To add your media files for accessing them through Plex, click on the “ Add Library” button. Further, those of you who are planning to access the Plex outside their home network, don’t forget to select the box given for “ Allow me to access my media outside my home”, if not selected by default.

To identify your Media server easily over the network and in case you have multiple Plex servers under a single account, give some user-friendly name to it. This is an optional thing, if you want some advanced feature then subscribe to Plex pass plans, otherwise close it because we can do this later. Well, simply click on the GOT IT! button to move forward. You will see a glimpse of Infographics showing how the Plex Works.

If you don’t have an account with Plex, then use any given method to register one. Once you have the Plex Web, the user has to register the server in the Plex account he or she owns by logging in. Then on your local machine, you can use: -– ssh remote-server-ip -L 8888:localhost:32400 If your Ubuntu is running on some remote server, then to access the Plex configuration page for further setup, open an SSH Tunnel to remove the server on your local PC to access the Plex web setup. Plex server Port number is 32400 Note: Replace the server-IP address with your original server Ip-address.Īlso, if you are using the Firewall, then open port 32400 in that: sudo ufw allow 32400 For that simply open any web browser that can access the IP address of the Ubuntu 22.04 server where you have installed the Plex. Now, let’s access the web interface of the Plex Media Server to configure it further. sudo systemctl enable -now plexmediaserver If it is not active then use the given command to start and enable it. To confirm that the Plex media server is running the background fine. When it asks to update the Plex Media configuration file, then press Y and hit the Enter key. Here is the command: sudo apt install plexmediaserver Once we have everything set, it becomes very easy to install the Plex Media server just by using the APT Package Manager. Command to Install Plex for Ubuntu 22.04 Server Echo deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt//plexmediaserver.listģ.

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