Kitana
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Kitana is a responsive Plex plugin web frontend.
It was initially built for Sub Zero, but handles other plugins just as well.
| Protocol | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| traefik** | kitana:31337 | Only for Internal App-to-App Communication |
| https | kitana.domain.com | Traefik must be Deployed; Remote Servers |
| http | domain.com:31337 | Poor Security Practice - Stop with PTS Port Guard |
| http | ipv4:31337 | Ideal Only for Local Servers |
Once you deploy Kitana and connect to it with a web browser, you'll need to log into your plex account (I have generally only had luck providing credentials, and not using the Token sign in method)
Once you've logged in, you'll get a list of servers that Kitana can see.
You will generally want the first 172.17.x.x server - this should match your internal IP for your plex server.
You should now be able to select your plugin from the drop down list and get to the configuration like you used to be able to do with Plex's Web interface.
What is Kitana?
Kitana exposes your Plex plugin interfaces "to the outside world". It does that by authenticating against Plex.TV, then connecting to the Plex Media Server you tell it to, and essentially proxying the plugin UI. It has full PMS connection awareness and allows you to connect locally, remotely, or even via relay.
Kitana is an intermediate solution to the recent problem posed by Plex Inc. and their plans to phase out all UI-based plugins from the Plex Media Server environment.
Sometimes kitana will get stuck on the plugins page and not bring up any details / configuration. When this happens, I usually just redeploy kitana from the PTS menu and that resets it so I can log back into it.