timekills / plex-db-sync-plexguide

Synchronizes the database watched status between two Plex servers. This includes watched times, and works for all users on the system without the need for tokens.

plex-db-sync-plexguide

Synchronizes the database watched status between two Plex servers. This includes watched times, and works for all users on the system without the need for tokens. Modified from original to include locations for Plexguide installation.

Script version (stand-alone/not Docker install)

To use the script, you will need to be able to access the databases of both Plex servers from one place. This can be done with programs like sshfs. For instance, you could run the script like this:

wget https://github.com/timekills/plex-db-sync-plexguide/blob/master/plex-db-sync-plexguide 
apt install sshfs sqlite3
mkdir -p /mnt/sshfs
sshfs -o allow_other,nonempty [e-mail]:"/opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases" /mnt/sshfs
chmod +x plex-db-sync-plexguide
./plex-db-sync-plexguide \
	--plex-db-1 "/mnt/sshfs/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" \
	--plex-start-1 "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i root@TLD docker start plex" \
	--plex-stop-1 "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i root@TLD docker stop plex" \
	--plex-db-2 "/opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" \
	--plex-start-2 "docker start plex" --plex-stop-2 "docker stop plex"

The script stops and starts Plex Media Server for a very short period of time to make updates. Due to buffering and reconnections, this does not impact clients when playing, except perhaps on the first run when a very large number of records are being updated.

Docker

The following example is for docker-compose. It assumes you are running one Plex server locally, and another remotely and that you are using the Plexguide.com install.

version: '4'

services:

  plex-db-sync:
    image: timekills/plex-db-sync-plexguide
    container_name: plex-db-sync-plexguide
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - ./plex-db-sync/sshkey:/sshkey
      - /opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/:/mnt/DB2
    cap_add:
      - SYS_ADMIN
    devices:
      - /dev/fuse
    security_opt:
      - apparmor:unconfined
    environment:
      - CRON=0 4 * * *
      - S1_SSH_KEY=~/.ssh/id_rsa
      - S1_SSH_USER=root
      - S1_SSH_HOST=hostname
      - S1_SSH_PORT=22
      - S1_DB_PATH==/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases
      - S1_START=ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /sshkey root@hostname 'cd /; docker start plex'
      - S1_STOP=ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /sshkey root@hostname 'cd /; docker stop plex'
      - S2_DB_PATH=/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Databases/
      - S2_START=cd /; docker start plex
      - S2_STOP=cd /; docker stop plex
    restart: always

Options

Command Line	Docker Variable	Description
--backup <true/false>	BACKUP	Create a backup of the DB before running any SQL.
--debug <true/false>	DEBUG	Print debug output.
--dry-run <true/false>	DRYRUN	Don't apply changes to the DB.
--plex-db-(1/2)	S(1/2)_DB_PATH	Location of the server's DB. Pre-set above for Plexguide Docker, so shouldn't need to use this variable.
--plex-start-(1/2)	S(1/2)_START	The command to start the Plex server. Pre-set for Plexguide Docker, so shouldn't need to use this variable.
--plex-stop-(1/2)	S(1/2)_STOP	The command to stop the Plex server. Pre-set above for Plexguide Docker, so shouldn't need to use this variable.
n/a	CRON	A string that defines when the script should run in crond (Default is 4AM).
n/a	INITIALRUN	Run at start prior to starting cron.
n/a	S(1/2)_SSH_KEY	The SSH identity file. Assumes you've already created and shared the SSH files between the servers and they're stored in the default path. If so, then leave the as above.
n/a	S(1/2)_SSH_USER	The SSH user. You'll have to change this.
n/a	S(1/2)_SSH_HOST	The SSH host. You'll have to change this.
n/a	S(1/2)_SSH_PORT	The SSH port.
n/a	S1_DB_PATH	Path to the database file on the server you're SSH'ing into and copying the database to (the host's /opt/appdata/plex/database directory is already mounted to /config inside the Plex Docker container.)
n/a	S2_DB_PATH	Path to the database file on the server you're running the command from and copying the database from.