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After Ing Docker , Use Kitematic How To Install PlexPy

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PlexPy is a Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server.

For people who dont prefer commandline installation, we presented Kitematic Docker GUI for Windows.

In this post, I will show you how simple it is to install PlexPy on Docker using Kitematic GUI for Docker engine.

Unfortunately, at this point, there is no Kitematic like tool for non-Windows environment.

Therefore, you can only install PlexPy using Kitematic on Windows systems.

Must Read: Ultimate Smart Home Media Server with Docker and Ubuntu 18.04 Basic Table of Contents Install PlexPy on Docker using Kitematic 1.

Change PlexPy Port Number Access PlexPy Container on Docker Install PlexPy on Docker using Kitematic If you still do not know about Docker, I strongly recommend our guides on what is Docker and its installation on Windows and Ubuntu.

In short, Docker allows installing home server apps such as PlexPy as self-contained containers, making it easy to install and manage them.

After Ing Docker , Use Kitematic How To Install PlexPy

So, without further ado lets see how to install PlexPy using Kitematic Docker GUI.

If you have not setup Kitematic yet, follow our Kitematic Windows Guide to set it up first.

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Search for PlexPy Docker Hub Container Once Kitematic is open and connected to your Docker engine.

Search for Linuxserver PlexPy in the search box as shown in the picture below.

Search for PlexPy Container on Docker Hub using Kitematic There are several PlexPy container images available on Docker hub.

If you want to see all available PlexPy containers, search for just PlexPy.

I typically get the containers with high like and download numbers.

LinuxServers containers are widely used ( needo and timhaak are other good ones).

Remember, one of the advantages of Docker is that it isolates containers from the base OS and therefore you cannot damage your OS.

Create New PlexPy Container Once your figure out which PlexPy container image you want to use (in this case LinuxServers), hit the Create button as shown in the picture above to install PlexPy on Docker.

The PlexPy container image will start to download as shown below.

Setup PlexPy using Kitematic Once PlexPy Docker Hub container image is downloaded, Kitematic will use the image to create a new container with PlexPy.

PlexPy Install on Docker Complete When done, you will see the RUNNING status and the PlexPy web access link or URL and port, as shown in the picture above.

Read: 5 Best Plex Client Devices 2017: Plex TV Boxes to Stream from Server 4.

Setup Docker Volumes for PlexPy By default, Docker containers will save any data in the containers folder in C Drive (Users folder) and PlexPy wont have access to folders outside that.

For most apps, you will have to make some changes in the Docker Volumes section shown below.

But not for PlexPy.

After Installing Docker For Mac, How To Use Kitematic