#Access plex remotely free#

Since IPs for a container can change, this is the best way to setup the rule so we don’t need to worry about updating destination IPs for our rules. Docker will resolve the container names to the correct IP addresses each container is assigned. Note, I used the hostnames, plex, for the destinations. docker -it exec pktriot_plex pktriot tunnel http add -domain -destination plex -http 32400ĭocker -it exec pktriot_plex pktriot tunnel tcp forward -port 22213 -destination plex -dstport 32400 Use the following commands to create the rules we need, we’ll be creating an HTTPS and TCP rule. However, and this is a nuance that advance Plex users will probably understand right away, if we set the security to tighter restrictions then only our TCP routing will work correctly. Our rules are going to route traffic from the Internet to the Plex container listening on port 32400. We’re going to setup an HTTPS traffic rule using the hostname we were assigned and the TCP port that we allocated. Hostname: ĭocker exec pktriot_plex pktriot tunnel tcp allocate Let’s print out the tunnel details and allocate a TCP port. Since this is a streaming service you want low latency. Choose a region that is generally close where you would be accessing your Plex Media Server. We’ll use the -login method to quickly setup the client. We’ll need to configure this tunnel first with the following command: docker exec -it pktriot_plex pktriot configure -login Your Packetriot client is running as a container and is named pktriot_plex.

#Access plex remotely free#

Feel free to try it out, but we’re assuming this option will not work for you. If this is a fresh installation for you, you’ll walk through a wizard that enable you to use the automatic (UPnP) mechanism to open up ports on your router. Create a new Plex account or log into your existing account. Once all of the containers are built, visit in your browser. It will setup the volumes, expose the ports and start up the containers. You use the command docker-compose up -d and it will create a new network, pull down the images for Plex and the Packetriot client. I put my docker-compose.yml in here and when I define the volumes that are mounted into the container, I specify them to exist in here as well. When I worked with compose I tend to make a directory for the system of containers, e.g. Using Docker compose defines the entire environment in one place which simplifies our walkthrough and we can focus on traffic rules.īelow is our compose file. You can setup Packetriot on your system in several different ways, especially if you’re an advanced user. I added a separate network for Plex and a container for the Packetriot client. I took the compose file from Plex and updated it a bit. We want to focus on the traffic rules for your Packetriot client and configuration changes we make to Plex. I’m not really a Plex user, although, after writing this walkthrough I saw how much better it is then the sets of applications I currently use for streaming my music collection.įor this walkthrough we’ll quickly setup up Plex using Docker and docker-compose. Let me first state that this isn’t a tutorial for setting up Plex. Carrier-Grade NAT is much like the NAT utilized on your router except there is a separate address space (100.64.0.0/10) to handle the millions of customers on that ISP network. This was my users’ problem and there is no way around it. This doesn’t always work and didn’t work for me when I tried it out.Īnother issue, which can’t be helped at all, is if the ISP you receive service from uses Carrier-Grade NAT (CG-NAT). Plex can sometimes be exposed by making changes to your home router, it will even try to set that up automatically via UPnP. pktriot tunnel http add -domain -destination -http 32400.pktriot tunnel tcp forward -port -destination -dstport 32400.Allocate a TCP port with the Packetriot client.TLDR Īlready a Packetriot and Plex ninja? Here’s the short version: Plex manages your music, movies, photos and media. While we worked together on setting it up he explained that a lot of Plex users want to do the same but there’s all kinds of barriers to setting it up. I recently helped a user with setting up some traffic rules to access Plex remotely.