FreeNAS Media Server with PlexMediaServer and Mythtv

[nello]

Are there any updates to the guide as a result of the new version (9.3 +) of FreeNAS?

 

[mysticpete]

Are there any updates to the guide as a result of the new version (9.3 +) of FreeNAS?

I just upgraded initially and everthing worked OK, however I have installed on a fresh NAS using 9.3 and the proceedure was completed as I origonally described.

 

[nello]

@mysticpete: I will give your guide a try in the next 2-3 weeks. In the mean time, I'd appreciate any comments you'd have regarding my questions on creating a FreeNAS-based OTA DVR:

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/ota-dvr-pvr-using-freenas.27814/

Thank you.

- nello

 

[nello]

mysql> SELECT @@global.time_zone, @@session.time_zone;
+--------------------------+---------------------------+
| @@global.time_zone | @@session.time_zone |
+--------------------------+---------------------------+
| SYSTEM | SYSTEM |
+--------------------------+---------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

This shows that mysql is using the system for it's timezone …

Yes, but it does NOT show that the timezones were loaded correctly.

This page describes how to test whether your timezones have been loaded correctly:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MySQL_Time_Zone_Tables

 

[nello]

In case your copy of mc.sql is missing, you can get a copy of the SQL statements here and run it within MySQL at the command line:

https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/blob/master/mythtv/database/mc.sql

It is hardcoded with the user mythtv which was created during MythTV's installation. There is no need to edit/change the queries.

 

[nello]

Now check the mythtv database entry
root@mythtest:/ # mysql -u root -p'<password>' -e 'show databases;'

Is this the expected/correct response?

Code:

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| mythconverg        |
| performance_schema |
| test               |
+--------------------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

UPDATE 28-Feb-2015

Yes, this is the expected response. The queries in mc.sql create mythconverg.

 

[nello]

Setup Remote X11 access from your PC/Laptop
Download Xming from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
Download PuTTY from here: http://www.putty.org/

The X11 client I used on my Macintosh is XQuartz:

http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

As an X11 client, this application assumes that you have a 3-button mouse and does not use the paste key (⌘-v) that is standard for Macintosh applications. If you don't have a 3-button mouse, then check XQuartz's Preferences to emulate the middle button for paste, as shown below:

The application uses the standard key (⌘-c) for copy.

After launching the application, enter the following into the xterm window to connect to your MythTV Jail and launch mythtv-setup:

Code:

ssh -Y root@<mythtv jail ip> /usr/local/bin/mythtv-setup

 

[nello]

root@mythtest:/ # service sshd restart

This didn't work for me

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # service sshd restart
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.

Until I explicitly built the keys:

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A
ssh-keygen: generating new host keys: RSA1 RSA DSA ECDSA ED25519
root@mythtv:/ # service sshd restart
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
sshd not running? (check /var/run/sshd.pid).
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
root@mythtv:/ #

But I'm wondering …

Does ssh need to be added to /etc/rd.d ?

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # service ssh status
ssh does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup
directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d)
root@mythtv:/ #

 

[nello]

Firstly create a mythtv jail in FreeNAS (standard plugin jail)
login to the jail and a) set the root password "passwd" and b) create a user with full privileges"adduser" just follow the prompts, where it asks for the following....
Login group is test. Invite test into other groups? []: <enter wheel group here>

I don't understand why you are creating a user in this step because:

• I don't see where it is used in your tutorial, and
  
• MythTV creates it's own user and group during its installation

Code:

===> Creating users and/or groups.                                              
Creating group 'mythtv' with gid '119'.                                        
Creating user 'mythtv' with uid '119'.
[mythtv] [139/139] Extracting mythtv-0.27.0.20140121_6: 100%

 

[nello]

I misunderstood the instructions for setting up X11 forwarding so I'm posting what worked for me.

root@mythtest:/ # echo 'ListenAddress <youripaddress>' >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config

<youripaddress> is the address of the MythTV Jail. It is the same as <mythtv jail ip> used a little later in the tutorial.

root@mythtest:/ # ssh -Y root@<mythtv jail ip> /usr/local/bin/mythtv-setup

The prefix root@mythtest:/ mislead me into thinking that this command is run within the MythTV Jail. It is run from your X11 client on your PC/Mac/Whatever.

 

[Allan_Guy]

Thanks for all the info! Huge help on my build. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/asrock-c2750d4i-build.28000/

 

[nello]

I recommend you use Zufallsheld's very comprehensive installation guidehttp://zufallsheld.de/2013/11/22/freenas-transmission-couchpotato-sickbeard-dlna-server/

The thread on the FreeNAS Forum may be better.

 

[mysticpete]

Yes, but it does NOT show that the timezones were loaded correctly.

This page describes how to test whether your timezones have been loaded correctly:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MySQL_Time_Zone_Tables

if the timezone was not loaded correctly then it would not show that the System time zone is being used, there would be a null error.

 

[mysticpete]

I don't understand why you are creating a user in this step because:

• I don't see where it is used in your tutorial, and
• MythTV creates it's own user and group during its installation

Code:

===> Creating users and/or groups.                                              
Creating group 'mythtv' with gid '119'.                                       
Creating user 'mythtv' with uid '119'.
[mythtv] [139/139] Extracting mythtv-0.27.0.20140121_6: 100%

True, I'll drop this bit

 

[mysticpete]

I misunderstood the instructions for setting up X11 forwarding so I'm posting what worked for me.



<youripaddress> is the address of the MythTV Jail. It is the same as <mythtv jail ip> used a little later in the tutorial.



The prefix root@mythtest:/ mislead me into thinking that this command is run within the MythTV Jail. It is run from your X11 client on your PC/Mac/Whatever.

This command IS run from within Mythtv

 

[mysticpete]

This didn't work for me

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # service sshd restart
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key
Disabling protocol version 2. Could not load host key
sshd: no hostkeys available -- exiting.

Until I explicitly built the keys:

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # /usr/bin/ssh-keygen -A
ssh-keygen: generating new host keys: RSA1 RSA DSA ECDSA ED25519
root@mythtv:/ # service sshd restart
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
sshd not running? (check /var/run/sshd.pid).
Performing sanity check on sshd configuration.
Starting sshd.
root@mythtv:/ #

But I'm wondering …

Does ssh need to be added to /etc/rd.d ?

Code:

root@mythtv:/ # service ssh status
ssh does not exist in /etc/rc.d or the local startup
directories (/usr/local/etc/rc.d)
root@mythtv:/ #

I don't know why this failed for you, no other reports for missing keys on this topic....

 

[mysticpete]

The thread on the FreeNAS Forum may be better.

It's actually the same article by the same guy!

 

[nello]

if the timezone was not loaded correctly then it would not show that the System time zone is being used, there would be a null error.

That's not my experience; I got the output that you showed and yet mythtv-setup refused to run saying that the timezones weren't set up.

 

[nello]

It's actually the same article by the same guy!

Yes, it's the same author. The differences are:

• The FreeNAS Forum content will still be available regardless of whether the blog posting goes away; and
  
  
• The Forum post has a long thread of comments from which we might glean some extra details. For example, see: https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...ato-as-a-dlna-server.17165/page-5#post-173100

 

[nello]

I don't know why this failed for you, no other reports for missing keys on this topic....

I don't know why either.

However, I followed your tutorial twice with fresh 9.3 Jails and both times it failed. Both times, ssh started just fine after manually creating the keys. If it had failed only the first time then I'd chalk it up to my error in following the tutorial.

Again, I don't know why ssh did't start up for me the way it started up for you.

I just posted a solution that worked for me. Perhaps it will help others.