Weekly Advice / No Stupid Questions Post

This is part of a weekly series of Plex Advice threads for novices and pros alike to ask questions, give advice, troubleshoot, and share knowledge and resources! Please be polite and helpful to beginners just getting started out, and we want to be as welcoming as we can to newcomers to this community.

Common subjects can include:

  • Plex Media Server setup
  • System requirements and advice buying components
  • Advice choosing the operating system that’s right for you
    • Getting started with a new operating system (eg. Linux, macOS, etc.)
  • Advanced setup and configuration
  • Help with PMS add-ons:
    • Docker
    • VPN advice
    • Setup / configuration of the *arr family of apps (Sonarr, Radarr, etc.)

Anyone who posts good starter guides, FAQs, and/or wikis may get their links added to the sidebar so the rest of the community can benefit!

Cheers!

Useful Resources

  • Sharmat@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I can’t speak for Jellyfin as I haven’t used it, but in Plex you can set a reverse proxy to connect to it and all, but it isn’t necessary. In mine, I run it in a VPS with just the port exposed to the internet, every other port is blocked externally in ufw. And for me and a friend that uses, it works perfectly well regardless of the network or location.