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            <h1>Running Plex Media Server in Docker on Ubuntu Server</h1>
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          <h2>What is Plex?</h2>

<p><em>Plex brings together all the media that matters to you. Your personal collection will look beautiful alongside stellar streaming content. Enjoy Live TV &amp; DVR, a growing catalog of great web shows, news, and podcasts. It&#39;s finally possible to enjoy all the media you love in a single app, on any device, no matter where you are.</em> -<a href="https://www.plex.tv/" target="_blank">https://www.plex.tv/</a></p>

<h2>Installing Docker</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software respositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg2 software-properties-common -y<br />
	# add docker gpg key<br />
	curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -<br />
	# add docker apt repository<br />
	sudo add-apt-repository &quot;deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable&quot;<br />
	# install docker<br />
	sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y<br />
	# add the current user to the docker group<br />
	sudo usermod -aG docker $USER<br />
	# reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect<br />
	su - $USER</div>
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<h2>Running Plex Media Server Container</h2>

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	<li>Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># create working directories<br />
	mkdir ~/docker/plex/data -p &amp;&amp; mkdir ~/docker/plex/transcode -p &amp;&amp; mkdir ~/docker/plex/media -p<br />
	# set owner of working directories<br />
	sudo chown &quot;$USER&quot;:&quot;$USER&quot; ~/docker -R<br />
	# run the plex media center docker container<br />
	docker run -d --name plex --network=host -e TZ=&quot;America/New_York&quot; -v ~/docker/plex/data:/config -v ~/docker/plex/transcode:/transcode -v ~/docker/plex/media:/data --restart=unless-stopped plexinc/pms-docker</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:32400/web</li>
	<li>Log in with one of the available options or click sign up with email</li>
	<li>Give the Plex server a name &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click the Add Library button &gt; Select the media type</li>
	<li>Select Add folders from the left navigation &gt; Click Browse for media folder &gt; Select the folder to add to the media &gt; Click Add Library</li>
	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Click Done to complete the server setup</li>
	<li>Welcome to Plex Media Server</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker" target="_blank">https://hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker</a></p>          </div>
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