How do I log in to Plex?

1. In the panel, open My servers and click your server.
2. On the Overview tab, wait for the App row to say "Plex is ready". The page refreshes itself.
3. Copy the IP address from the Connection address row.
4. On your computer, open a terminal and run ssh -L 8888:localhost:32400 root@IP-address. Take the password from the Password row. Plex links to your account only from the local network, hence the tunnel.
5. Open http://localhost:8888/web in your browser, log in with your Plex account and link the server to it. Keep the terminal open.
6. Upload your media over SFTP to the /opt/seturack/plex/medya folder on the server, and add that folder as a library in Plex: /data.

Further down the page, the Username row and the Password row below it are for SSH. Don't use them to log in to Plex.

Good to know

• Once your account is linked, the server appears in your Plex server list and the tunnel isn't needed. Remote access uses port 32400/TCP, and the server's public address is announced to Plex.
• Your server is in a data center, so every video playback counts as remote for Plex. That needs a Plex Pass on the admin account or a Remote Watch Pass on the viewing account (music and photos are exempt). These are paid to Plex and are not in the price.
• The server has no graphics card, so video transcoding runs on the CPU.
• Only ports 32400 and 22 (for SSH) are open to the outside.

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