Set up remote Plex Server without SSH

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Hi Everyone,

I’m trying to see if its possible to link up a Plex Media Server running on Ubuntu with the Plex.Tv account without having an established SSH connection?

If you currently try accessing the remote server via URL http://contoso.com:32400/web it connects and asks for authentication however it doesn’t do anything. It only appears to work when a SSH session has established which is annoying. Any method round this to make it more user friendly?

Thanks,

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Did you follow the instructions here during your initial setup?
https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/

Opening the Plex Web App on a Device Other than the Server Itself, On a Different Network?

If you’re on a different network than the server computer (or the entire “local network” is not in the private network IP ranges), you’ll first need to set up a SSH tunnel so that you can access things as if they were local.

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I understand that you had to SSH if the remote server was on a different network. I was hoping to see if I could access and setup the server more easily. I’m looking into building a Plex Cloud alternative.

I’ll take a look at the Plex API and see what that offers.

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Take a look at how cloudbox handles the initial plex setup

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