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nginx config for proxying requests for plex over a hostname-based virtualhost.
upstream plex-upstream {
# change plex-server.example.com:32400 to the hostname:port of your plex server.
# this can be "localhost:32400", for instance, if Plex is running on the same server as nginx.
server plex-server.example.com:32400;
}
server {
listen 80;
# server names for this server.
# any requests that come in that match any these names will use the proxy.
server_name
tv
plex
tv.example.com
plex.example.com;
# this is where everything cool happens (you probably don't need to change anything here):
location / {
# if a request to / comes in, 301 redirect to the main plex page.
# but only if it doesn't contain the X-Plex-Device-Name header
# this fixes a bug where you get permission issues when accessing the web dashboard
if ($http_x_plex_device_name = '') {
rewrite ^/$ http://$http_host/web/index.html;
}
# set some headers and proxy stuff.
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_redirect off;
# include Host header
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
# proxy request to plex server
proxy_pass http://plex-upstream;
}
}
@andrewm659
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So I am having this same problem on latest version of plex and version 1.10.2 of nginx.

Here is my code:

`upstream plex-upstream {
# change plex-server.example.com:32400 to the hostname:port of your plex server.
# this can be "localhost:32400", for instance, if Plex is running on the same server as nginx.
server asm-tv-pc01.me.local:32400;
}

server {
listen 80;

    # server names for this server.
    # any requests that come in that match any these names will use the proxy.
    server_name
            tv
            plex
            tv.example.com
            plex.me.local;

    # this is where everything cool happens (you probably don't need to change anything here):
    location /plex {
            # if a request to / comes in, 301 redirect to the main plex page.
            # but only if it doesn't contain the X-Plex-Device-Name header
            # this fixes a bug where you get permission issues when accessing the web dashboard
            if ($http_x_plex_device_name = '') {
                    #rewrite ^/$ http://$http_host/web/index.html;
                    rewrite /plex(/.*) $1 break;
            }

            # set some headers and proxy stuff.
            # Plex headers
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Client-Identifier $http_x_plex_client_identifier;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device $http_x_plex_device;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device-Name $http_x_plex_device_name;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Platform $http_x_plex_platform;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Platform-Version $http_x_plex_platform_version;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Product $http_x_plex_product;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Token $http_x_plex_token;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Version $http_x_plex_version;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Nocache $http_x_plex_nocache;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Provides $http_x_plex_provides;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Device-Vendor $http_x_plex_device_vendor;
            proxy_set_header X-Plex-Model $http_x_plex_model;
            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
            proxy_redirect off;

            # include Host header
            proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
            proxy_set_header        Host                      $server_addr;
            proxy_set_header        Referer                   $server_addr;
            proxy_set_header        Origin                    $server_addr;

            # proxy request to plex server
            proxy_pass http://plex-upstream;
    }

}
`

Getting this in my logs:

2017/03/15 19:37:37 [error] 65282#100149: *1 open() "/usr/local/www/nginx/plex" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 10.150.1.192, server: localhost, request: "GET /plex HTTP/1.1", host: "nginxtest.me.local"
2017/03/15 19:40:37 [error] 65944#100248: *2 open() "/usr/local/www/nginx/plex" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 10.150.1.192, server: localhost, request: "GET /plex HTTP/1.1", host: "nginxtest.me.local"
2017/03/15 19:42:21 [error] 66013#100268: *1 open() "/usr/local/www/nginx/plex" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 10.150.1.192, server: localhost, request: "GET /plex HTTP/1.1", host: "nginxtest.me.local"

@jeaber
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jeaber commented Dec 6, 2017

thanks

@BeyondEvil
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Did you ever get it working @andrewm659 ?

@dsculptor
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dsculptor commented Aug 24, 2021

Update: The original gist without the proxy_set_headers as mentioned in follow-ups works well.
Thanks @spikegrobstein.

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