Plex + Docker + Traefik : Not available outside your network

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a new way to deploy plex media server on my personal server using docker-compose.

My deployment looks like this:

I have a:

  • docker container with plex server running in it
  • docker container running Traefik a reverse proxy that make it easier to have ssl certificates on your domain

My plex container communicates with the Traefik container through the docker network interface.

When I go to the remote access settings, I see that the connection is:

“Not available outside your network”

Private 172.18.0.3 : 32400 <= Public XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX : 8080 X Internet

I’m able to watch my movies but the quality of the streaming is really bad compared to my previous bare metal setup on the same machine.

The plex iOS app is also unable to connect to the server.

Thank you for your help !

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Hey,

Im having the same issue, did u figure it out?

3

Do you mind sharing your docker-compose.yml?

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Sure, see below (tried to attach but didnt accept yaml files for some reason)
Traefik compose:

version: '3'

services:
  proxy:
    image: traefik:latest
    container_name: traefik
    env_file:
      - ../.env
    command: --web.address=":${ADMIN_PORT}" --docker.domain="${DOCKER_DOMAIN}" --docker.usebindportip=true --acme.email="${ACME_EMAIL}"
    networks:
      - default
      - traefik_public
    ports:
      - "80:80" # for the HTTP -> HTTPS redirection
      - "443:443"
      - "${ADMIN_PORT}:${ADMIN_PORT}"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - ./traefik.toml:/etc/traefik/traefik.toml:ro
      - ./acme/:/etc/traefik/acme

networks:
  traefik_public:
    external: true
  default:
    driver: bridge

Plex compose:

version: '3'

services:
  plex:
    image: plexinc/pms-docker:latest
    container_name: plex
    networks:
      - ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_traefik_public
    environment:
      - PLEX_CLAIM="${PLEX_TOKEN}"
      - PLEX_UID=${USER_ID}
      - PLEX_GID=${GROUP_ID}
      - ALLOWED_NETWORKS=${ALLOWED_NETWORKS}
      - ADVERTISE_IP=${ADVERTISE_IP}
      - TZ=${TZ}
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ${NAS_PATH}:/data/media
      - ${APPDATA_PATH}/plex/config/:/config
      - ${APPDATA_PATH}/plex/transcode/:/transcode
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.backend=plex"
      - "traefik.frontend.rule=Host:${DOMAIN_NAME}; PathPrefixStrip: /plex"
      - "traefik.port=32400"
      - "traefik.docker.network=${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_traefik_public"
    ports:
      - 32400:32400/tcp
      - 3005:3005/tcp
      - 8324:8324/tcp
      - 32469:32469/tcp
      - 1900:1900/udp
      - 32410:32410/udp
      - 32412:32412/udp
      - 32413:32413/udp
      - 32414:32414/udp
    depends_on:
      - transmission
      - sonarr
      - radarr
    restart: always

networks:
  ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_traefik_public:
    external:
      name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_traefik_public
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Did you find a solution to the issue?

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I have Plex + Traefik working in Docker, here’s my docker-compose.yml: github.com/PlqnK/docker-media-services-host/blob/master/docker-compose.yml. I also have the port 32400 forwarded to my docker host in my router but I’m not even sure if it’s required.

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I’m seeing that you use subdomains, that is of no issue for Plex & Traefik. It’s when you want to use subfolders, things get tricky :disappointed:

Thanks for sharing though :smile: Nice to see more people using Traefik.

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Oh right sorry I didn’t understand it was about subfolder. You should definitely register a custom domain though, it can be very cheap (can be 1 or 2€ per year, depending on the extension) and a lot of DNS providers can be used as Dynamic DNS providers, for example OVH with it’s DynHost API, Gandi with it’s LiveDNS API or a DNS provider that support the RFC2136 standard.

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Hi All :slight_smile:

I found the solution here in the docker-compose:

Follow the README

I have tried that on my server.

Thnaks

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