PLex on LXC thoughts

[janvv]

I created an LXC container and installed Plex on it.
To let the data survive a recreation of the container I added two bind mounts:
- mp0 for all the movies and video files
- mp1 for the Plex Server Library folder, where the settings and metadata is stored

The creation and the configuration of the container is done by an Ansible playbook. So I have a really nice and repeatable set up.

But then I was thinking... in the end... I have a complete extra Ubuntu system running only for the Plex server software... isn't that a bit of overkill?
Why wouldn't I just install plex directly on the Proxmox server? Or am I just using the beauty of Proxmox, having this service isolated in a container?

Being of two minds....

 

[oguz]

hi,

But then I was thinking... in the end... I have a complete extra Ubuntu system running only for the Plex server software... isn't that a bit of overkill?

not really, especially since it's a container and not a VM.

Why wouldn't I just install plex directly on the Proxmox server? Or am I just using the beauty of Proxmox, having this service isolated in a container?

if you install it directly on the server, then you're missing out on capabilities like backup/restore, snapshots, easy management of the container and of course the isolation.

hope this helps