Hello! I own a very small homelab system, currently on Ubuntu (Desktop) 20.04.3, which runs Plex Media Server and then has a different set of VMs to do some other things at home. I would like to turn this: Core i5, 8GB RAM, 2TB (non-solid) HD small homelab into a Proxmox (or any other HyperV serve…

Promox is a tall order and you really need to be skilled with Proxmox to make it work. It’s not “load and go” from my experience with it unless you use what’s pre-packaged (not the greatest). I couldn’t make it work very well. The number of users wanting to use it, coupled with the complexity, …

Thank you @ChuckPa , so if you used Ubuntu Server 20.04.3 as guest OS, what did you use to Virtualize? I use Virtualbox right now, which is not capable of doing passthrough for HW transcoding. Any guide you can provide for me to try to read more about?

Hypervisor is as stated: ESXi 7.0 [Screenshot from 2021-11-01 13-52-30]

Sorry! I missed it! OK, will give it a look, again I am limited by a small hardware, but I don’t actually require big power as I don’t host big things on my homelab, it’s a very light home usage and Plex would be like the bigger power hog, and it’s not supposed to be that big as I only use it for 4…

This ESXi box is a NUC8-i7-HVK Hades Canyon. The i5 variant would also work well. I also have a NUC7-i3-BNK running ESXi

Well, I have tried eSXI, it has been a pain for me as I don’t use Windows at home, therefore trying to create a custom ISO (because my NIC is not initially recognized by eSXI) has turned into impossible. Definitely Proxmox is a lot easier and better on installation. That being said, has anyone bee…

There is only 1 how to and it’s dated. [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Installation guide for PMS under Proxmox 5.1 within an LXC Container Contributed by: @Johnnyh1975 1. Create an LXC Container (standard approach, well documented in Proxmox) Use the standar…

Well, after few tests, setting it up on a Proxmox CT had no major difference from setting it up on a VM, however, I think I found the way it can work for me at least: basically for videos, as long as they are in a format that majority of the clients (at least mine) don’t need the transcoding (i.e. M…

I’m using proxmox 7 as a base OS, but rather than go the LXC native route, i actually ended up installing docker in an LXC (I prefer to use docker/portainer) and installing Plex Media Server via docker compose. Works perfectly well for my purposes. The server is a mini nuc style pc, so no transcodin…

Hi guys. Do we need to install the Intel Compute engine add ons for ubuntu on a Proxmox VM?

Proxmox Plex Server hosting possible or not?

Plex Media Server

ChuckPa November 2, 2021, 3:39am 8

There is only 1 how to and it’s dated.

From my limited but growing knowledge of LXCs, it’s straight forward.

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Proxmox Plex Server hosting possible or not?

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