Click DONE to complete the Plex Media Setup.

Click the BROWSE FOR MEDIA FOLDER and choose the media folder manually or type the folder path you created earlier and then click ADD.

On the Plex Media Server set up, click on ADD LIBRARY and select the Library type based on your media folder type and then Name the library.

Leave the box checked for – Allow me to access my media outside my home.

Set the Plex Server Name on the next screen and click the Next.

Close the Plex Pass pop-up if you do not want to subscribe for Plex pass features.

Once you sign in or up for the new account, you will get the How Plex Works page. So, sign to your Plex account through Google, Facebook, Apple, or Email account or create a new Plex account with the email by clicking on Sign up with email.2.

To use the Plex server, you will need to grant access to this newly installed Plex Media Server on your Plex account.

Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver. You should see the following output: ? rvice - Plex Media Server

Next, you can verify the status of the Plex service with the following command: systemctl status plexmediaserver Once Plex media server is installed, start the Plex service and enable it to start at system reboot with the following command: systemctl start plexmediaserver systemctl enable plexmediaserver Once the Plex media server package is downloaded, you can install it using the following command: dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.-a78fef9a9_b You can download it with the following command: wget Once your packages are updated, you can proceed to the next step.įirst, you will need to download the latest version of the Plex media server from the Plex official website. You can update them with the following command: apt-get update -y

Prerequisitesįirst, you will need to update your system packages to the latest version. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Plex media server with Nginx as a reverse proxy on Ubuntu 20.04 server. Plex has a lot of features some of them are listed below:

You can access the media stored on the Plex server from smart TV, smartphone and streaming box using the Plex media client.

It supports many operating systems including, Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, macOS, and many more. Plex is a powerful and feature-rich media streaming server that can be used to organize your video, music, and photo, and stream them to remote the remote devices from anywhere.

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