Learn how to monitor your Plex server like a pro using Prometheus, Grafana, and Docker. In this video, I’ll show you how to track CPU, GPU, disk health, network usage, and Plex streams in a single dashboard. Stop Plex buffering, catch server issues early, and get full visibility into your media server.

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00:00 - Intro - Why Plex Buffers 00:56 - Dashboard Teaser – What You’ll Build 02:26 - Tautulli and Plex Dash 03:07 - Exporters Explained – Plex, Node, GPU, SMART, thermals, and cAdvisor 04:57 - Stack Walkthrough – Setup and Start 05:41 - Plex Prometheus Exporter 07:40 - Plex Token & Certificates 08:23 - Exporters Explained 08:41 - Prometheus 09:52 - Grafana & Shared Dashboards 10:20 - Starting the stack 11:00 - Plex Media Server Dashboard 11:42 - Server Specs 13:36 - Plex Stats 14:53 - Stream Stats 17:05 - Plex Sessions 19:06 - Server Hardware Metrics 19:40 - Server Stats and Vitals 22:33 - Metric Windows 24:20 - Library Stats 25:37 - Customizing the Dashboard 26:03 - Why Monitoring Matters 26:24 - Thanks & Resources

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