Trying to install jellyfin on proxmox vm ubuntu guest os

[husskii]

Hi i am running proxmox 7 and i have installed a guest os ubuntu 22.04 on it. I have a problem trying to setup jellyfin, for some reason i can not locate the jellyfin media directory after installing jellyfin.. when i try to add a category i can only get as far as /home/user/ and it wont locate my jellyfin directory where i have movies and shows stored. i know i can setup as LXC or probably docker but im trying to get as close as installing on a headless server as possible as this is a test for my proper dedicated server. im trying different configurations to see which one works best for me. but only issue is i cant get a jellyfin setup on proxmox unless i use CT..

is it not possible to run jellyfin on proxmox without a container?

i have exhausted all of search in google and everything seems to be for docker, LXC or CT on proxmox..

I am actually having the same issue with esxi
i have set permissions right, so im confused as why i cant locate anything after my user directory

if anyone has any ideas help would be greatly appreciated
thanks

 

[oguz]

hi,

if it works in a CT it should also work fine in a VM.

, for some reason i can not locate the jellyfin media directory after installing jellyfin.. when i try to add a category i can only get as far as /home/user/ and it wont locate my jellyfin directory where i have movies and shows stored.

maybe jellyfin is running as a different user and can't read the /home/user directory because of that.
have you tried putting your files in a directory which is accessible?
otherwise you can try to change the permissions for that folder, so that the jellyfin user can read/write to there.

but in essence your problem does not come from proxmox or esxi for that matter, it's probably a jellyfin configuration issue from what i can gather

 

[husskii]

hi,

if it works in a CT it should also work fine in a VM.


maybe jellyfin is running as a different user and can't read the /home/user directory because of that.
have you tried putting your files in a directory which is accessible?
otherwise you can try to change the permissions for that folder, so that the jellyfin user can read/write to there.

but in essence your problem does not come from proxmox or esxi for that matter, it's probably a jellyfin configuration issue from what i can gather

i sort of figured that it has to be something to do with ubuntu 22.04 because i managed to get it working on 20.04. but for some reason it wont access anything past /home/user/ directory. i have set permissions and i have also added that use which is same as jellyfin user to jellyfin group still no luck..

trying to work it out, thanks heaps for the input