I'm trying to learn about selfhosting and whatnot, but it's....a lot. Is there anything I need to do specifically besides configuring it correctly in order to protect it and myself. I hear people talking about putting stuff in dockers, putting things behind a reverse proxy, a VPN, etc.

I do currently have it running behind ProtonVPN but that's it. Do I need to be doing more?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't expose mine directly. When I stayed in Mexico for a month, I connected to it via Tailscale.

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[–] MTZ@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Thanks for the answer! We don't care about taking the media with us when we leave every day. It is just meant to be a centralized home entertainment distribution system. If it ever does get to the point where we want remote access to it, I will look into Tailscale. Thanks again!

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think the only thing I would worry about at that point is a firewall with restrictive rules. Don't expose internal ports without proper MFA in place.

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