So after reading a myriad of posts on the topic, I’ve managed to confuse myself, and have to go for the beg for help approach instead.
Long story short, current setup has PMS running on my main PC with all media stored on a NAS. I snagged some components from a relative building a new PC and thinking of using those to build a dedicated server instead. MB with Core i7 4790 and 16 gig of ram. So I figure a cheap case, psu, and m.2 ssd let’s me build a server. Since I’m trying to go cheap, figured I’d put a Linux distro of some manner on there, but here’s where I’ve started to confuse myself.
As it’s been 10 years since I messed with Linux and I basically remember nothing, I was originally going to go with a distro where I could install PMS from a Snap, but if I do that, could I still migrate settings, play states, share permissions, and the like? If not, is there a “better” Linux distro to work with for easier migration? Is there a step by step guide on migrating? I found where a user had typed up one for Windows to Synology, but couldn’t find one to any given Linux build. Also, I assume I’d need to keep the same server name for any remote users accessing to still see it?
This Synology FAQ, while focused on how to get the data transported into the Synology via the GUI, is also applicable to Linux.
The pathnames will be different.
Instead of /volume1/Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server
the Linux path is /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server
Otherwise, the steps are the same until you get to permissions.
On Synology, you use the GUI.
On Linux, you use the command line.
Thanks much. Only other question for the moment, would I be able to do this with any install, like if I use the Snap store (haven’t tried it, figured it might make life easy), or do I need to do a manual install?
