{ "schema_version": "0.4.0", "kind": "proxmenux.oci-template", "id": "linuxserver-plex", "status": "generated-unvalidated", "catalog_ui": { "title": { "en_US": "Plex" }, "tagline": { "en_US": "Plex 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." }, "description": { "en_US": "Plex 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." }, "category": "media", "category_label": "Media & Streaming", "author": "LinuxServer.io", "developer": null, "icon": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons@main/webp/plex.webp", "thumbnail": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linuxserver/docker-templates/master/linuxserver.io/img/plex-banner.png", "screenshots": [], "architectures": [ "amd64", "arm64" ], "launch": { "scheme": "http", "port": 32400, "path": "/web" }, "website": "https://plex.tv", "documentation": "https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-plex/", "repository": "https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-plex", "tips": [], "mini_changelog": [ { "date": "2026-07-06", "note": "Rebase to Ubuntu Resolute." }, { "date": "2026-03-15", "note": "Allow TMPDIR to be changed to better support read-only containers" }, { "date": "2026-03-15", "note": "Fix initial claim setup on non-root containers" }, { "date": "2024-11-04", "note": "Add Nvidia capability needed for h265" }, { "date": "2024-07-18", "note": "Rebase to Ubuntu Noble." } ], "display_version": null, "updated_at": "2026-07-06" }, "source": { "provider": "linuxserver.io", "repository": "https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-plex", "default_branch": "master", "revision": "e7983495304389538f829afd4985256c22eb3a4b", "readme_raw_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linuxserver/docker-plex/e7983495304389538f829afd4985256c22eb3a4b/README.md", "readme_pushed_at": "2026-09-10T19:57:19Z", "compose_sha256": "41bd50a27b1f544d4f677bc0c46e735c145b088927204286207e2e247034c303", "generated_at": "2026-09-13T20:38:06+00:00" }, "container_contract": { "service_name": "plex", "container_name": "plex", "image": { "reference": "lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest", "registry": "lscr.io", "repository": "lscr.io/linuxserver/plex", "tag": "latest", "digest": null, "pull_policy": "resolve-selected-tag-to-architecture-digest-at-install" }, "environment": [ { "name": "PUID", "example": "1000", "required": true, "sensitive": false, "source": "linuxserver-compose" }, { "name": "PGID", "example": "1000", "required": true, "sensitive": false, "source": "linuxserver-compose" }, { "name": "TZ", "example": "Etc/UTC", "required": true, "sensitive": false, "source": "linuxserver-compose" }, { "name": "VERSION", "example": "docker", "required": true, "sensitive": false, "source": "linuxserver-compose" }, { "name": "PLEX_CLAIM", "example": "", "required": false, "sensitive": false, "source": "linuxserver-compose" } ], "volumes": [ { "id": "volume-0", "container_path": "/config", "compose_source_example": "/path/to/plex/library", "read_only": false, "required": true, "installation_choice": [ "managed-volume", "host-bind" ], "default": "managed-volume", "managed_volume": { "backup": true, "default_size_gb": 4 } }, { "id": "volume-1", "container_path": "/tv", "compose_source_example": "/path/to/tvseries", "read_only": false, "required": true, "installation_choice": [ "managed-volume", "host-bind" ], "default": "managed-volume", "managed_volume": { "backup": true, "default_size_gb": 8 } }, { "id": "volume-2", "container_path": "/movies", "compose_source_example": "/path/to/movies", "read_only": false, "required": true, "installation_choice": [ "managed-volume", "host-bind" ], "default": "managed-volume", "managed_volume": { "backup": true, "default_size_gb": 8 } } ], "ports": [ { "container_port": 32400, "published_example": 32400, "protocol": "tcp", "required": true, "proxmox_behavior": "listener-on-dedicated-lxc-address-no-nat" } ], "related_services": [], "restart": "unless-stopped", "stop_grace_period": null, "original_compose": "---\nservices:\n plex:\n image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest\n container_name: plex\n network_mode: host\n environment:\n - PUID=1000\n - PGID=1000\n - TZ=Etc/UTC\n - VERSION=docker\n - PLEX_CLAIM= #optional\n volumes:\n - /path/to/plex/library:/config\n - /path/to/tvseries:/tv\n - /path/to/movies:/movies\n restart: unless-stopped\n" }, "first_run": { "endpoints": [ { "label": "Plex WebUI", "scheme": "http", "port": 32400, "path": "/web", "source": "linuxserver-application-setup" } ], "credentials": [] }, "proxmox": { "runtime": "native-oci-lxc", "technology_status": "proxmox-technology-preview", "defaults": { "unprivileged": true, "ostype": "auto-from-image", "cores": 2, "memory_mb": 1024, "swap_mb": 512, "rootfs_size_gb": 8, "rootfs_storage": "local-lvm", "volume_storage": "local-lvm", "template_storage": "local", "bridge": "vmbr0", "ipv4": "dhcp", "firewall": true, "host_managed_network": true, "onboot": false, "features": [ "nesting=1" ], "shutdown_timeout_seconds": 30 }, "image_metadata_policy": { "entrypoint": "import-from-oci-image", "cmd": "import-from-oci-image", "environment": "import-image-env-then-apply-compose-overrides", "user": "import-from-oci-image", "working_dir": "import-from-oci-image", "stop_signal": "import-from-oci-image" }, "installer_profile": { "network": { "compose_mode": "host" }, "hardware_acceleration": { "prompt": "Hardware acceleration for Plex", "default": "none", "profiles": [ { "id": "none", "label": "No acceleration (CPU)", "device_requests": [] }, { "id": "vaapi", "label": "Intel/AMD (VA-API)", "environment_from_devices": { "ATTACHED_DEVICES_PERMS": [ "vaapi-render" ] }, "device_requests": [ { "id": "vaapi-render", "kind": "character-device", "purpose": "vaapi", "path_prompt": "GPU render device", "host_path_default": "/dev/dri/renderD128", "container_path_strategy": "same-as-host", "mode": "0660", "deny_write": false, "gid_strategy": "host-device-gid" } ] }, { "id": "nvidia", "label": "NVIDIA (NVENC/NVDEC)", "device_requests": [ { "id": "nvidia-runtime", "kind": "nvidia-runtime", "purpose": "nvidia-cuda-nvenc-nvdec", "device_selection": "all-requested-by-compose" } ], "environment": [ { "name": "NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES", "value": "all" } ] } ] }, "gpu_validation": { "device_inventory": "host-sysfs-and-stat", "application_acceleration": "requires-workload-test", "tone_mapping": "not-implied-by-device-access" }, "device_permissions": { "strategy": "linuxserver-native-init", "service_user": "abc", "environment": "ATTACHED_DEVICES_PERMS", "paths": "all-resolved-selected-character-devices" } }, "adaptations": [ { "id": "dedicated-lxc-network", "upstream_behavior": "Docker publishes selected container ports on the Docker host.", "native_lxc_behavior": "The application listens on the same container ports at its dedicated LXC address.", "reason": "A native LXC has its own address and does not require Docker port NAT.", "behavioral_impact": "Users open the LXC address instead of the Proxmox host address.", "validation": "pending-per-application" }, { "id": "compose-environment-overlay", "upstream_behavior": "Compose environment values override OCI image environment values.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux merges the same values into lxc.environment.runtime while the CT is stopped.", "reason": "PVE imports image Env automatically; Compose values still need to override it.", "behavioral_impact": "None expected.", "validation": "pending-per-application" }, { "id": "stop-grace-period", "upstream_behavior": "Docker waits for Compose stop_grace_period before forcing termination.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux records the same timeout for its pct shutdown lifecycle operations.", "reason": "Proxmox has no equivalent per-CT persistent restart-policy field; startup.down is not a shutdown timeout.", "behavioral_impact": "Normal Proxmox node shutdown remains governed by the node-wide shutdown policy.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-shm-size", "upstream_behavior": "Compose sets the size of the container /dev/shm tmpfs.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux mounts a native LXC tmpfs at /dev/shm with the same requested capacity.", "reason": "The OCI image runs directly as an LXC and therefore needs the equivalent Proxmox mount entry.", "behavioral_impact": "None expected.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-command", "upstream_behavior": "Compose replaces the image Cmd while retaining its Entrypoint.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux reads the official OCI Entrypoint and combines it with the Compose command as the native LXC init command.", "reason": "Proxmox stores the effective OCI process as one entrypoint string.", "behavioral_impact": "None expected.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-process-runtime", "upstream_behavior": "Compose can replace Entrypoint, User and WorkingDir and request an init process or interactive terminal.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux applies the process overrides through native LXC init directives; lxc-init provides PID 1 supervision and the CT console provides terminal access.", "reason": "The OCI process must start with the same identity, command and working directory without Docker.", "behavioral_impact": "Compose stdin_open and tty become access through the Proxmox LXC console.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-healthcheck", "upstream_behavior": "Docker periodically executes the declared container healthcheck.", "native_lxc_behavior": "For a single-service LXC, ProxMenux translates HTTP localhost checks into a mandatory first-start service check.", "reason": "Proxmox has no persistent Docker health state, while the installer still must detect a failed first boot.", "behavioral_impact": "The check runs during installation rather than continuously after installation.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-cpu-priority", "upstream_behavior": "Docker cpu_shares sets a relative scheduling weight with 1024 as its neutral value.