APP: Plex Media Server

[Voodoo]

Download Latest Plex Media Server:
Plex Media Server for Linux Ubuntu AMD64

Install via Terminal:
sudo apt install ./home/%USER%/Downloads/plexmediaserver_1.21.1.3830-6c22540d5_amd64.deb

Add Plex Media Server Repositories for Updates:
echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
sudo apt install curl
curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -

Configure from WebBrowser by going to:
IP:32400

NOTE: If you configure for LAN access without authentication, then you will have to go to the /web/ directory such as:
IP:32400/web/

Default Metadata and Index Data are in the following directory:
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support

Stop Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver

Start Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver

Restart Plex Media Server:
sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver

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To save space on OS drive, you can move the Metadata and Index to a new location:

sudo service plexmediaserver stop
sudo service plexmediaserver start
sudo service plexmediaserver restart

Copy Metadata and Index Data to new location:
cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ /new/dir/to/plex/

Move old directory to .OLD in case of issues:
mv ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD’

Create symbolic link to new directory:
ln -s ‘/new/dir/to/plex/Application Support’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’

Change owner of new location to plex:
chown -R plex.plex ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’

Remove old Meta and Index Data files:
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD’

cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache’ ‘/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache’

cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media’ ‘/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media’

rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache’

rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media’

ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache”

ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media”

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[Voodoo]

sudo service plexmediaserver stop
cp -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’ /home/plex/PMS
rm -rf ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’
chown -R plex.plex ‘/home/plex’
ln -s ‘/home/plex/PMS’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’
chown -R plex.plex ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’

ln -s ‘/media/plex/Home/PMS’ ‘/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support’

sudo service plexmediaserver start

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