Server Version#: 1.32.0.6918 Player Version#: N/A (web 4.100.1) I have PMS configured with a SSL custom certificate. Having just upgraded to 1.32.0.6918, instead of the custom certificate, PMS serves a Let’s Encrypt certificate on CN: *..plex.direct. I can reproduce on two different servers. The …

Confirmed to be working, generating the pkcs12 file with -certpbe AES-256-CBC -keypbe AES-256-CBC -macalg SHA256 resolved the issue.

I am using win-acme to generate my own custom Let’s Encrypt certificate and I am seeing this same problem after upgrading my server. Are there any settings changes in win-acme for us Windows users that will produce a compatible certificate?

@aroberts02 Do you see where you posted and what’s above you? [Screenshot from 2023-04-14 11-59-53]

I do see that there is a nice solution for those using openssl, but I am using win-acme and was hoping that the team had anticipated issues like this coming up after the upgrade.

Custom certs are not required for normal PMS use. Therefore, if users want to add them then they must understand how to create and manage them.

For anyone out there using win-acme to generate custom certs, win-acme does not provide built-in options to customize the encryption and MAC algorithms used within a PFX archive file. Instead, you will have to request a Let’s Encrypt certificate with options that result in the creation of PEM-forma…

Well I used the above fix to repackage my cert and everything was fine. Until I installed Version 1.32.5.7210 on my Synology and now its back to using a lets encrypt cert. So what changed now? did they decide all those keytool commands weren’t enough I need more now. And don’t give me its not r…

I’m trying to do this with a newly spun up plex instance in a docker container. I mounted a volume called config in which I put my p12 certs. I did generate my cert using the improved encryption schemes. I chmod 755 the p12 file. I told plex where to find my file and entered its passphrase. Still, P…

A few key points about PMS and custom certs: Self-signed certs cannot be used Cert files (P12) must include the CA with the Key and Cert P12 files must now use the stronger encryption Reference: [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos OpenSSL v3.0.0 and P…

PMS SSL Uses *.plex.direct Let's Encrypt SSL certificate instead of custom configured certificate

Plex Media Server

DTR April 13, 2023, 2:40pm 2

Likely caused by PMS’s switch to OpenSSL v3, which dropped support for some less secure encryption methods: OpenSSL v3.0.0 and PMS

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PMS SSL Uses *.plex.direct Let's Encrypt SSL certificate instead of custom configured certificate

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