Now you can browse your Plex files on your Windows PC and add/remove what you want.įollow Plex's media preparation guidelines: said in Plex Media Server Install Guide (CentOS 7.2 said in Plex Media Server Install Guide (CentOS 7.2 said in Plex Media Server Install Guide (CentOS 7.2 Minimal): The default port as listed above is 32400. On your windows PC open up your browser and test connectivity to your Plex server: Note: In order to use your Plex Media Server remotely you will need to configure port forwarding on your router. This opens up PlexMediaServer for http (32400), upnp, and autodiscovery.įirewall-cmd -permanent -add-service=plexmediaserverįirewall-cmd -permanent -zone=public -add-service=plexmediaserver Nano /etc/firewalld/services/plexmediaserver.xml Now we need to allow Plex through the firewall (this will be a new document).

We need to set permissions and ownership of the samba folder Yum install samba samba-client samba-common -yĬhange the directory to root and then create the samba directory You can use vi as your text editor but I prefer nano. I hope this helps someone in a similar position. I'm not a Linux master by any stretch of the imagination. I'm attempting to do that here but this is also my first guide so I will be editing over time to make it as good as It can be. There are no guides online that I have found which attempt to teach anyone how to properly install Plex on a CentOS 7.2 server while also explaining what you are actually doing.

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