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Here's an up-to-date guide for installing Plex Media Server, since most existing tutorials are now obsolete.
GitHub Mirror: https://github.com/bbeny123/Plex_Asuswrt-Merlin
Tested on: Asus RT-AX86S with Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.9_2
Prerequisites:
* - increase swappiness (if set to 0)
2 - install required packages
3 - remount Entware partition
4 - install chrooted Debian
5 - set up Debian init.d script
* - set up hot-plugging of USB drives in Debian
* - set up Debian graceful shutdown on Entware partition unmount
6 - prepare chrooted services list and set up
* - copy hosts file to Debian
7 - enter Debian
8 - upgrade packages and install Plex prerequisites
9 - configure timezone
10 - ensure
11 - instal Plex Media Server
12 - exit Debian
13 - add Plex Media Server to chrooted services list
14 - restart Debian
1 - ssh to router
* - update amtm and Entware packages using
2 - enter Debian
3 - hold Plex and upgrade other Debian packages
4 - ensure
5 - unhold and upgrade Plex
* - restart Debian
GitHub Mirror: https://github.com/bbeny123/Plex_Asuswrt-Merlin
Tested on: Asus RT-AX86S with Asuswrt-Merlin 3004.388.9_2
Prerequisites:
- Entware installed
- SWAP enabled (2GB or more recommended)
* - increase swappiness (if set to 0)
Bash:
# check current swappiness value
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
# change swappiness at runtime and make it persistent across reboots
echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
echo 'echo 10 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness' >> /jffs/scripts/post-mount2 - install required packages
Bash:
opkg install coreutils-sha256sum debootstrap binutils perlbase-autodie3 - remount Entware partition
Bash:
mount -i -o remount,exec,dev /opt/..4 - install chrooted Debian
Bash:
debootstrap --variant=minbase --arch=arm64 bookworm /opt/debian/ http://ftp.debian.org/debian/5 - set up Debian init.d script
Bash:
rm /opt/etc/init.d/S99debian
wget -O /opt/etc/init.d/S99debian https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bbeny123/Plex_Asuswrt-Merlin/main/init-debian.sh
chmod 755 /opt/etc/init.d/S99debian
# instead of downloading, the script can be entered directly:
# cat >> /opt/etc/init.d/S99debian << 'EOF'
# paste script content from the spoiler below
# type EOF and press Enter
Bash:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
CHROOT_DIR=$(readlink -f /opt/debian)
CHROOT_SERVICES_LIST=/opt/etc/chroot-services.list
if [ ! -e "$CHROOT_SERVICES_LIST" ]; then
echo "Please, define Debian services to start in $CHROOT_SERVICES_LIST first!"
echo "One service per line. Hint: this is a script names from Debian's /etc/init.d/"
exit 1
fi
running() {
mount | grep -q "$CHROOT_DIR"
}
mount_ext() {
for dir in /mnt/*; do
{ [ -d "$dir" ] && mountpoint -q "$dir"; } || continue
dir=$(readlink -f "$dir")
[ "${CHROOT_DIR#"$dir/"}" != "$CHROOT_DIR" ] && continue
target_dir="$CHROOT_DIR/mnt/$(basename "$dir")"
mountpoint -q "$target_dir" && continue
mkdir -p "$target_dir" && mount -o bind "$dir" "$target_dir"
done
}
start() {
if running; then
echo "Chroot'ed services seems to be already started, exiting..."
return 0
fi
logger "Starting Debian..."
rm -rf "$CHROOT_DIR/opt/tmp/" "$CHROOT_DIR/tmp/" 2>/dev/null
mkdir -p "$CHROOT_DIR/opt/tmp" "$CHROOT_DIR/tmp"
for dir in dev proc sys; do
target_dir="$CHROOT_DIR/$dir"
mountpoint -q "$target_dir" && continue
mkdir -p "$target_dir" && mount -o bind "/$dir" "$target_dir"
done
mount_ext
echo "Starting chroot'ed Debian services..."
