Can this be automated? Plex Media Server with Mullvad

[casumartzu]

Greetings!

Just a quick question, I want to automate my Plex/Mullvad setup to work with split tunnelling after a reboot.

Currently, following a reboot, i need to run a few commands to get it up and running, these are:

1. systemctl status plexmediaserver to get the PID for Plex (or ps ax | grep 'plex' if you're that way inclined)

2. mullvad split-tunnel pid add <pid> to add Plex PID to split tunnelling

3. nft -f plex.rules to allow listening on the Plex port

plex.rule contents:

table inet excludeTraffic {
  chain allowIncoming {
    type filter hook input priority -100; policy accept;
    tcp dport 32400 ct mark set 0x00000f41 meta mark set 0x6d6f6c65;
  }
 
  chain allowOutgoing {
    type route hook output priority -100; policy accept;
    tcp sport 32400 ct mark set 0x00000f41 meta mark set 0x6d6f6c65;
  }
}

Anyone know how it may be possible to automate the finding of the PID and then add it into a script with the rest of the needed commands?

I am researching it myself, just thought I'd ask.

Thanks in advance
Casu

[NaN]

does,

pgrep plexmediaserver

return plex's pid? If it does then you can do this,
In a script .sh file,

#!/usr/bin/bash
mullvad split-tunnel pid add $(pgrep plexmediaserver)
nft -f plex.rules

then make it executable with

chmod 755 script-name.sh

and bind it to a shortcut.

[anon30283766]

You could create a systemd startup service.

How to Create a New systemd Service on Linux

[casumartzu]

Hi Kiss-my-axe and thanks for your input.

Sadly pgrep plexmediaserver returns nothing