#FREENAS 11.2 PLEX INSTALL#

In the new GUI I navigate to the Available Plugins list, click Install on Plex Media Server and I recieve this error. I can't seem to use the Legacy UI to install plex as all the tutorials would suggest. To add storage to your FreeNAS Jail, start by following this documentation: Īfter mounting the storage in your jail, it may be tempting to grant your files 777 access to give Plex access to them. I appear to have FreeNAS 11.2 BETA installed which I got from the FreeNAS website. Once you tie a Plex account with your server, you will be able to access Plex internally and externally via:Īccessing Mounted Storage In Your Jail With Plex: Plex is now ready to use and you can navigate to it with this URL: Next, start Plex with the following command: Once that is complete, you need to setup Plex to start automatically when the jail starts with the following command: Pkg install multimedia/plexmediaserver -y Now, to install Plex, run the following command: I'm hoping for advice or best practices on how. In the process, I would like to consolidate the datasets of the 2 Pools of the old server into a single Pool on the new server.

I would like to move this to a new TrueNAS Core server.

#FREENAS 11.2 PLEX UPDATE#

Next, to update the jail's packages, run the following command: I currently have a FreeNAS server (FreeNAS-11.2-U8) with 2 Pools and around 100 user accounts. In this case, the plex jail has a JID of 1, so to get a shell prompt in the jail, use the following command: Once at a shell prompt, view the currently installed jails with the following command: Once the jail is created, navigate to a shell prompt, either through the FreeNAS WebUI Shell or via SSH. IPv4 Address: .x (Anything that isn't taken and isn't in your DHCP scope)įor more information on creating jails in FreeNAS, visit: Next, click on the ' Jails' tab and then click on the ' Add Jails' button.įrom there, a window will popup with options to configure your jail.

Then fill in the network settings to match your environment. Then click on ' Advanced Mode' to expose the network settings. Next, click on the ' Jails' button on the top bar, and then click on the ' Configuration' tab.įrom there, select a ' Jail Root' that is suitable to where you want your jails to be stored.

#FREENAS 11.2 PLEX HOW TO#

How To Install Plex in a FreeNAS 11.0 Jail:įirst off, navigate to your FreeNAS WebUI in your browser. working on it but I can't seem to make pw usermod do what it is supposed to do (no changes at all) in the userId/GroupId I still could not do 1 thing in the tutorial, which is the workaround the user and user group for the mount. In the meantime I gathered several URLs with related info that could be useful for someone, who knows I also modified /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/nf based on the following post too modify in the jail, but I may rollback to previous config. In my case so I did make a DNS mistake in the config. Jails: running 1 iocage jail (Plex) using danb35's script:Īdditional NIC: MELLANOX 10GB CONNECTX2 - MNPA19-XTR Take a look here: A post with Links to useful threadsĬonnected to: two 6Gb/s 24-port 3.Thanks for the tutorial by the way, too obvious to say ! Very helpful and clear. Vdev-1 = 4 x 6 TB drives in RAID-z1 (4 WD Gold drives - WD6002FRYZ)īoot pool: 1 vdev with 2 x 40 GB notebook drives in mirror (2 drives total - FUJITSU MHW2040BS) Vdev-0 = 4 x 6 TB drives in RAID-z1 (4 WD Gold drives - WD6002FRYZ) Vdev-1 = 6 x 4 TB drives in RAID-z2 (6 Seagate Exos drives - ST4000NM0115) Vdev-0 = 6 x 4 TB drives in RAID-z2 (6 Seagate Exos drives - ST4000NM0115) Vdev-1 = 6 x 4 TB drives in RAID-z2 (6 Seagate Desktop drives - ST4000DM000-1F2168) Vdev-0 = 6 x 4 TB drives in RAID-z2 (6 Seagate Desktop drives - ST4000DM000-1F2168) HBA: LSI/Broadcom SAS9207-8i, 6Gbps SAS PCI-E 3.0 HBA - flashed to IT Firmware: 20.00.07.00Ĭonnected to: two 6Gb/s 24-port 3.5' mini-SAS expander backplanes (80H10024001A0) 128 GB of 16GB sticks Samsung brand PC3-12800R, DDR3 Registered ECC I detail the installation of plex on FreeNAS Jail and configuration of using a share as a Plex mount point. Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2650 V2, 2.6GHz 8 Core (16 thread) In this video I go through an in-depth installation of the Plex plugin in Freenas 11.2. System board: SuperMicro Motherboard X9SRL-F, LGA 2011/Socket R, IPMI For a home NAS, this chassis is huge, able to hold 48 data drives and two boot drives with a couple spaces internally for non-hot-swap drives. The three pools in this one system represent the three NAS systems I had before the consolidation. I have even put together some hardware just to test things out a time or two.įor a while I had three systems, all at once, at home but I am making some hardware changes right now and only one NAS is online. I made some mistakes along the way, learned some and I try to share some of those lessons learned experiences here in the forum. This is the 8th FreeNAS unit I have built for home. This one was built in 2018, but I reused the name from a previous build.

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