grep -Ev '^\s*($|#)' "$CHROOT_SERVICES_LIST" | while IFS= read -r service; do
chroot "$CHROOT_DIR" "/etc/init.d/$service" start
done
echo "Debian started" && logger "Debian started"
}
stop() {
if ! running; then
echo "Chroot'ed services already stopped"
return 0
fi
logger "Stopping Debian..."
echo "Stopping chroot'ed Debian services..."
grep -Ev '^\s*($|#)' "$CHROOT_SERVICES_LIST" | while IFS= read -r service; do
chroot "$CHROOT_DIR" "/etc/init.d/$service" stop
sleep 1
done
awk -v dir="$CHROOT_DIR" '$2 ~ dir { print $2 }' /proc/mounts | sort -r | xargs -d '\n' -r umount -l
echo "Debian stopped" && logger "Debian stopped"
}
restart() {
stop
start
}
enter() {
running || start
if ! mountpoint -q "$CHROOT_DIR/dev/pts"; then
mount -o bind "/dev/pts" "$CHROOT_DIR/dev/pts"
fi
chroot "$CHROOT_DIR" "/bin/bash"
if mountpoint -q "$CHROOT_DIR/dev/pts"; then
umount "$CHROOT_DIR/dev/pts"
fi
}
postmount() {
if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "${CHROOT_DIR#"$1/"}" != "$CHROOT_DIR" ]; then
start
else
mount_ext
logger "Debian - missing external drives mounted"
fi
}
unmount() {
if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "${CHROOT_DIR#"$1/"}" != "$CHROOT_DIR" ]; then
stop
fi
}
status() {
running && echo "Chroot'ed services: RUNNING" || echo "Chroot'ed services: STOPPED"
}
case "$1" in
start | stop | restart | enter | status)
"$1"
;;
postmount | unmount)
"$1" "$2"
;;
*)
echo "Usage: (start|stop|restart|enter|status)"
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0* - set up hot-plugging of USB drives in Debian
Bash:
echo 'debian postmount "$1"' >> /jffs/scripts/post-mount* - set up Debian graceful shutdown on Entware partition unmount
Bash:
echo 'debian unmount "$1"' >> /jffs/scripts/unmount6 - prepare chrooted services list and set up
debian symlink
Bash:
touch /opt/etc/chroot-services.list
chmod 755 /opt/etc/chroot-services.list
ln -s /opt/etc/init.d/S99debian /opt/bin/debian* - copy hosts file to Debian
Bash:
cp /etc/hosts /opt/debian/etc/7 - enter Debian
Bash:
debian enter8 - upgrade packages and install Plex prerequisites
Bash:
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y apt-transport-https curl gnupg procps9 - configure timezone
Bash:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata10 - ensure
/usr/sbin/init is not a systemd symlink
Bash:
[ -f /usr/sbin/init ] && ls -l /usr/sbin/init | grep -q systemd && mv -f /usr/sbin/init /usr/sbin/init.bak11 - instal Plex Media Server
Bash:
curl -sS https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/plexmediaserver.gpg
echo 'deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main' | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
apt update
apt install plexmediaserver12 - exit Debian
Bash:
exit13 - add Plex Media Server to chrooted services list
Bash:
echo 'plexmediaserver' >> /opt/etc/chroot-services.list14 - restart Debian
Bash:
debian restartUpdate procedure
1 - ssh to router
* - update amtm and Entware packages using
amtm2 - enter Debian
Bash:
debian enter3 - hold Plex and upgrade other Debian packages
Bash:
apt-mark hold plexmediaserver
apt update && apt upgrade -y4 - ensure
/usr/sbin/init is not a systemd symlink
Bash:
[ -f /usr/sbin/init ] && ls -l /usr/sbin/init | grep -q systemd && mv -f /usr/sbin/init /usr/sbin/init.bak5 - unhold and upgrade Plex
Bash:
apt-mark unhold plexmediaserver
apt update && apt upgrade -y* - restart Debian
Bash:
exit
debian restart
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