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02-jellyfin.md

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

Overview

emptyJellyfin 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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