Moving folders to SSD, question

[ChuckPa]

You change the PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR via the systemcl override mechanism.

1. sudo mkdir /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d
2. sudo <editor-of-choice> /etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf
3. Add the following lines:

[Service]
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/path/to/new/Application Support"

You can add # comments if you wish.

4. Save the file
5. sudo systemctl daemon-reload
6. sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver

Details are here:

Moving PMS 'Library'

Moving Plex’s metadata (Library) directory on systemd based systems This information is intended for those systems where cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd. If your system returns init, please see the next post in this thread. While you may change /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service, it is under the control of the package manager and subject to replacement without warning at any time during an update. To provide stability, systemd allows creation of an override.conf file to customiz…