# Install on Ubuntu Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Creations\ **Created:** [April 6, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103 "2015-04-06T01:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![S1naps1s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@S1naps1s](https://forums.plex.tv/u/S1naps1s)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/1 "2015-04-06T01:26:52Z")
I am new to Plex, Plex Connect, and Ubuntu. So, this may be a newb question, but how do I install Plex Connect on Ubuntu Server? Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but, I have looked all over and can't find anything that says it can be done. Please help! ---
**Author:** ![drewbie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drewbie/32/6262_2.png) [@drewbie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drewbie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/2 "2015-04-06T11:24:22Z")
[https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Linux](https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Linux) ? ---
**Author:** ![AltonV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/altonv/32/84340_2.png) [@AltonV](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AltonV)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/3 "2015-04-06T11:26:49Z")
Installation instructions are found here: [https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Linux](https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide-Linux) But they are more geared towards those with a desktop distro. ``` wget https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/archive/master.zip unzip master.zip sudo mv PlexConnect-master/ /usr/local/lib/PlexConnect openssl req -new -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -out ./trailers.pem -keyout ./trailers.key -x509 -days 7300 -subj "/C=US/CN=trailers.apple.com" openssl x509 -in ./trailers.pem -outform der -out ./trailers.cer && cat ./trailers.key >> ./trailers.pem mv trailers.* /usr/local/lib/PlexConnect/assets/certificates/ ``` After that you can run plexconnect manually with ``` sudo /usr/local/lib/PlexConnect/PlexConnect.py ``` If you want plexconnect to start automatically you need to create a startup script. Run ``` sudo nano /etc/init.d/plexconnect ``` and input this into the file ``` #!/bin/bash ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: plexconnect # Required-Start: plexmediaserver networking # Required-Stop: plexmediaserver networking # Default-Start: 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: This is the Plex Connect daemon # Description: This script starts the Plex Connect # Python scripts in a detached screen. ### END INIT INFO # Using the lsb functions to perform the operations. . /lib/lsb/init-functions # Process name ( For display ) NAME=PlexConnect # Daemon name, where is the actual executable DAEMON="/usr/bin/screen" DAEMON\_OPTS="-S PlexConnect -d -m /usr/local/lib/PlexConnect/PlexConnect.py" DAEMON\_USER=“root” # pid file for the daemon PIDFILE=/var/run/PlexConnect.pid # If the daemon is not there, then exit. test -x “$DAEMON” || exit 5 case $1 in start) # Checked the PID file exists and check the actual status of process if [-e $PIDFILE]; then status\_of\_proc -p $PIDFILE “$DAEMON $DAEMON\_OPTS” “$NAME process” && status=“0” || status="$?" # If the status is SUCCESS then don’t need to start again. if [$? = “0”]; then log\_success\_msg “Starting the process $NAME” exit # Exit fi fi # Start the daemon. # Start the daemon with the help of start-stop-daemon # Log the message appropriately if start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --startas $DAEMON -p $PIDFILE – ${DAEMON\_OPTS}; then while read line ; do [[$line =~ ([0-9]\*).PlexConnect ]] && echo ${BASH\_REMATCH[1]} ; done \< \<(screen -ls) \> $PIDFILE log\_success\_msg “Starting the process $NAME” else log\_failure\_msg “Starting the process $NAME” fi ;; stop) # Stop the daemon. if [-e $PIDFILE]; then status\_of\_proc -p $PIDFILE “$DAEMON DAEMON\_OPTS” “Stoppping the $NAME process” && status=“0” || status="$?" if [“$?” = 0]; then start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE /bin/rm -rf $PIDFILE log\_success\_msg ““Stopping the $NAME process”” fi else log\_failure\_msg “$NAME process is not running” fi ;; restart) # Restart the daemon. $0 stop && sleep 2 && $0 start ;; status) # Check the status of the process. if [-e $PIDFILE]; then status\_of\_proc -p $PIDFILE “$DAEMON $DAEMON\_OPTS” “$NAME process” && exit 0 || exit $? log\_success\_msg “$NAME process is running” else log\_failure\_msg “$NAME process is not running” fi ;; reload) $0 restart ;; \*) # For invalid arguments, print the usage message. echo “Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}” exit 2 ;; esac ``` _(Script taken from [this post](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/71220-linux-install-for-plex-connect/).)_   After that run ``` sudo apt-get -y install screen sudo chown root:root /etc/init.d/plexconnect sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/plexconnect sudo update-rc.d plexconnect defaults sudo service plexconnect start ``` Done. Go and setup your appletv. [https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide](https://github.com/iBaa/PlexConnect/wiki/Install-Guide) ---
