Next you’ll create the certificate signing request and be prompted with some questions. Verifying - Enter pass phrase for plex.key: Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus This will prompt you for a passphrase, enter something here and remember it. We’re going to do everything else as the plex user inside their home directory. We’re going to be using the openssl commands and a Python script to create our certificates. This is aimed for a CentOS7/RHEL7 installation, substitute appropriately for other Linux distributions. We will focus on creating, installing and using your own self-signed SSL certificates to encrypt connection streams to the outside world. I am going to assume you have Plex Media Server already setup, if not there are plenty of other guides to do this. Here’s how to use your own self-signed SSL certificates to encrypt connection streams. I can't say this enough, I think it's wonderful that Plex offers the ability to provide encryption out of the box through their wildcard SSL certs, I just want to control that end of it and access my home server directly.Plex is a fork of the Open Source Kodi (previously XBMC) project from 2008, the Plex Media Server has evolved into what amounts to a free, personal Netflix + Spotify that lets you stream home content to devices or browsers with an optional subscription model for added features. I understand that most people probably don't care so long as it's encrypted. For me it's more about principle I suppose and wanting to have oversight into it. Plex uses Digicert which has a good reputation as a SSL Certificate Authority but it's still a commercial CA - prone to possible governmental pressure, human error or other influences. Security-wise (perhaps with some tinfoil headgear) there's been a lot of uncertainty that commercial SSL Certificate Authorities may have shared private keys with governmental security organizations (NSA, etc) or that they've had access for some time and for something that encrypts traffic to a home server that's worth it to me. I love Plex and they have a great project but I want to manage my own encryption chain. The other reason to self-sign is a trust thing. I like being able to just go directly to my home server instead of through. Connecting to Plex via a browser you just need to accept it once, devices (IOS, Android) it just works without the need to do anything, you can't even tell.

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