Fedora Plex Media Server Docker Container

Docker container for Plex Media Server using Fedora, requires docker >= 1.6 for ulimit support.

Usage

Create with defaults (stable PMS version):

docker create -v /path/to/config/dir:/config \
    -v /path/to/storage/dir:/storage \
    -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
    -p 32400:32400 --ulimit memlock=3100000 \
    --ulimit stack=11000000 --ulimit nofile=4096 \
    --name plex mattsch/fedora-plex

Create with a custom uid/gid for PMS:

docker create -v /path/to/config/dir:/config \
    -v /path/to/storage/dir:/storage \
    -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
    -p 32400:32400 --ulimit memlock=3100000 \
    --ulimit stack=11000000 --ulimit nofile=4096 \
    --name plex -e LUID=1005 -e LGID=1005 mattsch/fedora-plex

Create with a custom uid/gid and latest PMS version:

docker create -v /path/to/config/dir:/config \
    -v /path/to/storage/dir:/storage \
    -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
    -p 32400:32400 --ulimit memlock=3100000 \
    --ulimit stack=11000000 --ulimit nofile=4096 \
    --name plex -e LUID=1005 -e LGID=1005 \
    -e PLEX_VERSION="0.9.14.1.1544-651f92a" mattsch/fedora-plex

Using host networking rather than the port forwards above will give the best performance and allow for proper local network discovery. However, this allows the container to have full access to the host's networking stack. Be sure you understand the implications before using it.