After selecting hardware, pick the server app that you are going to use. You have different options such as Plex, Media Browser or Kodi. Here the installation will be described as Plex-focused. So go ahead and download the Plex Media Server App. After downloading the Plex media server app, create an account. After confirmation of your account, once you have logged in, you will see a list of platforms such as Windows, Mac OS, Linux and a host for NAS platforms.
Here choose the one according to your requirements. Download this to your device and install it. After installing the app, you will not find the app on your system, which you can directly open. Instead, you will see a web interface, Plex Web App , that has its own media player as well. From here, you can do almost all configuration and settings, whether managing users, the server setting for watching movies or configuring it to show your favorite shoes from any other computer.
So you open the Plex Web app, sign in to your created account and start making your libraries. You can create as many libraries as you want. Thus you have got a complete freedom whether you want to share any of your libraries and keep it completely private and hidden from others. The setting up of libraries completely depends upon you. Creating a Plex library is just like creating folders and keeping all your data organized.
So you create your favorite library like Documentaries, for example — and you can add your folders to it. You can have data from any of the folders and drives in a single library. After library creation, you will have your Tv Shows folders on different drives; you can add all these together in a single library. A good thing is Plex will search for sub-folders as well and thus will compile all your collections together in one place.
You can have different genres of Movies inside the Movies folder, and by searching for Media, all this data will be brought together in one place for you.
Check the box that says Share this folder. Give your shared folder a name. This is what will show up in File Explorer, not the actual folder name.
Click Permissions. Remove the user Everyone. You can only add users that have an account on this computer. It can be a Microsoft account or a local account. Click Check Names to verify the account. If everything is good, click OK. The default permission is read only. Full Control means the user can also modify permissions. Choose your allowed permissions then click OK.
Click OK again to close out the window. Now, navigate to the shared folder. Repeat this procedure for each user. This is one area where I will greatly miss Windows Home Server. WHS let you set up Remote Web Access, which was pretty much a web site you logged into to access your files when you were away from home. VPN stands for virtual private network , and provides end-to-end encryption to keep your files secure. The drawback is that you will need access to a VPN server on your network.
There are many different ways to achieve this, but that goes beyond the scope of this article. Open up File Explorer. Type in the UNC path name i. One of the advantages of WHS was the ability to stream movies, shows, and music over the internet. This was done through the Remote Web Access page. A good solution is for example Home Assistant. Other home automation solutions that you can take a look at are:.
Besides home automation, we also have home security. Network cameras are really affordable these days and offer good recording quality. Making them perfect to secure your home and keep an eye out on your driveway for example. Now I am a big fan of Ubiquiti, so personally, I have a full Unifi Protect system, which you can read more about here.
But for your home server, there are a couple of different options available. Among does is Blue Iris, which is really a great product still want to incorporate it into my network as well. Blue Iris supports motion and audio triggering and can be used to extend easily with add-ons like license plate recognizing for example.
The only way to do this is by using a password manager. Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that you can install on your own server at home using a Docker container.
You can find the complete install guide here. You can also use your server to host your own blog or website. Keep in mind that you will need a decent internet connection. Mainly the upload speed of your internet connection is import to run a website.
For example Nginx in a Docker container or Xampp are great ways to get started. Online games are popular and some games allow you to host your own gaming server. Running the gaming server on your home server will increase performance and stability. It also allows you to customize the gameplay. When you are hosting your own game then the upload speed of your internet connection is important.
Make sure you have enough bandwidth available. If have writting an extensive article about monitoring your home network which you can find here. Besides your home network, you can also use the server the monitor your house. Most Smart Home sensors can monitor things like temperature, humidity, power consumption, etc. If you pull all this data into a nice Grafana dashboard you will get some great insights.
I also use my home server to monitor my car battery level, consumption, location and report it all back, including the weather, to ABRP.
Having your own server is a great way to learn new IT skills. You can use a hypervisor, like Vmware or HyperV to easily deploy servers and create a small network to play with. There are a couple of options when it comes to building your own home server. Are you going to sit back and play the game how somebody else envisioned it, or are you going to grab the goat by the horns, run your own server, and make it personal?
There are many reasons why people rent a server from a remote provider; ranging from bandwidth availability, dedicated support, or even to eliminate any latency advantages between player and host. Remote hosting can sometimes be a headache. All you need is to save the parts you replace when you upgrade, and build a new system out of it. A dedicated server is often more stable than the game client itself. If something goes wrong on your gaming machine and you need to close the game or reboot your system, those that are connected to the server can still play and enjoy the game.
There are many options to remotely control the server. For modern Windows systems, there is the option to use the free Remote Desktop Connection software from Microsoft. RDC lets you connect to another computer using login credentials as if you were physically at the computer.
Voice chat has come to be an expected feature of most multiplayer games these days, and server requirements have changed very little in the past decade. This program will create additional files and folders in the location that you run it from.
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