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Part 3 - Setting up the services

You have finished Part 2 - Installing the necessary apps , congratulations! You are now a Linux expert, all the hard work is done. All that is left is to set up your various services.

Part 2 - Installing the necessary apps

You have finished Part 1 - Super simple one step installation - and are now ready to install the necessary apps.

Part 1 - Super simple one step installation

You have finished  Read first: Creating an infinite Plex server using a VPS and Cloud service . That means you have a fresh new Debian or Ubuntu installation and can access your VPS using PuTTY or its equivalent on your OS.

Part 5 - Restoring the Plex database

Now that you finished  Part 4 - Restoring Rclone and Plexdrive configuration , all that is needed is restore the Plex database - and you won't even notice your server has changed.

Part 4 - Restoring Rclone and Plexdrive configuration

You finished  Part 3 - Installing Plex, Rclone and Plexdrive , now let's restore your personal settings.

Part 3 - Installing Plex, Rclone and Plexdrive

You have installed all upgrades and made the VPS your own in  Part 2 - Updating the VPS .

Part 2 - Updating the VPS

You have prepared your backup script in Part 1 - How to restore your VPS in minutes , and your two backups (Plex database and VPS settings) are safely stored in the (Google) cloud.

Part 1 - How to restore your VPS in minutes

If you are anything like me, you like to play with your VPS. Perhaps you like to reinstall it occasionally, or change to a new provider, or repair a corrupted server. I personally reinstall my VPS so often, that I can follow the guide almost blindly and be back to the original state in less than an hour.

Part 2 - Using CloudFlare with Plex

You finished Part 1 - Enabling CloudFlare . Now we'll set it up to work with Plex.

Part 1 - Enabling CloudFlare

CloudFlare - you probably heard of it, but what exactly is it? And more importantly, do you need it?

Part 5 - Let's encrypt!

You finished Part 4 - Installing Wordpress  and you have your website, but it's not as safe as it should be - potential hackers could intercept your data.

Part 4 - Installing WordPress

Now that you finished Part 3 - Prerequisites to setup your domain , you have a working website and sub domain, each with a page you created on your own. But you want more than just a welcome message, right?

Part 3 - Prerequisites to setup your domain

Now that you finished Part 2 - Installing Linux Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) on your VPS , technically you already have a working website.

Part 2 - Installing Linux Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) on your VPS

In Part 1 - Creating a website on your VPS  we learned about the possibility of setting up a website on our VPS.

Part 1 - Creating a website on your VPS

If you have followed my  Infinite Plex tutorial , you are now in the possession of a VPS powerful enough for just about any task.

Part 6 - Making it all come together

Well done, after finishing Part 5 - Mounting the drive(s)  you are ready to roll!

Part 5 - Mounting the drive(s)

You made it up to here, you finished  Part 4 - Setting up Rclone and/or Plexdrive and are still with it, congratulations! The hardest parts are done, it'll be downhill from now on. Promise!

Part 4 - Setting up Rclone and/or Plexdrive

Now that you finished  Part 3 - Install and configure Plex , we're halfway there... keep with it!

Part 3 - Install and configure Plex

Finished Part 2 - Configuring Ubuntu ? Then you can proceed with the installation of Plex itself. Thanks to an awesome script that is available for free, this is going to be a breeze.

Part 2 - Configuring Ubuntu

You have completed all the steps in  Part 1 - Creating an infinite Plex server using a VPS and a cloud service .