APP: Plex Media Server

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December 22, 2020 at 1:45 AM #845
Voodoo
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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:
```
sudo cp -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support" /new/dir/to/plex/
```
Move old directory to .OLD in case of issues:
```
sudo mv "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support" "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD"
```
Create symbolic link to new directory:
```
sudo ln -s "/new/dir/to/plex/Application Support" "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"
```
Change owner of new location to plex:
```
sudo chown -R plex.plex "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"
```
Remove old Meta and Index Data files:
```
sudo rm -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support.OLD"
```
```
sudo cp -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache" "/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache"
```
```
sudo cp -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media" "/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media"
```
```
sudo rm -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache"
```
```
sudo rm -rf "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media"
```
```
sudo ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Cache” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache”
```
```
sudo ln -s “/mnt/10TB/PMS/Media” “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Media”
```
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February 3, 2021 at 3:46 AM #944
Voodoo
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Stop the Plex Media Server Service:
sudo systemctl stop plexmediaserver

Mount the Media Drive (I mount it to /mnt/Media). I use the entry in fstab
sudo mkdir /mnt/Media
sudo chown -R plex:plex /mnt/Media
sudo xed /etc/fstab
```
# 12TB_WD Media
UUID=0a878463-f0e7-4c7a-b4cd-ecafd127d406 /mnt/Media xfs noatime,rw,x-gvfs-show 0 0
```
Now close the fstab and mount the drive:
sudo mount -a

Move the Plex Media Folder from original location “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server” to the Media drive “/mnt/Media/Plex Media Server”. If you do this by terminal, the command will be:
mv -i "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server" "/mnt/Media/Plex Media Server"

Again, take control of the folder:
sudo chown -R plex:plex /mnt/Media

Now set a link from the original to point to your new location:
ln -s "/mnt/Media/Plex Media Server" "/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"

Start your Plex Media Service again:
sudo systemctl start plexmediaserver

Set RamDisk for Plex Transcoding:
sudo mkdir /mnt/RamDisk
sudo chown -R plex:plex /mnt/RamDisk
sudo xed /etc/fstab
```
# 8GB RamDisk for Plex Transcoding. Change X in ,size=XG, for the size you like
RamDisk  /mnt/RamDisk  tmpfs  defaults,size=8G,x-gvfs-show  0  0
```
Now close the fstab and mount the drive:
sudo mount -a
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