Plex Media Server

Personal media server that organizes and streams your movie, TV, and music collections to all your devices.

Port	32400
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/plex
Source	https://github.com/daemonless/plex
Website	https://plex.tv/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  plex:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:latest
    container_name: plex
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - VERSION=container
      - PLEX_CLAIM=
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/plex:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/plex/transcode:/transcode" # optional
      - "/path/to/movies:/movies"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv"
    ports:
      - 32400:32400
      - 1900:1900
      - 32410:32410
      - 32412:32412
      - 32413:32413
      - 32414:32414
      - 32469:32469
      - 8324:8324
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=plex
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
VERSION=container
PLEX_CLAIM=

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  plex:
    name: plex
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - VERSION: !ENV '${VERSION}'
        - PLEX_CLAIM: !ENV '${PLEX_CLAIM}'
    volumes:
      - plex: /config
      - plex_transcode: /transcode
      - movies: /movies
      - tv: /tv
volumes:
  plex:
    device: '/path/to/containers/plex'
  plex_transcode:
    device: '/path/to/containers/plex/transcode'
  movies:
    device: 'movies'
  tv:
    device: 'tv'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:${tag}

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name plex \
  -p 32400:32400 \
  -p 1900:1900 \
  -p 32410:32410 \
  -p 32412:32412 \
  -p 32413:32413 \
  -p 32414:32414 \
  -p 32469:32469 \
  -p 8324:8324 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e VERSION=container \
  -e PLEX_CLAIM= \
  -v /path/to/containers/plex:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/plex/transcode:/transcode # optional \
  -v /path/to/movies:/movies \
  -v /path/to/tv:/tv \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy plex
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: plex
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      VERSION: "container"
      PLEX_CLAIM: ""
    ports:
      - "32400:32400"
      - "1900:1900"
      - "32410:32410"
      - "32412:32412"
      - "32413:32413"
      - "32414:32414"
      - "32469:32469"
      - "8324:8324"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/plex:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/plex/transcode:/transcode" # optional
      - "/path/to/movies:/movies"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv"

Access at: http://localhost:32400

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
VERSION	container	Plex update channel (container, public, plexpass)
PLEX_CLAIM	``	Optional: Claim token — get one at https://plex.tv/claim

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory
/transcode	Transcode directory (Optional)
/movies	Movie library
/tv	TV series library

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
32400	TCP	Web UI
1900	UDP
32410	UDP
32412	UDP
32413	UDP
32414	UDP
32469	TCP
8324	TCP

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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