---
title: Charmhub | Deploy Plex Media Server using Charmhub - The Open Operator Collection
description: Deploy the latest version of Plex Media Server as a Kubernetes Operator
  on any cloud.
url: https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations
---

# Plex Media Server

[Adhitya Sriram Ravi](https://charmhub.io/publisher/ivdi "View all packages from Adhitya Sriram Ravi")

* [Adhitya Sriram Ravi](https://charmhub.io/publisher/ivdi "View all packages from Adhitya Sriram Ravi")

Platform:

edge 27

```
juju deploy plex-k8s --channel edge
```

[Learn to deploy on juju >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/manage-applications)

* [claim-token](https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations#claim-token)
* [extended-alert-rules](https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations#extended-alert-rules)
* [hardware-transcoding](https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations#hardware-transcoding)
* [ingress-port](https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations#ingress-port)
* [timezone](https://charmhub.io/plex-k8s/configurations#timezone)

[Learn about configurations >](https://juju.is/docs/juju/configuration#heading--application-configuration)

* 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

  Listener port requested on the Istio ingress gateway.
  Applies only to the istio-ingress-route relation.
* timezone | string

  Default: Etc/UTC

  IANA timezone (e.g., America/New\_York, Europe/London)