Running Plex Media Server in Docker on Ubuntu Server 🌱

What is Plex?

Plex brings together all the media that matters to you. Your personal collection will look beautiful alongside stellar streaming content. Enjoy Live TV & DVR, a growing catalog of great web shows, news, and podcasts. It's finally possible to enjoy all the media you love in a single app, on any device, no matter where you are. -https://www.plex.tv/

Installing Docker

  1. Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
    # update software respositories
    sudo apt update
    # install available software updates
    sudo apt upgrade -y
    # install prerequisites
    sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg2 software-properties-common -y
    # add docker gpg key
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    # add docker apt repository
    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
    # install docker
    sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
    # add the current user to the docker group
    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
    # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
    su - $USER

Running Plex Media Server Container

  1. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
    # create working directories
    mkdir ~/docker/plex/data -p && mkdir ~/docker/plex/transcode -p && mkdir ~/docker/plex/media -p
    # set owner of working directories
    sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
    # run the plex media center docker container
    docker run -d --name plex --network=host -e TZ="America/New_York" -v ~/docker/plex/data:/config -v ~/docker/plex/transcode:/transcode -v ~/docker/plex/media:/data --restart=unless-stopped plexinc/pms-docker
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:32400/web
  3. Log in with one of the available options or click sign up with email
  4. Give the Plex server a name > Click Next
  5. Click the Add Library button > Select the media type
  6. Select Add folders from the left navigation > Click Browse for media folder > Select the folder to add to the media > Click Add Library
  7. Click Next
  8. Click Done to complete the server setup
  9. Welcome to Plex Media Server

Source: https://hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker