p510 — Media Server¶

A headless Intel Xeon box that runs the media stack and a small k3s cluster. It uses the workstation template but runs without a local display.


Profile	`workstation` (headless)
GPU	NVIDIA — proprietary driver, used for hardware transcoding
Display	DP-2, 4K@30 (mostly unused; remote GNOME for occasional GUI)
NFS	exports `/mnt/data` to `192.168.1.*`
Boot	standard
Source	`hosts/p510/`

Why this host is shaped the way it is¶

p510 is the always-on media server. It pairs a power-efficient Xeon with an NVIDIA card specifically for Plex transcoding. Because it is headless, the desktop compositor and display manager are disabled — but it keeps GNOME available over GNOME Remote Desktop for the rare moment a GUI is needed, rather than maintaining a separate server template.

What runs here¶

Media stack¶

Plex media server with NVIDIA hardware transcoding.
recyclarr-sync — keeps *arr quality profiles in shape.
FlareSolverr — Cloudflare-challenge proxy for indexers.
Audiobook automation — audiobookbay-automated, an import pipeline (audiobook-import), and the audiobook-mcp server.
MCP servers for Plex and the *arr suite (plex-mcp, arr-suite-mcp), exposing media control to AI tooling.

Compute & virtualisation¶

k3s MicroVMs — a master plus two agents, defined under hosts/p510/nixos/microvm/, giving a lightweight Kubernetes cluster.
Ollama server for local inference.
Virtualisation and Syncthing enabled.

Access¶

GNOME Remote Desktop (native) for occasional graphical access.
Tailscale mesh; local firewall delegated to Tailscale.
NFS export of /mnt/data (the media library) to the LAN.

Hardware notes¶

Under hosts/p510/nixos/: NVIDIA setup (nvidia.nix), boot/CPU/memory/power tuning, the Plex configuration, recyclarr, and the MicroVM definitions. See the p510 manifest.

Tautulli / Plex API

Media-analytics integrations read from Plex/Tautulli on this host. If you rotate the Tautulli API key, update the p510 configuration and redeploy.

Deploy¶

just test-host p510
just quick-deploy p510
just p510