Tautulli - zbrewer/homelab GitHub Wiki

Tautulli is a monitoring and metrics gathering tool for Plex. Its Github page and corresponding wiki include lots of info for installation and troubleshooting.

The easiest way to set up Tautulli is with Docker. The official install instructions specify using a bind mount (to the host) for the config file. This makes it easy to access the database file so that it can be backed up and moved to a new installation (so historical statistics aren't lost). That being said, using a named volume in Docker allows the database to be persisted across reboots and makes the docker compose file self-contained. That is the option I chose.

Because there is nothing to configure on the host, the docker compose file can be created directly with Portainer (if installed). Simply go to Stacks > Add Stack and copy in the configuration. From there, deploy and start the stack.

The web interface can then be accessed at http://<host_ip>:8181 which guides you through connection to the Plex server (which doesn't have to be on the same machine as long as it is accessible over the network) and other basic setup.

At this point, Tautulli is set up and the only remaining task is configuring the reverse proxy, if desired.