CentOS Linux - PLEX FAILS TO START - PMS 1.15.4.994-107756f7e

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I upgrade today to from plexmediaserver-1.15.4.993-bb4a2cb6c to plexmediaserver-1.15.4.994-107756f7e.

Plex will not start after the updated. systemd simply states:

--> journalctl -u plexmediaserver
-- Logs begin at Thu 2019-05-16 17:06:30 MST, end at Thu 2019-05-16 17:22:16 MST. --
May 16 17:06:46 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:06:46 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:00 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:07:00 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:07:00 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:07:05 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:07:05 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:05 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:07:05 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:06 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:07:06 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:07:06 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:07:11 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for plexmediaserver.service
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:07:16 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:11:26 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:11:26 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:27 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:11:27 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:11:27 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:11:32 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server...
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:11:37 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for plexmediaserver.service
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
May 16 17:11:42 WickedPlex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service failed.

Any help figuring out why the application won’t start – OR AN OLD RPM BUNDLE TO DOWNGRADE TO … would be super helpful.

Thanks!

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What does ‘sudo journalctl -xe | grep -i plex’ show?

There were no packaging changes between 993 and 994.

Did you have an update?
Do you have an /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf file in use?
Permissions of /var/lib/plexmediaserver ??

sydo systemctl status plexmediaserver

will show if there’s an override being detected