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Use the following video to monitor Plex.

https://galaxy.ai/youtube-summarizer/mastering-plex-server-monitoring-build-your-own-dashboard-with-prometheus-and-grafana-xngakP6Fajs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmBN2Ahbdao

Stack:

Plex Media Server: The core of your media collection.
Prometheus: Collects and stores metrics.
Grafana: Visualizes the data collected by Prometheus.

Exporters:

Prometheus Plex Exporter: Pulls in Plex activity, current sessions, and overall library metrics.
Node Exporter: Provides core system metrics like CPU usage and disk I/O.
DCGM Exporter: For NVIDIA GPU metrics, including utilization and temperature.
SmartCTL Exporter: Monitors hard drive health and temperatures.
cAdvisor: Monitors Docker containers, providing metrics on CPU and memory usage.

Exporters: Collects specific metrics from your server and sends them to Prometheus.

• Get Plex Token