Registered · Cross-platform

8920 Jellyfin HTTPS

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Jellyfin media server HTTPS.

When / why

Secure home media streaming.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 8920

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 8920

Allow TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="8920" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 8920 accept

Allow TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 8920 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-jellyfinhttps-8920 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 8920

Inbound rule for 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=8920,ToPort=8920,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-jellyfinhttps-8920 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:8920 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Jellyfin HTTPS 8920/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8920 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Jellyfin HTTPS 8920/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8920 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 8920 (Jellyfin HTTPS). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.