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# Plex on Kubernetes
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This project runs the existing Plex server as a single high-performance Pod on
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`arschrock` in its dedicated `plex` namespace. It is intentionally not highly
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available and can never fail over to an ODROID. CPU and memory have scheduling
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requests but no limits.
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The 500 TB media tree stays on the host and is mounted read-only from
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`/komposthaufen/multimedia`. The Pod also requires the existing `Videos`
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directory and an init container verifies that the path is backed by bcachefs.
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If the encrypted filesystem has not been unlocked and mounted, Plex does not
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start. The Deployment also requires the explicit
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`media.brunner.ninja/multimedia-ready=true` node label. The shared
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`../media-storage-offline.sh` helper removes it and stops the media Pods before
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unmounting; `../media-storage-online.sh` validates the mount before restoring
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the label.
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Persistent Plex configuration, metadata, preview images, and SQLite databases
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live on the retained 160 GiB `plex-config` RBD PVC. Transcodes use node-local
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ephemeral storage. The official Plex image is pinned to the same version as the
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migrated Arch installation.
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## Historical migration
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The one-time Arch-to-Kubernetes copy tooling is preserved in Git history, not
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as an active deployment path. The existing `plex-config` PVC must not be
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deleted or recreated during upgrades. Routine deployment is owned by Argo CD.
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Plex remains available at
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`https://plex.brunner.ninja` and directly on `192.168.0.2:32400`.
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## Monitoring
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The Pod contains a rootless Plex exporter. Its token is read from the migrated
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`Preferences.xml` into a memory-backed volume; it is not duplicated in a
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Kubernetes Secret or environment variable. A `ServiceMonitor` and alerts cover
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the exporter, Plex API access, restart loops, and PVC capacity. Existing
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Tautulli, node-exporter, Netdata, SMART, and bcachefs monitoring remain in use.
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## Helm and GitOps
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This repository owns the Plex chart: Deployment, Service, media guard,
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exporter, ingress option, and monitoring. The chart preserves the existing
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Deployment selector used by `media-storage-offline.sh` and
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`media-storage-online.sh`. The homelab's node pin, guarded hostPath, existing
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PVC, public host and resource requests are selected in the
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[GitOps values](https://code.brunner.ninja/feedc0de/homelab-gitops/src/branch/main/apps/plex).
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```sh
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helm repo add brunner.ninja https://brunner.ninja/charts
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helm repo update brunner.ninja
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helm upgrade --install plex brunner.ninja/plex --namespace plex --create-namespace
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```
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To install this checkout manually, run `./install.sh -f my-values.yaml` with
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the target namespace and media mount configured. Main-branch CI validates,
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publishes the chart using the upstream application Git tag plus `git describe`,
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then promotes its exact version to GitOps. CI needs `PACKAGE_USERNAME`,
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`PACKAGE_TOKEN`, and `GITOPS_TOKEN`, but no kubeconfig. The Plex image is the
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official upstream image and is selected by `Chart.yaml.appVersion`.
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