dperson/plex repository overview

⁠Plex

Plex docker container

⁠What is Plex?

The free Plex Media Server simplifies your life by organizing all of your personal media, making it beautiful and streaming it to all of your devices.

⁠How to use this image

This Plex container will initialize the config directory and exit on first run. When it has completed, edit your_config_location/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml to add your network to the allowed list (IE allowedNetworks="192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0" with your network range).

Restart the docker instance once more and proceed to setup plex at http://*ipaddress*:32400/web.

For more detailed instructions please see the plex site⁠.

⁠Hosting a Plex instance

sudo docker run -it --name plex -p 32400:32400 --tmp /run -d dperson/plex

OR use local storage:

sudo docker run -it --name plex -p 32400:32400 --tmp /run \
            -v /path/to/directory:/config \
            -v /path/to/media:/data \
            -d dperson/plex

⁠Configuration

sudo docker run -it --rm dperson/plex -h

Usage: plex.sh [-opt] [command]
Options (fields in '[]' are optional, '<>' are required):
    -h          This help
    -t ""       Configure timezone
                possible arg: "[timezone]" - zoneinfo timezone for container

The 'command' (if provided and valid) will be run instead of plex

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

• TZ - As above, configure the zoneinfo timezone, IE EST5EDT
• USERID - Set the UID for the app user
• GROUPID - Set the GID for the app user

⁠Examples

Any of the commands can be run at creation with docker run or later with docker exec -it plex plex.sh (as of version 1.3 of docker).

⁠Setting the Timezone

sudo docker run -it --name plex -p 32400:32400 --tmp /run -d dperson/plex \
            -t EST5EDT

OR using environment variables

sudo docker run -it --name plex -e TZ=EST5EDT -p 32400:32400 --tmp /run -d \
            dperson/plex

Will get you the same settings as

sudo docker run -it --name plex -p 32400:32400 --tmp /run -d dperson/plex
sudo docker exec -it plex plex.sh -t EST5EDT ls -AlF /etc/localtime
sudo docker restart plex

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⁠Issues

If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact me through a GitHub issue⁠.