[HELP] Setup Plexconnect on a dedicate Server ?

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Hello all,

 

I have plan to rent a dedicate server (windows server) and host plex and plexconnect.

 

As a dedicate server they will give you one static ip so i have to setup anything else so the plexconnect will work remotely ?

I have on local pc plex and plexconnect and its working perfect but i dont know if i have to change anything so it will work directly from a dedicate server.

 

Anyone has any idea ?

 

Thank you.

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Are you planning to set this up in a data centre?
What is the reason for doing this instead of running it from home?
Bandwidth usage could become very expensive very quickly.

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Yes in a datacenter.


Not so much i7 16gb ram 6tb unmetered 100mb/s approximately 125euro per month


Because i want to stream it to my family and friends : 5-6 people.

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It is possible to configure it to work, but it is unsupported and at the moment you would share a watched status.

We would hope that full MyPlex support will be ready soon (almost all development effort is currently focused on getting a good implementation of this) and then remote access would be supported, along with proper multi user support.

I would wait a week or two to pull the trigger :wink:

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Thanks f00b4r that would be great


So the time isnt yet !! … But sooon :slight_smile:

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Now that myplex should work any idea how is this possible to work with a dedicate server;


Thanks.

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I am not sure you would need anything special apart from:

  • ensure that the MyPlex port is open
  • ensure the right version of Python is installed
  • ensure you make any necessary configuration changes for a server OS (there are plenty of threads for each OS)
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Oops just read you wanted to host PlexConnect there as well.

You will have to make some extra changes for that - there are a cpl of threads where people have set this up at a remote location.

The best thing to do is probably test with it setup at e.g. a friends house.

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F00b4r : i have made a test to see how to work this but i wasnt successfull.

From my home internet i open all the port from router so it can redirect to the plex server ( 53,80,443).

I went to my sister and i could connect to my plex server through web or for an android tv.

Then i put the apple tv and changed the dns to my static isp ip (home plex server) but apple tv was saying no trailer.

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But maybe its different in a dedicate server that has its own ip than from my home ip that using an isp;

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Here is the log. It show that it is connected but apple tv is saying trailer is unavailable

19:48:00 PlexConnect: started: 19:48:00
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting enable_plexconnect_autodetect=true
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting ip_plexconnect=192.168.1.5
19:48:00 PlexConnect: IP_self (from settings): 192.168.1.5
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting enable_dnsserver=True
19:48:00 DNSServer: started: 19:48:00
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting port_dnsserver=53
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting ip_dnsmaster=8.8.8.8
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting prevent_atv_update=True
19:48:00 DNSServer: ***
19:48:00 DNSServer: DNSServer: Serving DNS on 192.168.1.5 port 53.
19:48:00 DNSServer: intercept: ['trailers.apple.com', 'atv.plexconnect'] => 192.168.1.5
19:48:00 DNSServer: restrain: ['mesu.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com', 'appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net'] => 127.0.0.1
19:48:00 DNSServer: forward other to higher level DNS: 8.8.8.8
19:48:00 DNSServer: ***
19:48:00 WebServer: started: 19:48:00
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting port_webserver=80
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting enable_webserver_ssl=True
19:48:00 WebServer: ***
19:48:00 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTP on 192.168.1.5 port 80.
19:48:00 WebServer: ***
19:48:00 ATVSettings: init class CATVSettings
19:48:00 ATVSettings: load settings
19:48:00 WebServer: started: 19:48:00
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting port_ssl=443
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting certfile=./assets/certificates/trailers.pem
19:48:00 Settings: getsetting certfile=./assets/certificates/trailers.pem
19:48:00 WebServer: ***
19:48:00 WebServer: WebServer: Serving HTTPS on 192.168.1.5 port 443.
19:48:00 WebServer: ***
19:48:29 DNSServer: DNS request received!
19:48:29 DNSServer: Source: ('5.203.29.25', 47734)
19:48:29 DNSServer: Domain: trailers.apple.com
19:48:29 DNSServer: ***intercept request
19:48:29 DNSServer: -> DNS response: 192.168.1.5
19:48:31 DNSServer: DNS request received!
19:48:31 DNSServer: Source: ('5.203.29.25', 47734)
19:48:31 DNSServer: Domain: trailers.apple.com
19:48:31 DNSServer: ***intercept request
19:48:31 DNSServer: -> DNS response: 192.168.1.5
 

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You might want to give a better detailed overview of your setup including IP addresses etc.
The above shows you using local IP addressing, this will mean nothing to machines away from your LAN.

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I run my Plex server also dedicated - it's a lot of effort if you want to lock the system from the outside - with MyPlex everything is now simple - best lock on the server all ports and release individually - and the port for the DNS to Apple TV I would release only via firewall addresses to static IP addresses or via script on DynDNS.. ;-)
 
Without MyPlex you had to share in addition to a cron job or daemon IP addresses from DynDNS..
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