SOLVED: Failed to start jellyfin.service

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Failed to start jellyfin.service - sparvy - 2024-07-13

Hello,
I've installed and configured Jellyfin without any problems.
After a reboot, the service stop working.
This is the log:

Code:
[2024-07-13 17:29:52.404 +02:00] [INF] Jellyfin version: "10.9.7"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.438 +02:00] [INF] Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT, --webdir=/usr/share/jellyfin/web]", "[JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT, --ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg]", "[JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR, /var/log/jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS, ]", "[JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR, /var/lib/jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_ARGS, $JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT $JELLFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS --datadir $JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR --configdir $JELLYFIN_CONFIG_DIR --logdir $JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR --cachedir $JELLYFIN_CACHE_DIR]", "[JELLYFIN_USER, jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_CACHE_DIR, /var/cache/jellyfin]", "[JELLYFIN_CONFIG_DIR, /etc/jellyfin]"]

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.445 +02:00] [INF] Arguments: ["/usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/jellyfin.dll", "--webdir=/usr/share/jellyfin/web", "--ffmpeg=/usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg"]

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.446 +02:00] [INF] Operating system: "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.446 +02:00] [INF] Architecture: X64

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.448 +02:00] [INF] 64-Bit Process: True

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] User Interactive: True

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] Processor count: 4

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] Program data path: "/var/lib/jellyfin"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] Log directory path: "/var/log/jellyfin"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] Config directory path: "/etc/jellyfin"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.449 +02:00] [INF] Cache path: "/var/cache/jellyfin"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.450 +02:00] [INF] Web resources path: "/usr/share/jellyfin/web"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.450 +02:00] [INF] Application directory: "/usr/lib/jellyfin/bin/"

[2024-07-13 17:29:52.512 +02:00] [FTL] Unhandled Exception

System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (0, 0).

---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.

  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)

  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)

  at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()

  at System.Xml.XmlReader.MoveToContent()

  at Microsoft.Xml.Serialization.GeneratedAssembly.XmlSerializationReaderMigrationOptions.Read4_MigrationOptions()

  at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Void** arguments, Signature sig, Boolean isConstructor)

  at System.Reflection.MethodBaseInvoker.InvokeWithNoArgs(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr)

  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

  at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader, String encodingStyle, XmlDeserializationEvents events)

  at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XmlReader xmlReader)

  at Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization.MyXmlSerializer.DeserializeFromStream(Type type, Stream stream)

  at Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization.MyXmlSerializer.DeserializeFromFile(Type type, String file)

  at Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.MigrationRunner.RunPreStartup(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)

  at Jellyfin.Server.Program.StartApp(StartupOptions options)

  at Jellyfin.Server.Program.<Main>(String[] args)

Any idea?

RE: Failed to start jellyfin.service - sparvy - 2024-07-13

I've found the problem:

Code:
/dev/sdb2      116G  110G    0 100% /

I've too many movies so I decidet to move all "data" to md0 mount.

Code:
mv /var/lib/jellyfin/* /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_lib/

mv /var/lib/jellyfin/.aspnet /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_lib/

rm -fr /var/lib/jellyfin 

mv /var/cache/jellyfin/* /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_cache/

rm -fr /var/cache/jellyfin

I checked the ownership and privileges then I've edited some xml in /etc/jellyfin

Code:
grep /etc/jellyfin/var * -R 

encoding.xml:  <TranscodingTempPath>/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_cache/transcodes</TranscodingTempPath>

system.xml:  <CachePath>/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_cache</CachePath>

system.xml:  <MetadataPath>/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_lib/metadata</MetadataPath>

and now the log is empty and the service doesn't start.

Code:
service jellyfin status

× jellyfin.service - Jellyfin Media Server

    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/jellyfin.service; enabled; preset: enabled)

    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/jellyfin.service.d

            └─jellyfin.service.conf

    Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sat 2024-07-13 18:14:03 CEST; 1s ago

  Duration: 249ms

    Process: 870465 ExecStart=/usr/bin/jellyfin $JELLYFIN_WEB_OPT $JELLYFIN_FFMPEG_OPT $JELLYFIN_SERVICE_OPT $JELLYFIN_NOWEBAPP_OPT $JELLYFIN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS (code=killed, >

  Main PID: 870465 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)

Jul 13 18:14:03 mrpink systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.

Jul 13 18:14:03 mrpink systemd[1]: Stopped jellyfin.service - Jellyfin Media Server.

Jul 13 18:14:03 mrpink systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Start request repeated too quickly.

Jul 13 18:14:03 mrpink systemd[1]: jellyfin.service: Failed with result 'signal'.

Jul 13 18:14:03 mrpink systemd[1]: Failed to start jellyfin.service - Jellyfin Media Server.

RE: Failed to start jellyfin.service - sparvy - 2024-07-13

and this is my solution:

1) uninstall

Code:
apt purge jellyfin

apt autoremove

rm -fr /etc/jellyfin

rm -fr /var/lib/jellyfin

rm -fr /var/cache/jellyfin

2) create symlinks

Code:
ln -s /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_lib /var/lib/jellyfin

ln -s /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-6ab3785e-0682-4664-b181-ae3db36c4b5f/jellyfin_var_cache /var/cache/jellyfin

3) reinstall

Code:
apt install jellyfin -y

and (4 now) the server seem stable.