Centos - can't find servers

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Server Version#: latest
Player Version#: n/a

I has this problem years ago, but with the latest discount with the Plex pass, thought it would be good to try Plex again.

Fresh install, installation went fine. Linked to my Plex account. It logs in, and endlessly searches for servers.

Accessing via http://ipaddress:32400 which connects and pings fine on my local network.

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This may not have anything to do with your issue, I dunno, but as I recall,
when I installed Plex on Centos 7, I disabled firewalld and SElinux.
Good luck.

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If your browser is signed into app.plex.tv , sign it out.
Use an incognito window when attempting to connect to the host on your LAN

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Thanks for the suggestion. Tried this but no luck.

Also if I install on another host, the same issue occurs. Quite odd…

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Stop Plex on the hosts.
Manually create a tarball.gz of the logs (/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs) (tar cfz style)

Attach the tar.gz.

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logs.tar.gz (87.1 KB)

Done.

I have also tried a few more things…

  • Created a new account and logged in.
  • Deleted the Preference.xml file
  • I noticed that I never get a “Setup” wizard at any point. Even on a new fresh install.
  • I have tried completely uninstalling, deleting the /var/lib/plexmediaserver application folder and reinstalling.
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You are attempting to claim / get control of the server through the Public IP.
PMS does not allow this (protects your server from being hijacked should it ever get signed out)

  1. Sign into the machine via SSH but open the SSH tunnel to it simultaneously.
    ssh -L 8888:127.0.0.1:32400 ip.addr.of.host
  2. Rename the “Preferences.xml” to “Preferences.xml-prev” (keeps the ID info)
  3. Let this session sit idle
  4. Return to the local desktop
  5. Sign out Plex/web
  6. Open an incognito browser window
  7. Be greeted by the Got-It , sign on, and then setup wizard
  8. Proceed through normally, EXCEPT -
    a. GIve this server a unique “Friendly name” until deconfliction can be performed.
    b. DO NOT     create new library sections. SKIP
  9. Setup preferences along the way.
  10. When you arrive at the dash, the server is yours.

Now, if you wish to keep the old server instance, you will need transfer the ID numbers
If you don’t care about the old server instance, we can delete it.

Please advise your wishes .

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Thanks for this. Should I be accessing it using localhost:8888 in a browser? or the normal IPAddress:32400?

I would assume this would make it so that http://localhost:8888/ on the local desktop would load plex from the plex server. However, I just got an XML dump. IS this normal?

After following your directions otherwise (Still accessing via IPaddress:32400 I still get no setup screen or anything where I can name the server.

Definitely do not need any old servers. Please delete them.

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No… Use 127.0.0.1 as instructed. Some distros resolve localhost to the IPv6 address. I specifically want you to use the IPv4 loopback.

You will delete the old server instances, once in, from Settings - Authorized Devices - Servers (Upper left of web page)

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When I try to access http://127.0.0.1:8888

I get an xml document returned that has info about Plex. No actual webpage

Edit

Nevermind forgot the /web
Everything is working now!

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Don’t forget to delete the old server(s).

It would take serious digging by the operations team to find your server info and delete it.
It’s WAY easier with the GUI.

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