Hi All,
So, I’ve a small issue with the things in the subject.
Long story short, I’ve succesfully setup my PLEX server in the nas behind a reverse proxy. So calling form the outside plex.domain.com, i get redirected to my plex server on the Synology NAS.
It works with browser, ipad and iphone apps, Apple TV, everywhere.
But… not on the smart TV. From outside I logged-in in the Smart TV app of PLEX, but after logging in the server was not reacheable. At the end, I had to open & add port forwarding in the firewall to be able to reach the server.
However, I would like to NOT open the firewall port for many good reasons.
Does anyone knows how this can be sorted out? I did researches and testing but nothing is working. With the Smart TV it’s not that smart and i’m stuck to open the standard PLEX port? I can’t use reverse proxy?
You can definitely use a reverse proxy to access your Plex remotely. I do this all the time. Not sure what equipment you have but it was fairly easy to set up on my pfSense box using HAProxy. No port forwarding required. Not even a NAT entry. You will need to have port 80 and/or 443 open on your router which I assume are open already. The backend of your reverse proxy should contain the local LAN address of your server (Synology NAS for me) and then the port 32400. I come in to the network using something like https://plex.domain.com You don’t have to set up a SSL cert though. You can come in on port 80 if you like (http://plex.domain.com). That would be your reverse proxy front end. Then your backend contains the info on where to direct the incoming URL (192.168.1.xxx:32400). Good luck.
That’s already my setup and everything works fine, but on external smart tv is not… i have opened only port 443 you think could be the missing port 80 the issue?
I wonder if your router is set up to allow an external URL to loopback into the home network. (lookup hairpinning). Try going to your external URL (plex.domain.com) from your phone while on your wifi network. Does it work? Are you using https://plex.domain.com or are you using http://plex.domain.com? How is your reverse proxy set up?
Edit: If you’re trying to access via https://plex.domain.com, do you have your SSL Cert in place?
Yes, SSL cert is in place and it’s setup a reverse proxy that moves the connection from 443 to the designated port. I had to actually open synology port on the firewall to make it work.
On the TV I tried to change from the standard port to 443 but still no joy
Because it’s not my tv
In.hose i’m connected with PLEX app on apple TV, in this case i’m at the mother-in-law with a “normal” smart TV (not that smart… the TV not the mother-in-law )
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