I am running a Plex Server on my Unraid Array. Today I started receiving communication errors. I restarted the array, and now the Plex Server will not initialize. I’m not the most familiar with code or logs, but after starting my array and the Docker, waiting a few minutes for the server to be up, I receive this error:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at ___________________ (IP address assigned to plex server).
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
I have not changed anything within Unraid that would have caused this, so I’m at a bit of a loss here.
Under docker in your unraid gui you should have a plex docker container.
on the far right there is a “Log” option.
click that and see what your log shows in there?
does your container start? you can tell if it has a green arrow on the plex icon for the container.
I am away at the moment. I will say the log just kept repeating, “starting”. It looks like it just won’t start. I’m assuming I’ll have to reinstall the docker and all?
You might need to reinstall the docker but your config should be saved to your array outside of the container so you should not lose any config.
If you are familiar with Linux you can also launch a console to the container via the GUI and take a look under the hood and see whats going on in those logs.
Here’s a thought… Which Docker should I be using? I believe I was using the limetech PlexMediaServer. If I use the Binhex one, it looks like that one works now.
