Overview
Plex Media Server lets you organize and stream your personal media collection to any device.
Key Features:
- Stream movies, TV, music, and photos
- Transcoding for any device/bandwidth
- Remote access from anywhere
- Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
- User management and sharing
- Live TV and DVR (with tuner)
- Plugins and metadata agents
Pre-installed on EC2 with Docker. Attach EBS for media storage, claim your server, and start streaming.
Highlights
- Stream your personal media library to any device with automatic transcoding
- Official Plex image with web UI, remote access, and multi-user sharing
- Attach EBS volumes for unlimited media storage - self-hosted and private
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Pricing
Dimension | Description | Cost/hour |
|---|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | t3.medium instance | $0.08 |
t3.micro | t3.micro instance | $0.00 |
t3.large | t3.large instance | $0.08 |
m5.large | m5.large instance | $0.08 |
r5.large | r5.large instance | $0.08 |
m5.xlarge | m5.xlarge instance | $0.08 |
Vendor refund policy
No refunds. Cancel anytime. Contact support@waltsoft.net .
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Plex Media Server - correct image, E2E verified.
Additional details
Usage instructions
Quick Start
- Launch on t3.medium or larger (attach EBS for media storage)
- Access Plex: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP/web
- Create your Plex account and claim the server
- Add media libraries pointing to /data
What's Included
- Plex Media Server (official plexinc image)
- Web UI on port 80 (mapped from 32400)
- Persistent config + media volumes
First Setup
SSH in, get a claim token from https://plex.tv/claim Then: cd /opt/app && edit docker-compose.yml, set PLEX_CLAIM=your-token Restart: docker compose down && docker compose up -d
Ports
- 80: Plex Web UI (mapped from 32400)
- 22: SSH (ubuntu)
Media Storage
Attach an EBS volume, mount at /mnt/media, bind mount into compose.
Documentation
Support
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