
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. You can consider securing your Plex Media Server with Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate.Looking for a home media server to stream movies, tv shows or music? Plex is a great solution. ProxyPass / ProxyPassReverse / Secure Plex Media Server with Let’s Encrypt SSL

Plex Media server will start scanning for the files on added Libraries, and you should be ready to play files with Plex Media Player or any other applications. You should now be ready to finish Library and server setup.

Various types are avalailabel – Movies, TV Shows, Music, Photos and Other Videos.īrowse to the Path that contains the files to add and click the “ Add Library” button.

Here you’re asked to Add your Library folders. Provide the name of your Plex Media Server and click next. Once the signup is complete, you should get the first setup page. On first access to the website, you’ll be redirected to login page, you can sign in using your Facebook account, Gmail or Email. To configure PMS remotely, you must first create an SSH tunnel (setup can only be done from localhost) $ ssh ip.address.of.server -L 8888:localhost:32400 Once you start the service, head over to for configuration of PMS.

Plex provides a web interface that you can use to configure it. To start it, run: sudo systemctl start rviceĮnable service to start on boot: sudo systemctl enable rvice Configuring Plex Media Server Once the installation is complete, you can start it using systemd, the service unit for both Arch Linux and Ubuntu is rvice. Install Plex using yaourt: $ yay -S plex-media-server Start plex service:
