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Jellyfin web using remote server - kibkib - 2024-06-05
Hi,
I have a working and up to date instance of Jellyfin server that I can access remotely using Tailscale and recently I installed a NAS at a remote location for off-site backup. This remote location communicate with my home server also via Tailscale (installed on a Pi) and I can successfully ping/browse my home server from the Pi handling the tunnel.
My goal was to also open up the Jellyfin server for this remote location without having to put all the remote users on my Tailscale plan and since the Pi handling the tunnel can see/communicates with my my Jellyfin server, I installed Jellyfin-Web on the Pi but when I try to add my server, it fails to reach it which makes me believe that the client is doing the resolving as opposed to the Jellyfin-Web instance.
The alternatives would be to add some remote clients to Taislcale so they can browse my home instance but I don't want to do that for various reasons (mostly security) or to mount my media libraries to the remote location which I also want to avoid for bandwidth reasons (want only 720p transcoded stream between the locations).
Is there any way to connect Jellyfin-web to a remote server without having direct/vpn communications between the servers and the clients ?
Open to any alternatives as well
Thanks !
RE: Jellyfin web using remote server - TheDreadPirate - 2024-06-05
You could run a reverse proxy on the tailscale host.
RE: Jellyfin web using remote server - kibkib - 2024-06-07
Late reply but it worked perfectly. thanks a lot
Now I need to figure out why the latency doubled between using a proxy and a direct tailscale connection