Grant the user plex ownership permissions to the directory. For easy and safe access, use your current user home directory.Ĭreate new Images, Music, Movies, and Series subdirectories under the main Media directory. $ sudo ufw reloadįirst, create directories to store your media files. Then, restart the firewall for rules to take effect. $ sudo ufw allow proto udp from any to any port 1900,5353,32410:32414 comment 'Plex Media Server UDP'Ĭheck the current firewall table if the new rules are listed. $ sudo ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 32400,3005,8324,32469 comment' Plex Media Server TCP'Īllow Plex UDP Ports. Make sure you allow each of them on the firewall to avoid any run time errors.Īllow Plex TCP ports. Plex uses several ports to communicate and sync media on your server. The default action is to keep your current version. Z : start a shell to examine the situation N or O : keep your currently-installed versionĭ : show the differences between the versions Y or I : install the package maintainer's version What would you like to do about it ? Your options are: => File also in package provided by package maintainer. => File on system created by you or by a script. Configuration file '/etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list' You may receive the following prompts during the installation process simply press enter (N) to proceed. $ echo deb public main | sudo dd of=/etc/apt//plexmediaserver.list Login and access the server as a sudo user. Spin a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 server on Vultr. In this guide, you will install Plex Media Server on a Ubuntu 20.04 Virtual Private Server (VPS). Similar to paid streaming services like Netflix, Plex allows you to access your data on any device with internet access. Plex Media Server is a self-hosted streaming solution that gives you the power to control what, when and how you wish to stream media content online.