Plex Media Server

Adhitya Sriram Ravi Publisher

Platform:

Channel Revision Published Runs on
latest/edge 25 01 Jun 2026
Ubuntu 24.04
1/stable 23 18 Apr 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 
juju deploy plex-k8s --channel edge

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  • claim-token | string

    Plex claim token for automated server setup.

    Get token from https://plex.tv/claim Token expires in 4 minutes and is single-use.

    Note: Token is only used if server is not already claimed.

  • extended-alert-rules | boolean

    Ship the extended Prometheus alert rule set on the metrics-endpoint relation in addition to the always-on baseline.

    See src/prometheus_alert_rules_extended/plex-extended.rules.yaml.

  • hardware-transcoding | boolean

    Enable hardware transcoding using Intel QuickSync.

    Requires:

    • Intel CPU with integrated graphics (most non-F SKUs)
    • Node must have /dev/dri available
    • Plex Pass subscription
    • Charm deployed with --trust flag

    When enabled, the charm mounts /dev/dri into the container.

  • ingress-port | int

    Default: 80

    Port for the Istio ingress gateway listener.

  • timezone | string

    Default: Etc/UTC

    IANA timezone (e.g., America/New_York, Europe/London)