SOLVED: localhost refused to connect

[jschwar313]

ok. yea, I installed https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/serve...rtable.zip on my windows machine in the program files directory. I added the environment variable to windows so now I know why the jellyfin.exe is failing. The log said this:

[2023-12-27 08:00:24.365 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Jellyfin version: "10.8.13"
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.382 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFIN_LOG_DIR, H:\Users\LindaJim\Documents\jellyfin]"]
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.385 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Arguments: ["C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\jellyfin.dll"]
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.386 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Operating system: "Windows"
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.387 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Architecture: X64
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.388 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: 64-Bit Process: True
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.388 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: User Interactive: True
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.389 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Processor count: 12
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.390 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Program data path: "C:\Users\jschw\AppData\Local\jellyfin"
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.390 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Web resources path: "C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\jellyfin-web"
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.391 -06:00] [INF] [1] Main: Application directory: "C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\"
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.438 -06:00] [ERR] [1] Main: The server is expected to host the web client, but the provided content directory is either invalid or empty: "C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\jellyfin-web". If you do not want to host the web client with the server, you may set the '--nowebclient' command line flag, or set'"hostwebclient"=false' in your config settings.
[2023-12-27 08:00:24.440 -06:00] [INF] [2] Main: Received a SIGTERM signal, shutting down

What should be put in the C:\Users\jschw\AppData\Local\jellyfin directory?

[Serge K]

What should be put in the C:\Users\jschw\AppData\Local\jellyfin directory? the installer will do everything himself

super everything is ok besides one thing
before installation you need to delete old installed Jellyfin files
C:\Users\jschw\AppData\Local\jellyfin
C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\
C:\Program Files\jellyfin-server_10.8.13\

[jschwar313]

ok. I have the following directory structure:

C:\Users\jschw\AppData\Local\jellyfin\
cache
config
data
jellyfin-web (everything is in here except jellyfin.exe)
Resources
Configuration
wwwroot
api-docs
redoc
swagger
jellyfin.exe (I put this in the data folder)

is this right? Thanks so much for the help. I tried to indent this, but it didn't save it that way. I have a screenprint, but I don't think I can use that either.

[Serge K]

during installation all directories are created and filled automatically
did you see Jellyfin (View Console) ?
click it

[jschwar313]

The server install isn't an executable.  It's a zip file.  There are no instructions with it.  The executable jellyfin.exe that's in the zip file creates the directory structure I gave you, but I have to fill it in.  Unless there's an executable that I am missing.  I used the server zip file found here: https://repo.jellyfin.org/releases/serve...ws/stable/

Here's the structure I was trying to post earlier:

   

[jschwar313]

Should I have downloaded the combined software instead of the server software?

[Serge K]

download exe not zip
installer/ The self-installing executable. You probably want this to install Jellyfin easily.
installer/jellyfin_10.8.13_windows-x64.exe

and run

[jschwar313]

No. I got it working. I'm sorry, but I should have told you that I'm running the server on windows 10 64-bit and my tv will be the client with the plugin. I downloaded the combined zip file and installed it in my program files directory, changed the path to point to that directory and started jellyfin.exe and it worked. It's my fault because I didn't tell you the setup I wanted to do. I'm so sorry. It's working now fine. Thanks so much for the help.