I want to restart my Plex server located on my home LAN, while I’m remotely located away from home.
I can login into it using the Plex Web interface from work and do a whole bunch of remote settings work, but is there some way of restarting it using that interface?
I can’t seem to find a way…
Thanks… 
Regards,
Doug
No there currently is not.
Best way is to have remote access to the machine (I use Chrome Remote Desktop) to do things like that.
Well, that probably explains why I couldn’t find an option to do something simple like that.
With no ability to access a remote desktop machine running Plex, it cripples Plex’s ability at times when networked attached content servers restart. Plex simply doesn’t see them again (or the files) until you restart Plex. The movies on those servers show as unavailable.
All that’s needed to solve this dilemma would be a built in server button to tell Plex to restart itself.
Thanks for the feedback…
Regards
Doug
If you wish to administer the services (like Plex) running on your machine while remote, you need to have administrator system-level remote access.
@ChuckPA said:
If you wish to administer the services (like Plex) running on your machine while remote, you need to have administrator system-level remote access.
OK, I don’t understand the comment?
I have Admin access rights in Plex, as well as on the server host it’s running on…
All I’m saying is that there should be an option for a Plex Administrator when logged into Plex through its native interface remotely from another location, in other words when not physically present with the server hardware, to simply restart Plex itself… just like you can edit and modify the server settings.
What am I not explaining well?
Thanks…
Regards,
Doug
Doug,
You’re explaining it very well.
There’s a difference however between the user plex:plex who does not have any elevated privileges whatsoever on Linux boxes.
To effect a restart on Linux machines, it needs root permission because init and systemd are running as root (system) processes. Only another root user instance can issue the command(s) needed.
While I’m not 100% current on Windows boxes, don’t you need some level of “remote destkop access” (which is system-level) to effect a restart of Windows (or PMS in this case)? It’s this level of access I’m speaking of. That “at the keyboard” level of authority.
I presume you want a restart so you can clear up something you feel warrants a restart. That’s cool, I get it. How do you restart Windows services system-level service on any OS?
Did I say that right / clearly?
@ChuckPA said:
Did I say that right / clearly?
Yes, you did, but I’m not using Windows…
I’m running Plex on a Mac (OSX) based server and I’m not asking for the Plex App running on it to do anything more then what it already does when it auto updates itself after I click the update button from any remote location. The only thing different here is there’s no need to backup the app, then do any actual update, followed by a restart. All we’d need is a button to click Restart Plex so it can do only that, but skip all the rest of the update activities…
Heck, unless I’m still misunderstanding something, the code to do this already present …
Thanks for your feedback… 
Regards,
Doug
ps: My apologies Chuck, if I sound “thick” about this, but I really don’t understand why one can perform an entire complex update pushing a button that also does a restart, but not perform a simple restart itself, changing nothing else…
Doug,
There is my disconnect. I don’t own a Mac and while there is a Windows installation (dual boot) on my desktop, I don’t use it.
So I’m clear, you would like to see a “Restart PMS” button be made available somewhere in the Setttings - Server - (probably) General page?
I will ask, is there a mechanism on MacOS where you can restart any service easily?
I’m also asking this because there will be considerable pushback if a button is “MacOS and/or Windows only”. The disparity is already growing with Linux (which they’re actively trying to close).
This all said, How about we take the community approach?
Go ahead and create a Feature Request (with openly visible poll) so it’s easy to see how many people would like it.
Be as clear as possible about where it would be, which user(s) would have access to this (presumably only the server owner but do clarify).
I’m asking you to fairly clearly outline / detail your vision of it. Convey your vision in words (or even a screen capture with mods scribbled on it)
Thanks Chuck… 
Regards,
Doug
