Running a Jellyfin Proxy with NixOS, a Raspberry Pi, and Tailscale

Problem

I want to access my Jellyfin server from anywhere. Here is how I achieved this using NixOS, a Raspberry Pi (RPi), and Tailscale.

Background

At home, I run a NAS with Jellyfin to watch my own media. Previously, I had used Plex, but I decided to make the change to Jellyfin after a few frustrations.

Plex had a service for easily connecting to your home server from anywhere called “Plex Remote Access,” which I often used while traveling and was a must-have for my Jellyfin setup.

Introduction

This post outlines a simple approach for adding a stock ticker to Waybar, specifically for a NixOS setup.

Once completed, your final result will look like the following:

Pre-requisites

Before you start, you will need the following:

• An FMP API Key
• A CLI that can fetch a ticker price.
  • In this post we will use stock-ticker, a simple Rust CLI.

Add stock ticker CLI

The waybar module will depend on the stock-ticker CLI.