What are the best ways to start a home media server legally? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/plex@lemmy.ca

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Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

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[-] QuietStorm@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I dont really have the money to spend on the things i want epecially mounthly things and ive never had a job before and i still dont becasue im trying to get thru school and such. so is there something else that i can do and stay safe while doing so>

[-] afatparakeet@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Really the only safe, cheap and sustainable way nowadays is to use docker + gluetun + mullvad VPN (or your preferred VPN.

VPNs are cheap and they're worth it.

[-] learning2Draw@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Haven't used docker myself yet but keep seeing it talked about with servers, am I right in that if you have a working configuration if docker gluetun (with a vpn) you could share some sort of file that would let others setup theirs in the same way semiautomatically?

[-] afatparakeet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's correct. It's called docker compose. Everything is declarative and it can be stood up and torn down with a single command.

When I was setting myself up I referenced this project quite a bit:

https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker

You can pick and choose the parts you want.

[-] Polendri@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Mullvad is dropping support for port forwarding as of July 1st (a lack of which cripples torrenting), so this actually no longer a good option. I'm miffed about it since I just set it all up a couple weeks ago. I haven't done my research to see if there are any trustworthy VPN providers left which offer port forwarding.