Plex server is not claimed

The service plex-claim did not start (exited with code 1), so the application was not started either. It printed: plex: the server is not claimed. Get a claim token at https://plex.tv/claim (valid 4 minutes), set it as the project's PLEX_CLAIM environment variable and redeploy. The full output is in the deploy log.

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Why it happens

A Plex Media Server has to be linked to a Plex account with a claim token on its first start, and the project has none.

What the log looks like

Deploy log
error: service plex-claim did not start (exited with code 1): plex: the server is not claimed. Get a claim token at https://plex.tv/claim (valid 4 minutes), set it as the project's PLEX_CLAIM environment variable and redeploy.Container project-plex-claim-1 Error service "plex-claim" didn't complete successfully: exit 1service "plex-claim" didn't complete successfully: exit 1

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