Centos 7 Plex media server install

Centos 7 Plex media server install

I am on Centos7 using kernel 3.19.8 with Desktop install. I am putty/ssh into system as root.

I am at home behind firewall and do not use iptables, firewall, or selinux on my Centos7 system, so I have turned them off.

Turn off firewall and iptables if they are on.

# systemctl disable firewalld.service
# systemctl stop firewalld.service
# systemctl disable iptables.service
# systemctl stop iptables.service

Disable selinux if it is enforced.

# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
    SELINUX=disabled

reboot if you have changed these

# reboot

Locate the latest version of Plex media server for Centos7

Go to

https://plex.tv/downloads

on your PC and then click download for Computer, not NAS. Choose Linux, then right click on the Centos 64-bit button. Chose copy link location.

Now putty into your Centos7 system as root. Changed to your root home dir.

# cd /root

Type "wget", space bar, then right click mouse. This should paste the link you copied above. Should look like:

# wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/0.9.12.1.1079-b655370/plexmediaserver-0.9.12.1.1079-b655370.x86_64.rpm

After download of the rpm package do a "yum -y localinstall <Plex Media Server RPM package>" command. Mine looks like:

# yum -y localinstall plexmediaserver-0.9.12.1.1079-b655370.x86_64.rpm

After install make sure it is set to start at boot and then make sure it is on now.

# systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service
# systemctl start plexmediaserver.service

Now see if you can access the Plex web ui from your PC with (use your IP addr of your system):

http://192.168.1.100:32400/web/

Lots of info on the Plex site on how to finish the config. I wont cover them here. This was just for the install.


Hope it helps !