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Homarr•9mo ago
Laauergaard

Guide: Plex setup

Hi everyone I see that there are a lot of people asking for help with the plex issues. I have been researching how to fix this problem. Find your ip
first of all, you must examine which internal ip address you are running with plex on the Nas server..
I use portainer, so it makes it easier for me to operate around the system and read the log and console

image below
first of all, you must examine which internal ip address you are running with plex on the Nas server..
I use portainer, so it makes it easier for me to operate around the system and read the log and console

image below
this is how it looks to me - image of Portainer https://i.gyazo.com/ce4396981714e539fad105e8838a9061.png
I have found this internal ip which is under qbittorrent -> 172.17.0.2 the reason is that I have set my plex to run under qbittorrent's network with vpn. so that's why plex doesn't have its own ip
I have found this internal ip which is under qbittorrent -> 172.17.0.2 the reason is that I have set my plex to run under qbittorrent's network with vpn. so that's why plex doesn't have its own ip
Plex
Plex: entry your localhost:ip address -> jump to settings -> network.
There are some settings you need to make sure are set correctly.
secure connections: Preferred.
Preferred network interface: Any.
LAN Networks: None.

Which next jumps to Remote Access
There you will find your IP address and how it registers in the local network and outside the network.

Private: Your internal ip
Public: Your hostname ip like 192.168.x.x
If you use VPN, then it would show different ip address

image below. - this image is set up with vpn address (Spoiler)
Plex: entry your localhost:ip address -> jump to settings -> network.
There are some settings you need to make sure are set correctly.
secure connections: Preferred.
Preferred network interface: Any.
LAN Networks: None.

Which next jumps to Remote Access
There you will find your IP address and how it registers in the local network and outside the network.

Private: Your internal ip
Public: Your hostname ip like 192.168.x.x
If you use VPN, then it would show different ip address

image below. - this image is set up with vpn address (Spoiler)
image of plex remote access https://i.gyazo.com/e5104f7e782c7e32ef6cd030babfbc44.png Homarr:
This is how my Plex setup looks on Homarr

Internal address: http://172.17.0.2:32400
External address: http://192.168.50.140:32400

Network: add "401" statucode

External address can be used different ip address.
This means that the internal address gets homarr access to the plex container. and external means that it forwards you to the other ip for access to the plex website.
This is how my Plex setup looks on Homarr

Internal address: http://172.17.0.2:32400
External address: http://192.168.50.140:32400

Network: add "401" statucode

External address can be used different ip address.
This means that the internal address gets homarr access to the plex container. and external means that it forwards you to the other ip for access to the plex website.
image of Plex setup on Homarr https://i.gyazo.com/543c08a8c2b2a2c43a5474dc2a0cb458.png how to find Plex token: https://support.plex.tv/articles/204059436-finding-an-authentication-token-x-plex-token/
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Finding an authentication token / X-Plex-Token
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Manicraft1001
Manicraft1001•9mo ago
Hi, thanks for documenting this but this brings very little value as only a small portion of our users are on this discord. Would you mind to contribute this to https://github.com/homarr-labs/documentation instead? This way, it would be accessible to everyone at https://homarr.dev, including our users from China. Cheeers 👋
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Laauergaard
Laauergaard•9mo ago
Yeah.
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