Learn How To Installing Plex Media Server on CentOS 7
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Plex is a media server that allows you to stream music, home videos, and more to your devices. This article will guide you through the installation of Plex on your CentOS 7 (64-bit) server.
Note: Plex can be quite demanding (resource-wise) during transcoding (that is, converting from different media formats and video resolutions) operations. If you do not plan on having devices that will request a different resolution or format than that of your media, you can use a regular instance. Otherwise, transcoding may require you to get a larger amount of RAM and potentially one of IT Web Services’s dedicated instances.
Prerequisites
If you will be transcoding media, the recommended specifications are:
- two or more cores
- four or more gigabytes of RAM
This is about equivalent to IT Web Services’s 120GB Dedicated instance
If you won’t be transcoding any media, you can get away with as little as:
- one CPU core or more
- one gigabyte of RAM or more
Apart from having these recommended server specifications, you will need a 64-bit system running CentOS 7. Also, you will need:
root
accessyum
nano
orvim
(this tutorial will be usingnano
)wget
Installation
Before we begin, we will need to update our system:
yum update -y
Add Plex’s repository:
nano /etc/yum.repos.d/plex.repo
Paste the following:
[Plex]
name=Plex
baseurl=https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/rpm/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key
gpgcheck=1
Save, (CTRL + O), and exit, (CTRL + X).
Install Plex using yum
:
yum install plexmediaserver -y
Make Plex start automatically on boot:
systemctl enable plexmediaserver
Start Plex:
systemctl start plexmediaserver
Configure firewalld
to allow Plex through the firewall:
nano /etc/firewalld/services/plex.xml
Paste the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<service>
<short>plex</short>
<description>Ports required by Plex.</description>
<port protocol="tcp" port="32400"></port>
<port protocol="tcp" port="32469"></port>
<port protocol="tcp" port="8324"></port>
<port protocol="tcp" port="3005"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="32414"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="32413"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="32412"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="32410"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="1900"></port>
<port protocol="udp" port="5353"></port>
</service>
Save and exit.
Tell firewalld
about our new firewall rules:
firewall-cmd --add-service=plex --permanent
Reload firewalld
for the new rules to take effect:
firewall-cmd --reload
Configuring Plex
Now that we’ve successfully installed Plex, head over to http://(YOUR_SERVER_IP):32400
You will see a “welcome” screen that resembles the following image:
Click on any of the buttons and complete the registration. Once you complete the registration, you’ll be redirected to your dashboard.
Common Errors
https://www.itweb.services/tutorials/linux-guides/setup-plex-media-server-on-debian-8″>Setup Plex Media Server article.
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