plex

plex

Docker app from linuxserver's Repository

Overview

Plex(https://plex.tv) 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. Straightforward design and bulk actions mean getting things done faster.

Runtime arguments

Web UI
http://[IP]:[PORT:32400]/web/index.html
Network
host
Shell
bash
Privileged
false

Template configuration

AppdataPathrw

Plex library location. *This can grow very large, 50gb+ is likely for a large collection.*

Target
/config
Path: /tvPathrw

Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. `/movies`, `/tv`, etc.

Target
/tv
Path: /moviesPathrw

Media goes here. Add as many as needed e.g. `/movies`, `/tv`, etc.

Target
/movies
VERSIONVariable

Set whether to update plex or not - see Application Setup section.

Default
docker
PLEX_CLAIMVariable

Optionally you can obtain a claim token from https://plex.tv/claim and input here. Keep in mind that the claim tokens expire within 4 minutes.

PUIDVariable

Container Variable: PUID

Default
99
PGIDVariable

Container Variable: PGID

Default
100
UMASKVariable

Container Variable: UMASK

Default
022

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Details

Repository
lscr.io/linuxserver/plex
Last Updated2026-05-04
First Seen2016-08-27

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