# Configuration file on raspberry

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/configuration-file-on-raspberry/872064>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux, server-linux-arm\
**Created:** [March 13, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/configuration-file-on-raspberry/872064 "2024-03-13T22:29:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![angelva73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9bcb4/32.png) [@angelva73](https://forums.plex.tv/u/angelva73)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/configuration-file-on-raspberry/872064/1 "2024-03-13T22:29:19Z")

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Having installed the apt-transport-https package, added the PlexSign.key, and added to the repository list, when doing the apt update and apt install plexmediaserver, it downloads and installs plex, but the problem is when trying to find the configuration file that is supposed to be the following, /etc/default/plexmediaserver, it does not exist, I have also tried to look for it in other places or in the whole system using find and locate with the updated DB but it does not find it.

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**Author:** ![ChuckPa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/chuckpa/32/79710_2.png) [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/configuration-file-on-raspberry/872064/2 "2024-03-14T02:53:30Z")

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/etc/defaults hasn’t been used since the introduction of **systemd** in Ubuntu 16.04  
(2016)

If you want to customize PMS, look at this.

> [@Linux Tips](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/3):
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> Customizing your Plex configuration on systemd based systems This information is intended for those systems where cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd. On systems which use Systemd (Ubuntu 16+, Fedora, Centos 7, Debian 8,) you create this customization file which SystemD reads prior to launching PMS. This file is independent of the default configuration and service control mechanisms in /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service. Your customization override is preserved across updates, uninstal…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/configuration-file-on-raspberry/872064/3 "2024-06-12T02:54:19Z")

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