SOLVED: Path not found when setting up library - jellyfin on docker

[bagelsworth]

Thanks I think I pasted a command i was experimenting with.

So for the media directories.. Do i need to define one per library?
/media/library/movies
/media/library/shows

Would i need to call those both out explicitly or is just mounting /media recursive?

[TheDreadPirate]

You can have the overarching folder defined in the container config.

[bagelsworth]

Thanks.  I have tried several variations but still getting path not found.  I did manage to get the compose working though.

Attempt 1:
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    user: 1000:1000
    network_mode: 'host'
    volumes:
      - /docker/jellyfin/config:/config
      - /docker/jellyfin/cache:/cache
      - type: bind
        source: /media/library
        target: /library
    restart: 'unless-stopped'

Attempt 2 - tried with both user and no user defined:
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    network_mode: 'host'
    volumes:
      - /docker/jellyfin/config:/config
      - /docker/jellyfin/cache:/cache
      - /media/library:/library
    restart: 'unless-stopped'

[TheDreadPirate]

What is the output of

Code:

cat /proc/mounts

[bagelsworth]

OK i just got it work... I am not sure why but just doing "/mediamedia" in the compose allowed me to add a library for "/media/library/movies". Not sure I understand why though..

Also does not defining a user run Jellyfin as root by default?

And thank you very much for your time and patience helping me with this! Trying to make the switch from windows to all linux and I struggle with linux directories and permissions.

[TheDreadPirate]

Yes, without a user specified the container will run as root.

If you struggle with Linux permissions, I wrote a primer in the walkthrough sub-forum.

https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-mounting-lo...ons-primer

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Also, prior to just doing "/mediamedia" what path were you trying to add in the Jellyfin UI?

[bagelsworth]

Awesome that is great. Bookmarked and ill look through it.

I was trying to add /media/library and /media/library/movies

[TheDreadPirate]

Ah. Ok. With the way you mounted it, those directories wouldn't exist. You mounted /media/library as "/library" in the container. So in the Jellyfin UI you should have been starting from /library/movies, etc.