Plex-server cannot find itself?

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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I have installed Plex server on a headless Ubuntu 16 server as follows:

dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.13.2.5154-fd05be322_amd64.deb 
systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service
systemctl start plexmediaserver.service

I went to the address of the server: http://192.168.1.16:32400/web/index.html and the result I get is “A server could not be found. Download and install Plex Media Server, and it will appear here.”

Since I;m logging into the server, how come it can’t find itself?
I have tried rebooting, I have tried reinstalling, I am not sure what else to try…

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To setup the server on the machine, unless it’s on a different network (subnet), always use the loopback address.

http://127.0.0.1:32400/web

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it’s a headless server, I cannot access the mediaserver on the server itself.

Is there a way to configure it manually without the web interface?

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Yes, SSH tunnel to it:

  1. ssh -L 8888:127.0.0.1:32400 ip.addr.of.machine
  2. Sign in the ssh session and let it sit idle. You will be using the port forwarded connection
  3. In your local browser, open http://127.0.0.1:8888/web

Port 8888 will be forwarded to port 32400 on the other end of the SSH connection.

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