The following command mounts the movies directory in the root on the movies directory in the PLEX jail:

Mounting the movies map in the root on /media/movies in the jail.And I created a new directory /media/movies with owner plex and group plexmovies. Next I made the user 'plex' a member of this group. So I created a new group 'plexmovies' with the same groupID (1005) as the downloads folder in the TrueNAS root. Get back into the PLEX jail and type the following commands: In this list I found the group 'multimedia' has groupID 1005. With the next command you will get a list of all groups in the root:

So when I type in the shell the following command: For example on my TrueNAS it's in /mnt/tank/downloads/movies. Find the location of the folder with your movies.

Creating a new group in the jail and make user 'plex' a member.

Return to the PLEX jail shell and type exit. The sysrc command enables automatic start of the plexmediaserver each time you restart the jail.Īnd open in the browser on your Mac or PC the address of the PMS jail. The plexmediaserver installer creats a new group 'plex' and a new user 'plex' in the jail. Open the shell of the new PLEX jail and type the following commands:

Installation of Plex Media Server in the new TrueNAS Jail.

After a successful start you may open it's Shell. Click '>' at the end of the line and start the Jail. If everything is OK you will find your new qBittorrent jail under Jails. Make the following changes under the various headings: In the new screen click 'Advanced Jail Creation'. To create a new jail, open TrueNAS, go to Jails and click Add. Take care to change these addresses in accordance with your own (WiFi) network.

Creation of a new jail for Plex Media Server.Īs we speak, my server is running TrueNAS core 12.0-U4.1.Īs an example let's assume your WiFi router has IP4 address 192.168.0.1 and you want to give your new jail the name PLEX with IP4 address 192.168.0.99.

And the user 'plex' in the jail must be a member of this new group. That's why we have to create a new group in the jail with the same groupID as the groupID of the folder with your movies in the root of TrueNAS. Also in the jail and the root the appropriate permissions must match or else TrueNAS won't permit access. That's why we need to enable the jail to mount the folder with movies in the TrueNAS root. The catch is, from inside the jail, one does not have access to folders in the root of TrueNAS. It's pretty straightforward to install Plex Media Server (PMS) in a TrueNAS jail.

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