Set Up Plex in Proxmox

Current homelab Plex: Running in a PVE LXC at 192.168.1.207:32400. Media is on Hyperion (Synology NAS) mounted via NFS. This page is a generic setup guide. See Proxmox LXC Services for this homelab's specific config.

Guide for running Plex in a Proxmox LXC container with media stored on a Synology NAS.

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1. Set Up Your Synology NAS

Create a shared folder:

• Log in to your Synology NAS
• Go to Control Panel -> Shared Folder and create a folder for media files

Enable NFS:

• Go to Control Panel -> File Services
• Enable NFS (preferred for Linux) or SMB

Set permissions:

• Grant read access to the Proxmox host IP for the media shared folder

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2. Mount the NAS in Proxmox

SSH into your Proxmox host and mount the NAS share:

mkdir -p /mnt/synology_media
mount -t nfs <Synology_IP>:/volume1/media /mnt/synology_media

To persist across reboots, add to /etc/fstab:

<Synology_IP>:/volume1/media  /mnt/synology_media  nfs  defaults  0  0

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3. Create the LXC Container

In Proxmox:

• Go to Datacenter -> Create CT
• Choose an Ubuntu template
• Allocate CPU, memory, and disk as needed

In the container Resources section, add a Mount Point:

• Host path: /mnt/synology_media
• LXC path: /mnt/media

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4. Install Plex

SSH into the LXC container and install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install plexmediaserver

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5. Configure Plex

1. Open http://<Container_IP>:32400/web in a browser
2. Follow the setup wizard to link your Plex account
3. Go to Settings -> Libraries and add /mnt/media as a library

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6. Enable Remote Access (Optional)

1. Forward port 32400 on your router to the LXC container IP
2. In Plex: Settings -> Remote Access -> enable and confirm the port is reachable

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Source: Based on a Copilot guide (August 2024), adapted for this homelab setup.