Hello first

i'm sure this topic already has been addressed but i don't know to work it out. I have a Synlogy NAS with all my media files on it and want it to use it inside unraid with the docker module of plex.

Is there someway to map my media to plex?

 

All i found about this topic is this:

^{Ok, so shutdown docker, install Unassigned Devices plugin, connect to share, start docker, then map locations in docker plex. Works great!}

 

So i did this:

 

• Disables the functionality to use docker
  
• Installed unassigned devices
  
• Added the share by inserting the ip of my nas, the username and pw used by my nas-admin-account and the destination of my nas-share(\\SYNOLOGYNAS\Plex Media)
  
• Afterwards the mounting point looked like this under the tab smb-shares: /mnt/disks/192.168.178.25_SYNOLOGYNASPlex_Media)
  
• Mounting this share by pressing the "mount"-button couldn't be performed.
   
  

 

Question:

Is mounting the share by pressing "mount" necassary?(see pic 1)

How do i connect the share to the docker?

And if yes: Do i need to perform this inside the plex webinterface?

Or is it need to be done inside the docker by inserting the mountingpoint into the AppData Config Path?(see pic 2)

 

Already thanks in advance. Pl help a noob develope himself

If the share won't mount in unassigned devices when you click the mount button, then the docker can't use it either because the login, pw, or the path is wrong.

 

also, the path looks funny to me. I have all my media on a synology and it maps it by /mnt/disks/SynologyNasName/folder

 

if your synology is in the same "workgroup" then search for servers in the workgroup instead of using the ip, and select from the toggle/dropdown. then ensure your name/pw are correctly entered. once the window closes, if you've done it correctly, clicking mount will mount it, which you can then use the path and add it to plex by clicking "add another path".

 

once that is set, open plex, add library, find the path in there.

 

---edit to add image of what the screen looks like when you add the mounted smb connection in plex docker settings

 

you can set it to auto mount the smb connection in unassigned devices in the future if you have to reboot your server.

Thx for your fast reply

 

i tried to but i think the problem is then i click load shares the dropdownlist is empty.(3)

So i made something wrong in terms of configuring my synology...

 

On my nas smb and nfs is activated and gave the synology-user i used as a user in (3) read and write persissions for the folder which should be shared.

Furthermore i changed under the menue nfs-permissions/edit nfs-rules the hostname/ip-address to my unraid server and allowed the access to subfolders(4). Everything else is on default.

did you click "load shares" after entering your credential?

 

Let's assume you did. that means something is setup incorrectly on your synology.

 

I don't use admin to acces my synology for videos. As a safety precaution, you should use something else.

 

On your Synology, create a new user, ( I use "video") then only give that user permission to read or read/write where the folder(s) that your videos are stored in. (I only allow read access since plex doesn't need to write, and I don't want to accidentally delete a video using plex.)

 

then double check that works by using your computer to mount the files on the network via smb or nfs (whichever you have setup) in network discover or whatever you use to dig around your network.  once you know that works, then go back to your unRaid server and enter those credentials, click load shares, and your video folder(s) will be there. If your videos are in more than 1 overall source location, then each one will have to be added to the plex container settings.

yes i did

 

now i created a new user which has read permissions for my specific nas-folder, but when i choose smb, click on "search for servers in my workgroup", choose the correct server, entering my pw & username and still nothings shows up in the list.

 

do you use smb or nfs to access your nas?

I use smb.

 

did you try to log in via network discovery using your new credentials to verify they work?

 

even if the login/pw for synology is wrong, it will still show the name of the shares, or at least mine does.

 

Yes i did and it worked just fine

 

Could you screenshot some of your setting you have made to your synology concerning the share and smb? Maybe a bit crosschecking helps 

hope this helps....

 

a few more coming in next post.

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okay i tried to use smb but it didn't worked out for me...

 

so i tried nfs again and now it worked mounting my synology nas

 

but now i struggle to mount the path to the official limetech plex docker

as i understood i only need to download it and add a path pointing towards my mounted share

Almost.  When setting the "mode" of the volume in the template, you also need to specify one of the "Slave" modes otherwise the docker app will not be able to read the contents unless you stop / restart the entire docker service http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=40937.msg465348#msg465348

You mean i should select slave read as an option when i add a media path?

because i already tired this

 

because if i want to add a normal local share to plex(6) it also doesn't show up in plex(7)

You never specified a container path.  Something like /media

So i need to put the name of my share on ther?

And what do i need to put into the container path field when i add my network-share as a path? i mean there is no share local share for that.

 

Sry for those silly questions but i really just started out with unraid.

 

I think you'll find the Docker FAQ helpful, also Guides and Videos.

All volumes for docker containers require two things, the path to the unRaid folder, and the path within the container.  Its the container path that Plex actually accesses.

 

As an example, you've got Plex's appdata as /mnt/user/appdata/Plex and a container path of /config

 

If you explore within the container, you will see the contents of /mnt/user/appdata/Plex stored within Plex at /config

 

Same thing with your media.  Once you add the path of /media, you will see the contents of that disk at /media

up to now its quiet usefull

So effectivly i can name my container path the way i want?

 

So i can implement the link of my docker to my network-share this way(?

 

container path: name how the host path lights up inside the docker

host path: actual path in unraid (in this example it's the mount point of my network share)

access mode: changed to a slave mode (RO because read only)

 

Is this implementation correct? In plex the folder hello is still empty despite i moved movie-files in there.

Did you type in the host path yourself instead of using the folder browser when you click into it?  I see a space in there /mnt/disks/{space}192.168....  I would think that it should be /mnt/disks/192.168.... 

i did, but i also i also used the folder browser for this still not showing up

Is the share still mounted in Unassigned Devices and browseable?

UD can sometimes have trouble finding shares depending on the master browser on the network.  I recommend setting unRAID as the master browser in the SMB Settings so UD has a better chance of finding shares on the network.  If you set up vlans on unRAID you must set it as the master browser or you will have problems on the vlans finding servers and shares.

Go to the UD Settings and be sure you are sharing the UD devices with the proper permissions.

Unassigned devices setting(10)

Unassigned devices(9) for mounting i used nfs and enables nfs under settings everything else is on default.

Unassigned devices setting(10)

Unassigned devices(9) for mounting i used nfs and enables nfs under settings everything else is on default.

 

You have to enable the share setting for SMB and/or NFS or UD will not share.  You have not set enable 'Yes' in UD settings.