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No awards are needed, just wanted to share my excitement that while my Jellyfin server still keeps loosing my entire library every 24 hours at least now it has a domain and ssl cert!

That is all. Happy Friday everyone

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (30 children)

You didn't expose it to the internet right?

If you want remote access setup client certs

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] tux7350@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ya got three options.

Option A is to create your own certificate that is self-signed. You will then have to load the certificate into any client you want to use. Easier than people realize, just a couple terminal commands. Give this a go if you want to learn how they work.

Option B is to generate a certificate with Let's Encrypt via an application like certbot. I suggest you use a DNS challenge to create a wildcard certificate.

Option C is to buy a certificate from your DNS provider aka something like cloudflare.

IMO the best is Option B. Takes a bit to figure it out but its free and rotates automatically which I like.

I like helping and fixing stuff, if you'd like to know anything just ask :D

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago

That is for server side certs not client side. I'm talking about Mutual TLS.

Setting up https is not going to stop bots. All it does is prevent man in the middle attacks. You want to limit who and what can access Jellyfin so that you don't end up being a victim of an automated exploit.

[–] archy@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

That isn't mutualTLS

It just is a frontend for gpg. You need OpenSSL for mutual certs.

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