# linuxserver/plex ##Description: This Continer is self-contained [Plex](https://plex.tv/) Container. ####[Plex](https://plex.tv/) Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices. It is a media player system and software suite consisting of many player applications for 10-foot user interfaces and an associated media server that organizes personal media stored on local devices. It is available for Windows, Linux, OS X and FreeBSD.[1] Integrated Plex Channels provide users with access to a growing number of online content providers such as YouTube, Vimeo, TEDTalks, and CNN among others. Plex also provides integration for cloud services[2] including Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Copy and Bitcasa.[3] ##Ports and mappings: - **--net=host** Must be set for this container to work - **/config** Will store your plex library\plugins and related files - **/data/*** Map as many as you need for your media library - **PUID** What UID it will run under. - **PGID** What GID it wil run under. - **PLEXPASS** Set to 1 if you have a plexpass subscription. otherwise blank (non-exsistent) ## Sample create command: ``` docker create --name= --net=host -e PUID= -e PGID= -v :/config -v :/data/tvshows -v :/data/film linuxserver/plex ``` ## Support at: - [linuxserver.io](http://linuxserver.io) - #linuxserver.io@freenode