Scripted installation of Plex Media Server

[danb35 (Dan)]

@Hazimil

The command to create the Jail (line 166) has ${DEVFS_RULESET} on it. I understand the rest but not sure what this is, can you expand my knowledge please by explaining it.

This is used with the hardware transcode setup.

@Hazimil

I think I understand that lines 195 & 198 set the Plex MetaData directory to /config, which is where you mount the dataset holding this data, is that right?

Correct, though whether it’s a dataset or a directory is up to the user.

@Hazimil

Not sure what the directory /configs is used for, can you explain?

It’s used temporarily for files that need to be copied into the jail–pkg.conf and the package update script.

@Hazimil

has this now merged into the plexmediaserver package with the plexmediaserver_plexpass just being used as a BETA now?

Yes. The “normal” package provides the PlexPass features if you’re signed in to a PlexPass account, and doesn’t if you aren’t. The “Plexpass” package now acts as a beta. It gives early access to some new features (at least at times), but isn’t as stable.