How To Install Plex in a Jail:
First off, navigate to your FreeNAS WebUI in your browser.
Next, click on the "Jails" button on the top bar, and then click on the "Configuration" tab.
From there, select a "Jail Root" that is suitable to where you want your jails to be stored. Then fill in the network settings to match your environment.
Next, click on the "Jails" tab and then click on the "Add Jails" button.
From there, a window will popup with options to configure your jail.
Select the following:
Jail Name: plex
Type: pluginjail or standard (your choice)
IPv4 Address: 192.168.x.x (Anything that isn't taken and isn't in your DHCP scope)
Autostart: Checked (default)
VIMAGE: Checked (default)
vanilla: Checked (default)
Then click "Ok".
For more information on creating jails in FreeNAS, visit:http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Adding_Jails
Once the jail is created, navigate to a shell prompt, either through the FreeNAS WebUI Shell or via SSH.
Once at a shell prompt, view the currently installed jails with the following command:
jls
You should see something like this:
1 - plex /mnt/tank/jails/plex
In this case, the plex jail has a JID of 1, so to get a shell prompt in the jail, use the following command:
jexec 1 tcsh
Next, to download the ports tree (this includes the files to compile Plex), run the following:
portsnap fetch extract
Now, to install Plex, run the following command:
cd /usr/ports/multimedia/plexmediaserver/ && make install clean
Once that is complete, you need to setup Plex to start automatically when the jail starts with the following command:
echo plexmediaserver_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf
Next, start Plex with the following:
service plexmediaserver start
Plex is now ready to use and you can navigate to it with this URL:
http://192.168.x.x:32400/web/index.html
Once you tie a Plex account with your server, you will be able to access Plex internally and externally via:
Accessing Mounted Storage In Your Jail With Plex:
To add storage to your FreeNAS Jail, start by following this documentation:http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Adding_Jails#Adding_Storage
After mounting the storage in your jail, it may be tempting to grant your files 777 access to give Plex access to them. With that said, don’t do it; there is an easy work around. Basically, you can add groups to the jail with the same GroupID as the ones on the host system.
Once at a shell prompt within the jail, find out what the GroupID is of the group that is assigned permissions on the mount with this command:
ls -l /mnt
You’ll then see a list of mount points such as this one:
drwxrwx---+ 7 1002 1001 8 Mar 3 18:35 Media
The column with 1002 is the UserID, and 1001 is the GroupID. If you want Plex to have access to the Media mount, you need need to create the Media group in the jail with a GroupID of 1001, and have the plex user in it.
To do this, start by editing /etc/group with this command:
ee /etc/group
Then add this to the bottom of the file:
Media:*:1001:plex
After saving the file, you can look at the permissions of the mount again by using:
ls -l /mnt
Now, you should see the following instead:
drwxrwx---+ 7 1002 Media 8 Mar 3 18:35 Media
You are now done. Plex will now have access to the Media mount.
Note: If Plex cannot access your mounts after properly setting up your permissions, it may need to be restarted with the following command:
service plexmediaserver restart
Upgrading Plex:
When new releases of Plex come out, you may update without losing your data and preferences. To check if a new release of Plex is available via ports, visit this page:
http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/plexmediaserver/
To upgrade Plex, first install a tool called portupgrade with this command:
cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/ && make install clean
When configuration dialog boxes appear, accept the defaults.
Next, you have to update the FreeBSD port tree with this command:
portsnap fetch update
Then to upgrade all ports at once, use the following:
portupgrade -a
Alternatively, you can have portupgrade prompt you before upgrading each port with this:
portupgrade -ai
Afterwards, your ports, including Plex, should be up to date.
The original tutorial I wrote is at:
http://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/tutorial-how-to-install-plex-in-a-jail.19412/
