We also should create somewhere for Plex to store config and transcoded data (this is optional). Status: Downloaded newer image for plexinc/pms-docker:latest Next we pull the latest Plex Docker image: $ sudo docker pull plexinc/pms-docker Using default tag: latest latest: Pulling from plexinc/pms-docker 8aec416115fd: Downloading 22.87 MB/50.31 MB 695f074e24e3: Download complete 946d6c48c2a7: Download complete bc7277e579f0: Download complete 2508cbcde94b: Download complete 8c4564719b44: Download complete 58f7154b2281: Download complete 8ceeaf7f0f36: Downloading 36.76 MB/101.7 MB Digest: sha256:a31aada7c1ed938772c3742569edd47078ae53563b9d2c53f. The only requirement is that Docker is installed on your machine/vm: $ sudo apt-get install docker.io $ docker -version Docker version 1.12.3, build 6b644ec

I’m working off a Lubuntu installation, since that is where I’m setting up my home media centre, but once docker is installed, getting Plex going should be nearly identical in any OS. Docker also makes it easy to define a single configuration which is reusable across environments. Installing the server is relatively simple… Installing it with Docker is even simpler.

Plex is a media server which aggregates your media and allows you to access it on your home network.

Install a Plex Media Server in three steps

Plex media server docker installation