Fortigate Rules Plex Media Server

My Dell C1100 server (Plex media server) is connected on the LAN interface and all of my Rokus and other streaming devices are segregated onto the IoT VLAN. I have a firewall rule stating that anything on the 192.168.2.xxx (IoT VLAN) network CAN NOT talk to any devices on the 192.168.1.xxx (LAN) network but anything from LAN CAN talk to the IoT. In an alert published Wednesday, network monitoring firm Netscout warned of an exploit against Plex Media Server, a media library and streaming system that runs on a variety of platforms. Plex Media Servers are great for storing and accessing all your movies, tv shows, and other media. Unfortunately, Plex Server hardware can be expensive, electricity intensive, or both. To reduce both bills, use a Raspberry Pi for a Plex Server. Tl;dr: If publishing your Plex Server behind a Fortigate running FortiOS 6.0.2 and you want to use a second static IP address for your server, you have to create the VIP and NOT use port forwarding. After you create the VIP, then you can set your IPv4 Policy to allow TCP32400 to the VIP. 29 comments 76% Upvoted.

Overview

This article explains how to configure Nat Port Forwarding for Web Server on the Fortigate firewall device, so that external users can access the Web Server inside the local network

Fortigate Rules Plex Media Server

How to configure

  • Log in to Fortigate by Admin account
  • Firewall Object -> Choose Virtual IPs -> Click Create New
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  • Name for Nat rule
  • In External Interface: Choose Port WAN of device
  • In External IP Address/Range: Enter IP WAN of device
  • In Mapped IP Address/Range: Enter IP of Web Server
  • Tick in Port Forwarding
  • In Protocol: Choose TCP
  • In External Service Port: Enter 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS
  • In Map to Port: Enter for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS
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-> Click OK to save

  • Policy -> Click Create New
  • In Incoming Interface: Choose Port WAN of device
  • In Source Address: Choose All
  • In Outgoing Interface: Choose Port LAN of device
  • In Destination Address: Choose Web Server was created before
  • In Service: Choose HTTP
  • Tick in Enable NAT

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-> Click OK to save

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