Another Lemmy thread led me to thinking about getting a cheap VPS for my homelab. I’m double-NATted by my ISP, so I can’t do traditional port forwarding. I’d like to get a cheap VPS, install Tailscale on it, and access my homelab from anywhere without having to have Tailscale on every device I use (at work where I can’t install it, for example).

I found a cheap VPS company and the plan I was looking at gives 1000 GB bandwidth per month. Some of the things I want to access are media servers (Navidrome and Jellyfin). So if I set up the VPS with nothing but a reverse proxy and Tailscale, will all my Jellyfin traffic go through the VPS and count as bandwidth used?

  • I am thinking about trying my hand at Tailscale, and have been tempted to click through to the Server Host offering on the LowEndBox $2 list.

    LEB Special – 2GB KVM VPS

    • 1x vCPU Core
    • 2GB RAM
    • 30GB High Performance Storage
    • 1000Mbps Unmetered Port
    • Full Root Access
    • 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
    • KVM/Virtualizor
    • Available in Multiple Locations
    • Pricing: $21.88/year (75% off)
    • Coupon Code: 2LEBA
    • [ORDER HERE]

    There’s a smaller one in the $1 list, also with allegedly unmetered bandwidth.

    Server Host LEB – 1GB KVM VPS

    • 1x vCPU Core
    • 1GB RAM
    • 15GB High Performance Storage
    • 1000Mbps Port
    • Unmetered Bandwidth
    • Full Root Access
    • 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
    • KVM/Virtualizor
    • Linux O/S
    • Available in Multiple Locations
    • Pricing: $11.00/year (80% off)
    • Coupon Code: 1ALEB
    • [ORDER HERE]