While Plex team was aware of this long before the final release was pushed, there is still a process that needs to be respected in order to continue using Plex on DSM 7.

One of those rules is that the apps can no longer run as root on the system.

With DSM 7 a lot of apps got axed from being supported by the new OS, and those that will continue to work will demand the developers to adapt to the new security rules. Synology was hard at work to bring us many new features, some visible, some not so much as well as some new and exciting apps and services ( C2 new lineup), but also, they made some changes when it comes to permissions and how 3rd party apps work with new DSM OS. This package can be downloaded from site as part of the DSM 7 installer: The version that supports Hyper Backup Plex configuration backupĪbout two weeks ago, DSM 7 came out and we were all so eager to upgrade (who could), but there is also an important note here to take away from this update. If you want to participate in it, use the following link, and download the package for your NAS in order to get your working DSM 7 Plex setup into a working condition to be able to backup using Hyper Backup. To get past this, the Plex team is working on a version of the Plex installer that will mitigate and solve this problem.

UPDATE: If you have already migrated to DSM 7 and have a working Plex install (following this particular article), then you might know that it is not possible to backup Plex configuration using Hyper Backup.

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