Plex Server on Ubuntu Server

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Hi. I am about to build me a new Plex Server. I used to have it as a Plug-In on a TrueNas server but that was not the best solution. I am planning on using an Intel NUC11TNK with Ubuntu Server 22.04.1 LTS or maybe 22.10. I am keeping my media on the TrueNas server so the Plex Server has to mount the SMB shares on that.

How do I start, do I mount the SMBs directly after installing the server OS or will Plex Server have options to take care of this during or after installation? Do you know any good guide for doing this or will it be straight forward? Any other recommendations?

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You’ll have to mount all remote shares using OS facilities. Plex Media Server won’t do any of that.

Secondly… IMHO, see if you can export the volumes from your TrueNAS host as NFS. While Linux can mount CIFS/SMB volumes, they’re more of a PITA.

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Do you know if it is doable to expose shares with both SMB and NFS? I work with them from Windows usually.

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First, always use the LTS version of Ubuntu.

Yes on the drive mounts - here is a catch all how to: Linux Tips

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Well to answer myself it is possible. But I did make an NFS share of a subdirectory to the main plex directory and mounted it from a Ubuntu desktop and it worked just fine.

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@staffan7

For future reference:

Linux will let you run multiple services concurrently if you want.
You could also use AFS if you so desired.

You’ll find the CIFS/SMB service is good for Windows clients only.

Max/Linux clients will work much better if you use NFS.

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