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Plex Media Server UFW rule

/etc/ufw/applications.d/plexmediaserver

[plexmediaserver]
title=Plex Media Server (Standard)
description=The Plex Media Server
ports=32400/tcp|3005/tcp|5353/udp|8324/tcp|32410:32414/udp

[plexmediaserver-dlna]
title=Plex Media Server (DLNA)
description=The Plex Media Server (additional DLNA capability only)
ports=1900/udp|32469/tcp

[plexmediaserver-all]
title=Plex Media Server (Standard + DLNA)
description=The Plex Media Server (with additional DLNA capability)
ports=32400/tcp|3005/tcp|5353/udp|8324/tcp|32410:32414/udp|1900/udp|32469/tcp

Once you have defined your application file tell ufw to reload the application definitions with:

ufw app update plexmediaserver

Use it with:

ufw allow plexmediaserver-all
@wax911

wax911 commented Nov 30, 2019

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Thank you, also worked for me too 💯

@jonathan-dejong

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Works well for me as well :)
Remember that if you're not a root user (usually you should not be) you'll need sudo before each command.

@Baledin

Baledin commented Jun 4, 2020

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Fantastic, ty

@x-limitless-x

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Thank you!

@BNolet

BNolet commented Apr 3, 2022

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You are a gentleman and a scholar, hats off to you!

@naxels

naxels commented Apr 24, 2022

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Awesome, thanks!

ghost commented Jun 15, 2022

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noice

@Lueton

Lueton commented Sep 6, 2022

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thanks a lot!

@rcland12

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Thank you so much!

@arlenreyb

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Works perfectly, and I even learned how ufw app lists worked in the process. Thanks!

@cjLGH

cjLGH commented Jan 16, 2025

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Works perfectly, and I even learned how ufw app lists worked in the process. Thanks!

same, thanks for this 👍

@raphaelmaria

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Thanks, This is solved my problem with Plex.

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