Installing Plex on NAS DS218+

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Hello,

I am new to the community and new to the world of Synology and have much to learn. Thank you for the great information on this forum as it is helping me learn a lot.

I am trying to install Plex on my NAS DS218+, which based on the forum below…

…It appears it is possible. I have enabled SSH and gained access to my NAS but cannot find the INFO file (shown in forum above) to configure it. I attained root access but the file is not there. Is it as simple as creating it?

Will this file automatically place the app in the package center or automatically download the application?

It is not clear to me.

I tried to find more information on this but it alludes me. Can I please have more guidance.

Thank you.

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You don’t need to install it via SSH. I’ve written the installer to use Synology’s Package Center.

  1. Download the file (Intel 64 bit version for Synology) from downloads.plex.tv
  2. Open Package Center
  3. In Package Center - Settings - General. Alllow “Synology and trusted publishers”
  4. Save this
  5. Click “Manual Install”
  6. Browse to where you saved the SPK file you downloaded from Plex.
  7. Hightlight and OK it.
  8. Confirm with Package Center you want to install
  9. Let it complete the setup for you
  10. When complete, in a fresh browser tab, open http://ip.addr.of.syno:32400/web
  11. This will give you the “Got It” and sign in screens as it begins the first run setup wizard
  12. Your media shares are stored on /volume1 or some other volumes (depends how you configured)
  13. When you add a library, be certain the path shown is /volume1/movies (if creating a movie library of your files which are in the movies share. You will see it helps you browse to it

IF you don’t see your media, cancel out of the add for a moment.
Go to Control Panel - Shared Folders - Edit the share you’re trying to add.
Click “Permissions” and add user plex by giving it R/W permission
When you’re done you can go back and add that share again.

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Thank you both for the response.

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I had trouble installing 64-bit manually, getting the Operation Failed error. For anyone else, as shown in this thread try uploading the package in another browser. Chrome didn’t work for me but was fine in MS Edge (the old one, not the Chrome rebuild).