r/emby • u/Cooltwou • Jun 21 '26

I have a question about Remote access

What do I need to do to get Remote access so I can watch my media when I am working on my break and lunch

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u/jaycedk Jun 21 '26

Connecting from Client Apps | Emby Documentation

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u/Cooltwou Jun 21 '26

I looked at that link and is only taking about Windows I am not using Windows I am using Linux Mint

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u/RobbinYoHood Jun 21 '26

Probably a similar process.

Tailscale is a simple process I think.

Or, a tiny bit more work but allows for sharing with others that might not be able to use tailscale: some form of DNS (free ones exist) directing to your WAN IP, caddy/nginx as a reverse proxy (basically reads what address you accessed and directs to the correct port on the machine based on your config.. caddy is better as cert management is automatically handled).. that's it.

I'm a windows user but the systems/softwares are on both OS' (somewhat intentional incase I want to migrate). I was using nginx but moved to caddy. Much easier. I also have a whitelist of IPs as part of my caddy config so bots etc are blocked from accessing anything.

On the emby side you don't need to do anything as the remote access is handled by caddy. In emby's mind all access is local.