Installing Plex on Ubuntu 16.04

Steps to install Plex server on your VPS. This tutorial is tested on Ubuntu 16.04

SSH to your server

ssh [email protected]

Enable Plex Server repository on Ubuntu. Source

echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -

Download .deb file from Plex. Source

wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.13.9.5456-ecd600442/plexmediaserver_1.13.9.5456-ecd600442_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.13.9.5456-ecd600442_amd64.deb.deb

Open in your web browser:

http://127.0.0.1:32400/web 
or
http://your-domain.tld:32400/web

(Optional) Socks5 Proxy:

ssh -D 8123 -f -C -q -N user@vps-ip

and then open on your computer (not on vps).

http://127.0.0.1:32400

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Installing LetsEncrypt Certificate (with Nginx)

To install LetsEncrypt certificate, it requires Certbot. Source

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot/certbot
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install python-certbot-nginx 

and now configure Certbot:

sudo certbot --nginx

On successful configuration, it will show you the path of Certificate and Key. (Please note them for using in next steps)

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Configuring nginx

Permanent redirect from HTTP to HTTPS, open

nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/your-web.conf

and then make sure you add 301 redirect.

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;

  server_name plex.your-domain.tld;

  return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

Now, open your ssl-config of nginx e.g.,

nano /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/your-web-ssl.conf

Edit the file as:

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;

    server_name plex.your-domain.tld;
    
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/plex.your-domain.tld/fullchain.pem;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/plex.your-domain.tld/privkey.pem;
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains";
    include /etc/nginx/snippets/ssl-params.conf;
    
    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:32400;
    }
}    

Save the file, and restart nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Now browse your plex server at:

https://plex.your-domain.tld