Is the Plex PMS Docker going to be updated anytime soon?

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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Seems like the Plex Docker is getting ignored lately. 17 days since the last update, even though that beta and public releases have been flying out the doors (via Announcements thread).

https://hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker/

I’m using unraid to host my Plex PMS, and am wondering what the companies decision is for the docker. As a PlexPass user, I’d prefer to use the official channel to get the latest releases, but seeing as I’m probably behind the latest now, It has me questioning if I should switch to the LinuxServer.io version.

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Which Tag were you using when you pulled the image?

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I’m currently using “plexinc/pms-docker:plexpass” as the respository:tag.

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Restarting the container is all you should need to do to get a PMS update, assuming one is available and you are entitled to it.

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That’s what I’m trying to convey here. My Plex docker is currently: Version 1.18.8.2468
For the past few weeks, my Plex has stated to update to the newest version, despite the dockerhub not having any newer version available.

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The image behind the plexpass tag is different in that the Plex server isn’t baked into the image, the latest version of Plex is downloaded every time the container is restarted. Isn’t that what you want? It’s not how things are usually done but I guess that’s how they control who can get the beta/plexpass-only releases.

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I use the beta tag and it works the same in that it downloads the deb when restarting.

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You all are right. Restarting the container does resolve the issue. :man_facepalming: - I guess I’ve been getting too reliant on unraids docker updates that I haven’t restarted plex in a while.

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https://registry.hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker

Has not been updated for 10 days, any chance we could get the The latest public release ( 1.19.1.2630) added soon?

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You need to properly configure your docker container so that a container restart checks for and pulls down the most recent build of PMS if yours is not current.

See the Tags section of the image documentation.

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Thanks for the suggestion, I did look at the tags, but the latest is 1.18.9.2578-513b381af

and the plexpass one does not seem to have been updated for 2 months

I am using Docker on synology and usually just pull down the one tagged as latest

(and not exactly sure how I would configure my docker to pull down the most recent automatically)

Update: It seems to have been updated 3 hours ago, so should all be fine now (yep, it’s now 1.19.1.2645)

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I don’t think you understand the distinctions with the tags. And being “not exactly sure how I would configure my docker to pull down the most recent automatically” tells me you did not read the Tags section of the documentation as suggested.

If you use a docker image tagged public or plexpass these images do not contain any PMS software at all, NONE. The PMS software is downloaded by the container upon its first run. And if the container is restarted, a check is made to see if a more recent version of PMS is available, and if so, it is downloaded and installed.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the version number of the docker images or the age of the images.

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