Server Version#: latest Player Version#: latest I’m a software developer so not afraid of a linux command line, however I cannot for the life of me (after 5 hours) get a linux server back online. I’ve tried to remove entries from Preferences.xml in order to re-authenticate the server but it still…

Managed to remove Preferences.xml completely and re-log into the server. I was then told it wasn’t secure and I needed to Claim it. Which I did, only to then be greeted with: [image]

How can I “Open Plex” from the mac or windows system tray when this is a remote headless linux VM? What a joke…

Is your server hosted at Hetzner by any chance?

Yes it is! But it’s worked 100% of the time until recently. Is the hosting provider the problem? Thanks for your help!

Unfortunately Plex have recently blocked the whole of Hetzner ip addresses, so you can no longer use Plex on Hetzner servers .

Huh? Why would Plex do that? Why do they care where my server is?

There is a huge thread here: [image] Not Allowed to use Hetzner Plex Media Server Did anybody else receive notices about Plex shutting down access to servers hosted with Hetzner? Is anyone else pissed off about that?

[image] blim5001: Hetzner Right. Well I had zero notification of this, have wasted hours of my life trying to figure out what’s going on, and quite frankly I’m massively pissed off that Plex are now getting into the business of blocking IP addresses of servers people are paying for to run th…

Existing server showing offline - cannot get it back for love nor money

Plex Media Server

blim5001 November 1, 2023, 10:56pm 8

There is a huge thread here:

Topic		Replies	Views
Plex Server Unreachable Plex Media Server server-linux	3	336	December 23, 2021
Server currently unavailable Plex Media Server server-windows	21	230	February 19, 2025
One of two Plex servers disappeared from app and plex.tv Plex Media Server server-windows , server-linux	24	352	May 8, 2025
Plexunreachable Plex Media Server server-windows	2	71	January 11, 2023
Server went bonkers, then became inaccessible Plex Media Server server-linux	9	139	March 1, 2024

Existing server showing offline - cannot get it back for love nor money

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