# How do I log in to Plex?

https://www.seturack.com/en/knowledgebase/article/how-to-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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