Plex Media Server

Running a Plex Media Server on OpenShift 4.x

1. The Default Setup - this build covers deploying plex as a native container with a pod, service and route.
2. The MACVLAN Setup - this build covers deploying plex as a native containter tied to a physical network interface and static ip address.
   Visit /macvlan for this setup

Build your image

You can build your own image using my Dockerfile as a reference, or just pull the image I created as shaker242/plex:latest.
podman build -t ORG/REPO:TAG .

Notes:

1. There is a section in the deployment for a 'claim' number... it only lasts 4 mins, I recommend deploying the environment without it to make sure everything is running. Once you have verified the plex pod is running to your liking, obtain your code from https://plex.tv/claim, put it in the deployment and just oc apply -f plex-deployment.yaml.
2. You can find your timezone here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_mediabase_time_zones
3. You can find the latest version of the Plex Media Server here: https://www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads

The Default Setup

1. Create your namespace/project
   oc new-project plex --display-name "Plex Media Server"

2. Apply RBAC and create your SA
   oc create -f ./manifests/plex-rbac.yaml

3. Apply scc-anyuid to your SA in the plex namespace
   oc adm policy add-scc-to-user anyuid -z plex-sa -n plex

4. Create the PVC's for /config /media /transcode
   oc create -f ./manifests/plex-nfs.yaml

5. Deploy Plex
   oc create -f ./manifests/plex-deployment.yaml

6. Link the services to our Deployment
   oc create -f ./manifests/plex-services.yaml

7. Once everything checks out, you will have to load your claim key and reapply the deployment.
   oc apply -f ./manifests/plex-deployment.yaml

8. Plex is up, volumes are connected but now you'll need to install your routes and configure your media server.
   oc create -f ./manifests/plex-routes.yaml

9. Remote access, for this out of scope item you will have to create a port forward from your wan/ip to this container... mine goes like this
   WAN/IP -> firewall port forward (port WAN/22400 -> port LAN LB/32400 NodePort) -> LB 32400 to Node:32400 -> Pod/Container:32400
   The external port 22400 is then manually set in Plex's remote settings.

10. Example: NFS Exports

/plex/config    *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure)
/plex/transcode	*(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure)
/plex/media     *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_wdelay,all_squash,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534,insecure)	

*Note: Remote mount the nfs volume (nfsserver:/plex/media) to upload, download and delete content.

10. Example: Directory Permissions
    chown -R /plex
chown nobody:nogroup /plex/media

If you'd like to improve this, please submit a PR!