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== Basic setup ==

Plex is ~~pre-~~packaged ~~on NixOS already~~. All you need is to edit your <code>configuration.nix</code>. A simple configuration looks like

Plex is packaged in Nix. All you need is to edit your <code>configuration.nix</code>. A simple configuration looks like:

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Of course there's some more [https://search.nixos.org/options?query=plex options] that you can customize.

If your Plex media server is behind a router, you'll need to forward ~~tcp~~ port <code>32400</code> to your Plex media server.

If your Plex media server is behind a router, you'll need to forward TCP port <code>32400</code> to your Plex media server.

Access Plex media server by browsing to <code>http://lan_ip:32400/web</code>

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=== Allow Plex to read external drives ===

You might encounter permission issues when you try to access external drives if you haven't configured anything else with the server yet. If you haven't explicitly set up a mounting configuration for your drives and instead have your desktop environment (e.g. GNOME or KDE) automatically mount it when you try accessing it via their file explorers, Plex won't be able to access the drive. This is because the desktop environment mounts it to your user, while Plex ~~uses~~ by default the "plex" user.

You might encounter permission issues when you try to access external drives if you haven't configured anything else with the server yet. If you haven't explicitly set up a mounting configuration for your drives and instead have your desktop environment (e.g. GNOME or KDE) automatically mount it when you try accessing it via their file explorers, Plex won't be able to access the drive. This is because the desktop environment mounts it to your user, while Plex runs by default as the "plex" user.

The easiest way to allow Plex to see these external drives ~~mounted~~ is to change the Plex service's user . Here is an example:

The easiest way to allow Plex to see these external drives is to change the Plex service's user . Here is an example:

services.plex = {

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</syntaxhighlight>

The alternative to this is to explicitly mount the drives via [[Filesystems]]~~, but~~ takes more effort to set up and requires every new drive you want plex to see to be explicitly declared, but allows more control in what Plex is allowed to see.

The alternative to this is to explicitly mount the drives via [[Filesystems]]. This takes more effort to set up and requires every new drive you want plex to see to be explicitly declared, but allows more control in what Plex is allowed to see.

== ~~Plex Media Player (PMP)~~ ==

== Clients ==

Plex Media Player ~~is the current release of Plex's media client. Plex has made PMP~~ [https://www.plex.tv/blog/plex-media-player-now-ambidextrous-free-kodi-said/ ~~available~~] ~~to all users and it has also become compatible with Kodi~~.

=== Plex Media Player ===

[https://www.plex.tv/blog/plex-media-player-now-ambidextrous-free-kodi-said/ Plex Media Player] is Plex's media client, packaged in Nix as plex-media-player.

~~'''Installation'''~~

=== Plex Desktop ===

Alternatively, a more newer and modern Plex client called Plex Desktop is packaged in Nix as plex-desktop.

<~~syntaxhighlight lang~~=~~"console"~~>

To be able to sign in in Plex Desktop, you may need to set <code>xdg.portal.xdgOpenUsePortal = true;</code> in your NixOS configuration. [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/341968 See this issue].

~~$ nix-env -i plex-media-server~~

~~</syntaxhighlight>~~

=== Plexamp ===

Plex also provide Plexamp for music. It's packaged in Nix but (as of August 2024) only for x86_64.

== SSL ~~Access~~ via Nginx ~~Reverse Proxy~~ ==

== SSL access via Nginx reverse proxy ==

Because of several redirects within Plex media server it's not easy to make it accessible through SSL. ~~Browser~~ can complain, even if you have configured proper SSL certificates in your ~~plex~~ setup.

Because of several redirects within Plex media server it's not easy to make it accessible through SSL. The browser can complain, even if you have configured proper SSL certificates in your Plex setup.

Fortunately [https://www.nginx.com/ Nginx] can be used as a reverse proxy server to access Plex media server. Most of the configuration below comes from [https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-setup-nginx-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-plex/212702/2 kopfpilot] on the Plex forum.

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 == Basic setup ==
-Plex is pre-packaged on NixOS already. All you need is to edit your <code>configuration.nix</code>. A simple configuration looks like
+Plex is packaged in Nix. All you need is to edit your <code>configuration.nix</code>. A simple configuration looks like:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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 Of course there's some more [https://search.nixos.org/options?query=plex options] that you can customize.
-If your Plex media server is behind a router, you'll need to forward tcp port <code>32400</code> to your Plex media server.
+If your Plex media server is behind a router, you'll need to forward TCP port <code>32400</code> to your Plex media server.
 Access Plex media server by browsing to <code>http://lan_ip:32400/web</code>
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 === Allow Plex to read external drives ===
-You might encounter permission issues when you try to access external drives if you haven't configured anything else with the server yet. If you haven't explicitly set up a mounting configuration for your drives and instead have your desktop environment (e.g. GNOME or KDE) automatically mount it when you try accessing it via their file explorers, Plex won't be able to access the drive. This is because the desktop environment mounts it to your user, while Plex uses by default the "plex" user.
+You might encounter permission issues when you try to access external drives if you haven't configured anything else with the server yet. If you haven't explicitly set up a mounting configuration for your drives and instead have your desktop environment (e.g. GNOME or KDE) automatically mount it when you try accessing it via their file explorers, Plex won't be able to access the drive. This is because the desktop environment mounts it to your user, while Plex runs by default as the "plex" user.
-The easiest way to allow Plex to see these external drives mounted is to change the Plex service's user . Here is an example:
+The easiest way to allow Plex to see these external drives is to change the Plex service's user . Here is an example:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
 services.plex = {
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 </syntaxhighlight>
-The alternative to this is to explicitly mount the drives via [[Filesystems]], but takes more effort to set up and requires every new drive you want plex to see to be explicitly declared, but allows more control in what Plex is allowed to see.
+The alternative to this is to explicitly mount the drives via [[Filesystems]]. This takes more effort to set up and requires every new drive you want plex to see to be explicitly declared, but allows more control in what Plex is allowed to see.
-== Plex Media Player (PMP) ==
+== Clients ==
-Plex Media Player is the current release of Plex's media client. Plex has made PMP [https://www.plex.tv/blog/plex-media-player-now-ambidextrous-free-kodi-said/ available] to all users and it has also become compatible with Kodi.
+=== Plex Media Player ===
+[https://www.plex.tv/blog/plex-media-player-now-ambidextrous-free-kodi-said/ Plex Media Player] is Plex's media client, packaged in Nix as plex-media-player.
-'''Installation'''
+=== Plex Desktop ===
+Alternatively, a more newer and modern Plex client called Plex Desktop is packaged in Nix as plex-desktop.
-<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
+To be able to sign in in Plex Desktop, you may need to set <code>xdg.portal.xdgOpenUsePortal = true;</code> in your NixOS configuration. [https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/341968 See this issue].
-$ nix-env -i plex-media-server
-</syntaxhighlight>
+=== Plexamp ===
+Plex also provide Plexamp for music. It's packaged in Nix but (as of August 2024) only for x86_64.
-== SSL Access via Nginx Reverse Proxy ==
+== SSL access via Nginx reverse proxy ==
-Because of several redirects within Plex media server it's not easy to make it accessible through SSL. Browser can complain, even if you have configured proper SSL certificates in your plex setup.
+Because of several redirects within Plex media server it's not easy to make it accessible through SSL. The browser can complain, even if you have configured proper SSL certificates in your Plex setup.
 Fortunately [https://www.nginx.com/ Nginx] can be used as a reverse proxy server to access Plex media server. Most of the configuration below comes from [https://forums.plex.tv/t/how-to-setup-nginx-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-plex/212702/2 kopfpilot] on the Plex forum.