SOLVED Plex App Won't Deploy

[yottabit]

I had the Plex docker running fine, and could access via HTTP locally. But I could not connect to it with HTTPS, including from plex.tv and from Android app (it was reachable from outside).

I read on the Plex forums that there was an issue with migrations of the metadata/settings sometimes, that you had to logout and login again locally, and that would resolve the problem.

So I did that, but of course that means I had to add a claim ID in order to get into it again, due to the way the Docker image works.

This still didn't fix my problem. I then set the Plex secure network setting from Preferred to Required. After that, I have been unable to get into it again. And it is now stuck on "Deploying."

Further, I even deleted it entirely, then added it again, reusing my settings dataset. It still is stuck on "Deploying..."

Here's the log:

2021-09-12 23:50:16.852921+00:00[s6-init] making user provided files available at /var/run/s6/etc...exited 0.
2021-09-12 23:50:16.914050+00:00[s6-init] ensuring user provided files have correct perms...exited 0.
2021-09-12 23:50:16.915206+00:00[fix-attrs.d] applying ownership & permissions fixes...
2021-09-12 23:50:16.916096+00:00[fix-attrs.d] done.
2021-09-12 23:50:16.916993+00:00[cont-init.d] executing container initialization scripts...
2021-09-12 23:50:16.918540+00:00[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: executing...
2021-09-12 23:50:17.445726+00:00Plex Media Server first run setup complete
2021-09-12 23:50:17.446742+00:00[cont-init.d] 40-plex-first-run: exited 0.
2021-09-12 23:50:17.449141+00:00[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: executing...
2021-09-12 23:50:17.456132+00:00[cont-init.d] 45-plex-hw-transcode-and-connected-tuner: exited 0.
2021-09-12 23:50:17.457927+00:00[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: executing...
2021-09-12 23:50:17.706196+00:00[cont-init.d] 50-plex-update: exited 0.
2021-09-12 23:50:17.707605+00:00[cont-init.d] done.
2021-09-12 23:50:17.709511+00:00[services.d] starting services
2021-09-12 23:50:17.719625+00:00[services.d] done.
2021-09-12 23:50:17.721358+00:00Starting Plex Media Server.
2021-09-12 23:50:33.671557+00:00Critical: libusb_init failed

Any ideas here??

 

[yottabit]

Turns out this only happens when I have attached my config dataset to the docker configuration. It worked originally, so I don't know why it's hanging up now.

This is a migrated Plex metadata config from a BSD jail (not the PBI). I've recreated the dataset and copied over the data from the BSD jail again, chown, etc., and will see if this helps.

 

[yottabit]

I followed my plan in comment #2 and everything seems to be working perfectly now.

The one oddity I have noticed is that the container indicated "deploying" status several minutes after Plex Media Server was being shown in top doing its thing; and until the state switched from "deploying" to "active," I could not access the web UI (portal), even though I knew the URL (i.e., I wasn't just waiting for the Portal button).