So had a prolonged ISP outage today. Went to attempt to verify that Plex would work in this “offline” mode. It did not. All I got were messages:
Plex is not reachable.
Make sure your server has an internet connection and any firewalls or other programs are set to
allow access.
This message was shown when accessing the server on http://localhost:32400/web/. As I understand that this should work in order to access content locally. I wasn’t able to collect any logs due to not being able to get at the server.
Not exactly… you should be able to use already authorized clients — at least until they require a refresh of this authorization (by confirming it via an internet connection). So when you’re playing a movie in your home network and the internet goes down, there should be no interruption (same if you continue using the client etc.).
When you tested this… did you already use the locally installed version of Plex Web from that machine / with that browser (for that particular version of Plex Web)?
As for logs… I don’t think they’re needed with this specific topic. However… this support article also describes how to manually find/access log files when you cannot access them via the troubleshooting section of Plex itself: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/
If you are sign into server then you need to sign into an app. it does not matter if you are on localhost.
App will cache the login. If you explicitly log out of app, as opposed to just closing it then it looses it cached credentials. Some apps like the Smart TV apps can only store it while the app remains open and the TV is not turned off or unplugged from the wall because their cacheing is not great because most TVs have so little memory. Older firesticks also have little memory
I suggest adding 127.0.01 and local IP of your computer that you do server management on through web app (even if same as server) in the List of IP addresses and networks that are allowed without auth network setting. You can also add local devices IP. Obviously this is a concern if you live with other folks since if log out it will grant access too, which I why I only suggest doing it on computer you manage it with and add/remove others as you need them.
So to setup an “offline” proof environment, I need to set my local net to be able to access without signing in? That kind of goes against what was stated in a previous post.
That is good to know and I will test that out later with the new settings.
