Connecting to https server with self-signed cert via Apps

[rjander70]

Dear All,

So I am a newbie. So first things first, JellyFin is Fantastic! Kudos to all involved!

But I have a number of issues that mean it is behaving just slightly under absolutely perfectly...

The first is that I have set everything up for connection via HTTPS (and HTTPS is required, so HTTP is disabled right?). I have my Public DNS entry sorted, my router is forwarding packets to the correct machine behind my firewall, and most importantly, I can connect to my server via https using Safari, from both LAN and WAN (i.e. both sides of my firewall).

However I am unable to connect, from either side of the firewall, via the macOS DeskTop App that I downloaded from:

  https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-med...arized.dmg

Is this because I have a self-signed certificate?

Many thanks in advance for any and all help.
J

[mcarlton00]

You're correct. Basically none of our apps are usable with self signed certificates due to the way root CAs get handled on the respective operating systems. The advisable way is to use something like LetsEncrypt to get a valid certificate.

[34626]

You can setup a reverse proxy, i recommend caddy, then it will do it all.

[Tocnon]

You're correct.  Basically none of our apps are usable with self signed certificates due to the way root CAs get handled on the respective operating systems.  The advisable way is to use something like LetsEncrypt to get a valid certificate.

I actually working through the transition from Plex to Jellyfin.  I'm running into an issue with Jellyfin that I don't have with Plex.  I'm running Plex and Jellyfin on linux servers, with the primary client on Amazon FireTV (android).  I run my own CA for various systems.  With Plex, there's an option with the FireTV client to ignore cert errors and it works great on the local network or remote.  Can Jellyfin not implement the same feature on the client side?

Thanks!

[TheDreadPirate]

AFAIK, the only way to allow self signed or private CA certs is to side load the cert into the OS. I'm not sure you can do that on Android TV (you can on Android).