Plex Media Server

services:
  plex:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:latest"
    container_name: plex
    environment:
      - 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/to/containers/plex:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/plex/transcode:/transcode" # optional
      - "/path/to/movies:/movies"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

podman run -d --name plex \
  -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: ""
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/plex:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/plex/transcode:/transcode" # optional
      - "/path/to/movies:/movies"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv"

# .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_PATH: /config
      - PLEX_TRANSCODE_PATH: /transcode
      - MOVIES_PATH: /movies
      - TV_PATH: /tv
volumes:
  PLEX_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/plex'
  PLEX_TRANSCODE_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/plex/transcode'
  MOVIES_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/movies'
  TV_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/tv'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e VERSION=container \
  -e PLEX_CLAIM= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/plex /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/plex/transcode /transcode <pseudofs>" \ # optional
  -o fstab="/path/to/movies /movies <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/tv /tv <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/plex:latest plex