Moving Plex Server from Windows to Linux (Docker)

[Krs1]

I've got a little home server here (Intel i7-6700 CPU @ 3.40GHz w/ 16 gigs of ram) connected via ethernet to a Synology DS420+. When I first set this thing up, I tried the linux route, but I just couldn't get things working. However, I'm getting sick of windows on this machine and I'm struggling having hardlinks work. (I'm using Radarr/Sonarr). 

 

What distro do you suggest I get to run docker and have Plex w/ my rr suite of apps?

 

(I've got a few users experiencing issues with buffering/loading that never used to happen. I'm also planning on doing some upgrades to the server, if I can (as I now have 2.5gB fibre and the machine only has a 1g ethernet port). When I built this, plex didn't use graphics cards for hardware transcode acceleration. Is it worth grabbing one now?)

[BootlessBuck]

If you're running Plex in Docker, the distro shouldn't really matter. Just use whichever one you're most comfortable with. If you have questions on setup, I'd find a good tutorial and use whatever distro the tutorial is using. Make it easy on yourself.

 

I'm running Plex in Docker on a Synology NAS.

[Drugo]

Yeah, the distro isn't all that important for a Docker host, but it's probably a good idea to stick to a "safe choice" like Debian or Fedora. Go for community support and stability rather than "specialized" distros that lack compatibility with packages and guides.

On 10/12/2023 at 8:39 PM, Krs1 said:

When I built this, plex didn't use graphics cards for hardware transcode acceleration. Is it worth grabbing one now?)

Plex in docker should fully* support hardware acceleration via bind mounts. Maybe also check out Jellyfin if you've never heard of that.

* as fully as Nvidia on Linux can be

 

On 10/25/2023 at 3:31 AM, htimsenyawed said:

Great thing about Ubuntu Server (and maybe Ubuntu desktop) is you can set multiple IPs on a single NIC, so you don't have to worry about port conflicts running multiple LAN/WAN facing applications.

Just wanted to to point out that that functionality is provided by iproute2 which is the standard network tool in almost all distros nowadays (with `ip addr add`). And also, isn't changing the docker port mappings easier than adding new IPs to avoid reusing ports?