I am trying to install the server on another machine than my client machine. It is a headless machine so I need to enable it for first run then enable remote access. I have opened up the relevant ports: -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 32400 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 32401 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 34301 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 32469 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 32600 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1032 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 32410 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 32412 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 32413 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 32414 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT I followed the guide here ('On a Different Network' because 'On the Same Local Network' also did not work): https://support.plex.tv/articles/200288586-installation/ I can go to http://localhost:8888/web on my system and it connects, I can sign in, but it never finds the media server. I did try the latest version of Plex (1.13) and ran it much the same way as the current version (new version does not have a virtualenv). Had no luck with that. I would very much like this use case to be supported. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge plex-media-server 2. systemctl start plex-media-server 3. On another machine: ssh server-machine -L 8888:localhost:32400 4. Open browser to localhost:8888/web 5. Sign in. 6. Try to configure a server. Actual Results: Does not find a server running. Expected Results: Should find a server. emerge --info Portage 2.3.40 (python 3.6.5-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib, gcc-6.4.0, glibc-2.26-r7, 4.16.13-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.16.13-gentoo-x86_64-AMD_FX-tm-8150_Eight-Core_Processor-with-gentoo-2.4.1 KiB Mem: 16351528 total, 1076960 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 06:15:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 689e16682357ad63d26f324558aca005df091d86 sh bash 4.4_p12 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.30 p2) 2.30.0 app-shells/bash: 4.4_p12::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.3-r1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.14-r1::gentoo, 3.6.5::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.9.6::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.4.1-r2::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.13::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69-r4::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6-r3::gentoo, 1.15.1-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.30-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 6.4.0-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8-r1::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.13::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.26-r7::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes sync-rsync-extra-opts: sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 jamiel-gentoo-overlay location: /var/lib/layman/jamiel-gentoo-overlay masters: gentoo priority: 50 java location: /var/lib/layman/java masters: gentoo priority: 50 srcshelton location: /var/lib/layman/srcshelton masters: gentoo priority: 50 tatsh-overlay location: /var/lib/layman/tatsh-overlay masters: gentoo priority: 50 vortex location: /var/lib/layman/vortex masters: gentoo priority: 50 Installed sets: @admin, @ansible, @bashcomp, @bloodhound, @cgit, @cups, 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iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= media-tv/plex-media-server-1.12.3::gentoo was built with the following: USE="" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"
Created attachment 535630 [details] Plex media server logs
systemctl status output: ● plex-media-server.service - Plex Media Server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plex-media-server.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Jun 11 00:01:20 tatsh start_pms[26776]: 8 3000 /var/lib/plexmediaserver Jun 11 00:01:20 tatsh start_pms[26776]: 8192 Jun 11 00:01:28 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/PlexThemeMusic.bundle. Jun 11 00:01:28 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/PlexMusic.bundle. Jun 11 00:01:28 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/LocalMedia.bundle. Jun 11 00:04:28 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/OpenSubtitles.bundle. Jun 11 00:04:28 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/HTbackdrops.bundle. Jun 11 00:04:29 tatsh start_pms[26776]: Error starting framework core for /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/Plug-ins-215c28d86/PlexMovie.bundle. Jun 11 00:05:05 tatsh systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server... Jun 11 00:05:05 tatsh systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
This doesn't seem like it's a problem with plex specifically, it's been working for me and others for years at this point so it's probably network configuration related. If you find the root cause of this (and if it is related to changes that we could make to out plex ebuilds, feel free to post here again, and we can discuss merging your changes. Closing for now.
This is how to do it for a headless machine to stop confusion: 1. Use a non-headless machine and install plex-media-server. 2. Configure the server (/etc/). 3. Start the service. 4. Configure the server as normal at https://localhost:32400/web 5. Ensure expected things work. 6. Stop the service. 7. rsync /var/lib/plexmediaserver/ headless-server:/var/lib/plexmediaserver 8. Fix permissions in case: chown -R plex. /var/lib/plexmediaserver 9. On headless server, start the service. Open port 32400 if necessary. 10. On the non-headless machine create an SSH tunnel: ssh headless-server -L 8888:localhost:32400 11. Go to http://localhost:8888 and configure. Since the configuration was copied over, it will most likely start working immediately. Maybe you want to add this information to the post-install notes? The server is nearly impossible to install on a headless machine it seems, even when using local IP addresses (the guide says they should work). The best way is to configure/copy from a user machine (even a macOS one should work).
These steps seem better part of the plex wiki rather than adding more post installation notes (That most people won't need since this is a particular use case) to the end of the ebuild.
