Plex media server not acting as server on Docker

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hello everyone

I just finished migrating everything over from a Proxmox installation to XCP-NG. The problem I’m having is with Plex media server. I’m running it in a Docker container and I can access it but it doesn’t give me the server options, just acts like a player.

My PC is on VLAN 0 (192.168.0.x) and my server is on VLAN 8 (192.168.8.x).
I’m using docker compose to load Plex with the following settings:

plex:
    image: plexinc/pms-docker
    container_name: plex
    network_mode: host
    ports:
      - 32400:32400
    environment:
      - PUID=0
      - PGID=0
      - UMASK_SET=022 #optional
    volumes:
      - /opt/plex:/config
      - /mnt/tvshows:/data/tvshows
      - /mnt/movies:/data/movies
      - /opt/transcode:/transcode
    restart: unless-stopped

I’ve tried to reinstall using the linuxserver image, turn off network_mode, delete all config folders and reinstall the whole thing but nothing is working. It just keeps acting like a web player instead of a server.
All my other installs are working fine (portainer, HASSIO, …)
Anybody got a clue on what I’m overlooking here?

Thanks!

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For anyone who’s interested, you need to be on the same VLAN when you’re configuring the Plex Media Server for the first time.
I was trying to claim and configure the server from VLAN 0 when it was on VLAN 8

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