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Help me understand Remote connection configuration


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I have Emby server proxied through Nginx.  It works fine for local and remote connections.  But I'm curious why I have to have Allow Remote Connections enabled in this configuration.  The proxy is on the same local network as Emby; doesn't that make all connections to Emby local ones?

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Remote in this case means truly remote, so that is why.

Posted

Well, yeah, I figured that, but how does it know?  As far as Emby is concerned, shouldn't it only be seeing local requests?  How does it know what's on the other side of the proxy?

Posted

Based on headers such as x-forwarded-for and others. It has to know the difference or a number of features based on connection type would not be able to work correctly.

Posted

Got it, thanks.

In this situation, does the server need to be linked to an Emby account at all, or can it operate entirely independently just using manual logins?

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It does not need to be.

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