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Plex Webmin Module
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**Description**

Simple Plex Media Server Webmin module which seamlessly integrates the popular Plex Media Server,
this module supports FreeBSD, Debian/Ubuntu, Redhat/CentOS/Fedora and Gentoo, but can be configured 
for many more distributions supporting the Plex Media Server, the module allows you to perform basic
service control for the Plex Media Server Component installed on your system for convenience.

The source code can be found at: https://github.com/JRGTH/plex-webmin-module

**Installation**

This assumes that you already installed and setup the Plex Media Server package on your server,
and downloaded the latest Plex Media Server Webmin Module to your desktop, then installing
the module is far very simple, just follow instructions below:

1: Login to Webmin and go to: Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Webmin Modules
2: Under Install Module, check From uploaded file and select the previously downloaded file.
3: Click on Install Module, then click Refresh Modules, that's all.

**Tips**

Users running Plex within FreeBSD jail can have full module functionality,
here is the sample configuration below to do so:

Using Bastille:
Full path to Plex program:     /path/to/jail/usr/local/share/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server
Full path to Plex RC file:     /path/to/jail/usr/local/etc/rc.d/plexmediaserver
Plex Media Server URL:         http://jail_ip:32400/web
Command for Plex version:      bastille cmd plex pkg info -I plexmediaserver | cut -d'-' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1 | awk 'NR==2'
Full path to Plex PID file:    /path/to/jail/var/run/plex/plex.pid
Command to start Plex:         bastille cmd plex service plexmediaserver start
Command to restart Plex:       bastille cmd plex service plexmediaserver restart
Command to stop Plex:          bastille cmd plex service plexmediaserver stop

Using IOcage:
Full path to Plex program:     /path/to/jail/usr/local/share/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server
Full path to Plex RC file:     /path/to/jail/usr/local/etc/rc.d/plexmediaserver
Plex Media Server URL:         http://jail_ip:32400/web
Command for Plex version:      iocage exec plex pkg info -I plexmediaserver | cut -d'-' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1
Full path to Plex PID file:    /path/to/jail/var/run/plex/plex.pid
Command to start Plex:         iocage exec plex service plexmediaserver start
Command to restart Plex:       iocage exec plex service plexmediaserver restart
Command to stop Plex:          iocage exec plex service plexmediaserver stop

Changelog
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Version       Description

0.44..........Code optimizations and cleanup.
0.43..........Update help file and minor changes.
0.42..........Don't display version if empty, useful if jailed.
0.41..........Terminate processes by uid.
0.40..........Config update and support for Gentoo.
0.34..........Add support for Redhat/CentOS/Fedora.
0.33..........Use dpkg for Debian/Ubuntu.
0.32..........Simple and faster version command.
0.31..........Add missing icon for older themes.
0.30..........Add process id navigation links.
0.29..........Add plex url and user option.
0.28..........Shrink configurable options fields.
0.27..........Minor wording changes.
0.26..........Corrected minor cosmetic typo.
0.25..........Added status icon and formatting.
0.24..........Added wait for services to populate.
0.23..........Code optimization and cleanup, support for Debian, Ubuntu.
0.22..........Remove redundant version info, and formatting.
0.21..........Added missing bits, and improve configuration options.
0.20..........Initial Plex Media Server module release.
Source: README, updated 2020-03-03