Plex Media Server

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Global /movies Path
Global /tv Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Plex Media Server Host Port
Plex Media Server /config Path
Plex Media Server /transcode Path

Plex Media Server on FreeBSD.

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Downloads the 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 Podman CLI Ansible

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

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

- 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 the Web UI at: http://localhost:32400

Interactive Configuration

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 from 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`	TCP
`32410`	TCP
`32412`	TCP
`32413`	TCP
`32414`	TCP
`32469`	TCP
`8324`	TCP

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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