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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Look at Tailscale (or self-host headscale)

Especially for things like game servers, you could use tailscale serve (https://tailscale.com/docs/features/tailscale-serve) to allow temporary access, via a generated URL using your tailscale domain, to the server's port.

It's a bit of learning (like all of these other things) but it's a very powerful tool.

I do agree with the general point that Jellyfin shouldn't require a VPN.