Jellyfin and Docker Set-Up

[johnbilboa]

Hi

I'm a complete newbie to Docker and Jellyfin and Ive hit a problem which I cant find any solution when it comes to setting up Jellyfin.

My set up is that I'm running Jellyfin in a Docker container with a Linux Mint O/S. I also have Portainer up and running as a front end to Docker.
Using Portainer I loaded jellyfin/jellyfin from Docker Hub  and mapped port 8096 to port 8096 (Host/Container)

The Jellyfin container is running ok and I can access it via Firefox at port 8096 and I followed the set up instructions.

I'm trying to load up my music by creating a media library from files stored on my pc- the same pc that's running docker but I cant find a file path to my music. I get invalid path messages. The only 3 top level paths displayed injellyfin to choose from are

 /
/cache
/config

I understand from my research that I probably need to to map my local files into the jellyfin container using a "bind mount". Maybe I also need some additional set up info with the config and cache ?

I've tried finding out how to do this , what code to paste etc. from everywhere including the Jellyfin /Docker set up notes but I cant find anything that works.
Its now driving me slightly mad so I would really appreciate a step by step guide including what I need to enter into Portainer or the Linux Console to get set up properly.

Thanks in advance.
John