I have a How-To which shows how to move your Plex metadata off the root (/var/lib/plexmediaserver) directory to a space which historically is larger (/home/plexdata)
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…
Works in conjunction with this (Allows further customizations)
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…