**Author:** ![S1naps1s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@S1naps1s](https://forums.plex.tv/u/S1naps1s)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/4 "2015-04-06T19:16:32Z")
First off, thanks for your help, it worked 99% flawlessly. The only issue I have is this: When I type: ``` sudo update-rd.d plexconnect defaults ``` I get: ``` insserv: Service plexmediaserver has to be enabled to start service plexconnect insserv: exiting now! update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header ``` PMS IS running, I have tried stopping it and restarting it. Any suggestions or thoughts what I may be doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![AltonV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/altonv/32/84340_2.png) [@AltonV](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AltonV)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/5 "2015-04-06T23:30:18Z")
> First off, thanks for your help, it worked 99% flawlessly. The only issue I have is this: > When I type: > > ``` > sudo update-rd.d plexconnect defaults > ``` > I get: > ``` > insserv: Service plexmediaserver has to be enabled to start service plexconnect > insserv: exiting now! > update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header > ``` > PMS IS running, I have tried stopping it and restarting it. Any suggestions or thoughts what I may be doing wrong? Strange. It did work fine for me. You could try editing the /etc/init.d/plexconnect file and change ``` # Required-Start:    plexmediaserver networking # Required-Stop:     plexmediaserver networking ``` to ``` # Required-Start:    networking # Required-Stop:     networking ``` ---
**Author:** ![izznogooood](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/izznogooood/32/118410_2.png) [@izznogooood](https://forums.plex.tv/u/izznogooood)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/6 "2016-03-03T00:00:39Z")
I highly suggest that this guide be renamed and sticked to “Install as a service in Ubuntu”. Following the last post this works perfectly on 15.10 as well. I wish i knew about this a long time ago, this is genius… ---
**Author:** ![izznogooood](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/izznogooood/32/118410_2.png) [@izznogooood](https://forums.plex.tv/u/izznogooood)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/7 "2016-03-21T16:36:36Z")
Does anyone else have a problem with a reboot? My plexconnect then starts as: `Active (exited)` After a restart its back to: `Avtice (Running)` ---
**Author:** ![tommyprevatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@tommyprevatt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tommyprevatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/8 "2016-04-25T03:21:01Z")
> @AltonV said: > > Strange. It did work fine for me. > > You could try editing the /etc/init.d/plexconnect file and change > > # Required-Start:    plexmediaserver networking > > # Required-Stop:    plexmediaserver networking > > to > > # Required-Start:    networking > > # Required-Stop:    networking It worked with this edit for me! Didn’t work before. Thanks for the script! ---
**Author:** ![tommyprevatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@tommyprevatt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tommyprevatt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/9 "2016-04-25T03:28:21Z")
> @tommyprevatt said: > > > @AltonV said: > > > > Strange. It did work fine for me. > > > > You could try editing the /etc/init.d/plexconnect file and change > > > > # Required-Start:    plexmediaserver networking > > > > # Required-Stop:    plexmediaserver networking > > > > to > > > > # Required-Start:    networking > > > > # Required-Stop:    networking > > It worked with this edit for me! Didn’t work before. Thanks for the script! I take that back, after reboot it does not start… Isn’t there just some way to make linux run “./usr/local/lib/PlexConnect\_daemon.bash start” upon boot?? Because that command works every time… ---
**Author:** ![AltonV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/altonv/32/84340_2.png) [@AltonV](https://forums.plex.tv/u/AltonV)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/10 "2016-04-25T15:34:46Z")
> @tommyprevatt said: > > > @tommyprevatt said: > > > > > @AltonV said: > > > > > > Strange. It did work fine for me. > > > > > > You could try editing the /etc/init.d/plexconnect file and change > > > > > > # Required-Start:    plexmediaserver networking > > > > > > # Required-Stop:    plexmediaserver networking > > > > > > to > > > > > > # Required-Start:    networking > > > > > > # Required-Stop:    networking > > > > It worked with this edit for me! Didn’t work before. Thanks for the script! > > I take that back, after reboot it does not start… > > Isn’t there just some way to make linux run “./usr/local/lib/PlexConnect\_daemon.bash start” upon boot?? > Because that command works every time… You could use cron. Run “crontab -e” and it will open a file in your prefered editor. Add the line “@reboot ./usr/local/lib/PlexConnect\_daemon.bash start” without the quotes. ---
**Author:** ![izznogooood](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/izznogooood/32/118410_2.png) [@izznogooood](https://forums.plex.tv/u/izznogooood)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/11 "2016-05-05T08:55:07Z")
Take a look here: > **[Ubuntu 15+, Debian 8+, Raspbian (Jessie), Arch (or based) Autostart](http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/213637/ubuntu-15-debian-8-raspbian-jessie-guide-for-service-installation-autostart)** > > Prerequisites This guide assumes you already have Plexmediaserver up and running and am familiar with how to set a static IP (Which is needed for running plexconnect) Background Story (New users (fresh install) skip straight to How to install) I... ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/install-on-ubuntu-server/99103/12 "2020-01-08T18:55:50Z")