CentOS8 Stream fresh install of plex failed to start service

[gdh333]

Hi folks,

i have yesterday downloaded and installed centOS8 stream.
without any modification done, i tried to install plex as per this tutorial:
https://www.osradar.com/install-plex-media-server-rhel-8-centos-8/

rechecking status of plexmediaserver i got the following:

[root@centos system]# systemctl status plexmediaserver
● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Sun 2020-01-19 09:07:00 CET; 2min 17s ago
  Process: 2302 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c  PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk>
  Process: 2300 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" >
 Main PID: 2302 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)

Jan 19 09:06:54 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Main process exited, code=dumped>
Jan 19 09:06:54 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Service RestartSec=5s expired, s>
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart c>
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quick>
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
Jan 19 09:07:00 centos.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.

is this already a knows issue?

[gdh333]

found the issue.
Locales is in german, required is english. seems to be a bug in centOS8

after running:

[root@srv ~]# dnf install glibc-langpack-en
[root@srv ~]# dnf reinstall glibc-common

and a reboot everything is working as expected!

[anon5074910]

Not related to your issue but I am curious as to your OS choice. I’m running Fedora 31 and was wondering why you went with CentOS over say Fedora or Ubuntu for your plexserver?

[gdh333]

the plex server runs on ESXi and shall also provide nextcloud service via snap

for me it is a lot of effort to set up everything. currently I have debian running but soon it will be outdated. so my hope is, that centOS8 stream is as stable as debian while it is a rolling release.

my plan is to minimize work to be done to a minimum (set it up once and let it run)

[anon5074910]

Cool. I didn’t like CentOS when I looked a few years back as they don’t really have in place upgrades from one major release to another. So, CentOS 6 to CentOS 7 as an example. Maybe it’s better now. Fedora on the other hand do and my system has been upgraded from F26-F31 as each release came out.

[gdh333]

same here, wasnt a fan of centos.
i think fedora is great as a desktop OS. But my time is limited and honestly i do not like to play on linux settings and i really hate it, when something is not working as it should be. So I hope with centOS stream this is gone. rolling release will be there forever, no compatibility issues, will work till infinity haha

lets see

[ChuckPa]

I’ve not been able to get Centos 8 working yet.

I don’t know what their problem is.
Unfortunately, I’ve not had time to dig into it.

This is as far as I got.

[gdh333]

is it a minimal image?

[ChuckPa]

Full image.

It seems you can upgrade and have success if you modify Centos.

I am currently mobile. Will look later today

[gdh333]

I just downloaded it, updated/ upgraded it and no issues

[ChuckPa]

Did you install FRESH in a completely new VM?

I do not dispute upgrade process.
Fresh install is broken for me – twice now

[gdh333]

yes ESXi fresh VM
1vcore
2gb ram
boot from bios (not UEFI)

[ChuckPa]

I’m using VMWare Workstation 15.
I will need look into the boot option. Starting to wonder myself if it detecting Centos is the problem.