diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index fcbac4c7f543..ef180be9718d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@
i2p = 190;
lambdabot = 191;
asterisk = 192;
+ plex = 193;
# When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid. And don't use uids above 399!
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@
i2p = 190;
lambdabot = 191;
#asterisk = 192; # unused
+ plex = 193;
# When adding a gid, make sure it doesn't match an existing
# uid. Users and groups with the same name should have equal
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 08b232272ffe..0c9c12962659 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
./services/misc/nix-ssh-serve.nix
./services/misc/parsoid.nix
./services/misc/phd.nix
+ ./services/misc/plex.nix
./services/misc/redmine.nix
./services/misc/rippled.nix
./services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4642b5157ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/plex.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+ cfg = config.services.plex;
+ plex = pkgs.plex;
+in
+{
+ options = {
+ services.plex = {
+ enable = mkEnableOption "Enable Plex Media Server";
+
+ # FIXME: In order for this config option to work, symlinks in the Plex
+ # package in the Nix store have to be changed to point to this directory.
+ dataDir = mkOption {
+ type = types.str;
+ default = "/var/lib/plex";
+ description = "The directory where Plex stores its data files.";
+ };
+
+ user = mkOption {
+ type = types.str;
+ default = "plex";
+ description = "User account under which Plex runs.";
+ };
+
+ group = mkOption {
+ type = types.str;
+ default = "plex";
+ description = "Group under which Plex runs.";
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+ # Most of this is just copied from the RPM package's systemd service file.
+ systemd.services.plex = {
+ description = "Plex Media Server";
+ after = [ "network.target" ];
+ wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+ preStart = ''
+ test -d "${cfg.dataDir}" || {
+ echo "Creating initial Plex data directory in \"${cfg.dataDir}\"."
+ mkdir -p "${cfg.dataDir}"
+ chown -R ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} "${cfg.dataDir}"
+ }
+ # Copy the database skeleton files to /var/lib/plex/.skeleton
+ test -d "${cfg.dataDir}/.skeleton" || mkdir "${cfg.dataDir}/.skeleton"
+ for db in "com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"; do
+ cp "${plex}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources/base_$db" "${cfg.dataDir}/.skeleton/$db"
+ chmod u+w "${cfg.dataDir}/.skeleton/$db"
+ chown ${cfg.user}:${cfg.group} "${cfg.dataDir}/.skeleton/$db"
+ done
+ '';
+ serviceConfig = {
+ Type = "simple";
+ User = cfg.user;
+ Group = cfg.group;
+ PermissionsStartOnly = "true";
+ ExecStart = "/bin/sh -c '${plex}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\\ Media\\ Server'";
+ };
+ environment = {
+ PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=cfg.dataDir;
+ PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME="${plex}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver";
+ PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS="6";
+ PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_TMPDIR="/tmp";
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${plex}/usr/lib/plexmediaserver";
+ LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8";
+ LANG="en_US.UTF-8";
+ };
+ };
+
+ users.extraUsers = mkIf (cfg.user == "plex") {
+ plex = {
+ group = cfg.group;
+ uid = config.ids.uids.plex;
+ };
+ };
+
+ users.extraGroups = mkIf (cfg.group == "plex") {
+ plex = {
+ gid = config.ids.gids.plex;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62334de1b567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/plex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, rpmextract, glibc
+, dataDir ? "/var/lib/plex" # Plex's data directory must be baked into the package due to symlinks.
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+ name = "plex-${version}";
+ version = "0.9.11.16.958";
+ vsnHash = "80f1748";
+
+ src = fetchurl {
+ url = "https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/${version}-${vsnHash}/plexmediaserver-${version}-${vsnHash}.x86_64.rpm";
+ sha256 = "1wrl654nk10i9p01cgy9fqiqalxyl718qhp4kjnxvcwafayxkp26";
+ };
+
+ buildInputs = [ rpmextract glibc ];
+
+ phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" "fixupPhase" "distPhase" ];
+
+ unpackPhase = ''
+ rpmextract $src
+ '';
+
+ installPhase = ''
+ install -d $out/usr/lib
+ cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' usr/lib/plexmediaserver $out/usr/lib/
+
+ # Now we need to patch up the executables and libraries to work on Nix.
+ # Side note: PLEASE don't put spaces in your binary names. This is stupid.
+ for bin in "Plex Media Server" "Plex DLNA Server" "Plex Media Scanner"; do
+ patchelf --set-interpreter "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/$bin"
+ patchelf --set-rpath "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver" "$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/$bin"
+ done
+
+ find $out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources -type f -a -perm +0100 \
+ -print -exec patchelf --set-interpreter "${glibc}/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2" '{}' \;
+
+
+ # Our next problem is the "Resources" directory in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver.
+ # This is ostensibly a skeleton directory, which contains files that Plex
+ # copies into its folder in /var. Unfortunately, there are some SQLite
+ # databases in the directory that are opened at startup. Since these
+ # database files are read-only, SQLite chokes and Plex fails to start. To
+ # solve this, we keep the resources directory in the Nix store, but we
+ # rename the database files and replace the originals with symlinks to
+ # /var/lib/plex. Then, in the systemd unit, the base database files are
+ # copied to /var/lib/plex before starting Plex.
+ RSC=$out/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Resources
+ for db in "com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"; do
+ mv $RSC/$db $RSC/base_$db
+ ln -s ${dataDir}/.skeleton/$db $RSC/$db
+ done
+ '';
+
+ meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+ homepage = http://plex.tv/;
+ license = licenses.unfree;
+ platforms = platforms.linux;
+ maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ forkk ];
+ description = "Media / DLNA server";
+ longDescription = ''
+ Plex is a media server which allows you to store your media and play it
+ back across many different devices.
+ '';
+ };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd09411733ab..923c81d5939c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2405,6 +2405,8 @@ let
plan9port = callPackage ../tools/system/plan9port { };
+ plex = callPackage ../servers/plex { };
+
ploticus = callPackage ../tools/graphics/ploticus {
libpng = libpng12;
};