What's is the best way to download things? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hello, I want to self-hosted apps get requests from the users (mainly movies), and then I can find a download for it to move it to a jellyfin server. Maybe after that, it could be a little more automated to download stuff automatically 😃 Thx

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[-] jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, it's my IP. I know I'll probably get shamed on here for that lol.

Dynamic DNS updater keeps the subdomain request.mywebsite.com pointed to my IP. Nginx resolves that subdomain to the Overseerr host:port with SSL cert and everything.

I'm eventually going to set up a VPS but I just... haven't.

[-] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Okay so you have Nginx running and route the domain name to a specific port, so in this way the users have your IP but not the port used, that's it?

[-] Terry@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Yes to the routing, no to the port thing. A URL (i.e. qbittorrent.yourdomain.tld) is simply much easier to remember and work with than an IP:Port combination (i.e. 87.253.143.32:8080).

It also has a security benefit, because if you expose your server to the internet, you only have to open the http(s) ports of your webserver in your firewall and not the ports of the applications behind it. The webserver will do all the communication with your backend and then serve the information to the requester, so you have a buffer in-between.

Less open ports = less potential points of attack.

At least that's how I understand it. I'm just a hobbyist, so if I got it wrong, feel free to correct me.

Frankly, if you want to use nginx as your reverse proxy and don't want to get too deep into nginx configuration files and stuff, check out Nginx Proxy Manager. It's a GUI frontend that automatically gets you SSL certificates for your subdomains, super useful.