# 2 plex servers
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516
**Category:** Plex Media Server
**Tags:** server-linux
**Created:** [July 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516 "2023-07-26T20:28:58Z")
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### Author:  [@yaaol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yaaol)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/1 "2023-07-26T20:28:58Z")
Server Version#: 1.32.5.7349
I have a plex server in a virtual machine in a hypervisor. Everything works. But I need to create a new virtual machine with plex on the same server. I have a video card wired there. After installing the server part of plex I go to the address ip:32400 and get to the standard shell. Here I see only my old server, although I connect to the ip of the new one. I tried creating another virtual machine in a different house on a different physical server with a different internet and there is no problem. When I connect by ip:32400 server I see two servers. I can’t figure out what the problem could be. I will be very grateful for help
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### Author:  [@kahilzinger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kahilzinger)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/2 "2023-07-26T20:41:50Z")
You will have to change the port on the second server to something like 32401 and make sure you do whatever NAT or port listening on your firewall/router, too.
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### Author:  [@yaaol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yaaol)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/3 "2023-07-26T20:49:57Z")
Thank you very much for your reply. How can I change the port on the second server through the config? Without going to the web
And just for fun, can I not change the port on the server, but forward it through the router from 32400 to 32401? Would that be a solution?
And one more question. How long before the port is applied and it becomes visible in the web of my plex
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### Author:  [@kahilzinger](https://forums.plex.tv/u/kahilzinger)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/4 "2023-07-26T21:02:01Z")
I do it on the web or Plex client in the dashboard under the configuration.
I would not think just allowing 32400-32401 would do it because on my firewall, I have to tell it what internal IP to forward the traffic to.
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/5 "2023-07-26T22:34:05Z")
You can only access the newly installed server on port 32400 locally, using the IP address assigned to the new VM from within the same subnet. If you’re trying to setup the server from a different network, you could use a SSH tunnel to do this.
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/)
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The remarks on using a separate port refer to how you can access the server remotely afterwards… if you have multiple servers running on the same home network, you’ll need to assign a different public port to each of them when setting up a manual port forward in your router.
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### Author:  [@yaaol](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yaaol)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/6 "2023-08-20T01:16:04Z")
The solution to the problem was to connect via ssh
ssh -L 8888:127.0.0.0.1:32400 ip.address.of.server
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/2-plex-servers/848516/7 "2023-11-18T01:16:17Z")
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