Tutorial Debian 12 Bookworm + Plex Media Server (Asus RT-AX86S)

[glens]

If everything's working as expected for you otherwise, that warning can be disregarded. I believe the router doesn't offer pseudo-terminal devices, hence the complaint (should've complained about that at startup too?).

 

[bbeny123]

Tutorial updated with:

• process simplification
• scripts optimization
• bug fixes
• new feature: automounting of all USB drives (including hotplugged) on Debian

 

[Rexawl]

5 - prepare Debian's init.d script

By default, all subdirs of /tmp/mnt/ (except the Entware partition) will be bind-mounted on chrooted Debian's /mnt/ (making them visible by Plex Media Server).​

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First of all thank you for this guide it was very helpfull and just in time.

But i have a problem with this. Directories are not binding at all.
I used an old TeHashX script and it's working but this one does not. Could you check it?

UPD: Neverind, found a fix, in S99debian i changed "/mnt/*" to "/mnt/sda1/media*".


But this error still happens every time when "debootstrap"
"/opt/sbin/debootstrap: line 467: command: not found"
Debian installs though and seems working fine...

Also, there are two errors after debian installation (at least for me), the one with "Setting locale failed" and the one with "No usable dialog-like program...".
But it can be fixed by:
apt install whiptail apt install locales-all
and restarting debian.
Maybe this information helps someone.

@bbeny123 added this guide to AsusMerlin wiki on github. Thank you again for this guide it was very helpfull.

 

[bacon612]

Hello friends of the internet. Though I realize that there are some hardware shortcomings of ARM processors to run Plex (especially if its your gateway), I am curious to try this for myself on my trusty AX88U.

Anyone out there still using this as a solution? I am going to attempt this in the coming week. It seems entware servers are down at the moment, though

 

[bbeny123]

Tutorial updated with:

• update procedure
• /usr/sbin/init check (step 10)

Anyone out there still using this as a solution? I am going to attempt this in the coming week. It seems entware servers are down at the moment, though

I’m still using Plex on my RT-AX86S, and everything works perfectly.
The installation process has likely not changed, so the guide should still be up-to-date.

 

[bacon612]

Tutorial updated with:

• update procedure
• /usr/sbin/init check (step 10)

I’m still using Plex on my RT-AX86S, and everything works perfectly.
The installation process has likely not changed, so the guide should still be up-to-date.

Hey there. Thanks for your tutorial. I am blown away at how well it works and how much I love plex.

I am however experiencing one issue that I am unsure is caused by running the server. I use att fiber in a passthrough mode with my ax88u. I am experiencing an issue that shows nothing in logs where my router drops the wan connection and the router shows a message on the main page (where it usually shows your wan IP in the network map main page) that reads 'isp dhcp isnt functioning properly'.

These forums are full of people with the issue in various places, and there is no real solution to the problem. My question to you is if you've ever run into the issue. When the wan drops, the router is still stable. Everything functions properly. Wifi. LAN. The plex server...

I did a wipe of the router and reinstalled the plex server from scratch and am still having the issue.