docker-plex

Plex Media Server, in a container

Installation

Clone the repo and build it

$ git clone git@github.com:arbourd/docker-plex.git

$ docker build -t plex .

Or pull from Docker Hub

$ docker pull arbourd/plex

Run it

$ docker run --name=plex -d -p 32400:32400 -v <config>:/plex -v <media path>:/audiovisual arbourd/plex

Cavats

Setting allowedNetworks

To gain access to <ip>:32400/web (the server) from outside the host machine locally:

• Open Preferences.xml in your favourite editor

$ vim <config>/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml

• Add allowedNetworks="192.168.1.0/16" or whatever your local range / subnet are to Preferences.xml

host mode

Running docker run with --net="host" will open up the entire hosts network stack to the container allowing avahi to broadcast locally.

This is necessary if you want to access Plex locally without signing in with a Plex account.

Error: PRAGMA cache_size=4000

This seems to be a docker-machine issue. No fix at this time.

Differences between this Plex container and others

• Smaller footprint
• Uses PPA to download / install Plex Media Server
• init.sh matches host and client GIDs
• Runs Plex Media Server as plex user, not root

License

Public Domain