Connect your media server2.x

Share the mount

infinidysk mounts the library inside its own container. With /mnt:/mnt:rshared in its compose file, the mount also shows on the host. Every container that reads it (Sonarr, Radarr, Plex, Jellyfin) binds the same parent directory with :rslave:

services:
  plex:
    volumes:
      - /mnt:/mnt:rslave
    depends_on:
      infinidysk:
        condition: service_healthy

depends_on is optional. It starts the media server only after the mount is up; see Health check.

Use the same path in every container. Library symlinks point to absolute paths under the mount (/mnt/infinidysk/.ids/… by default), so a container that sees the mount somewhere else cannot follow them.

Check from the media server container:

docker compose exec plex ls /mnt/infinidysk   # expect .ids, completed-symlinks, content, nzbs

Plex

A Plex scan that runs while infinidysk is down cannot read the symlinks and moves those items to the trash. With Empty trash automatically after every scan on, Plex deletes them and adds them again as new items, losing watch state, collections and playlists.

• Turn off Empty trash automatically after every scan. The next scan then restores the items with their metadata.
• Avoid scheduled scans during planned downtime.

See Restarts and crashes.

STRM libraries

With the STRM import strategy, the media server plays each file over HTTP from the URL in its .strm file and does not need the mount. It needs to reach the public URL instead; see Reverse proxy.