Plex and Port Forwarding

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I am using OPNsense 25.7.4. I have two interfaces, WAN and LAN, with no VLANs or other bridged. I have Plex installed on a media server.

To get Plex working I performed the following steps:

1. Access System : Settings : Administration
   1.1. Web GUI : Protocol: HTTPS
   1.2. Web GUI : TCP port: 8443
   1.3. Web GUI : HTTP Redirect: checked
2. Access Firewall : Categories and click Add
   2.1. Colour: yellow
   2.2. Name: media
3. Access Firewall : Aliases and click Add
   3.1. Enabled: checked
   3.2. Name: server_media
   3.3. Type: Host(s)
   3.4. Category: media
   3.5. Content: ip address of media server
   3.6. Description: Media server
4. Access Firewall : NAT : Port Forward and click Add
   4.1. Interface: WAN
   4.2. TCP/IP Version: IPv4
   4.3. Protocol: TCP
   4.4. Destination: WAN address
   4.5. Destination Port Range From: 32400
   4.6. Destination Port Range To: 32400
   4.7. Redirect Target IP: server_media (alias)
   4.8. Redirect Target Port: 32400
   4.9. Category: media
   4.10. Description: plex
   4.11. NAT Reflection: Enable
   4.12. Filter Rule Association: Add associated filter rule
5. Access Firewall : Rules : WAN and check the associated plex rule has been created
6. Launch Plex and view your settings using your admin account then access Server : Settings : Remote Access to view the status

This was all that was needed to provision external access.