Self-host Plex with Docker
A media server that organizes your movies, TV, and music and streams them to any device.
This page describes the Levelrail template for Plex (Media). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server.
Project site: https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-plex/.Recommended memory: about 2048 MiB.
Services, ports and volumes
| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
plex | lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:1.43.4.10903-e5521bd8c-ls327 | 32400 | plex_config -> /config |
Environment variables
| Service | Variable | Value |
|---|---|---|
plex | PGID | Preset in the template |
plex | PUID | Preset in the template |
plex | TZ | Preset in the template |
plex | VERSION | Preset in the template |
Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.
Deploy Plex with Levelrail
In the dashboard, open Apps, choose New app, then Browse templates, and select Plex. Review the Compose body and deploy.
With the CLI:
levelrail-cli templates deploy plex --name my-plexSee Service template catalog for how templates work, and Getting started if you have not installed Levelrail yet.
More Media templates
All templates are listed in the self-host gallery.