Get Jellyfin off the open internet. For family who’ll never install a VPN app, the setup that holds up is WireGuard on their router, or Tailscale on whatever TV box they use, set up before it ever ships to them. They never see it. If something has to stay public, CrowdSec plus Pocket-ID is a lot lighter than Authentik for three users. I’m building a home box that ships locked down like this by default, so I’m curious: which broke first for your family, remote access or the logins?

I went the other way this week. Nothing public anymore, and the only thing open on the WAN is the WireGuard port. I lost the easy Jellyfin share links for family and gained sleep. The PHP mess made the call easy.

Boring plan is the right plan. One shed-specific thing: Intel Mac minis on Linux won’t power back on after an outage by default, and there’s no BIOS toggle. Look up the setpci trick for your model and test it before it goes outside.