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Plex server migration to docker based? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago by DrTeeth to c/selfhosted

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I have an Intel NUC running plex media server on ubuntu headless server. It's running beautifully, and barely uses the nuc's resources. The videos are stored on a synology ds923+ NAS.

I'm thinking of adding a couple of new services to the NUC and would like to move to a dockerised setup. This would involve moving the plexmediaserver into a docker.

Is there a good way to do this without having to recreate and rescan all the plex video libraries?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It should be possible. Something like this:

1.	Backup your Plex database located at /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/.
2.	Install Docker on your NUC.
3.	Pull the Plex Docker image using docker pull plexinc/pms-docker.
4.	Run the Plex Docker container, pointing it to your Plex database and media files. Example command:

docker run
-d
--name plex
--network=host
-e PLEX_CLAIM="<YOUR_PLEX_CLAIM>"
-e ADVERTISE_IP="http://:32400/"
-v <PATH_TO_PLEX_DB>:/config
-v <PATH_TO_MEDIA>:/data
plexinc/pms-docker

4.	Replace <YOUR_PLEX_CLAIM>, <YOUR-SERVER-IP>, <PATH_TO_PLEX_DB>, and <PATH_TO_MEDIA> accordingly.

Make sure the Synology NAS is mounted on the host and passed as a volume to the Docker container. This should maintain your existing Plex libraries.