SamEdwardes/pi-plex-server

Files for my Raspberry Pi Plex Server

pi-plex-server

Files for my Raspberry Pi Plex Server

Day to day

Shutdown, Restart, Unmount, Mount

# Turn off (wait for 10 beeps of the green light)
sudo poweroff

# Or...
sudo shutdown -h now

# Restart
sudo reboot

# Unmount USB
sudo umount /mnt/plex-usb

# Mount USB - will mount everything per /etc/fstab
sudo mount -a

SSH

# Run a command
ssh pi@plexpi.local ls -la

# Or, SSH into the server
ssh pi@plexpi.local

Copying Files

# Copy a single file
scp ~/movies/hello-world.mp4 pi@plexpi.local:/mnt/plex-usb/movies

# Copy a directory
scp -r ~/movies/hello pi@plexpi.local:/mnt/plex-usb/movies

NFS

Reapply mounts:

sudo systemctl restart nfs-server
# Or...
sudo exportfs -ra

Setup

OS

Install the Raspberry Pi Imager https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/.

SSH

• https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/remote-access.html#passwordless-ssh-access

ssh pi@plexpi.local

Install Plex

Instructions from https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-server/:

# Install plex
# https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-server/
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/plex-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/plex-archive-keyring.gpg] https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y plexmediaserver

# Add media folders
sudo mkdir -p /opt/plex/movies
sudo mkdir /opt/plex/tv
sudo mkdir /opt/plex/other
sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/plex

Other directions:

• https://linuxhint.com/install-plex-raspberry-pi-4/

Mount USB

• https://raspberrytips.com/mount-usb-drive-raspberry-pi/

sudo fdisk -l
# Device     Boot  Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
# /dev/sda1       522240 484519679 483997440 230.8G  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/
# total 0
# lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 26 20:40 37CA-39EC -> ../../mmcblk0p1
# lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 26 21:09 C5F1-A0AD -> ../../sda1
# lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Feb 26 20:40 a4af13c6-d165-4cbd-a9f6-c961fef8255d -> ../../mmcblk0p2
sudo mkdir /mnt/plex-usb

/etc/fstab

UUID=C5F1-A0AD /mnt/plex-usb vfat uid=pi,gid=pi 0 0

Install NFS

• https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-nfs/
• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-nfs-mount-on-ubuntu-20-04
• https://superuser.com/questions/657071/mount-nfs-rpc-statd-is-not-running-but-is-required-for-remote-locking

Install nfs-server:

sudo apt-get install -y nfs-kernel-server

# Had to run this to get `mount` working on host
systemctl start rpc-statd

Configure: /etc/exports

/mnt/plex-usb *(rw,all_squash,insecure,async,no_subtree_check,anonuid=1000,anongid=1000)

Apply changes:

sudo exportfs -ra

Helpful resources

• Setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8bbp79haN4
• Plex: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-plex-server/

Tips

• Run sudo poweroff to turn off. Wait until the green light stops flashing.