something that just works for my users, and I’m not really concerned about those risks.