Installing Plex on a OpenSUSE Leap 15 (64 bits)

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Thanks! Did what you said, and got it up and running:

`# systemctl status plexmediaserver``

  ``● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux``

  ``           Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor>``

  ``           Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-08-25 11:06:10 EDT; 1min 52s ago``

  ``          Process: 2068 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_A>``

  `` Main PID: 2076 (Plex Media Serv)``

  ``    Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)``

  ``   CGroup: /system.slice/plexmediaserver.service``

  ``                   └─2076 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server``

  ``

  ``        Aug 25 11:06:10 mofi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...``

  ``        Aug 25 11:06:10 mofi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.``

  ``#`

    Now the only problem seems to be that my browser (Firefox 60.1.0) cannot see the Plex server running neither through [https://app.plex.tv/desktop](https://app.plex.tv/desktop)        , nor through . I suspect OpenSuSE Leap 15 has changed something with the firewall as well - please let me know if have any further recommendations.

Thanks,

Julio

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To be frank, I just cooked an Leap15 for this on VMWare, and had the FW switched off :slight_smile:

Does it work, if you switch off the FW as a small test?

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And checked the install script…

No entries in that for the Firewall, so guess that’s a manual thing, where you have to open up the ports your self

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https://support.plex.tv/articles/201543147-what-network-ports-do-i-need-to-allow-through-my-firewall/

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Did better: turned off the firewalld daemon altogether (it is disabled and inactive), rebooted, and … no luck!

`# systemctl status firewalld.service``

  ``● firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon``

  ``           Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor >``

  ``   Active: inactive (dead)``

  ``     Docs: man:firewalld(1)``

  ``

  ``        Aug 25 12:13:06 mofi systemd[1]: Starting firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...``

  ``        Aug 25 12:13:06 mofi systemd[1]: Started firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.``

  ``        Aug 25 12:41:12 mofi systemd[1]: Stopping firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon...``

  ``        Aug 25 12:41:14 mofi systemd[1]: Stopped firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon.`

    Yet, the PMS process is running

# systemctl status plexmediaserver.service

`        ● plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux`

`           Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor>`

`           Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-08-25 12:00:18 EDT; 37min ago`

`         Main PID: 1835 (Plex Media Serv)`

`            Tasks: 4 (limit: 4915)`

`           CGroup: /system.slice/plexmediaserver.service`

`                   └─1835 /usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server`

`        Aug 25 12:00:18 mofi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux...`

`        Aug 25 12:00:18 mofi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.`

` `
    so it has me completely confused.

Thanks,

Julio

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Powered Leap15 up again, and it works nicely, from LAN

So…does it work directly from the box, browsing to http://127.0.0.1:32400/web ?

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I have a box that was a former version of OpenSUSE Leap (42.2, I believe) and I pushed it up to Leap 15. I created no symbolic link as indicated here, there was no symbolic link, and I have not only had no issues with operation but upgrades of PMS have gone fine as well.

For clarity - this box has had PMS on it for 18 months or more and I opted to do an OS upgrade because the box was actually powered off for a short bit. Rather than do all of the updates and such, I just downloaded the Leap 15 media and did an in-place upgrade right over the top.

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Thanks. Mine is an installation of OpenSuSE Leap 15 from-scratch . The Plex Media Server installs with no complaints, runs, but … I cannot connect to it even from the same host. I tried disabling the firewall, enabling it and adding plexmediaserver as a trusted service to the home zone, adding each and every one of the ports suggested in the documentation, … rebooting in-between, … nothing appears to work for me.

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I cannot connect to it even from the same host.

  I suspect there is something going on with the firewall, but I am unable to pin it so far. I tried disabling the firewall, enabling it and adding plexmediaserver as a trusted service to the home zone, adding each and every one of the ports suggested in the documentation, ... rebooting in-between, ...

Nothing appears to work for me, so far.

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To get to the “solution” I installed a fresh Leap 15, and it works here…

So next Q: Are you sure the networking of your box is configured correctly, like default GW etc?

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And is IP V4 enabled?

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The origen file was/is mostlikely kept when upgrading, or ?

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https://server:32400/web

Are you using the “S”?

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Absolutely: GW points to my router, and everything else works just fine.

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Then log time…

Zip the logs, and upload here

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Without the symbolic link PMS did not run (it would start, then die).

Thanks,

Julio

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Until a server is claimed, https doesn’t work, AFAIK

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Not using https, but http. Regardless, neither one works.

Thanks,

Julio

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Yes, clearly. Thanks – Julio

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I’m all ears but … which ones? Thanks – Julio