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux converts the relative weight to Proxmox cpuunits with 100 as its neutral value and lets the user review it.", "reason": "Both settings express relative CPU priority on different scales.", "behavioral_impact": "Rounding and Proxmox minimum limits can slightly change very low weights.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-network-identity", "upstream_behavior": "Compose can set hostname, MAC address, extra hosts and attach a service to Docker networks.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux applies hostname and MAC to net0, writes additional host aliases into the LXC and uses its dedicated bridge connection for single-service networks.", "reason": "A dedicated LXC has its own network namespace and does not need a Docker bridge per service.", "behavioral_impact": "host-gateway resolves to the IPv4 address of the selected Proxmox bridge.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-network-mode", "upstream_behavior": "Docker host mode removes Docker network isolation; bridge and default use a Docker-managed network.", "native_lxc_behavior": "The OCI process uses the dedicated LXC network namespace directly, so host, bridge and default all listen on the LXC address without Docker NAT.", "reason": "The LXC is the application host and already has its own address and port namespace.", "behavioral_impact": "host means the LXC host, never the Proxmox host; this preserves Proxmox network isolation.", "validation": "pending-per-application" }, { "id": "compose-capabilities-and-sysctls", "upstream_behavior": "Compose can add Linux capabilities and set kernel parameters in the container network namespace.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux validates requested capabilities against the native LXC capability set and writes namespaced network settings as lxc.sysctl directives.", "reason": "A native OCI-LXC already starts with the namespaced capability set; lxc.cap.keep would incorrectly discard unrelated required capabilities.", "behavioral_impact": "Host-global capabilities such as SYS_MODULE remain blocked until their host prerequisite is explicitly adapted.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "docker-engine-metadata", "upstream_behavior": "Compose labels annotate Docker objects and the json-file logging driver rotates Docker-managed logs.", "native_lxc_behavior": "Labels remain source metadata; Docker json-file settings are not applied because the OCI process runs directly under LXC.", "reason": "There is no Docker object or Docker json-file log behind a native OCI-LXC application.", "behavioral_impact": "Docker-only label consumers and Docker log-driver rotation do not exist in the native deployment.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-device-passthrough", "upstream_behavior": "Compose passes host character devices or requests an NVIDIA runtime GPU.", "native_lxc_behavior": "ProxMenux converts recognized device declarations to native Proxmox dev resources; NVIDIA profiles also inject compatible host driver libraries read-only.", "reason": "Native OCI-LXC does not execute Docker device or NVIDIA runtime hooks.", "behavioral_impact": "Hardware is exposed only after explicit user confirmation and host-path validation.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" }, { "id": "compose-host-ipc", "upstream_behavior": "ipc: host shares the Docker host IPC namespace, commonly to avoid Docker's small default shared-memory allocation.", "native_lxc_behavior": "The application keeps the LXC IPC namespace and receives a configurable 1 GiB /dev/shm instead of sharing Proxmox host IPC.", "reason": "Processes in a single native LXC already share one IPC namespace; retaining isolation is safer than exposing host IPC.", "behavioral_impact": "The application cannot exchange IPC objects with processes on the Proxmox host.", "validation": "not-requested-by-compose" } ], "deployment_profile": { "variant": "hardware-selectable", "gpu_passthrough": "installer-selection" } }, "compatibility": { "automatic_install_candidate": true, "validated": false, "supported_compose_keys": [ "cap_add", "command", "container_name", "cpu_shares", "devices", "entrypoint", "environment", "extra_hosts", "group_add", "healthcheck", "hostname", "image", "init", "ipc", "labels", "logging", "mac_address", "network_mode", "networks", "ports", "privileged", "restart", "runtime", "security_opt", "shm_size", "stdin_open", "stop_grace_period", "sysctls", "tty", "user", "volumes", "working_dir" ], "untranslated_blockers": [], "policy": "A generated template is never promoted to validated without install, health, restart and persistence tests." }, "validation": { "schema": "passed-at-generation", "clean_install": "pending", "service_health": "pending", "restart_persistence": "pending", "backup_restore": "pending", "update_preserves_data": "pending" }, "lifecycle": { "update_strategy": "replace-rootfs-from-new-oci-image-preserve-managed-volumes", "registry_state": { "resolved_architecture": null, "resolved_digest": null, "image_version_label": null, "image_created": null }, "change_detection": "compare-resolved-architecture-digest", "automatic_unattended_updates": false } }