Plex
Plex, Arr-stack, Tdarr, storage, transcoding, reverse proxy, backups, monitoring, and media-server operations for lawful personal libraries.
Your Media API Key Is in access.log: Find It, Redact It, and Rotate ItNew!!
Media API keys often leak through URLs, proxy logs, browser history, and support bundles. This guide shows where to look and how to rotate safely.
Plex From DVD and Blu-ray: Storage, Transcoding, and Backup BoundariesNew!!
Plan a Plex workflow for discs you own or are authorized to use: estimate storage, preserve source and metadata decisions, choose direct play or transcoding deliberately, and separate library recovery from duplicating every media file.
Recyclarr 8.7 Security Response: Treat Template Sources as a Write Boundary
A Recyclarr security-response guide for template-provider path traversal: upgrade, inventory providers, protect secrets, compare generated files, and test safely.
Bazarr 1.6.1 Security Response: Patch or Isolate, Rotate Keys, and Check for RCE
A practical Bazarr response plan for the 1.6.1 authentication bypass chain: isolate exposure, patch, rotate secrets, review logs, and decide when to rebuild.
The Complete Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab Media Automation Series
A full map of the Plex, Arr, Tdarr, storage, GPU, reverse-proxy, backup, and monitoring guides needed to run a lawful, recoverable media homelab.
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
Tracearr Setup Guide for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby Monitoring
Deploy Tracearr with Docker, connect Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby, validate live sessions and alert-only rules, and preserve a recoverable monitoring history.
Plex in 2026: What Still Works Free
A practical guide to what Plex still does without Plex Pass, where Remote Watch Pass matters, and when free local streaming is enough.
Move from Plex to Jellyfin Without Losing Your Rollback Path
Move from Plex to Jellyfin with a read-only parallel run, exact inventory steps, client acceptance checks, and restore and rollback gates before cutover.
Direct Play vs Transcoding in Plex and Jellyfin: What the Dashboard Proves
Use Plex or Jellyfin dashboard and log evidence to isolate container, codec, audio, subtitle, HDR, bitrate, client, and network playback triggers.