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            <h1>Installing Plex Media Server on Armbian</h1>
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          <h2>Install Plex Media Server</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Armbian device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install some prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates<br />
	# get the latest .deb download URL<br />
	regex=&#39;&quot;build&quot;:&quot;linux-aarch64&quot;,&quot;distro&quot;:&quot;debian&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;(https:\/\/downloads\.plex\.tv\/plex-media-server-new\/[^/]*\/debian\/[^/]*_arm64\.deb)&quot;,&#39; &amp;&amp; response=$(curl -s https://plex.tv/api/downloads/5.json) &amp;&amp; [[ $response =~ $regex ]] &amp;&amp; downloadURL=&quot;${BASH_REMATCH[1]}&quot;<br />
	# download latest plex version<br />
	wget -O ./plexmediaserver.deb $downloadURL<br />
	# install plex media server<br />
	sudo dpkg -i ./plexmediaserver.deb<br />
	# run plexmediaserver service on system boot<br />
	sudo systemctl enable plexmediaserver.service</div>
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<h2>Configuring Plex Account</h2>

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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:32400/web</li>
	<li>Log in with one of the available options or click sign up with email</li>
	<li>Give the Plex server a name &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click the Add Library button &gt; Select the media type</li>
	<li>Select Add folders from the left navigation &gt; Click Browse for media folder &gt; Select the folder to add to the media &gt; Click Add Library</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Done to complete the server setup</li>
	<li>Welcome to Plex Media Server</li>
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