# Set up remote Plex Server without SSH
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [December 24, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940 "2018-12-24T13:05:49Z")
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### Author:  [@greig\_r\_hotmail\_co\_uk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/greig_r_hotmail_co_uk)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940/1 "2018-12-24T13:05:50Z")
Hi Everyone,
I’m trying to see if its possible to link up a Plex Media Server running on Ubuntu with the [Plex.Tv](http://Plex.Tv) account without having an established SSH connection?
If you currently try accessing the remote server via URL [http://contoso.com:32400/web](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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### Author:  [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940/2 "2018-12-24T13:37:19Z")
Did you follow the instructions here during your initial setup?
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/](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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network)), 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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### Author:  [@greig\_r\_hotmail\_co\_uk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/greig_r_hotmail_co_uk)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940/3 "2018-12-24T19:37:33Z")
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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### Author:  [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940/4 "2018-12-25T23:43:55Z")
Take a look at how cloudbox handles the initial plex setup
> **[Cloudbox](https://github.com/Cloudbox/)**
>
> Cloudbox. Cloudbox has 12 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-up-remote-plex-server-without-ssh/351940/5 "2019-03-25T23:55:42Z")
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