Why Are Volume Settings Empty (Docker Install

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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I just installed Plex using ChuckPa’s instructions found here: DSM 7 + Packaging 2.0 + Docker -- The How-To

I now see the Container in Docker, and everything seems to be working fine.
But, when I Edit the Container, and click Volume Settings, the page is blank and at the bottom it says: “Map the volumes of the container to shared folders on Synology NAS.” There are then two buttons: Add File and Add Folder.

Is this correct? I expected to see something like:
/PlexMediaServer/AppData /Config/Library/Application Support
/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp tmp
/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp transcode

This is my second attempt at the install. The first time, in the Docker Run Command, I used these three lines:
-v /volume1/PlexMediaServer/AppData:”/config/Library/Application Support"
-v /volume1/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp:/tmp
-v /volume1/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp:/transcode \

Plex ran, but when I stopped it, and clicked edit, it would not save because it gave an error under Volume Settings that config/Library/Application Support was invalid.

The second time, I used these three lines instead:
-v /var/packages/PlexMediaServer/shares/PlexMediaServer/AppData:“/config/Library/Application Support”
-v /var/packages/PlexMediaServer/shares/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp:/tmp
-v /var/packages/PlexMediaServer/shares/PlexMediaServer/AppData/tmp:/transcode \

That seems to work, but as I said, Volume Settings in empty.

I’m trying to understand it I have done this correctly, what the difference between these procedures is, and why Volume Settings is empty.

Thanks for the help.

Server Version#: 1.28.2.6106
Player Version#: N/A

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Quick question:

Is your computer and container’s IP on the same LAN subnet or are you using “host” networking ?

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I am using host. I believe that is one of the lines in the docker run command in your instructions. But I just checked and it is using host.

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I just tried to watch something on Plex using my iPad. Every title on my server, all movies and tv shows, are listed, but when I try to play any of them, they are all “unavailable.”

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Please grab the logs from PMS.

There must be something in the container mapping or the UID/GID permissions.

I’ll look

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Do you want me to go to settings troubleshooting and download logs? That created a zip file that has a lot of log files in it. Some of them seem to have private information. Do I just upload the zip file? Or is there a specific log you want.

There is also a log file in the details of the container.
Not sure what you need.
Appreciate your help.

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PM sent

Settings - Server - Troubleshooting - Download Logs.

That ZIP file please

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That’s the zip file I sent.
I made sure the username I use and the user PlexMediaServer have r/w privileges over Media folder. Then I scanned library.

When I try to play file, it is unavailable.
It says make sure folder mounted.

I though that in Volume Settings in the docker Plex container, there has to be a folder with a mount path. Mine is empty.

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