ERROR “Partial plugin destroyed” while re-installing plex media server

[jonas.albrr]

NAS Version#: TrueNAS-12.0-U1.1
Plex Server Plugin Version#: 1.21.1.3876
While trying to install a Plex Media Server in a FreeNAS jail I get the following Error Message and the end of installing process :

"Error: plex had a failure Exception: RuntimeError Message: Last 10 lines: Partial plugin destroyed"

Background information: Before I tried to install the server again, I already had a running Plex Media Server. However the local WebApp was permanently unavailable. As I did not figure out, what the problem was, I deleted the plugin and wanted to install it again.
However, as you see: This did not work out.

 

[Samuel Tai]

You may have better luck with @danb35's script instead of the plugin:

Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

Introduction I’ve writen a simple script to automate installation of Plex Media Server. Like other scripts I’ve done, you’ll download the script, create a small configuration file, run the script, and your jail is up and running. Why bother? I’ve said for a long time that Plex installation is...

forum.freenas-community.org

 

[jonas.albrr]

Hi, thanks for the fast reply. Is this script also suitable for TrueNAS 12 as was writen for FreeNAS? I'm new to this, so forgive my possible stupid question :)

 

[Samuel Tai]

Yes, I believe so.

 

[jonas.albrr]

Perfect. Just to be clear:

1. I create a jail
2. I use this code (git clone https://github.com/danb35/freenas-iocage-plex ) in the jail shell
3. I save a file (plex-config) in the jail
4. How do I run the script "./plex-jail.sh"?

Thanks for advice

 

[Samuel Tai]

4. How do I run the script "./plex-jail.sh"?

For the jail, expand the < on the right, and then click Shell. This will open a shell inside the jail. In this jail shell, you should be root; if not, run sudo su - to become root. Then, from root's shell, just run ./plex-jail.sh from where you git clone'd the upstream tree.

 

[jonas.albrr]

I got an error in Step 2. right after creating a new jail:

FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE-p2 663e6b09467(HEAD) TRUENAS

root@plex:~ # git clone https://github.com/danb35/freenas-iocage-plex
git: Command not found.

I have no idea why this is not working :(

 

[Samuel Tai]

pkg install git

 

[danb35]

Perfect. Just to be clear:

1. I create a jail

No. The script creates the jail. You download the script somewhere on your FreeNAS system and run it from there.

 

[jonas.albrr]

@danb35
Where do I safe the plex-config file? In the same folder where I downloaded the files from GitHub?

 

[danb35]

Where do I safe the plex-config file? In the same folder where I downloaded the files from GitHub?

Yep.

 

[jonas.albrr]

I now tried tu run

./plex-jail.sh

But for whatever reasons I got a "permission denied" back. How do I set permission?

 

[jonas.albrr]

Ok sorry I was a bit fast. Using chmod +x. It now works.

 

[jonas.albrr]

However now it fails again, probably a misake in the plex-config file. I kinda just copied the example and chaged the IP adresses:

Creating jail pms. This may take a minute, please be patient.
Please provide a valid ip: Only decimal digits permitted '41\r' in '192.168.178.41\r'
Failed to create jail

So I deleted the '.', but now I got this response:

Creating jail pms. This may take a minute, please be patient.
Please provide a valid ip: Expected 4 octets in '19216817841\r'
Failed to create jail

I'm failing again understanding what's the problem. I'm so sorry for all these probably basic questions.

 

[Samuel Tai]

Your IP address is wrong. The first complaint was for the \r in the last octet. The second complaint was for missing dots. Please just supply a valid IP address for your subnet.

 

[jonas.albrr]

JAIL_IP="192.168.178.41"
DEFAULT_GW_IP="192.168.178.1"

That are the first two lines from plex-config.
The Jail_IP is a not used IP from my subnet. What am I missing? All IP addresses in my subnet are 192.168.178.X

 

[Samuel Tai]

How did you create the plex-config file? Using vi on the TrueNAS server, or Notepad on Windows?

 

[jonas.albrr]

I created a SMB share for the directory of the files from GitHub in there I created with Windows Editor a new file.

 

[Samuel Tai]

That's the problem. Windows adds an extra hidden character to the ends of lines. Try creating the file directly on the TrueNAS server using nano in the shell.

See also: https://kb.iu.edu/d/acux. This is a historical difference between Unix and Windows text handling.

 

[jonas.albrr]

That worked! I'm so thankful. Finally a working plex server again. The plugin version is way easier but that stopped working. Now I can use it again! Wow I learned so much this day! Thanks for that.

How do I update plex? Plex is stating there is a newer version and I have to maually update.