Hello everybody,

 

I am having a problem with my Plex server and I can't find any thread about this so here it is:

 

When I install the Plex Media Server Docker container and open the WebGui it seems to act like the Client app.

I can see some suggested content etc., but I can't add any of my files to the LIbrary. It always gives me a link to Plex webpage to download the Plex server app.

 

I tried few different versions of PMS available in the Unraid community apps plugin but no luck.

 

 

Thank you for your suggestions!

7 hours ago, coudy said:

When I install the Plex Media Server Docker container and open the WebGui it seems to act like the Client app.

Have you claimed your server, logged in Plex, etc?

 

Yes, the WebUI for the Plex docker containers will act as a client but it also has server management functions.

 

You need to click on the wrench icon (settings) in the upper right corner.  Under Manage in the left hand pane, you can add Libraries and link them to content on you unRAID server.

 

Edited August 21, 20223 yr by Hoopster

Yes, I have claimed the server and I am logged in.

 

Here you can see my "Settings page" look completely different.

I really don't understand how this happened.

 

One more screenshot, here the closest I can get to add my Library, it just gives me a link to download PMS:

post docker run

root@localhost:# /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix.docker.manager/scripts/docker run -d --name='Plex-Media-Server' --net='host' -e TZ="Europe/Budapest" -e HOST_OS="Unraid" -e HOST_HOSTNAME="Butters" -e HOST_CONTAINERNAME="Plex-Media-Server" -e 'PLEX_CLAIM'='xxx' -e 'PLEX_UID'='99' -e 'PLEX_GID'='100' -e 'VERSION'='latest' -l net.unraid.docker.managed=dockerman -l net.unraid.docker.webui='http://[IP]:[PORT:32400]/web' -l net.unraid.docker.icon='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plexinc/pms-docker/master/img/plex-server.png' -v '/tmp/':'/transcode':'rw' -v '/mnt/user/test/':'/data':'rw' -v '/mnt/user/appdata/Plex-Media-Server':'/config':'rw' 'plexinc/pms-docker'

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The command finished successfully!

Edited August 22, 20223 yr by trurl
redact plex claim

7 minutes ago, coudy said:

-v '/mnt/user/test/':'/data':'rw'

All of your media is in a user share named 'test'?

no, I created this share just to test PMS, there are few movies in there

I redacted your plex claim from your docker run

I couldn't make it work with hotio's image, so I used the binhex-plex app.

I had this issue and for me it was plex media server not detecting that I was on the same subnet (even though I was) and hence not activating the server setup process. Instead, like the op, the initial signing in at the plex media local lan ip acted like a client with no media. To get it to work I had to reinstall in host mode, which sadly meant tailscale being unavailable at container level.

 

EDIT: Okay, bridge mode does work. After claiming the server while in host mode and adding the lan details under the "LAN NETWORKS" setting within the plex settings, I rebuilt the container under bridge mode with tailscale enabled and everything is happy.

 

One quirk I found was that I had to turn off advertising the  lan ip of unraid server as a subnet route for tailscale running on the unraid server. Otherwise machines connected to the tailscale network and the lan would still appear as remote with their ip addresses being the docker bridge network  address (172.17.x.x).   

 

Edited April 17, 20251 yr by neflardio