Jellyfin is everyone’s favourite open-source multimedia player. This guide goes over how to install it as a Podman Quadlet. This assumes you already have Podman setup for Quadlets. Follow this guide to setup Podman for Quadlets. Create the container First, create and edit /etc/containers/systemd/jellyfin.container as sudo and paste the following. [Unit] Description=Podman - Jellyfin Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Container] Image=lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest AutoUpdate=registry ContainerName=jellyfin Environment=PUID={PUID} # `id -u` to get value needed Environment=PGID={PGID} # `id -g` to get value needed Environment=TZ=America/St_Johns # Change to your time zone Volume={JELLYFIN_CONFIG}:/config Volume={MOVIE_DIR}:/movies Volume={TV_DIR}:/tv PublishPort=8096:8096 PublishPort=8920:8920 PublishPort=7359:7359/udp PublishPort=1900:1900/udp [Service] Restart=always TimeoutStartSec=900 [Install] WantedBy=default.
  • Lem453@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Why would someone want containers managed by systemd instead of just having them run like normal? What is the advantage?

    Also if you use cockpit or some equivalent GUI to manage your containers, do you have to give it permission to control all systemd services?

    • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’ve been managing my containers using the older mechanism (systemd-generate) since I started and it’s great. You get the reliable service start of systemd and its management interface. Monitoring is consistent with all your other services and you have your logs in exactly one location.

      I really wouldn’t want a separate interface or service manager just because I’m running containers.

      • Lem453@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Do you run other things on your system other than containers? I have a VM that only runs containers so it really doesn’t do anything else with systemd apart from the basics so I’m curious if there would be any advantage to me switching.

        • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Most VMs only run containers, but I have supporting services on every host as well. Stuff like the mesh VPN, monitoring agent or firewall.
          If I want a quick overview, a quick systemctl status will tell me everything I need to know.

            • exu@feditown.comEnglish
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              1 month ago

              I use Yggdrasil now with a whitelist of public keys. Though I’m thinking about redoing my architecture in general to make key distribution easier, have more automated DNS entries and also use the tunnel for any node to node communication.

              Before that I tried Tailscale with Headscale, but I didn’t want to have a single node responsible for the network and discovery.

              • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 month ago

                That’s very interesting. Once you connect something to your mesh you can access the rest of the mesh by IP? What is the gateway in that case?

    • Chais@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 month ago

      Why would you not want containers managed by systemd?
      You get the benefits of containerisation and you don’t have to learn the arcane syntax of some container engine or another.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Dunno what’s arcane about setting your network up once, crrate the compose (jn my case regular docker) and write sudo docker compose up -d.
        Literally using Linux in any way shape or form is more arcane than this.
        Just recently learning about NFS sharing. Sure, let’s write the config in /etc/export and also edit the fstab config on the guest to auto-mount it. Don’t forget the whole syntax ;)

        Not the mention the 100 different ways of setting up a static IP in each distro which differs slightly in any package/distro

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
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    1 month ago

    this guide, and the previous one, have a lot of weird superfluous steps. like, why use a command that includes nvim and then ask people to change it instead of just saying “edit the file”? why symlink systemd stuff to your own home directory?

    the info is good, but having to separate the actually useful stuff from things that are specific to your config makes it less useful.

    • eric@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      I’m still learning how to write good posts. I’ll this into consideration for the next one.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
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        1 month ago

        your writing overall is good! it’s just a matter of information priority.

        here’s a tip, dunno how applicable it is but i use it when writing technical documentation:

        for each step, explain to yourself why you’re doing it the way you are. if it turns out you caused the step to be needed, rather than it being required, you probably need to rethink, or at least add the explanation to the text.

        • eric@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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          1 month ago

          That’s a good tip. Thanks. I think I might tweak the existing posts for readability.

    • eric@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      You’re welcome, stay tuned for more posts about Quadlets.