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update-plex-ipv6-access-url
DynDNS-like tool for keeping your Plex IPv6 custom access URL up to date, automating the IPv6 workaround for Plex as described on Reddit.
Features
- determine IPv6 address for a specified interface
- update Plex settings with plex.direct-domain using current IPv6 address
Command line arguments
If any required command line argument is omitted, the tool will prompt you to provide input at runtime.
| Name | Description | Required | Options | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| address | Plex server's address in format http[s]://host:port | Yes | ||
| interface | Name of network interface to use for IPv6 access | Yes | ||
| token | Plex access token (X-Plex-Token) How to find | If config is not given | ||
| config | Path to Plex config (Preferences.xml) How to find | No | ||
| use | Which IPv6 address(es) to use if multiple are found on the interface | No | first last all |
first |
| capitalization | Capitalization to use for dashed IPv6 address in Plex custom access URL | No | upper lower |
lower |
Usage
A simple example: You are running Plex on an Ubuntu server and set Plex up to listen on the ens18 interface. Your Plex library resides in the default location, which is /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server. Assuming you are currently in the directory you placed the script in, you would run the script like so:
./update-plex-ipv6-access-url -address http://localhost:32400 -interface ens18 -config "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml"
Plex does not store the config on disk on all platforms. On those platforms, you need to manually specify an access token, as it cannot be read from Preferences.xml.
.\update-plex-ipv6-access-url.exe -address http://localhost:32400 -interface Ethernet -token your-X-Plex-Token
To automate the process, create a cronjob or other type of scheduled task in order to run the script regularly.
For testing or one-time use, you can also run the tool without any command line arguments and provide required input at runtime.
$ ./update-plex-ipv6-access-url
Enter the Plex server's address in format 'http[s]://host:port': http://localhost:32400
Enter the name of network interface to use for IPv6 access: eth0
Enter a Plex access token (X-Plex-Token): your-X-Plex-Token
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