I want to start by stating that I have used Plex Media Server several times in the past on Ubuntu 16. There are multiple different approaches to installing Plex on Ubuntu 16 desktop. I have tried downloading the installer, adding a plex.list to my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. I followed two different instructions, one approach described in a course on using Raspberry Pi as a home server.
In all cases it appears to install ok, although at times, it returns a status 1 error from the install script. So, the next step after install would be to browse to localhost:32400/web/ and setup my media sources. I guess it is obvious that this wouldn't work if it was returning an error from the installer.
I thought I'd be better at getting things done on Linux since moving from Windows to Ubuntu for my desktop environment. However, I am unable to find where the error exists or why it is problematic.
I did check firewall status, as well as my router - making sure port 32400 was open. Maybe there is a docker hub version?
Thanks in advance for any tips, Bruce
I feel embarrassed to admit that the problem was that I was using an incomplete url. I was using https://localhost:32400/ I was missing the web sub-directory. I guess I thought it would redirect. Hopefully, I am not the only one to have made such a silly mistake. Anyway, if I had put into the address bar: http://localhost:32400/web/ ( or if I do this now ), I get to the same screen that would be needed for setting up one's libraries of movies, music, pics etc. Bruce