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layout: page
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title: "Plex"
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description: "Instructions how to integrate Plex into Home Assistant."
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date: 2015-10-05 21:21
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: plex.png
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ha_category: Media Player
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featured: true
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ha_release: 0.7.4
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---
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The `plex` platform allows you to connect a [Plex Media Server](https://plex.tv) to Home Assistant. It will allow you to control media playback and see the current playing item. The preferred way to setup the Plex platform is by enabling the the [the discovery component](/components/discovery/) and requires GDM to be enabled.
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If local authentication is enabled or multiple users are defined, HASS requires an authentication token to be entered in the webinterface. See [Finding your account token / X-Plex-Token](https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204059436).
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If you want to enable the plex platform directly, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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media_player:
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platform: plex
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```
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In case discovery does not work (GDM disabled or non-local plex server), you can create `~/.homeassistant/plex.conf` manually.
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```json
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{"IP_ADDRESS:PORT": {"token": "TOKEN"}}
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```
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- **IP_ADDRESS** (*Required*): IP address of the Plex Media Server
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- **PORT** (*Required*): Port where Plex is listening. Default is 32400
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- **TOKEN** (*Optional*): Only if authentication is required. Set to `null` (without quotes) otherwise.
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At this moment, the Plex platform only supports one Plex Media Server.
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