# Remote Access when using reverse proxy & own domain name **URL:** \ **Category:** Remote Access\ **Tags:** server-linux\ **Created:** [January 25, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516 "2025-01-25T14:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luukburger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@luukburger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/luukburger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/1 "2025-01-25T14:29:42Z")
Server Version#: 1.41.4.9399 Player Version#: 4.143.0 Hi there, I’m running PMS on Ubuntu Server on my home network. I’ve created a DNS record for plex.mydomain.nl to my public home IP. In my router I forward TCP traffic on port 443 to my Synology where the reverse proxy picks it up. It forwards [https://plex.mydomain.nl:443](https://plex.mydomain.nl:443) to [https://ubuntu-pms-ip:32400](https://ubuntu-pms-ip:32400). All works great, I can access my Plex by typing plex.mydomain.nl in my browser. So far so good. 🙂 **Question 1** I feel I’m running into a bit of a bug with “Remote Access”. If I enable it, and I enter 443 in “Manually specify public port” and press Retry, everything goes to green (“Fully accessible outside your network”). When I browse to another section in the settings though, the green checkmark behind the “Remote Access” section becomes a red exclamation mark again. Seems like a bug, or what am I missing? **Question 2** I can also specify “Custom server access URLs” in the “Network” section of the settings. I entered [https://plex.mydomain.nl:443](https://plex.mydomain.nl:443) there, but I’m not really sure what it does. Reading the [documentation](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200430283-network/) it seems to be meant for my use-case, but everything works regardless of me setting it. Also, setting it or not doesn’t change the outcome of Question 1 above. ---
**Author:** ![OG-StuartKicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OG-StuartKicks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OG-StuartKicks)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/2 "2025-01-25T14:39:44Z")
The remote access button doesn’t matter when you are using a reverse proxy. Settings \> Network \> Custom server access URLs - [https://plex.mydomain.nl:443](https://plex.mydomain.nl:443) Then hit save. Optional Settings \> Remote Access - Disable Remote Access Then remove your router port forward for 32400 What you’ll find is that remote access works. Hope this helped or makes sense at least. Here’s mine ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/3/4/e34287134eb64d86cd536cd9035f8dcdc7fa2bb3.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/a/4/0a48e6f1492f88962116f054096f78bc268e1296.jpeg) If you navigate to my site you’ll see it’s very much accessible, obviously just drop the port off the end of the address. ---
**Author:** ![luukburger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@luukburger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/luukburger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/3 "2025-01-25T14:59:26Z")
Thanks for the quick reply! I already noticed indeed that enabling/disabling “Remote Access” in the settings didn’t really do something. I feel the behaviour is still a bug though. 🙂 Anyway, I disabled “Remote Access” now indeed. About that “Custom server access URLs”. What does this actually do? What does “…published up to plex.tv for server discovery” mean? I don’t want the whole world to be streaming from my PMS or something. 🙂 I just made it publicly available to share with a few friends who I manually invited. For example: I just tried logging in when accessing **your URL**. Then I just end-up seeing my own library. But it does still show **your URL**. 🙂 I don’t understand now what comes from where. ---
**Author:** ![OG-StuartKicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc79bd/32.png) [@OG-StuartKicks](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OG-StuartKicks)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/4 "2025-01-25T15:11:43Z")
By ‘publishing’ the url, it means when your friends log into plex on their phone app or TV it knows what the actual link to use is ie your [domain.com](http://domain.com). The only people that can stream from you are those who you invite. Even with your server link I wouldn’t be able to authenticate on your server. ---
**Author:** ![luukburger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@luukburger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/luukburger)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/5 "2025-01-25T15:27:43Z")
Hmm, thanks! I found this comment to be useful in this context as well: [https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/15vlb3o/comment/kh9dgv1/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/15vlb3o/comment/kh9dgv1/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-access-when-using-reverse-proxy-own-domain-name/903516/6 "2025-04-25T15:28:14Z")
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