GottaHaveFaith

npm is just a wrapper for nginx

electronic library -> calibre web -> ebook reader via opds

docker desktop is just a GUI for managing docker, is there a specific reason you need it? Anyway you can try Portainer

Is there a missing link?

That’s something worth money so I don’t think you’re going to find anything good

Yes I re-read the cve, I thought it was an issue with an npm package with a cryptominer

I don’t think a vpn would help here

Dumb idea: if the configuration is on a file, you can make it immutable. Something with chattr +i can’t remember. I take no responsibility if your server catches fire, and you may have to manually set the flag on and off if you want to add new media/change settings. It may be more complicated if everything is inside a “full” sql db

As for the rest, either start jellyfin at boot or a custom launcher or kodi. I don’t know if plasmashell is still working, it can probably be configured to only show the correct stuff. There are also custom launchers for android tv

I think most selfhosters already know/use Linux, so management issues are already known. About the ease of use, if you manage services with docker it’s really easy to bring them up/down, and if you want some GUI there’s portainer.