Plex Database folder not updated in the config

pezman · 7. Februar 2017

The database location as per gui doesn't appear to affect the Plex config. It's starting in the /var/lib/plexmediaserver insted of /myvolume/plexmediaserver.
As for now i just made a Symlink from /myvolume/plexmediaserver to /var/lib/plexmediaserver and it now uses the correct Plex config.
Is it a bug in the Plex plugin?

Output of dpkg -l | grep openm

Code

ii  openmediavault                                                   3.0.59                                                                                                            all          Open network attached storage solution
ii  openmediavault-couchpotato                                       3.2.2                                                                                                             all          OpenMediaVault CouchPotatoServer plugin
ii  openmediavault-keyring                                           1.0                                                                                                               all          GnuPG archive keys of the OpenMediaVault archive
ii  openmediavault-letsencrypt                                       3.2                                                                                                               all          Generate free and valid SSL certificates for OMV
ii  openmediavault-omvextrasorg                                      3.4.15                                                                                                            all          OMV-Extras.org Package Repositories for OpenMediaVau                                                                                        lt
ii  openmediavault-plexmediaserver                                   3.7                                                                                                               all          OpenMediaVault Plex Media Server plugin
ii  openmediavault-sonarr                                            3.2                                                                                                               all          OpenMediaVault Sonarr plugin
ii  openmediavault-transmissionbt                                    3.0.9                                                                                                             all          OpenMediaVault Transmission (BitTorrent client) plug                                                                                        in.

ryecoaaron · 7. Februar 2017

Post the output of:

cat /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf

pezman · 8. Februar 2017

cat: /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf: No such file or directory

ryecoaaron · 8. Februar 2017

It never made the overrides file. omv-mkconf plexmediaserver should do that. If it doesn't, not sure what is wrong.

pezman · 8. Februar 2017

omv-mkconf plexmediaserver
cat /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf
cat: /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf: No such file or directory

Did not help at all...
This is a complete reinstall of OMV 3.
I had the same problem before and did a reinstall of OMV 3 to see if that helped.
Seems like there is a problem with the plugin

ryecoaaron · 8. Februar 2017

It is a problem with the plugin. I will have to look at it later though.

pezman · 8. Februar 2017

Thanks

kavejo · 11. Februar 2017

Same here,

I did a fresh install of OMV 3 and while this picked up all the drives, raid, etc.
lex was not working as expected sadly.

I did select an internal drive on the Plex plug-in (the same drive containing the Plex DB) on my OMV 2 installation, however it was starting as a fresh Plex Server and did have any data.
It prompted to add libraries and did not show any movie/music/tv show.

I have checked and it seems it was starting from /var/lib/plexmediaserver as opposed to /media/UUID/plexmediaserver.
I was tempted to create a symlink in /var/lib so that plexmediaserver pointed to /media/UUID/plexmediaserver however I was unsure if this was going to break any functionality or mess up the upgrade.

I ended up re-imaging the OS drive using a back-up from last month, made with Clonezilla.

Regards,
Tommy

ryecoaaron · 11. Februar 2017

You still had the problem with my release today?

greend139 · 12. Februar 2017

I just ran into this issue upgrading from OMV 2 -> 3.0.59
Plex was refusing to start. I ended up removing the plugin and just configuring the plex package to point to the correct location.
The codecs symlink was also bad. It was self referencing. /opt/plexcodecs/Codecs pointed to /opt/plexcodecs/Codecs. Very strange.

ChacalCH · 12. Februar 2017

Seems this is also related to my problem.

I removed the plugin and everything on disk.
Reinstalled the new version (3.8.1), switched the directory and still plex installs in the default location (although in OMV I can see the correct path).

It seems something is still causing problems here...

ChacalCH · 12. Februar 2017

I made a symlink (as somebody mentioned) to the database and reinstalled the package, but now I can't start the service anymore... any suggestions?

..

I used "unlink Codecs" in /opt/plexcodecs, as this symlink seemed to cause the problem, now it works again.. though I wonder for how long.

plexpy is still not working, but well that's "nice to have"

achris · 13. Februar 2017

Hello,

Same issue for me, trying to reinstall and symlink /var/lib/plexmediaserver with my mergerfs pool /media/uid/plexmediaserver but service won't start.

ChacalCH · 13. Februar 2017

Zitat von achris

Hello,

Same issue for me, trying to reinstall and symlink /var/lib/plexmediaserver with my mergerfs pool /media/uid/plexmediaserver but service won't start.

Did you check if you have a Symlink in /opt/plexcodecs? I unlinked that one and then I could start it again.

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Nafi · 13. Februar 2017

Also check /etc/systemd/plexmediaserver.service for correct paths

ryecoaaron · 13. Februar 2017

Zitat von Nafi

Also check /etc/systemd/plexmediaserver.service for correct paths

Actually you want /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/db_folder.conf

Nafi · 13. Februar 2017

no, i mean /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service
at least in my file, there is also the path for application_support_dir environment variable set

ryecoaaron · 13. Februar 2017

Zitat von Nafi

no, i mean /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service
at least in my file, there is also the path for application_support_dir environment variable set

You shouldn't change that file. It can be overwritten on upgrades. That is why the plugin uses the overrides file.

pezman · 13. Februar 2017

I updated the plex plugin to latest and still i cannot get it to start in correct location.
I changed database folder and saved. Then changed back to where my database is and saved again.
But still i'm missing db_folder.conf

ryecoaaron · 14. Februar 2017

Are you on OMV 2.x? dpkg -l | grep openm

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