Hey all, been wanting to get into self hosting for a while. I won’t be doing a whole lot - probably just a Plex server and photo/video archives.

Maybe a personal assistant if I get really bored, lol.

At work, I’ve got a selected of taking either:

  • HP Prodesk 400 G4 - i5 7th Gen

OR

  • Dell Optiplex 7020
  • Dell Optiplex 3010
  • Dell Optiplex 3040 All Intel i5

Let me know if they’re all shit too, lol.

Many thanks

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    On the same network yes. If you want to do it from elsewhere, you should use a VPN, don’t expose stuff like Jellyfin to the Internet.

    • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      How would I connect to the same network from so far away? Is that impossible?

      If I want to connect from far away, would a simple NordVPN do the trick?

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Run a VPN server on your system and expose that. Then connect to it with the VPN client on the remote system.