Just installed PMS on home server, but cannot connect to it via other local device to set up

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.25.0.5282-2edd3c44d

I’ve just installed PMS on a home server running Debian 11. I downloaded the amd64 .deb package hosted on the Plex website and installed it via dpkg. The installation was successful.

Currently, I’m trying to access the web interface using my laptop (a separate machine) and entering the following address: http://<ip of home server>:32400/web

I get a response, and the Plex logo appears on the page. I’m prompted to authenticate and authorize this Plex instance, and then end up on a URL that looks like http://<ip of home server>:32400/web/index.html#!/setup/<hash>

This page displays a spinner, but nothing else happens. When I look in the console, I notice that it’s attempting to connect to http://127.0.0.1:32400 which is incorrect, because I’m viewing this page from a different machine than the one the server is running on.

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For practical reasons I’m unable to connect a display to the home server and to continue the set up from there.

Is there a way to configure Plex so that it uses the correct LAN IP address rather than 127.0.0.1?

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It looks like Pi-Hole was blocking my connections to this server for some reason. I fixed it by disabling Pi-Hole.

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