The next step on my self-hosting journey is complete! I’ve successfully replicated my Jellyfin media server infrastructure in Vultr and have it running through a zero-trust Cloudflare tunnel for external internet access. This is a huge win for me. I had to force myself to really complete this. I’ve been so tired and worn out mentally lately that I’ve been slacking on my posts. I apologize for that, but this is a marathon, not a sprint, and I will accomplish something, even if it’s only this one task.

The work continues on my many ideas and projects, and more roadblocks occur constantly, but that wouldn’t be fun, now would it? Regardless, I’m trying to tackle a few infrastructure-type issues before moving on to new projects. The current issue I’m wanting to iron out is utilizing a VPS to host a server for me so I don’t have to keep my personal desktop online at all times to use my Jellyfin server. The good thing about that is I can just use Ubuntu and set up Docker Compose to pull my config down to the new server. I’m currently using Vultr; I’ve found they’re the best price-to-server performance for the money. At around $5 a month, I can utilize a 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM, and a 25 GB virtual server through their service and have some flexibility in the other services they provide without breaking the bank.

It lives! My Jellyfin media server and CloudFlare Tunnel lives again! Finally, after a week of banging my head against the wall I was able to get a second set of eyes on the problem. The issue was due to the docker containers being on separate bridged networks when deployed through the docker compose file. I had no idea this was a problem, and I suspect the only reason it worked previously was because of how I had the host network configured originally and just sheer dumb luck. Regardless, it’s working again and I couldn’t be happier! Thanks to my buddy PurpleK who assisted with the troubleshooting and helped me narrow down the problem with idea to try. I’m having a problem with cached credentials not working, but honestly I don’t really care, I’m just glad it’s working and I can troubleshoot that later, it’s probably the mount points for the cache and config that need tweaked.