When setting up Plex, it’s possible that it may fail to automatically link your Plex instance to plex.tv and you will see this error screen:
To address this issue, you should:
Go to: Claim | Plex
Login (if necessary) and copy/paste the ‘Claim Code’ which will look similar to: claim-abcRS99Z-UlzT8ZZs3mR
Note: this ‘Claim Code’ expires after 5 minutes, so it’s important to immediately proceed with the following steps:
On Windows:
- Open Powershell or use PuTTY
On Linux/Mac:
- Open the Terminal app
SSH into your Umbrel using this command:
ssh umbrel@umbrel.local
Note: your SSH password is the same as when you login into Umbrel through a browser (at http://umbrel.local)
Replace CLAIM_CODE_HERE in the command below with the ‘Claim Code’ you got when you completed the above
sed -i 's/VERSION=docker/VERSION=docker\n - PLEX_CLAIM=CLAIM_CODE_HERE/' ~/umbrel/app-data/plex/docker-compose.yml
e.g.
sed -i 's/VERSION=docker/VERSION=docker\n - PLEX_CLAIMclaim-abcRS99Z-UlzT8ZZs3mR/' ~/umbrel/app-data/plex/docker-compose.yml
Paste the command into your Terminal app. When you press <enter>, it will not output anything, this is normal
We need to restart the Plex app, using this command:
sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/app restart plex
Finally, open the Plex app in Umbrel (http://umbrel.local/), and you should see Plex’s user interface with film titles:
