add existingclaim option to plex

README.md

@@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ persistence:
     existingClaim: "qbittorrent-downloads"  # Use the PVC created by qBittorrent
 ```
 
+3. For Plex, you can reuse existing storage for all volume types:
+```yaml
+# plex/values.yaml
+persistence:
+  # Use existing PVC for configuration
+  config:
+    enabled: true
+    existingClaim: "plex-config"  # Optional: reuse existing config PVC
+  # Use existing PVC for transcoding
+  transcode:
+    enabled: true
+    existingClaim: "plex-transcode"  # Optional: reuse existing transcode PVC
+  # Use existing PVC for media
+  data:
+    enabled: true
+    existingClaim: "media-storage"  # Optional: reuse existing media PVC
+```
+
+This allows you to:
+- Preserve Plex configuration across reinstalls
+- Share transcode space between multiple Plex instances
+- Mount existing media libraries
+
 #### Setting Up Ingress
 
 Each service can be exposed using Kubernetes ingress. Here's a detailed example:
@@ -291,8 +314,8 @@ You can serve these charts from your own server. The repository structure is ava
 ### Adding the Repository to Helm
 
 ```bash
-# Add the repository (using Gitea raw access)
+# Add the repository
-helm repo add media-charts https://git.mumme-it.de/Felix/media-charts/raw/branch/main/.packaged
+helm repo add media-charts https://git.mumme-it.de/Mumme-IT/media-charts/raw/branch/main/.packaged
 
 # Update the repository cache
 helm repo update
@@ -304,7 +327,7 @@ helm search repo media-charts
 ### Repository Source
 
 The source code for these charts is available at:
-https://git.mumme-it.de/Felix/media-charts
+https://git.mumme-it.de/Mumme-IT/media-charts
 
 ### Installing Charts from Repository
 

plex/templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -83,14 +83,22 @@ spec:
         - name: config
           {{- if .Values.persistence.config.enabled }}
           persistentVolumeClaim:
+            {{- if .Values.persistence.config.existingClaim }}
+            claimName: {{ .Values.persistence.config.existingClaim }}
+            {{- else }}
             claimName: {{ include "plex.fullname" . }}-config
+            {{- end }}
           {{- else }}
           emptyDir: {}
           {{- end }}
         - name: transcode
           {{- if .Values.persistence.transcode.enabled }}
           persistentVolumeClaim:
+            {{- if .Values.persistence.transcode.existingClaim }}
+            claimName: {{ .Values.persistence.transcode.existingClaim }}
+            {{- else }}
             claimName: {{ include "plex.fullname" . }}-transcode
+            {{- end }}
           {{- else }}
           emptyDir: {}
           {{- end }}

plex/templates/pvc.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.persistence.config.enabled }}
+{{- if and .Values.persistence.config.enabled (not .Values.persistence.config.existingClaim) }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       storage: {{ .Values.persistence.config.size | quote }}
 {{- end }}
 ---
-{{- if .Values.persistence.transcode.enabled }}
+{{- if and .Values.persistence.transcode.enabled (not .Values.persistence.transcode.existingClaim) }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:

plex/values.yaml

@@ -60,12 +60,16 @@ persistence:
     accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
     size: 10Gi
     mountPath: /config
+    # Optional: Use existing PVC for config
+    existingClaim: ""
   transcode:
     enabled: true
     storageClass: ""
     accessMode: ReadWriteOnce
     size: 20Gi
     mountPath: /transcode
+    # Optional: Use existing PVC for transcode
+    existingClaim: ""
   data:
     enabled: true
     storageClass: ""
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ persistence:
     mountPath: /data
     # Optional: Use existing PVC
     existingClaim: ""
+    # Optional: Use existing media storage
+    # Example: "movies-pvc" to reuse storage from Radarr
+    # Example: "tv-pvc" to reuse storage from Sonarr
 
 # Hardware transcoding support
 # Note: Requires compatible hardware and drivers