Mastodawn

I set up a Jellyfin server and used a Cloudflare tunnel to let me access it from anywhere.

https://lemmy.zip/post/60020411

I set up a Jellyfin server and used a Cloudflare tunnel to let me access it from anywhere. - Lemmy.zip

I just finished setting up my own Jellyfin server. Lately I’ve been getting into using open source software and this weekend I thought it would be nice to self host on an old thinkpad I had from my college days. There were a few roadblocks I encountered, but ultimately I got it working. Now with the Finamp/Jellyfin app I can have a Spotify/Netflix-like experience completely free (well minus the domain name cost). I highly recommend it if you have been thinking about doing it for a while like I was. I’m so glad we have open source software like Lemmy and Jellyfin available to us.

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deadmyk Mar 2

Just keep in mind. It is against cloudflare’s TOS to use it for media streaming, plenty do and most don’t have an issue. But if you try to share access and there is excessive traffic, cloudflare may shut you down.

You can look into running pangolin on a small VPS or just opening the ports and using your home IP (of course behind a HTTPs proxy)

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excursion22 Mar 2

I don’t think it is, there are differences in their terms for these tunnels and other services. I don’t recall the specifics, but I did look it up before I set up the same thing.

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halcyoncmdr Mar 2

Give it time. I was very careful to setup my tunnel for media streaming like those guides, disabling any sort of caching, etc. and they killed it 2 months ago.

Ended up just getting a cheap simple VPS and running Pangolin myself instead.

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excursion22

Good to know. If I’m using it, it’s through a VPN to my local network, but I do have it set up at family members’ houses through the external link too.