SMB/CIFS & RAR2FS in Autofs on Ubuntu Server 14.04 & 16.04

# Last Update: 2016.09.08

# NOTE: Replace rootuser with the actual username

# Install rar2fs
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/lazuratus/1b7e8196a554aeedfc56/raw/7ef9349f063b1e8a7da41a0292fdb2b5eeec273c/install_rar2fs.sh
chmod +x install_rar2fs.sh
sudo ./install_rar2fs.sh

# Install Autofs & CIFS
sudo apt-get -qy install autofs cifs-utils

# Create credentials for each device in /home/rootuser/.smb_<hostname>
# Filename examples: /home/rootuser/.smb_nas1 & /home/rootuser/.smb_nas2
# Content example for: /home/rootuser/.smb_nas1
username=nas1_smb_username
password=nas1_smb_password

# chmod .smbcredentials
sudo chmod 600 /home/rootuser/.smb_*

# /etc/auto.master
/-              /etc/auto.cifs          --timeout=120 --ghost
/-              /etc/auto.rar2fs        --timeout=120 --ghost

# /etc/auto.cifs
/mnt/smb/nas1/movies  -fstype=cifs,ro,credentials=/home/rootuser/.smb_nas1,iocharset=utf8           ://192.168.1.110/movies
/mnt/smb/nas2/movies  -fstype=cifs,ro,credentials=/home/rootuser/.smb_nas2,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm  ://192.168.1.115/movies
# (sec=ntlm might be needed for older nas systems)

# /etc/auto.rar2fs
/mnt/rar2fs/nas1/movies  -fstype=fuse,ro,allow_other,noatime,umask=222,--seek-length=2  :rar2fs#/mnt/smb/nas1/movies
/mnt/rar2fs/nas2/movies  -fstype=fuse,ro,allow_other,noatime,umask=222,--seek-length=2  :rar2fs#/mnt/smb/nas2/movies

# Restart autofs service
sudo service autofs restart

# Download Plex Media Server
# 32-bit version (only needed for 32-bit Ubuntu Desktop)
wget --content-disposition "https://plex.tv/downloads/latest/1?channel=16&build=linux-ubuntu-i686&distro=ubuntu"
# 64-bit version
wget --content-disposition "https://plex.tv/downloads/latest/1?channel=8&build=linux-ubuntu-x86_64&distro=ubuntu"
# Or get direct link for latest version at https://www.plex.tv/downloads/
# Download Plex Media Server > Download > Choose your platform > Linux > Ubuntu 64-bit (10.04 Lucid or newer)
wget https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.1.3.2700-6f64a8d/plexmediaserver_1.1.3.2700-6f64a8d_amd64.deb

# Install Plex Media Server
sudo dpkg -i plexmediaserver_1.1.3.2700-6f64a8d_amd64.deb

# If having connectivity problems with a Windows 7 share
# Execute the following in Command Prompt (Administrator)
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v "LargeSystemCache" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters" /v "Size" /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f
# For the settings to take effect, restart the 'Server' service via services.msc