Plex

Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices.

Caution

I no longer use this service and have migrated to Jellyfin. While this guide may still work, I recommend following the Jellyfin guide instead.

References

• GitHub
• Docs

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Make directory

mkdir -p {{DOCKER_PATH_VAR}}/plex && cd {{DOCKER_PATH_VAR}}/plex

compose.yml

nano compose.yml

compose.yml

services:
  plex:
    image: plexinc/pms-docker:latest
    container_name: plex
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - /path/to/tvseries:/tv
      - /path/to/movies-01:/movies/movies-01
      - /path/to/movies-02:/movies/movies-02
      - /path/to/youtube:/youtube
    environment:
      - TZ={{TIME_ZONE_VAR}}
      - PLEX_CLAIM= #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

Start container

docker compose up -d

Open web ui

http://localhost:32400 or http://{{SERVER_IP_VAR}}:32400