How To Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu server | Home Media Server and Personal Cloud
In this video, we install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu server so we can start streaming our media.
Here are the steps
1.Log in to putty or ssh into your server
2.Go to https://www.plex.tv/media-server-down...
3.choose your distribution in this case ubuntu intel/amd 64 bit or the arm version if using an arm device
4.Right click the link and click copy link location or link address
5.wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-...
----------------------------The above step will download plex server----------------------------------------
---------------------------After the download run this command -----------------------------
6.sudo dpkg -i name of the downloaded file (hint: press p then the tab key)
-----------------------------------------------------Run ------------------------------------------------------------
7.sudo apt update -y ; sudo apt upgrade -y
-------Setting the firewall-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver (this check and show your server is active)
9.sudo systemctl enable plexmediaserver (this makes sure your plex server is up when you reboot)
10.sudo ufw allow 32400/tcp
11.sudo ufw allow 32400/udp
------------------Access the plex server--------------------
On a web browser go to
12. youripofserver:32400/web/index.html
set up an account
Then continue with configuring the libraries to the mount we created.