Plex Port Forwarding

[Ryan2207]

Hello All

This question has probably been asked a million times but i couldn't find an existing topic, im using plex as a docker and have port 32400 forwarded to my server. is this bad practice or is it relatively safe ?, i can use a vpn provided by my pfsense machine if needed which would be more secure.

Thoughts ?

Kind Regards

Ryan 

[CHBMB]

It's only necessary if you wish to access your Plex server remotely.   If you use a VPN then it buggers up the Plex remote access although, it's possible to get it working.  Someone wrote a very nice guide here on Plex and Pfsense. 

[Ryan2207]

Thanks CHBMB, having port 32400 open has worked a treat for me, just wanted to make sure its relatively safe :-)

[Porkie]

You can also get it to work via a reverse proxy, then you will not need the port open. If you use a reverse proxy the server will show up as indirect connection but it still works all the same.