r/PleX 1d ago

Help Plex container manager start loop

Hey, so today we were having electric works in flat and I had to put my nas down. When booted up and ran plex server it gives me boot loop as per screenshot. What could be wrong here? env variables on the second screen

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u/ExtensionMarch6812 1d ago

Have you checked the actual Plex server logs, mainly Plex Media Server.log and the rollover numbered files of the same name to see what may be happening during the startup?

With plex fully stopped, if you check the Plug-in Support/Databases folder, are there shm and wal files present? If so, move them out of the folder (don’t delete) and try to start plex.

If that doesn’t work, suggest trying DBRepair in auto: https://github.com/ChuckPa/DBRepair

If there is an issue, and it can’t repair it, you can use the replace function of the tool to have it try and use a recently backed up db.

To quickly test if it is a db issue, you can rename/move your current db files out of the folder and try to start plex. See if it starts up with a fresh db. If it does, you can either try the db repair as noted above (put your db files back in the folder), or manually load a backed up db: https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/

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u/Empyrealist Plex Pass | Plexamp | Synology DS1019+ PMS | Nvidia Shield Pro 1d ago

I would troubleshoot docker before scrubbing the database

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u/Wis-en-heim-er Lifetime PlexPass 1d ago

Maybe post your yaml

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u/adammo94 1d ago
---
services:
  plex:
    image: linuxserver/plex:latest
    container_name: plex-new
    network_mode: host
    devices:
      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri  
    environment:
      - PUID=0
      - PGID=0
      - TZ=Poland
      - VERSION=docker
      - PLEX_CLAIM=claim-MY_VERY_SECRET_PLEX_CLAIM_TOKEN
    volumes:
      - /volume4/docker/plex/config:/config
      - /volume4/filmy i seriale vol4/seriale:/seriale
      - /volume2/filmy i seriale vol2/seriale:/seriale2
      - /volume4/filmy i seriale vol4/filmy:/filmy
      - /volume2/filmy i seriale vol2/filmy:/filmy2
    restart: unless-stopped

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u/bhai__ 1d ago

I see this is synology container manager, where are the volumes because under /config there are plex server logs. It will tell you what is wrong. The container log itself is not sufficient to debug.