Step 3.4 - Adding your librariesĬreate a directory on your server or do the following on your existing media files.Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Once you can access the Plex Media Server properly from your server's public IP, You can stop the tunneling and keep using the Plex Media Server via your server's public IP. On the left sidebar, You will see an option "More" just click on it, you'll now be able to find your Plex Media Server's friendly name on the top just click on it. Now that you've completed the setup prompt, You can open the Plex Media Server page by opening Please note that it is recommended to use Plex Media Server behind a reverse proxy (nginx/apache) with SSL (letsencrypt) for added security. Step 3.3 - Access Plex Media Server over Internet Make sure the "Allow me access my media outside my home" option remains enabled.įor the remaining 2 tabs, just hit "Next" because those can be configured later on. Simply click on "Got it!" button and then it shows you this screen asking friendly name (just change it whatever you want to call it): Login with your existing account or via Google, or sign up via email.Īfter you login, it will show you "How Plex Works" page: To access the GUI, open on your web browser.
Step 3.2 - Access GUI for ConfigurationĪfter successfully connecting to the SSH Tunnel, You are all set to configure everything else via GUI. Now when you try to open on your web browser it should give some output.Īs soon as you close the CMD/Bash instance the SSH tunneling will be gone so make sure you keep the terminal open in the background. If you're on Windows run it on CMD or if you're on linux then use your bash shell.
To access the server's localhost on our localhost we need to setup SSH tunneling by running one simple command. If you already have a local Plex Media Server installed, you need to stop it & then verify by opening it should not give any output before doing any of the steps mentioned below. To get the Plex Media Server setup page we need to have access to localhost of our server such that when we open it should open from the server instead of our own localhost.
Rich rules: Step 3 - Configure Plex Media ServerĪfter successfully installing Plex Media Server on your server, we can proceed further to configuration of Plex Media Server. Services: ssh dhcpv6-client plexmediaserver
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