Self-signed Certificates for Plex Media Server |
Version | v0.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updated | |||
| Author | kleo | License | MIT |
Create key and certificate
Create PKCS12 certificate
Get ProcessedMachineIdentifier
cat /config/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server\Preferences.xml
Example: ProcessedMachineIdentifier="2cbc18598cd802a9d856dabdd52bf29b4r0e24gq"
Create private key using pem2plex.py
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sadsfae/misc-scripts/master/python/pem2plex.py
python pem2plex.py plex.crt plex.key 2cbc18598cd802a9d856dabdd52bf29b4r0e24gq
This will generate a long hash. Save it we'll need it later.
d145ed250dfbd97fbc6e27b40b9c1e9bc83e541b43696f6535cd08abfe7d7ff97f3022ef848f0a27a5d75083ef191dd3da970aeb237c8d2c67c6af834379674b
We now have certificate.p12 and the long hash (passphrase) above.
Install certificate in Plex
Login to Plex and go to Settings->Server->Network
Insert the path where you placed certificate.p12 i.e /etc/ssl/private/plex/certificate.p12
Insert the long hash on Custom certificate encryption key
Source: How to Use Self-signed SSL Certificates for Plex Media Server archive