I would like to install 2 Plex Media Server to two different Server.
I want to add Movie folder from both Server local storage.
That means if I go to my player as a client and I login into my account I would like to see Server A’s Movies Folder and Server B’s Movies Folder too.
I installed both and made the right permissions and settings, but doesnt matter to which server I login via Web GUI, when I try to add a Library I can only see Server A’s File structure even from Server B!
Why is this happening and what would be the correct solution?
are you using the same plex account credentials for both servers?
I am only seeing one server connected to your account. Which brings me to the second question:
did you “clone” the first server to create the second server?
If you did, both servers have the same “identity”. So you cannot contact one of them dedicatedly. Whichever server you are reaching with a contact attempt is not deterministic. You will need to give the second server its own identity. See Why am I locked out of Server Settings and how do I get in? | Plex Support but extend the procedure by additionally deleting these 3 values:
1, Yes im using the same account for both server. I installed both server and went to IPADDRESS:32400/web and here it was asking for login, I used same email address and password for both. Both successfully logined.
Its not cloned, I just downloaded the newest server version from official site and used “dpkg -i” to install.
One Server is working correctly and everything is fine, now when I install the second one and firstly go to the page and I login its dropping you are finished setup, but I did nothing, it was not asking for any identity name or anything.
What im missing? I followed the normal installation process.
Thank you,
Best regards,
EDIT: Something on Plex’s side is bad as I see or something is missing from guide, when I install the second server and I use the same login credentials to login its not a solution, in that case I use it as a client to remotely manage my other server. I’ll not get a second installation under that account.
Did you install it into a VM or container?
To finish the installation of a newly set up server, you need to be in the same local network as this server. Which is only true if the VM or docker uses “host network” and not NAT.
I just learned that thing one minute before your comment! Im not using VM or container, but those servers are VPS, so I had to add a putty tunnel to localhost:32400, so I was able to handle like that.
One more short question if you let me ask that. my local folder where are my movies is /home/data/media/movies, folder owner is plex, im running plex as plex user, I also added chmod 777 -R to my folder structure for testing, but still when I try to add any folder, I can see only until /home/data, nothing inside. Is it a bug?
Thank you, I found something interesting that sounds like a bug. if I have folder structure like /home/data/media/movies and I can see /home/data but nothing deeper, I add every permission to media still does not see it, if I go back and also add same permission to data what ive already seen, its working. Thanks for your help, I consider this as a really successfull cooperation. Thank you very much again. Have a nice one.
Sounds like an issue with your mount… those permissions can/will be overwritten based on the configuration in /etc/fstab (not by manually applied permissions to individual folders inside that mount).
The Linux Tips section linked by Otto has tons of scenarios on how to mount drives and how to ensure Plex can see your media properly.
