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linuxserver/plex

Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices. This container is packaged as a standalone Plex Media Server.

Usage

docker create --name=plex --net=host -e PLEXPASS=1 -e PUID=<UID> -e PGID=<GID> -v </path/to/library>:/config -v <path/to/tvseries>:/data/tvshows -v </path/to/movies>:/data/movies linuxserver/plex

Parameters

• --net=host - Shares host networking with container, required.
• -v /config - Plex library location. This can grow very large, 50gb+ is likely for a large collection.
• -v /data/xyz - Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. /data/movies, /data/tv, etc.
• -e PLEXPASS=1 - Set to 1 if you have a Plex Pass, if not don't specify it.
• -e PGID for for GroupID
• -e PUID for for UserID

Updates

• Upgrade to the latest version simply docker restart plex.
• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime docker logs -f plex.

Credits

• lonix lonixx@gmail.com
• IronicBadger ironicbadger@linuxserver.io