Next it'll bring you to the server install page and pop up a Plex Pass subscription notice, just click the X button on the popup to close it and continue to the installation. Just click the "Got it!" button to continue.
If you don't have a Plex account go to the Plex website and register an account with them, then login and access the Terms of Service.ġ1.) Once you agree it'll bring you to a page that goes over how Plex works. You might be require to login to your Plex account first, if so, just login. Once the page loads we need to agree with the Terms of Service. Once the SSH connection is open, and the Plex media server is running in the step #5 above, go to your web browser on your PC and enter in or go to the following URL: 10.) Now we're accessing the Plex media server that we setup remotely via the SSH tunnel. Now click the 'Add' button then click 'Open' to start the SSH connection.ĩ.) Once you click 'Open' enter your server details like normal.
In the "Destination" field type in "localhost:32400". Now type into the "Source Port" field the port 8888 as shown in the screenshot below. Download and open PuTTy then enter in the server IP:Ĩ.) Now click the "+ SSH" tab near the bottom on the left hand side where the category choices are, then click "Tunnels". If you are get an "semodule: command not found" error on an OpenVZ VPS ou can simply ignore this.ĥ.) Lets set the Plex service to run at boot and start it:Ħ.) Now run " systemctl status rvice " to check that it's running properly, the output should look something like this:ħ.) Now to complete the server installation we need to create a temporary SSH tunnel from our PC to the server that the Plex media server is running on. For this we'll right click the "CentOS 64-bit (RPM for CentOS 6 or newer)" and copy the link to install on our server.ģ.) Now lets install the package from the RPM link we got above by running the following command (replace the link with the newest RPM from their website above):Ĥ.) Now it should quickly install in a couple of setings. It should pop up a small list of packages to download. Change the drop down selection from Windows to Linux then click the "Download" button. Go to then click the Download button under "Download Plex Media Server". This guide is written for CentOS 7, but can usually be done on other Linux distributions by replacing package installation commands accordingly.ġ.) First lets always run an update on our server to get new packages if available:Ģ.) Now lets grab the latest Plex server package from their website. Check out how to setup a working remote Plex Media Server below. Utilizing a remote server to store your media content can sometimes be better due to easily scalable space on most hosting platforms. Looking for a home media server to stream movies, tv shows or music? Plex is a great solution.
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