Jellyfin

They have podman rootless instructions!

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/installation/container/#managing-via-systemd

Install

Create jellyfin btrfs volume

btrfs sub create /btrfs/jellyfin

Add /home/jellyfin mount to /etc/fstab

systemctl daemon-reload
mount -a --mkdir

Create the jellyfin user

useradd jellyfin
loginctl enable-linger $(id -u jellyfin)
systemctl --user --machine=jellyfin@.host enable podman-restart
systemctl --user --machine=jellyfin@.host enable --now podman.socket
mkdir -p /home/jellyfin/.config/containers/systemd

Install jellyfin

~/.config/containers/systemd/jellyfin.container

# Copy the files to the server
scp -r active/podman_jellyfin/quadlets/. jellyfin:~/.config/containers/systemd/
ssh jellyfin systemctl --user daemon-reload
ssh jellyfin systemctl --user start jellyfin
ssh jellyfin journalctl --user -xeu jellyfin
ssh jellyfin systemctl --user enable --now podman-auto-update.timer

Update the jellyfin record in Caddy.

Open port 8096 in the firewall.

Mounting Media Directory

Update /etc/fstab with the smb disk details.

Note:

x-systemd.automount which only mounts the device when it's accessed.
x-systemd.mount-timeout=30 allows a 30 second timeout
_netdev ensures the device won't be mounted until after the network is available

UUID=... /btrfs/some-name    btrfs   subvolid=5,compress=zstd:1,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.mount-timeout=30,_netdev 0 0

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