When adding a folder you will need to browse to the destination location that was created when assigning storage to the Plex plugin jail. I’ve found that organizing the content makes it much easier to find the media you’re looking for when browsing for content on devices like the Roku or Amazon Fire TV. I like to segregate my content by creating separate sections for movies, music, and pictures. Next you can start building your media library within Plex. On the basic setup page you can enter a friendly name for the server which is the name that will be displayed when devices are browsing for Plex servers on the network. First you’ll need to either create a Plex account, or sign in with an existing one. The first time you access Plex you will be presented with the initial setup wizard. The IP address of the jail can be found by clicking on the jail tab in the FreeNAS web interface. You can also access Plex directly by visiting (using the IP address of the Plex jail). You should see the dialog box below that contains a link to the web interface of the Plex server. To access the web interface for the Plex server expand the plugins section on the left side of the web interface and click on PlexMediaServer.
Plex plugins code#
If this happens, or if you see a message about the server exiting with code 11 just attempt to start the plugin again and it should start successfully. I’ve found that on a new installation the Plex plugin doesn’t always start on the first attempt. If you add additional storage to the jail you may need to stop, then start the Plex plugin before it will see the new storage.
Once you are done assigning storage to the plugin jail you can go ahead and start the Plex Media Server plugin. Be sure to select the last two checkboxes to create the directory (in case it doesn’t exist), and to mount the storage so it becomes visible to Plex. The destination name can be set to anything you choose but I recommend using something like /media/movies. Clicking the browse button will display a list of existing ZFS datasets on the FreeNAS server. Any ZFS dataset can be used as a source for the jail storage. When adding storage to a plugin jail you will need to set the source and destination mount point. Click on the plex jail, “plexmediaserver_1”, expand the storage section then click on add storage. To add storage to the Plex jail click on the jails button at the top of the web interface. Since FreeNAS plugins run inside of a jail they are only able to access storage that has been specifically assigned to the plugin jail. This process should only take a couple minute to complete.Īfter the Plex plugin has been installed it will be visible in the list of installed plugins.īefore starting the Plex server storage must be added to the Plex plugin jail.
Plex plugins install#
Click on plexmediaserver to begin the installation process.įreeNAS will automatically download and install the latest version of Plex. After clicking on the plugins button, select the available tab to see the list of all the available plugins for FreeNAS.
The Plex Media Server plugin can be installed through the plugins interface in the FreeNAS web GUI. Last summer I built a Mini ITX NAS server which provides more than enough power for running FreeNAS with ZFS and the Plex Media Server all on one tiny machine. By having Plex on the same physical server as FreeNAS it can stream content much faster since it has direct access to the filesystem. In the past I ran Plex on a dedicated Linux server but now there is a Plex plugin available for FreeNAS which is much more efficient than running Plex on a separate server. Plex also has clients available for PC, Mac, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and Samsung TVs.
Plex plugins tv#
I typically use Plex to stream movies directly to my TV via the Plex app for the Roku which has proven to be an easy and reliable method of streaming content. Plex Media Server is a great way to stream content to multiple different devices in your home.
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