Posts about plex

Using a Google TV streaming device with Tailscale to remotely stream my Plex library while on vacation
October 28, 2025
I have a Plex Pass subscription, unfortunately Plex's built-in remote access won't work behind CGNAT, so I use Tailscale to securely access my Plex library and entire home network when I'm not home. Aside from streaming music or video from my phone or tablet at work, I've also started taking a Google TV stick on vacation with me, and with the Tailscale and Plex apps I can to stream my library of movies, TV shows and music from anywhere that has a TV and Wi-Fi.
Bypass the Plex Pass and Remote Watch Pass requirements for Plex remote access by using Tailscale
May 17, 2025
Beginning April 29th, 2025 the pricing for Plex Pass increased at the same time that remote access got paywalled behind it. Plex no longer allows streaming your own content outside of your home network without paying for Plex Pass, or the new Remote Watch Pass. You can bypass these paywalls, at least for now, by using Tailscale.
How to expose Plex to share your library with others from behind CGNAT using Tailscale and a free Oracle Cloud instance
September 3, 2024
I wrote before about sharing my Plex library via Cloudflare Tunnel, but that is technically against their TOS and liable to get your account in trouble. So I switched to using a free-tier Oracle VM, securely connecting it to my home network via Tailscale, and exposing Plex via reverse proxy on the VM. It works like a charm!
How to expose Plex to share your library with others from behind CGNAT with Cloudflare Tunnel
July 15, 2024
Exposing Plex to share your library with other users normally involves port forwarding from the router, which is very insecure and not recommended. If your home network is behind CGNAT - very common with most ISPs nowadays -- you can't even port forward if you wanted to. Here's how I did it in a fairly secure way that limits access by using Cloudflare.
Setup self-hosted Plex Media Server in Docker
October 17, 2022
Plex Media Server is one of the most popular services to self-host since serves your personal media library -- videos, music and even photos -- with a nice Netflix-like UI. Though you can install and run it bare-metal, the most common and easiest way is in a Docker container. Here's how.