Rancher - Plex Install Failing

[Spencer Skinner]

Hi guys, so I've been trying to install plex on docker recently and I'm running into a few issues. When I install plex with the default settings and dont give the config folder a specific location it seems to work a dream. But the moment I map the config folder to a specific place outside the container, it doesnt like it at all.

Code:

28/06/2018 22:32:26[services.d] done.
28/06/2018 22:32:26Starting Plex Media Server.
28/06/2018 22:32:26terminate called after throwing an instance of 'boost::filesystem::filesystem_error'
28/06/2018 22:32:26  what():  boost::filesystem::create_directory: Permission denied: "/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Logs"
28/06/2018 22:32:26****** PLEX MEDIA SERVER CRASHED, CRASH REPORT WRITTEN: /config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Crash Reports/1.13.2.5154-fd05be322/PLEX MEDIA SERVER/215000c1-ba32-c6d1-69812f4e-4ef86ccf.dmp
28/06/2018 22:32:26Aborted

Not sure whats causing the error as the directory in which the config resides has 777 permission set on it and is owned by user 1001 and group 1001. All the parent directories are the same.

Ive pasted the compose below so you can see all my settings etc.

Let me know if you need any other info, any ideas what I am doing wrong and what I should be doing?

Thanks Guys!

Code:

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}

 

[Jailer]

With Plex being so easy to install in a jail I'm still quite baffled why anyone would want to try and run it in Docker.

 

[Spencer Skinner]

With Plex being so easy to install in a jail I'm still quite baffled why anyone would want to try and run it in Docker.

Its because I get greater flexibility with a docker container in terms of plex plugins, its just easier for me. I currently use a Jail right now to host my PMS but cant really do any plugin stuff with it. Plus the updates for Plex docker are much more regular, though thats not always a good thing.