Jellyfin with omv-extras won't start container

ok, start with read&write permission for user dockeruser on jellyfin folder.

then stop jellyfin and delete folder

/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/jellyfin 

is need to recreate it with correct permission and new config.

then use this new jellyfin.yml file:

services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    user: 1001:100
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Polan
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=https://jellyfin.$URL      #optional
      # Optional - may be necessary for docker healthcheck to pass if running in host network mode
    extra_hosts:
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
    volumes:
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/jellyfin:/config
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/JDOWLOADER:/data/movies
      #- $Temp:/cache
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8920 #optional
      - 7359:7359/udp #optional
      # - 1900:1900/udp #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

once deployed, a new config for jellyfin is stored on

/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/jellyfin

and your videos can be located inside the jellyfin docker on

/data/movies

PD: once works, please consider not to use same disk for donwloads and for jellyfin config, because jellyfin database is grow qickly and eat all the available disk space.

I did as you wrote, but jellyfin doesn't work and there is no new folder created

revise / post jellyfin logs, is not starting correctly.

Quote from raulfg3

revise / post jellyfin logs, is not starting correctly.

first line of your log:

Access to the path '/config/config/migrations.xml' is denied.

this mean that user 1001 have no access to /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/jellyfin please correct it.

a way to do is create a new shared folder like /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig that user 1001 can read & write and redeploy jellyfin container with a new compose like this

services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    user: 1001:100
    environment:
      - TZ=Europe/Polan
      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=https://jellyfin.$URL      #optional
      # Optional - may be necessary for docker healthcheck to pass if running in host network mode
    extra_hosts:
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
    volumes:
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig/jellyfin:/config
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/JDOWLOADER:/data/movies
      #- $Temp:/cache
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
      - 8920:8920 #optional
      - 7359:7359/udp #optional
      # - 1900:1900/udp #optional
    restart: unless-stopped

so

/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig/jellyfin

can inherit permission from

/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig

I created a new shared folder:

srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig

but jellyfin still doesn't work for me

how do I add permissions for user 1001??

will this be a problem??

Access to the path '/config/log

Quote from testxp28

I created a new shared folder:

Why? You don't have to create a "shared folder" for any config container you run.

In fact, you should NOT. This adds extra layers of permissions that will mess the container if you edit files via SAMBA/NFS whatever.

Quote from raulfg3

first line of your log:

a way to do is create a new shared folder like /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig that user 1001 can read & write and redeploy jellyfin container with a new compose like this

I did what raulfg3 wrote to me

I no longer have any idea or knowledge on how to fix it

Quote from testxp28

I did what raulfg3 wrote to me

The picture shows "Guest Only" on the SAMBA share so, that won't work.

I don't use SAMBA so don't even know how it should be.

Better not have it and let the container create the folder on first launch.

I'll take a step back and just watch this.

I deleted the folder from SMB correctly, it is no longer there, I only left the shared folder, is that how it should be?

jellyfin doesn't work

you still have permission errors:

Unhandled exception. System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '/config/log' is denied.

please open a shell an post output of

ls -la /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig

ls -la  /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig/jellyfin

ls -la  /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/Dockerconfig/jellyfin/log

to see real owner & permission

Thank you for your help and time, I think I found the solution:

-I created 2 shared folders /cahce/config

-I checked the admin id uid=998(admin) gid=100(users)

- I created a new stock

Now everything works, did I do it correctly or should I improve something else?

I noticed one problem, when adding new jellyfin videos my OMV server hangs and I have to restart it

---
version: "2.1"
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=998
      - PGID=100
      - TZ=Europe/Poland 
    volumes:
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/config/jellyfin:/config
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/config/jellyfin:/cache
      - /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-20ea4d82-01cd-4319-a745-d3d010cf26e4/JDOWNLOADER/POBRANE:/media
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
    restart: unless-stopped

bad idea to use admin UUID=998 to use inside a container, better to use a normal user eg: UUID=1000 or 1001 if is the second created by you on webGUI.

once say this, at least works for you

Why this is a bad idea it's all on my home network

I changed it to 1000 or 1001 and now my jellyfin doesn't work

Quote from testxp28

I changed it to 1000 or 1001 and now my jellyfin doesn't work

Because you need to use user 1000 to be the owner of thefolder.

Quote from testxp28

Why this is a bad idea it's all on my home network

ok, is your NAS.

please read this post for future: RE: OMV + Docker plugin media server (Plex, PlexPy, Ombi, Libresonic, NZBGet, ruTorrent, Sonarr, Radarr, Mylar, and more)

I want to change it to 1000 or 1001 but then it doesn't work and I still have no solution

What could be the problem of server crashing when adding new videos to the library??

I don't know what's going on but jellyfin is crashing my server

My OMV server hangs

I have PLEX and I don't have this problem

Any chance Jellyfin is trying to scan files to create it's library at first start? I ran into this after installing Jellyfin. It was such a CPU hog during this phase, I walked away from my system for a day and it was fine the next day.

I have done many tests and I must say that I am giving up on Jellybin because it hangs my server, it's a pity because I wanted to use it, now I have to go back to PLEX which works very well for me, I have no other ideas