Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER

I just noticed i am getting the following errors in the log.
I can see that plex creates a directory under /tmp/ pms-fdbbd0e4-d33e-4f60........

On a side note, i have the flash memory plugin running and shouldn't it move the /tmp directory and not just the /var/tmp directory to ram?

2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE=3000': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/tmp': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=plex': /etc/default/plexmediaserver

Zitat von ryecoaaron

/tmp should be using tmpfs already.

tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)

you are right ryecoaaron thanks. i had to research list mount points in linux back to original problem of the
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid
environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid
environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE=3000': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/tmp': /etc/default/plexmediaserver
2017-11-10T11:23:08+0100 eapenas systemd[1]: Ignoring invalid environment 'export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=plex': /etc/default/plexmediaserver

any ideas?

Ah... it seems there was some changes to plex that have not been incorporated into the plugin, or,
i have been caught with legacy files from the old version of plex when I at one point installed manually.

https://forums.plex.tv/discuss…ed-on-debian-with-systemd

It is opportune that I found this now also, as i have just installed the flash memory plugin and i don't want transcoding be filling up ram in the /tmp folder.

the fix for this problem was:
1) delete /etc/default/plexmediaserver

2) edit /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf
- comment out EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/plexmediaserver

3) create override.conf

# default script for Plex Media Server
[Service]

# the number of plugins that can run at the same time
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS=6"

# ulimit -s $PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_STACK_SIZE=3000"

# where the mediaserver should store the transcodes
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR=/media/a7e96974-7965-4103-9743-281802f3d956/plexmediaserver"

# uncomment to set it to something else
# Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=${HOME}/Library/Application Support"

# the user that PMS should run as, defaults to 'plex'
# note that if you change this you might need to move
# the Application Support directory to not lose your
# media library (match what is in /etc/passwd)
# Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=plex"

# Uncomment this to use syslog for logging instead of
# sending logs to Plex Media Server.log
# Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USE_SYSLOG=true"
Feature Request:
please add an option to the plugin to set the default temp directory for transcoding.
Although the option exists within plex's Settings/Transcoder section,
someone new to plex and/or OMV might not set it and discover their small system drive ends up filling up

also, I have accidentally created this thread in the wrong forum. could one of the moderators move it to the plugins forum please.

ah....db_folder.conf reverts back to putting the following in which creates the error originally listed.
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/plexmediaserver

is there an OMV file where the default plex settings can be set so the
/etc/default/plexmediaserver doesn't have to be called?
It is supposed to be using override.conf in /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d#