[Plex Media Server in Docker] How to access /storage ?

Another angle of this, some responsibility lies with the one mounting data to an "unknown" app But doing chown when necessary sound like a good idea, it would solve startup issues with RO files.

First time I used Plex btw. It's great and all that but apparently it doesn't support playing from RAR archives. Unfortunately I didn't know this before I bought the Plex app.

Hmm.. couldn't this be an opportunity for this plugin? Beat standard Plex by adding this. I'm sure you can figure out some clever solution adding RAR support here, using Kodi or some layer extracting on the fly or something. From reading several forums etc it would definitely be big news!

That's way beyond the scope of this addon

I get it, and apparently there is a clever solution for this available already.

Added a request for it here:

Add rar2fs binary

Quote from sonic00

Hey there,

I just installed Plex via the LE docker repo. I have access to the server and it looks like its running so far.

But I can't add any share media folders from my NAS. I tried to Map the NSF Share in the settings, as you described, but when I do this I can't access Plex anymore (it just wont't start). I disabled and enabled the Addon, restarted Kodi (using Libreelec 8.2.5. with RP2), but nothing helps. If i chance the mapping back to the standard "/storage/tvshows" (for example) Plex is starting again.

The NSF share is working fine, since I am using it for my Kodi library. I also tried SMB share but with the same issue.

May I miss something!?

edit:

Some more information. When I edit the settings file to map to my shared network folder, it looks like the whole image isn't even recognized by Docker.

I tried to use the commnd "docker ps -a" to to see all images, but its completley blank. When I reset the settings to default the image show perfectly and Plex is starting.

I don't think I did anything wrong with the mapping since I am using the tree folder structure inside Kodi to point to the right direction. So I can't see why Docker can't recognize the image after I changed the settings?

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(My emphasis on a few lines there)

I'm having precisely this problem with mine, I've just started using LibreElec, I'm so very very impressed so far, but stuck at this point, identical issues. (I use SMB, not NFS)

My SMB pointers in my XML file, in Kodi, which are obviously working for Kodi - as soon as I configure them to be the 'redirects' for Plex in the Plex config, will stop the Plex docker executing and running.

I can confirm this by SSH in, then typing in

docker image ls

and

docker container ls

The container is pulled down, but it's not running, unless I reset those settings to default, then it's listed as running.

So what's the easy solution?

Quote from FeFiFoFum

(My emphasis on a few lines there)

I'm having precisely this problem with mine, I've just started using LibreElec, I'm so very very impressed so far, but stuck at this point, identical issues. (I use SMB, not NFS)

My SMB pointers in my XML file, in Kodi, which are obviously working for Kodi - as soon as I configure them to be the 'redirects' for Plex in the Plex config, will stop the Plex docker executing and running.

I can confirm this by SSH in, then typing in

docker image ls

and

docker container ls

The container is pulled down, but it's not running, unless I reset those settings to default, then it's listed as running.

So what's the easy solution?

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Did you read the answer and how it was solved in the next post?

You cannot use nfs:// or smb:// locations as mount points with docker. You need to mount those smb locations on LE first and use those locations

Thanks both of you guys, to clarify, I imagine this means there's no way to do this (currently) in LibreElec front end interface, need to be smarter users SSH'ing in and what have you?

(I'm ok with that, I just was curious if there's a simple solution)

EDIT: Also, does anyone know, the precise command syntax I can do, for testing in the SSH session, before writing the file?

I do not have a user / pass (guest access) so it's a little bit unclear in the doco, hence wanting to fiddle

Quote from chewitt

Kodi can use SMB from within Kodi. Plex (in docker) cannot access mounts via Kodi. So mount in the OS and then configure both Kodi and Plex to use the same /storage/mountpoint(s) for the remote SMB/NFS shares.

Thank you for replying again!

Sorry for more dumb questions,......... I've found a tuturial on how to mount an SMB, including editing several files and rebooting.

However, I'm curious if I can just do testing first and mount an SMB share, without a reboot? (initially)

I've tried this command, which IS working on my Raspberry Pi.
mount -t cifs //192.168.0.9/testsmb /tmp/bob

It's not working on LibreElec though

It's spitting back "invalid argument" at me.

So I figure the synatx for the mount command, in LibreElec is different (slightly) to the syntax of mount command in tutorials I'm finding across the web, for Linux.

Hopefully this thread helps someone else too.

Quote from chewitt

Read post #24 again. Follow the comments in the files.

I'm asking what the syntax is, to manually mount them, just temporarily for testing, without a reboot.

Following the standard process using the mount command regular syntax is resulting in

"invalid argument"

Is this not possible?

I'm having trouble and I'm flowing instructions to the letter at this point?

cd /storage/.config/system.d

nano storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount

[Unit]
Description=test cifs mount script
Requires=network-online.service
After=network-online.service
Before=kodi.service

[Mount]
What=//192.168.0.9/media/
Where=/storage/MediaOnARRAY/
Options=username=XXXX,password=YYYY
Type=cifs

Filename I've even done, case sensitive!

LibreELEC:~/.config/system.d # systemctl enable storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount

Created symlink /storage/.config/system.d/multi-user.target.wants/storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount → /storage/.config/system.d/storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount.

Bear in mind also! This exact command works flawlessly, for a temporary mapping. So clearly the path and credentials and permissions are all correct:

"mount -t cifs -o username=XXXXX,password=YYYYYY //192.168.0.9/media /storage/MediaOnARRAY"

So where to now? I'm lost, any tips?

I have googled and found the command:

systemctl start <filename>.mount

Quote

LibreELEC:~/.config/system.d # systemctl start storage-MoviesOnARRAY.mount

Job for storage-MoviesOnARRAY.mount failed.

See "systemctl status storage-MoviesOnARRAY.mount" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Which spat this out for me:

systemctl status storage-MoviesOnARRAY.mount

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● storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount - test cifs mount script

Loaded: loaded (/storage/.config/system.d/storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)

Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2019-02-09 16:55:13 AEDT; 7min ago

Where: /storage/MediaOnARRAY

What: //192.168.0.9/media

Feb 09 16:55:11 LibreELEC systemd[1]: Mounting test cifs mount script...

Feb 09 16:55:13 LibreELEC mount[800]: mount: mounting //192.168.0.9/media on /storage/MediaOnARRAY failed: Permission denied

Feb 09 16:55:13 LibreELEC systemd[1]: storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=255

Feb 09 16:55:13 LibreELEC systemd[1]: storage-MediaOnARRAY.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Feb 09 16:55:13 LibreELEC systemd[1]: Failed to mount test cifs mount script.

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This makes no sense, the password is 1000% the correct one?

I've even remade a new file and tried again, no go.

My password has punctuation in it, does it not like ! ^ # % etc?

and in the interest of helping others, it's fixed - it was indeed quotation marks for the complicated password.

Also please bear in mind, you need to put the password AND the username in quotation marks, if a quotation mark is required.

Thanks for enduring my posts, hopefully google indexes and helps people