Using a VPS and DDNS (I personally do this):
- Pros: Super easy for others to access, you just give them the address.
- Cons: Not free. (Oracle free tier might work, but it's unreliable.) But there are cheap VPSs as low as $12/yr that work pretty well. Also, it's a bit harder to setup since you'll need to create a VPN tunnel between your local machine and the VPS.
Using tailscale or zeroties:
- Pros: Free, and easier to setup than a VPS.
- Cons: People need to install extra apps to access your server.
By port forwarding:
- Pros: Super easy to setup, just need to forward the ports through your router.
- Cons: You're opening a port to the internet, which is less than ideal. Also, it won't work if you're behind a NAT.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where are you seeing a VPS for $1/month that works well as a Jellyfin server for multiple people?

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have a VPS from RackNerd for something like $11.5/yr. You can check some offers from them here.

To be clear, it probably won't work well as a Jellyfin server since the storage and CPU capabilities aren't great. But it's pretty good as a relay, which is what I described above. I have a local machine, and I use the VPS to relay the connection to the open internet.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Still very cool, though. Thanks!

[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you treat it as relay, then does it consume bandwidth on the VPS?

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, it does. Mine gives me 2TB/month of bandwidth, which is plenty for my use.

[–] strahlemann@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

For 1. you don't necessarily need a VPN. A reverse tunnel using SSH should be sufficient and is easier.