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Nginx Jellyfin, both Docker containers (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I followed YouTube videos and all my domain points to is "server not found." My domain is through Cloudflare. My server's ports have been opened at the router.

Proxy Host Settings: Domain name: newly.registered.domain Scheme: http (I've tried https too) Forward hostname/IP: local.server.ip.v4 Forward port: jelly_port Access list: Publicly accessible SSL: *.newly.registered.domain

I'd love to share my certificate info, but I don't see a way to do that...but I set up the DNS thingy with a Cloudflare API token. I remember typing in my server's public IP here too. Took many tries, but it finally accepted the settings as valid.

So what am I missing to get a reverse proxy? I thought it was supposed to work after all of that.

I've been trying to get this going for so long that it just feels like I'm beating my head against the wall until it randomly works, ya know?

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

See, this just shows how much I need to learn...I thought what I was trying to set up *was *the same thing as a "Cloudflare tunnel." Honestly, don't care how it gets implemented, I just assumed this was the easy way because that's what all the youtubers were suggesting. My end goal here is "I'm on my phone 100 miles away from home, open Jellyfin/Nextcloud/whatever, use domain.actually.works" without needing to disable my Proton/Air/Mullvad connection.

But I've followed 4 or 5 "you won't believe how easy Nginx is" tutorials, and they're not working for me...

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Cloudflare has a ton of services from filtered/unfiltered DNS to Tunnels/ZeroTrust.

but I set up the DNS thingy

From this, I guessed you were attempting to use just the DNS portion like 1.1.1.1 or 1.0.0.1. If I misunderstood, me skuzi. What I'm talking about is:

https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/access/

The caveat to use Cloudflare Tunnels/ZeroTrust is that you need a proper domain with which you can change the nameservers. Duckdns.org or similar won't do. When you sign up for ZeroTrust, they will give you two nameserver entries. You take those to your domain registrar and insert those in place of the registrar's nameservers. I got a domain name from NamesCheap for less than $5 USD.

“I’m on my phone 100 miles away from home, open Jellyfin/Nextcloud/whatever

Cloudflare Tunnels/ZeroTrust will do that and more. They have all kinds of bells and whistles that are available on their free tier. I didn't need most of them. It will do all of that without having to adjust your server's firewall like UFW. You don't have to worry about port forwarding or such on your router. It just punches a hole in all of that, and delivers what you need. No muss, no fuss.

To be fair, Cloudflare Tunnels/ZeroTrust is not unique. There are a plethora of ZeroTrust Tunnel providers. Ngrok comes to mind and seems to be the more popular of the alternatives, but there are others. Like I said previously, it took me a couple tries to get Cloudflare Tunnels/ZeroTrust down pat. Not so much that it was overly complicated, that's just usually my modus operandi. I'm dense some days. LOL

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let the record show that irmadlad saved the day here. I learned a lot about what I needed and no longer have to concern myself with something beyond my comprehension

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I am humbled, and glad you got it stood up and running. Pay it forward. :)