And with any luck you should get to the Plex setup screen. If you then look in your Docker GUI on the NAS you should see this NameThatWillAppearInDockerGUI as a container. v /volume1/plexDockers/plexDocker1/transcode/:/transcode \ v /volume1/plexDockers/plexDocker1/config/:/config" \ Then and run a command like this for each Plex server you want, edit as required sudo docker run \ Type: id to get your user and group, something like this xx will be a number Now go to /claim and sign in if need be (use the account you want this server to be associated with), you should then be provided with a claim token, copy this as you will need it. Launch docker and Download the Plex Docker Image, I used the one that Plex themselves provide. You will also need to decide which media folder(s) each Plex will have access to, but will come to that later. In each of these directories create a config folder and a transcode folder, as we will map the Docker containers to these folders. This should create a new maclan with a few usable ip addresses, in this case from 10.0.0.113 – 10.0.0.118Ĭreate some directories on your nas somewhere for the Plex Docker Data, I suggest one for each install you want eg: /volume1/plexDockers/plexDocker1 Ssh to your nas and run something like this and enter your password when requested Points of note you can only create 1 macvlan with the same gateway address, so make sure your your network block has enough ip addresses for your requirements. My NAS does support Hardware transcoding, so if you have one that does, then sorry I can’t help with how to make this available to the Docker Instances. So I have Synology DS1815+ with 4 ethernet ports as a bonded network interface. So how do you do it, well that’s where docker and macvlan’s come into play.ĭocker macvlans allow you to create a virtual network interface that you can use for your docker images. So maybe your kids want their own server, maybe you want to delegate some of the work maintaining libraries, as you can now with UNO pin content from different servers, so you could have Movies in one Plex and TV in another… but anyway I digress. Well, because I can… And while you can segregate a single server, there can only ever be one admin. Running Multiple Plex Servers on a single Nas Why bother, I can hear at least a few Ninjas shouting