Jellyfin Setup and Deployment

Description

This document outlines how to install Jellyfin on your network.

Resources & Tools

In our example we will be using the following:

Command-Line Tools

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Docker Hub

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi 4 (Bullseye 64bit)
• Samsung T7 SSD (1TB)

Software

Git Repo: https://gitlab.com/anthonyrussano/jellyfin-server

Steps

Configure Persistant Storage

I have created an NFS share on the Raspberry Pi.

This share contains folders for Jellyfin’s config, cache, and media volumes.

Docker Run

For testing purposes, we can run the following docker run command to quickly spin up the Jellyfin Server.

Host Network

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docker run -d \
 --name jellyfin \
 --user uid:gid \
 --net=host \
 --volume /path/to/config:/config \
 --volume /path/to/cache:/cache \
 --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/media,target=/media \
 --restart=unless-stopped \
 jellyfin/jellyfin

Bridge Network

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docker run -d \
 --name jellyfin \
 --user uid:gid \
 -p 8096:8096 \
 -p 8920:8920 \
 --volume /path/to/config:/config \
 --volume /path/to/cache:/cache \
 --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/media,target=/media \
 --restart=unless-stopped \
 jellyfin/jellyfin

Docker Compose

For a more permanent setup, we recommend creating the following docker-compose.yml file on your server:

Bridge Network

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version: "3.5"
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
    container_name: jellyfin
    user: 1001:1001
    network_mode: "bridge"
    volumes:
      - /share/jellyfin/config:/config
      - /share/jellyfin/cache:/cache
      - /share/jellyfin/media:/media
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8920 #optional
    restart: "unless-stopped"

Of course, replace the user and volumes with your custom values. Then, just run docker-compose up -d and the Jellyfin server should be available on the ports specified.

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