I have a Plex jail created in Freenas 9x. Now in Freenas 11.2u8, I haven't been able to update plex unless I create plex in iocage. I have over 4k movies and about 300 TV shows. I have looked at videos on how to create iocage jails for plex, but no videos on how to tranfer or migrate all of my media safely. I have 1 question, can I create a Plex jail in iogage with the same mnt points as the plex in warden jail.
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Warden and Iocage jails
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Jurgen Segaert
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Did you see the post below?
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/migrate-warden-jail-to-iocage-jail.74330/
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/migrate-warden-jail-to-iocage-jail.74330/
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I'd like to think your media is stored outside of the jail, so switching between warden and iocage jails should have no impact on the media itself. What you probably need to worry about (assuming you want to keep your library settings, watch lists, etc.) is the database and metadata stored in the Plex jail.
I haven't used Plex now for almost 2 years (I don't miss it anymore, and actually prefer emby now) so you'll need to do a little research, but what you need to do is move the Plex database outside of the jail as a first step. Based on this > https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/ you want to be moving /mnt/<pool_name>/jails/<plex_jail_name>/usr/local/plexdata/ to it's own dataset on the pool (e.g. /mnt/<pool_name>/plexdata)
At this point, your data is separated from the jail and means you can update/delete/recreate the jail without worrying about your data. You can also back it up easily.
When you create the iocage jail, and get it up and running, you simply mount your plexdata dataset along with the media folders into the jail, and it should be exactly as it was in a warden jail.
Two things made my experience of using FreeNAS significantly easier. Moving user data outside of the jails into their own dataset was the first. Having a jail managing SSL certificates and reverse-proxying to the services was the other. Neither is that complicated, and you'll find pretty much all you need to do them in the forums somewhere.
Good luck.
I haven't used Plex now for almost 2 years (I don't miss it anymore, and actually prefer emby now) so you'll need to do a little research, but what you need to do is move the Plex database outside of the jail as a first step. Based on this > https://support.plex.tv/articles/202915258-where-is-the-plex-media-server-data-directory-located/ you want to be moving /mnt/<pool_name>/jails/<plex_jail_name>/usr/local/plexdata/ to it's own dataset on the pool (e.g. /mnt/<pool_name>/plexdata)
At this point, your data is separated from the jail and means you can update/delete/recreate the jail without worrying about your data. You can also back it up easily.
When you create the iocage jail, and get it up and running, you simply mount your plexdata dataset along with the media folders into the jail, and it should be exactly as it was in a warden jail.
Two things made my experience of using FreeNAS significantly easier. Moving user data outside of the jails into their own dataset was the first. Having a jail managing SSL certificates and reverse-proxying to the services was the other. Neither is that complicated, and you'll find pretty much all you need to do them in the forums somewhere.
Good luck.
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Basically, you don't have to move the media at all.
If you set up Plex in a new iocage jail, you can copy the Plex database from the old jail to the new jail. Do an internet search on the Plex forums to find advice - it is not difficult, but you need to know where the database is in the warden jail and where it is in the iocage jail so that you copy the database to the right place. Take some time to figure this out.
Since your media should be on datasets that are outside of the jail, they won't be affected if you try to create the new jail and mess something up. At the very worst, you might have to reset your Plex preferences and mount-points, then re-index the media - but that is not likely.
Be patient, and don't panic if you do something wrong.
If you set up Plex in a new iocage jail, you can copy the Plex database from the old jail to the new jail. Do an internet search on the Plex forums to find advice - it is not difficult, but you need to know where the database is in the warden jail and where it is in the iocage jail so that you copy the database to the right place. Take some time to figure this out.
Since your media should be on datasets that are outside of the jail, they won't be affected if you try to create the new jail and mess something up. At the very worst, you might have to reset your Plex preferences and mount-points, then re-index the media - but that is not likely.
Be patient, and don't panic if you do something wrong.
set up plex in iocage, plex plays back movies, and shows my 4500 movies, but no metadata. I have a static ip for my plex server. tried to turn on vnet and that did not work. my plex server would not show up. turned off vnet and server back up still no metadata. I am running freenas 11.2u8. any ideas why metadata won't download. When I was using plex in warden jail, metadata was in all movies.
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Change to a shell inside your Plex jail and check basic networking - local LAN, default gateway, name resolution ...
Generally VNET is the preferred setup nowadays. Need to assign the correct physical interface for the bridge magic to work as intended.
HTH,
Patrick
Generally VNET is the preferred setup nowadays. Need to assign the correct physical interface for the bridge magic to work as intended.
HTH,
Patrick
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1. Configure your jail with VNET (and DHCP if you have a DHCP server in your LAN).
2. Logon via SSH to your FreeNAS as root.
3. Use
4. Use
5. Use
6. Try to
7. Use
8. Try to
9. Try to
10. Use
11. Try to
If any of these steps fails, report back ;)
2. Logon via SSH to your FreeNAS as root.
3. Use
ifconfig to check if the jail is connected to the same bridge as your physical network interface.4. Use
iocage console <jailname> to change into your jail.5. Use
ifconfig to check if your jail received an IP address via DHCP or your static address is active if you used that.6. Try to
ping stuff on the local net.7. Use
netstat -rn to find out if you have default router configured.8. Try to
ping that default router.9. Try to
ping 8.8.8.8.10. Use
cat /etc/resolv.conf to check if name resolution is configured.11. Try to
ping www.google.com.If any of these steps fails, report back ;)
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Set the
allow_raw_sockets option for your jail.pschatz100
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You need to have VNET configured for Plex to work properly. Something is not set up properly in your networking.
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You did successfully get through all my steps with VNET?
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The point of my steps is entirely to debug and get the VNET config working.
And I wrote that down as step 1. If you do something entirely different how do you expect your pings to provide any useful info?
Please do as I wrote or I won't be able to help.
Generally you want VNET nowadays unless you have a very specific reason not to use it.
And I wrote that down as step 1. If you do something entirely different how do you expect your pings to provide any useful info?
Please do as I wrote or I won't be able to help.
Generally you want VNET nowadays unless you have a very specific reason not to use it.
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Ssh into your box, copy and paste text, please. Screenshots are useless ...
That was point 2. of my list.
I don't get what is so hard about this. You complained and sought help that your jail was not working with VNET. I am trying to help. For that I need very specific information about your system when the jail is active with VNET. Please just follow the steps I outlined in (as I see it) great detail and post the results.
That was point 2. of my list.
I don't get what is so hard about this. You complained and sought help that your jail was not working with VNET. I am trying to help. For that I need very specific information about your system when the jail is active with VNET. Please just follow the steps I outlined in (as I see it) great detail and post the results.
I appologize, I am just a dabbler ruuning my server for plex so my family can watch from anywhere. I decided to edit my jail for dhcp instead of static ip with vnet and berkly checked. Plex sees my server and is now downlading all metadata. Thank you for your help.
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I am confident that something was not set up properly in your networking. It is not uncommon to miss a parameter when setting network parameters manually. Good that you got it running with DHCP. Take care.
Need some help. After I got my plex in iocage jails from warden, I went to do the same on my other freenas server running all tv shows. I followed the steps I used doing my plex movies. Everything seemed to work. Plex was loading all the tv shows. Then everthing vanished from plex. I reviewed the add folders in plex, but I could find nothing. I looked at the shares in freenas and couldn't figure it out. Then all of sudden I lost access to my tv shows folder in windows 10. Can someone please help.
