I googled this issued and found some old posts that say it is possible but I can’t figure out how to do it.
I have PMS running on a Windows 2012 server with no issues. I also have a new QNAP NAS that I would like to try to run PMS on. I downloaded the PMS QPKG from PLEX and installed it on the NAS. So far so good. When I launch PMS from the NAS and sign in the library from the Windows server shows up. I have no options to set up a library on the NAS. Is it possible to run 2 PMS using the same account (not PLEX Pass)? Do I need 2 accounts or will PLEX Pass allow this?
Not only is it possible to run two servers it is possible to run twenty or even more. Plex Pass is NOT required.
There may be something wrong with the way the NAS is configured but I am not familiar with NAS/Plex configuration but, just for information, I had no problem running a PC server and a Shield server on the same account and, for a friend, I briefly switched them to a non Plex Pass account and they ran fine on that account as well. Of course I have since switched them back to my main account but they worked well during the two days I tested.
Sounds like when you set it up it was under a PLEX Pass account?
So if it is possible then how to do it? If I stop PMS on the Windows server and launch the PMS web interface on the NAS I get the login screen. When I login using my PLEX account it tells me it can’t find the library which is true because I stopped PMS on the Windows server. I can’t see an option to set up the server on the NAS. So how do you set up a second server?
Yes, it is possible without a Plex pass.
First of all, are you sure the Plex Server is actually running on the NAS?
If it is, try going here:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:32400 where the address of the NAS is plugged in.
Yes PLEX is running. Interesting thing happened. When I use the IP address I got the login screen and then the setup screen when I logged in. When I use the NAS DNS name, which pings to the correct address, and then login I get the Windows library. So it works if I use the IP address and not the DNS name.
Another problem now is that I can’t get remote access set up as PLEX on the NAS is showing the wrong internal IP address. I’m sure this has something to do with the virtual switch on the NAS.
So it is working now but now I have two other issues to track down. I just love computers :s
I ran into the same issue with setting up Plex on my NAS.
I used ssh to check the logs on the NAS and found the message:
“Request came in with unrecognized domain / IP ‘nas.localdomain’ in header Host; treating as non-local”
As Plex will only allow connection from local addresses, it was blocking my attempt to connect using the DNS name. Using the IP address for the web interface solved it for me.
The funny thing is that subsequent connections using the DNS name works perfectly fine. It’s only for the initial discovery and setup of the server that the IP address must be used.
