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4. At the command line, enter (I recommend copy and paste, making sure it's all
one line) the following and press Return:
openssl req -new -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -out ~/Desktop/
trailers.pem -keyout ~/Desktop/trailers.key -x509 -days
7300 -subj "/C=US/CN=trailers.apple.com"
You should see something like the following, and two files named
trail-
ers.pem
and
trailers.key
appear on your Desktop:
Generating a 2048 bit RSA private key
..........................................+++
................+++
writing new private key to '/Users/josh/Desktop/trail-
ers.key'
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5. Now enter (again, using copy and paste, and make sure it's all on one line) the
following and press Return:
openssl x509 -in ~/Desktop/trailers.pem -outform der -
out ~/Desktop/trailers.cer && cat ~/Desktop/trailers.key >>
~/Desktop/trailers.pem
This creates another file on your Desktop, called
trailers.cer
.
6. Find the files
trailers.cer
and
trailers.pem
on your Desktop, and move
them to
/Applications/PlexConnnect-master/assets/certific-
ates/
7. Now, back in Terminal, launch PlexConnect with:
sudo "/Applications/PlexConnect-master/PlexConnect.py"
Press Return and enter your administrator password when prompted.
8. In the Terminal window, note the line that says
PlexConnect: IP_self:
###.###.###.###
,wherenumbersshouldstandinforthehashtags.That'sthe
IPaddressofyourcomputer,andyou'llneedthattoconnecttheAppleTV.Now: