Updating Plex Plugin

[airflow]

Hello,

I use latest FreeNAS 9.3 and I have troubles updating the provided Plex-Plugin. Current installed version is 0.9.16.3.1840. When I upgrade via the GUI, after a while it just cancels without error-message and my plugin is turned off, also the storage-path is unmounted. Retries yield the same result, the version stays the same and update-button also. Can anybody point me to a log-file or some ressource about how to troublshoot this?

Thanks a lot,
airflow

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

here's a strategy to upgrade that is faster and more reliable.

upload a PBI for another plugin to the plex jail
stop plex
delete the plex plugin
upload the latest plex PBI to the plex jail
start plex

 

[airflow]

Sorry but I don't really understand. I can upload PBIs via the GUI and create new plugin-instances. But how am I supposed to upload it "to the plex jail"? Do you mean via SCP and put it in a directory? Where would that be?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Sorry but I don't really understand. I can upload PBIs via the GUI and create new plugin-instances. But how am I supposed to upload it "to the plex jail"? Do you mean via SCP and put it in a directory? Where would that be?

you can upload PBIs to an existing plugin jail on the Jails tab. select a jail and click on the box looking icon

 

[airflow]

Works great, thanks.

 

[Johannez]

Another fast way to update (also a way to get the early PlexPass releases):

1. Login with SSH to your FreeNAS (or alternatively go to shell in WebGUI)
2. type: 'jls' (without ' ' ) and take the note of the # of jail of your Plex installation
3. type: 'jexec # csh' (where # is the number of the jail noted in last step)
4. type: 'fetch -o PMS_Updater.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater/master/PMS_Updater.sh'
5. type: 'chmod 755 PMS_Updater.sh'
6. type: './PMS_Updater.sh -u PlexPass_User -p PlexPass_password -a'

Source:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/120658

 

[t3hG04T]

This is great, TY for the tip!

 

[dnjordman]

Johannez, step 3 does not work for me. This is the output I get:

Code:

root@plexmediaserver_1:/ # fetch -o PMS_Updater.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater/master/PMS_Updater.sh								 
Certificate verification failed for /C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA										 
15552:error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed:/usr/src/secure/lib/libssl/../../../crypto/openssl/ssl/s3_clnt.c:997:   fetch: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mstinaff/PMS_Updater/master/PMS_Updater.sh: Authentication error

I've been having all kinds of problems with Plex after recent Freenas updates, so I was hoping a Plex update might fix it.

 

[Johannez]

dnjordman, step 1 to 3 could be skipped if you use the FreeNAS webinterface and go to jails and then select the Plex jail and then use the Shell button in the bottom.

 

[dnjordman]

Thanks, but because I'm a big dumb idiot, I meant I get that error after step 4. Getting into the jail's shell isn't an issue.

 

[Johannez]

"--no-verify-peer" should be added.
Check this topic, Joshua gave the solution here:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/plex-update.28860/