SOLVED: Failed to start jellyfin.service

[sparvy]

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?

[sparvy]

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.

[sparvy]

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.