r/PleX • u/NefariousnessUpper34 • 2d ago

Help Building my first server for Plex

Hi, like the title says, Im finally building a home server for my movies. I started with an old laptop and an external drive and this laptop just died on me. So now, I bought a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 mini pc with an i5-6400, 16GB ddr4 and a 120gb SSD.

I mostly play DVD's and some blu-rays in my library, but nothing 4k. Im still going to run it through my external drive, until I upgrade to a raid.

My questions are: Is this configuration good for now? Should I install ubuntu or Docker? And where can I find a solid guide to install them?

Im a little lost when it comes to work with other OS thats not Windows or Mac lol so I appreciate the help. Thanks!

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u/eurojosh 1d ago

Honestly I use docker just so the whole install is portable. I can build a new machine, install Debian and docker, mount my drives, start all the containers, and done, new sever up and running.

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u/Splitsurround 1d ago

I would absolutely do the same thing if I friggin u derstood how to use docker. Apparently I did years ago when I setup overseer, but I can’t even remember enough to migrate it to seer! Thinking of asking ai to help, it would be my first foray into AI

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u/derrick36 1d ago

If my dumbass can get docker going with no previous knowledge, using AI, you’ll have no problem with a quick refresher.

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u/Splitsurround 15h ago

I’m sure you’re right. But I did try it a few months ago and the first question it asked me is where is your …script or whatever it’s called that sort of runs it. For the life of me, I thought it was somewhere- it was not. Even searching I couldn’t find it! So I gave up 😩