How to keep plex plugin up-to-date

[André Fettouhi]

I originally installed my plex plugin via the plugins section of my FreeNAS server. I kept it up to date via the PMS_updater script on github, e.g. this here:

GitHub - mstinaff/PMS_Updater: Shell script for updating the Plex Media Server inside the FreeNAS Plex plugin

Shell script for updating the Plex Media Server inside the FreeNAS Plex plugin - mstinaff/PMS_Updater

github.com

After the update of FreeNAS to TrueNAS and also updating my plex jail to newer version, it has become a real hassle to update the plex plugin. So I wanted to know what is currently the preferable to install and updating the plex plugin and keeping it up-to-date?

 

[sretalla]

what is currently the preferable to install and updating the plex plugin and keeping it up-to-date?

Install the plex plugin:
Install: https://github.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater
run PMS_Updater in the jail.

Occasionally run pkg update and pkg upgrade in the jail.

Restart the jail after each update.

 

[André Fettouhi]

OK, so it is still the same way. I think I will make a fresh install of the plugin. How do I copy over the data from the old jail/plugin so that I don't have to set everything up in plex again?

 

[sretalla]

There are already many threads on how to separate out your data from a plex jail... Ideally you have it in an "apps" dataset in your pool and you mount that (and your media share(s)) in during setup of the fresh jail and presto, your library and media are ther just as you left it.

The Database will live by default in "/Plex Media Server" in the root of the jail (recent installs). Convention is to move that to a subdirectory of /config, mount your plex apps dataset there in the jail and run sysrc plexmediaserver_plexpass_support_path="/config" in the jail.

You will also need to think about permissions (which may need to be set on your now separate plex dataset).

 

[André Fettouhi]

I don't I understand quite what you wrote. What I am asking is how I move all the custom configurations I have done inside my plex jail (custom covers for tv shows etc.) over so that I have to do everything over? If I try to update plex inside my currently jail it fails with this below:

Code:

File ‘/tmp/PlexMediaServer-1.21.2.3943-a91458577-FreeBSD-amd64.tar.bz2’ not modified on server. Omitting download.

Download Complete
Verifying /tmp/PlexMediaServer-1.21.2.3943-a91458577-FreeBSD-amd64.tar.bz2 .....Done
Removing previous PMS Backup .....Done.
Stopping Plex Media Server .....plexmediaserver_plexpass does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup
directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d), or is not executable
Done.
Moving current

 

[sretalla]

Maybe a read of this one will help you to understand what I'm talking about.

Beginners guide to keeping your Plex metadata on a separate Dataset.

Hi and welcome to my guide to managing your Plex metadata. This guide is aimed at users who are completely new to FreeNAS and / or have little or no experience with FreeNAS, using the command line or even some of the basic commands for Unix like...

www.truenas.com

 

[ThreeDee]

sometimes the PMS_Updater.sh script doesn't have the latest Plex update 5 seconds after it comes out .. so I came across this post to manually update using the latest download from Plex integrated with the PMS_Updater script ..

Manually updating Plex on FreeNAS, including PlexPass versions. -PMS_Updater.sh - CrackedConsole

Update Plex Media Server on your FreeNAS Server with out waiting for plugin updates. This works with Plex and Plex Pass versions! PMS_Updater script

www.crackedconsole.com