Jellyfin as a Service

[wenzelja]

How can I run my Jellyfin server as a service in Windows 11, short of uninstalling Jellyfin and reinstalling with the Advanced/Service checkbox ticked?

• I have tried setting it up via Task Scheduler to run on startup, but Jellyfin does not work until I log into that computer.
  
• Tried to reinstall/repair Jellyfin, but it doesn't present me with the option for Advanced/Service checkbox. 
  
• I've researched the forum, but haven't found any solutions other than trying the above two options, which I found don't work.
  

[trekkie690]

Did you try googling about installing services in windows? I know one issue may be because your using a workstation version (home/Pro) of windows (are you?) vice a server version; that might be causing the issue. But there should be work around with using some CLI or GUI action to create a service.

reference i found: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582...executable

[paulc]

Did you try googling about installing services in windows? I know one issue may be because your using a workstation version (home/Pro) of windows (are you?) vice a server version; that might be causing the issue. But there should be work around with using some CLI or GUI action to create a service.

reference i found: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582...executable

I believe they want to install/run Jellyfin with the "as server" option not take any program and make it a service.

You have to do some work on paths in the database, etc. Here is one post about it  Any chance convert Windows Local Server to Jellyfin as a Service? There maybe others if you do a good search of the forum.

[wenzelja]

Did you try googling about installing services in windows? I know one issue may be because your using a workstation version (home/Pro) of windows (are you?) vice a server version; that might be causing the issue. But there should be work around with using some CLI or GUI action to create a service.

reference i found: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582...executable

I'll try the sc.exe create and see if that works.  I did use that to create a service for caddy and that worked flawlessly.

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Did you try googling about installing services in windows? I know one issue may be because your using a workstation version (home/Pro) of windows (are you?) vice a server version; that might be causing the issue. But there should be work around with using some CLI or GUI action to create a service.

reference i found: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3582...executable

I believe they want to install/run Jellyfin with the "as server" option not take any program and make it a service.

You have to do some work on paths in the database, etc. Here is one post about it  Any chance convert Windows Local Server to Jellyfin as a Service? There maybe others if you do a good search of the forum.

I want Jellyfin to start upon computer startup, and not require hands-on logging into a user account.  I have done a thorough search and all I found was the thread you posted, which recommends either tedious, technical database changes (I'm not ready/confident enough for this option) or using task scheduler, which did not work for me same as the author of that thread.

[wenzelja]

So, sc.exe does not work to setup Jellyfin as a service. I also removed and reinstalled Jellyfin as a service, but that didn’t appear to work well either, so I uninstalled that and created a fresh install of Jellyfin on my computer.

I would still like to setup Jellyfin as a service, so no matter who is logged in to the computer, Jellyfin will run.

[TheDreadPirate]

How is it not working? Running Jellyfin as a server requires additional configuration. Especially if your storage is on a NAS.