02-jellyfin.md

kstack: book: Centerpoint Home Lab chapter: Media & Entertainment page: Jellyfin tags: [jellyfin, media, streaming, open-source]

Overview

Jellyfin is a free and open-source media server used as a secondary streaming solution alongside Plex. It serves TV shows and movies from the same UnRAID NFS share and is accessible on the LAN only.

Access

Type	URL	Notes
Internal	`https://jellyfin.home.local`	LAN access via Step-CA TLS
Direct	`http://192.168.1.85:8096`	LAN direct access

No external (internet-facing) route.

Configuration

Image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest Compose project: Standalone (managed via Portainer)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Purpose
`8096`	TCP	Jellyfin web UI and API (host-bound)

Traefik Labels

traefik.enable: "true"
traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.rule: Host(`jellyfin.home.local`)
traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.entrypoints: websecure
traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.tls: "true"
traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.tls.certresolver: step-ca
traefik.http.services.jellyfin.loadbalancer.server.port: 8096

Environment Variables

Variable	Value	Purpose
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID
`TZ`	`America/Toronto`	Timezone

Volumes / Bind Mounts

Host Path	Container Path	Purpose
`/home/jeeves/docker/jellyfin/config`	`/config`	Jellyfin database and settings
`/home/jeeves/docker/jellyfin/cache`	`/cache`	Thumbnail and transcode cache
`/mnt/Multimedia/TV`	`/media/tv:ro`	TV series (NFS from UnRAID, read-only)
`/mnt/Multimedia/Movies`	`/media/movies:ro`	Movies (NFS from UnRAID, read-only)

Networks

Network	Purpose
`traefik-net`	Exposes Jellyfin via Traefik

Dependencies

NFS mount /mnt/Multimedia must be healthy
Step-CA for jellyfin.home.local TLS certificate

Notes / Gotchas

Media mounts are read-only (:ro) — Jellyfin cannot modify or delete source files.
Jellyfin and Plex both mount the same NFS directories. Metadata and library scans are independent between the two servers.
Hardware transcoding is available on Jellyfin but not explicitly configured — the jellyfin/jellyfin:latest image supports it via FFmpeg with Intel/NVIDIA hooks. Configure in Admin → Dashboard → Playback if needed.
Port 8096 is also used by Emby (currently offline). Only one can be host-bound at a time — ensure Emby is stopped before starting Jellyfin and vice versa.

Last Updated: 2026-06-16

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Created 2026-06-17 04:45:38 UTC by Admin
Updated 2026-06-17 04:45:39 UTC by Admin