Hi JEP! First of all, and this is important:
Which platform are you running the Plastic SCM Server on? (Windows / macOS / GNULinux) What flavor of the server are you using? (regular / .NET Core bundle).
It is completely doable to acces a server remotely - you just need to use the secure port. By default it is 7179, and it requires your Plastic SCM server to listen in a SSL port as well (as it uses the same certificate). Let me elaborate:
You see, starting in release 9.0.16.4392, we changed how the WebAdmin listens to requests. The ports I'm going to talk about are defined in server.conf (but might not appear if you use their default value).
Port WebAdminToolPort (by default 7178) listens ONLY through HTTP, and attends only requests from localhost. This cannot be changed, and it works this way to prevent security issues.
Port WebAdminToolSslPort (by default, 7179) listens ONLY through HTTPS, and attends requests both from localhost and any other origin.
The WebAdmin starts its 7179 port ONLY if you also have a SSL port defined in your network.conf. This is because the WebAdmin uses the same certificate as the "regular" Plastic SCM server ports. You can add an SSL port by editing your network.conf file and adding the "security" property to the port you want to securize.
[
{
"port": 8084
},
{
"security": "ssl",
"port": 8085
}
]
Let me know if you could access your Plastic SCM server!