The server will provide a monitoring solution with a web GUI.The server will provide a automation friendly folder structure for use by media managers (sickrage, couchpotato, sonar, plex, etc).Redundancy is should be supported but is not a requirement.The server will be using JBOD disk storage (allowing you to aggregate and transparently interact with multiple physical disks as a single volume).
This is to limit the amount of OS maintenance required, and ensure that all software is run in a maintainable & isolated way. The server will be running a minimal OS/hypervisor.The server will be running headless (no monitor is required).The server will be self hosted, with only one physical node (if you need a multi-node media server, this wont work for you).Given that our goal of building the “The Ultimate Media Server” is pretty hard to quantify, lets give ourselves some constraints and requirements that we can actually track. Repo contains additional documentation that you might find interesting. While this blog post will describe the step by step instructions for setting up CoreOS & Mediadepot, then mediadepot/docs Software (OS & Applications) determine the functionality and ultimately the value of our home server.īefore we dive into the details, let’s start with a bit of a teaser showing off some of the applications and services that I run on my server. The hardware and build process for “The Ultimate Media Server” was outlined in previous posts, but hardware is only This is Part 3, where I’ll be discussing the software I use to run my ultimate media server, specifically focusing on installing and Part 3 - MediaDepot/CoreOS Configuration.This series will be broken up into multiple parts
I thought it would be a good idea to keep a build log, tracking what I did, my design decisions, and constraints you should consider
Recently I decided to completely rebuild it, replacing the hardware and basing it on-top of a completely new operating system. I’ve referenced my home server many times, but I never had the time to go into the details of how it was built or how it works. Thats it, PLEX Media Server has been installed on Linux.Menu Ultimate Media Server Build - Part 3 - MediaDepot/CoreOS Configuration Homeserver, Now navagate to the following url in your webbrowser and the following will appear:
Wait for install to complete & when it has you should see the following to indicate a successful install: You should see the following screen.Ĭlick Install, now you will have to enter your password then click Authenticate. Make sure that "Ubuntu Software Center" is selected from the dropdown list then click OK. For this guide we will be using Ubuntu, click on either 32bit or 64bit installer and you should be presented with something similar to this: Choose your download from one of the two blue download buttons below the linux operating system you have.
This is how to install the PLEX Media Server on Linux, first goto the following url: then click on the linux button and you will be presented with the following:Īt the moment PLEX has installers for Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS.