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Plex Server Setup on FreeNAS (Jail)

Last Updated: March 1st, 2020

Adapted from here

Creating jail​

echo '{"pkgs":["plexmediaserver-plexpass","ca_root_nss"]}' > /tmp/pkg.json
iocage create -n "plex" -p /tmp/pkg.json -r 11.3-RELEASE \
    interfaces="vnet0:bridge0" \
    ip4_addr="vnet0|10.2.0.202/24" \
    defaultrouter="10.2.0.1" \
    vnet="on" \
    allow_raw_sockets="1" \
    boot="on"

Mount folders​

iocage exec plex mkdir -p /config
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/movies
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/tv
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/courses
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/photos
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/home-videos
iocage exec plex mkdir -p /mnt/music
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/NVMeStore/apps/plex /config nullfs rw 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/Movies /mnt/movies nullfs ro 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/TV /mnt/tv nullfs ro 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/Courses /mnt/courses nullfs ro 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/Photos /mnt/photos nullfs ro 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/Videos /mnt/home-videos nullfs ro 0 0
iocage fstab -a plex /mnt/FileStore/Media/Music /mnt/music nullfs ro 0 0
iocage exec plex chown -R plex:plex /config

Allow the plex user access to the directories (add plex user to group)

pw groupadd -n media -g 8675309 # Replace this with your group ID
pw groupmod media -m plex

Plex service setup​

iocage exec plex sysrc "plexmediaserver_plexpass_enable=YES"
iocage exec plex sysrc plexmediaserver_plexpass_support_path="/config"
iocage exec plex service plexmediaserver_plexpass start

Enable SSH

iocage exec plex sysrc sshd_enable="YES"
iocage exec plex service sshd start

Enable ssh password authentication, edit the following file: ee /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin="Yes"
UsePAM="Yes"

Perform first-time setup​

SSH tunnel

ssh 10.2.0.202 -L 32400:localhost:32400

go to https://localhost:32400/web

Upgrading​

ee /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf

Change to latest:

FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/latest",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

pkg upgrade plexmediaserver-plexpass