No metadata with Iocage Jail on Freenas

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Server Version#: FreeNAS 11.2Beta3
Player Version#: 1.13.2.5154

I have already posted to the FreeNas Forum: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/plex-no-metadata-11-2beta3-iocage-jail.69907/

Not sure if the problem is due to Plex, FreeNAS, or my local network setup.

I have set up Plex within a new iocage jail (after the warden based plugin stopped working).

The plex server is accessible, and playback works fine. However no metadata appears.

I have tried many other solutions including the steps indicated here: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/iocage-plex-metadata-and-transcoding-issue.60628/

About my setup:
Home network is on the 192.168.0.0/20 subnet (192.168.0.1 - 192.168.15.254)
Cable Modem - Bridge Mode
192.168.0.1 - Primary router connected to cable modem via Cat5
192.168.0.2 - Secondary router connected via WDS Bridge to first router, connected to FreeNAS box and desktop computer via Cat5
Both routers are TP-Link Archer C7, with forwarding/virtual server (Edit: NAT only on Primary Router):
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?attachments/upload_2018-9-13_10-21-27-png.25674/
192.168.10.1 - FreeNAS IP Address
192.168.10.5 - Plex Iocage IP Address, set via DHCP reservation:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?attachments/upload_2018-9-13_10-22-18-png.25675/

Here is the contents of “iocage get all plex_jail”:

root@freenas:~ # iocage list
+-----+-----------+-------+--------------+------+
| JID |   NAME    | STATE |   RELEASE    | IP4  |
+=====+===========+=======+==============+======+
| 2   | plex_jail | up    | 11.2-RELEASE | DHCP |
+-----+-----------+-------+--------------+------+
root@freenas:~ # iocage get all plex_jail
CONFIG_VERSION:11
allow_chflags:0
allow_mount:0
allow_mount_devfs:0
allow_mount_nullfs:0
allow_mount_procfs:0
allow_mount_tmpfs:0
allow_mount_zfs:0
allow_quotas:0
allow_raw_sockets:1
allow_set_hostname:1
allow_socket_af:0
allow_sysvipc:0
available:readonly
basejail:no
boot:on
bpf:yes
children_max:0
cloned_release:11.2-RELEASE
comment:none
compression:lz4
compressratio:readonly
coredumpsize:off
count:1
cpuset:off
cputime:off
datasize:off
dedup:off
defaultrouter:192.168.0.2
defaultrouter6:none
depends:none
devfs_ruleset:4
dhcp:on
enforce_statfs:2
exec_clean:1
exec_fib:0
exec_jail_user:root
exec_poststart:/usr/bin/true
exec_poststop:/usr/bin/true
exec_prestart:/usr/bin/true
exec_prestop:/usr/bin/true
exec_start:/bin/sh /etc/rc
exec_stop:/bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown
exec_system_jail_user:0
exec_system_user:root
exec_timeout:60
host_domainname:none
host_hostname:plex_jail
host_hostuuid:plex_jail
host_time:yes
hostid:3b4eecf0-7778-11e7-9261-d05099c26ec6
hostid_strict_check:off
interfaces:vnet0:bridge0
ip4:new
ip4_addr:vnet0|192.168.10.5
ip4_saddrsel:1
ip6:new
ip6_addr:none
ip6_saddrsel:1
jail_zfs:off
jail_zfs_dataset:iocage/jails/plex_jail/data
jail_zfs_mountpoint:none
last_started:2018-09-13 05:58:08
login_flags:-f root
mac_prefix:02ff60
maxproc:off
memorylocked:off
memoryuse:off
mount_devfs:1
mount_fdescfs:1
mount_linprocfs:0
mount_procfs:0
mountpoint:readonly
msgqqueued:off
msgqsize:off
nmsgq:off
notes:none
nsemop:off
nshm:off
nthr:off
openfiles:off
origin:readonly
owner:root
pcpu:off
priority:99
pseudoterminals:off
quota:none
release:11.2-RELEASE-p1
reservation:none
resolver:/etc/resolv.conf
rlimits:off
securelevel:2
shmsize:off
stacksize:off
state:up
stop_timeout:30
swapuse:off
sync_state:none
sync_target:none
sync_tgt_zpool:none
sysvmsg:new
sysvsem:new
sysvshm:new
template:no
type:jail
used:readonly
vmemoryuse:off
vnet:on
vnet0_mac:02ff602fd575,02ff602fd576
vnet1_mac:none
vnet2_mac:none
vnet3_mac:none
vnet_interfaces:none
wallclock:off

And the results of running ifconfig from within the jail

root@plex_jail:~ # ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
        options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
        inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
        inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
        groups: lo
epair0b: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        options=8<VLAN_MTU>
        ether 02:ff:60:2f:d5:76
        hwaddr 02:5f:d0:00:07:0b
        inet 192.168.10.5 netmask 0xfffff000 broadcast 192.168.15.255
        nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>
        media: Ethernet 10Gbase-T (10Gbase-T <full-duplex>)
        status: active
        groups: epair

I have uploaded all of the logs from Plex here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I9RCLVPKe1_qCAdMg9vmm5gfVCgXh4bJ

Any help would be much appreciated. I have been tearing my hair out for 3 days trying to get this to work.

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This sounds similar to the problem I’m having. Cover art for movies and TV shows is not showing up, and metadata isn’t being entered.

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For those of you who might be having the same problem I was having (metadata and cover art not downloading), here is my solution:

I re-created my jail and set it up to use the “VNET” option instead of the physical interface. I had some trouble doing this at first, but I got it figured out through some trial and error. (Important note, if using VNET, be sure to set the default route). Next, I set “Allow Raw Sockets” to “True”.

I don’t know which of these two things fixed the metadata and cover art, but it’s working now!

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Much appreciated. I was having the same problem and this corrected it.

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What did you end up setting the default route to?

• none
• same as < ipv4 address >
• same as global < default route >
• < unique ip address >
• other?

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Thus:

< router ip >

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