# Samba - Windows Plex server conversion to Ubuntu 20.04
**URL:** https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791
**Category:** Software & Applications
**Created:** [December 2, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791 "2023-12-02T19:26:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Vallan16](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/Vallan16)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791/1 "2023-12-02T19:26:32Z")
I finally have my HL-15. The things is exactly what I needed for noise and HDD capacity. I’m currently using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with houston, however I’m having issues connecting to the storage pools via Samba so that I can finally move Plex media server off my windows machine. I’m trying to use the root storage pool. The intention is to clean up the Plex media folders as I move them as I’m going from multiple drives into one pool. If anyone can point me in the right direction it is greatly appreciated
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### Author:  [@pcHome](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/pcHome)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791/2 "2023-12-02T19:43:33Z")
Houston should detect or tell you if Samba is installed on the system.
It seems you are using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS rather than the pre-built install which ships Rocky Linux.
There is [a separate post sharing the detail to get Samba working on the pre-built system](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/hl15-initial-start-preinstalled-system/753/42)
In the thread (which worked for me as I am using Rocky), the cockpit ZFS manager’s settings were changed to reflect what Hutch suggested on the post… As I am not using Ubuntu 20.04, I can not give you the exact details as I don’t know what you have installed/configured on the system.
The key parts is to make sure the Cockpit Manager does not try to add includes as that was a problem with the Rocky system.
Samba does not like the workgroup name being the same as the netbios; these prebuilt machines have the unit’s host name as HL15.
What have you attempted or completed? Or was this post to gather details on how to do it?
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### Author:  [@Vallan16](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/Vallan16)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791/3 "2023-12-03T18:49:55Z")
I did read the other article without much luck. However as I’m not attached to any given setup, I found a wonderful TrueNas scale guide on levelonetechs forum so I will most likely be using that for ease of setup and play, as I’m doing this as a hobby and have a month to sort things out.
Thank you though for the link.
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### Author:  [@pcHome](https://forum.45homelab.com/u/pcHome)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/samba-windows-plex-server-conversion-to-ubuntu-20-04/791/4 "2023-12-03T19:02:11Z")
I am [sharing some of the steps I used with the default configuration Rocky Linux and Houston](https://forum.45homelab.com/t/cockpit-houston-zfs-pools-using-samba-and-nfs/776/2).
I am doing a couple more edits, but the overall gist is within this long reply post.
On this thread I am linking I had initial issues with both Samba and NFS.
This reply is between a highlevel guide and the steps that I used to make everything work.