Plex Access Token

The following guide mentions two ways of obtaining a Plex Access Token for your Plex account.

Cloudbox Role

You will need your Plex credentials filled in ~/cloudbox/accounts.yml. If you already do, skip steps 2-4.

1. Go to the Cloudbox folder:

   cd ~/cloudbox/

2. Open the file for editing:

   • For encrypted accounts.yml:

     ansible-vault edit accounts.yml

   • For plain text accounts.yml:

     nano accounts.yml

3. Fill in your Plex credentials:

   plex:
     user:
     pass:

4. Save and exit: Ctrl + X Y Enter.

5. Run the following command:

   sudo ansible-playbook cloudbox.yml --tags plex_auth_token
   

6. You will be shown your Plex Access Token in the log:

   TASK [plex_auth_token : Display Plex Auth Token] 
   ***********************************************************************************
   Tuesday 29 January 2019  21:08:33 +0100 (0:00:00.104)       0:00:13.905 *******
   ok: [localhost] => {
       "msg": "Your Plex Auth Token is: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
   }
   

Script

1. On the server's shell, run the following command^[1]:

   /opt/scripts/plex/plex_token.sh

2. You will be prompted to enter your Plex login and then presented with the Plex Access Token (under Your X_PLEX_TOKEN:)

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_{¹ Credit: https://github.com/wernight}