Latest PMS issues

[SavageAUS]

Ok so my Plex media server plugin works if I browse to the address but I can no longer see it in plugins on the left hand pane and therefore cannot see the "to access pms click here" and when I go into installed plugins I can no longer stop PMS.
FreeNAS 9.10.2-U3
plexmediaserver-1.5.5.3634-amd64

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[Jailer]

System specs?

 

[SavageAUS]

Gigabyte MX31-BS0
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 @ 3.40GHz
32G Kingston DDR4 2133 ECC Unbuffered
6 x 1tb wd black Raidz2

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[Allan Wilmath]

if your Plex server is working fine and you can use the web interface, I would leave it alone. The jail system is a hack and having issues is routine. I would only deal with it if Plex is unusable, and it should like it works fine since you can connect to it's web page.

I would wait until you had to do a Plex update, then you can use the jail interface to remove it, remove the data set using the dataset GUI. Then do a clean install of Plex.

Putting it off as long as you can is a good idea because the docker idea is a superior solution. Updates still don't work, but since there is no data inside the docker container, destroying and installing new is not a big deal once you remember to fill in all of the little boxes correctly.

 

[SavageAUS]

Yeah i miss docker. Ill leave it alone until the next update and / or docker support in 11. Even a vm running docker is better than jails/plugins.

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[Jailer]

if your Plex server is working fine and you can use the web interface, I would leave it alone. The jail system is a hack and having issues is routine.

I don't agree with any of this. I ran the plugin using the manual PMS_Updater script to keep it up to date for over a year without issues. The jail system is not a "hack" and has been in place in FreeBSD for many years now. Also if everything is working as it should menu items shouldn't disappear.

docker idea is a superior solution

I don't agree and you give the perfect explanation as why,

Updates still don't work

completely contradicting yourself.

@SavageAUS can you start and stop the service from the Jail CLI? plexmediaserver restart ?

Your system specs look fine, what are you using for a boot device?

 

[Mlovelace]

You can try reloading the freeNAS GUI by ssh'ing into the server and running these commands.

Code:

service nginx restart
service django restart

 

[Jailer]

I'm wondering if it's a boot device with a corrupt installation (I'm looking at you USB). You usually only see this type of thing from a low (under minimum) spec system.

 

[SavageAUS]

I have 2 SanDisk cruiser fits 16gb in mirror for boot.

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[SavageAUS]

@SavageAUS can you start and stop the service from the Jail CLI? plexmediaserver restart ?

How do i go about doing that?

 

[Jailer]

Click on the jails tab and open the jail CLI from the link in the bottom row of the GUI.

 

[SavageAUS]

And the command is plexmediaserver restart?

 

[Mlovelace]

And the command is plexmediaserver restart?

Code:

service plexmediaserver restart

 

[SavageAUS]

Code:

service plexmediaserver restart

That didnt work just stalled at stopping pid XXXX
I just bit the bullet and deleted the plugin and reinstalled.