This repo is required to enable Plex.Ĭlick the slider button next to “Plexmediaserver” to enable it, then click “Apply” when it appears to refresh OMV’s software sources. Click on it, and look for “Plexmediaserver repo”. After the refresh, look at the side-bar menu for “OMV-Extras”, underneath plugins. However, OMV Extras only makes Plex available, it doesn’t distribute it. The Plex Plugin can only be installed once the OMV Extras software repository is working. From there, run this command: wget -O - | bashįollow the prompts on screen to fully enable the third-party software repositories. To use it, SSH into your OMV machine and gain root access.
If you’d rather install the OMV Extras plugin in the terminal, there is a script installer. The OMV installation tool is automated inside of the Web UI, so no passwords are required. The confirmation says “do you really want to install the selected plugin(s)?” Click the “yes” button to continue on. Click the box next to it to enable it.Īfter selecting it in the checkbox, move back to the top of the plugin list and click on “Install” to install the plugin into OpenMediaVault.Īs you click install, OpenMediaVault will ask for a confirmation. When the process completes, scroll down the plugin list all the way to the bottom and look for “openmediavault-omvextrasorg”.
To start the installation, click the “upload” button, and browse for openmediavault-omvextrasorg_latest_b. When you’ve got it downloaded, return to the OMV web interface and click on “Plugins” in the side-bar menu. On the download page, select the link next to “For OMV 3.x (Erasmus)” and download the Debian package file. In this tutorial, we’ll be working with version 3.0 (the latest stable version). Note: there are three different downloads, depending on what version of OpenMediaVault you use. Then, open up a second browser tab and download the OMV Extras plugin file. Start off by opening a web browser and logging into OMV. The easiest way to install the Extras repo is from the web interface. Plex Integration into Open Media Vault isn’t possible without the OMV Extras third-party software repository.