Ubuntu Server 18 Uploading Files to Plex

There is a new version of this tutorial available for Ubuntu xx.04 (Focal Fossa).

How To Install Plex Media Server on Ubuntu eighteen.04 LTS

Plex is a free and open source media server that can exist used to store all your movies, shows, and other media in 1 place. Plex allows you lot to remotely stream those media libraries from any device like smart TV, web browser, Xbox One, PlayStation, and Apple TV. Plex supports various operating systems including, Windows, MacOS, Linux, FreeBSD and many more. Plex besides provides a premium service called Plex Pass that offers various useful features like synchronization with mobile devices, cloud storage integration, metadata and matchings for music, support for multiple users, parental controls, live Tv set and DVR.

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install the Plex media server on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

Requirements

A server running Ubuntu eighteen.04.
A static IP address is ready on your server.
A root password is ready on your server.

Getting Started

First, you will demand to update your system with the latest version. Y'all can do information technology with the post-obit control:

apt-get update -y
apt-get upgrade -y

Once your arrangement is updated, restart the organisation to utilise these changes.

By default, Plex is non available in the Ubuntu 18.04 default repository. So yous will demand to add together the repository for that. Yous tin add together the Plex official repository with the following command:

apt-get install roll -y
curl https://downloads.plex.boob tube/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | apt-primal add together -
echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plex.list

Next, update the repository and install Plex media server with the post-obit control:

apt-get update -y
apt-become install plexmediaserver -y

In one case the installation has been completed successfully, you can check the status of Plex service with the following command:

systemctl status plexmediaserver

Output:

? plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/organisation/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)    Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-02-15 08:x:17 UTC; 28s ago   Process: 22668 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICAT  Main PID: 22676 (sh)     Tasks: 152 (limit: 1114)    CGroup: /arrangement.slice/plexmediaserver.service            ??22676 /bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server"            ??22677 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server            ??22740 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.system] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resource/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resource/Versions            ??22792 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Tuner Service /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tuner/Private /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Tune            ??22793 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex DLNA Server            ??22802 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.thetvdb] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.parcel/Contents/Resources/            ??22967 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.opensubtitles] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.bundle/Contents/Reso            ??22978 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.plexthememusic] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.bundle/Contents/Res            ??23058 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.plexmusic] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.parcel/Contents/Resources            ??23082 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.themoviedb] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resource/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resourc            ??23084 Plex Plug-in [com.plexapp.agents.localmedia] /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resource/Plug-ins-cc260c476/Framework.bundle/Contents/Resourc  Feb xv 08:10:17 ubuntu1804 systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux. Feb fifteen 08:ten:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]: Error in command line:the argument for option '--serverUuid' should follow immediately after the equal sign Feb 15 08:x:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]: Crash Uploader options (all are required): Feb 15 08:ten:twenty ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --directory arg       Directory to scan for crash reports February 15 08:10:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --serverUuid arg      UUID of the server that crashed February fifteen 08:x:twenty ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --userId arg          User that owns this product Feb 15 08:10:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --platform arg        Platform string Feb fifteen 08:10:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --url arg             URL to upload to Feb 15 08:x:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --help                testify help message Feb 15 08:x:20 ubuntu1804 sh[22676]:   --version arg         Version of the product

Next, you will need to create a directory construction for Plex. You tin practise this with the following command:

mkdir -p /opt/plexmedia/movies
mkdir /opt/plexmedia/series

Next, change the ownership of the plexmedia directory with the following control:

chown -R plex:plex /opt/plexmedia

Plex media server is now installed and listening on port 32400. Now, open up your spider web browser and blazon the URL http://your-server-ip:32400/web. You will be redirected to the following folio:

Plex Account Signup

Now, click on the Google, Facebook or Email push button to create a gratis Plex business relationship. Later on signing up, you will be redirected to the following folio:

How Plex works