Jellyfin Proxmox LXC with SMB share

Jellyfin Proxmox LXC with SMB share

SMB Setup and fstab on Proxmox Host

Add SMB credentials as root on the Proxmox host:

nano .smbcredentials

Add the following content to the file:

username=SMB_Username
password=SMB_Password

Mount the SMB share in Proxmox in /etc/fstab by adding the following to the bottom of the file:

//SMB_Address/SMB_Directory /host-mount-dir/host-mount-sub-dir cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,_netdev,x-systemd.automount,noatime,uid=100000,gid=110000,dir_mode=0755,file_mode=0644

Adjust the uid and gid to match the uid and group of the user you want to have access to the share. For example:

//SMB_Address/SMB_Directory /host-mount-dir/host-mount-sub-dir cifs credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,uid=100000,gid=101001 0 0

This will mount the files with the uid=1001 and gid=1001 from the VM; to match the root user uid and gid it would be 100000.

Make the directories on the host to match the fstab for example:

mkdir -p /mnt/media/video/movie
mkdir -p /mnt/media/video/tv_shows
mkdir -p parent_dir/{child1,child2,child3}

Reload the daemon and mount the share:

systemctl daemon-reload
mount -a

LXC Setup

Create the LXC container:

pct create 101 /var/lib/vz/template/cache/ubuntu-20.04-standard_20.04-1_amd64.tar.gz --hostname jellyfin --memory 2048 --net0 name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=192.168.1.100,gw=192.168.1.1

This will create an LXC container with the:

• VMID: 101
• Template: Ubuntu 20.04
• Hostname: Jellyfin
• Memory: 2048 MB
• Network: Connected to bridge vmbr0 with a static IP of 192.168.1.100 and gateway 192.168.1.1

Adjust as necessary, or use the Proxmox GUI.

Add to the container config:

nano /etc/pve/lxc/101.conf

mp0: /mnt/pve/smb-location,mp=/new-directory-for-media-files

Start the container:

pct start 101

This will start the Proxmox VM 101.

Log into the Jellyfin server and update/install curl and cifs-utils:

apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt install curl cifs-utils -y

Check the share for files and verify the permissions:

ls -al /new-directory-for-media-files

Install Jellyfin in the VM:

curl -s https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh -O && \
curl -s https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh.sha256sum -O && \
sha256sum -c install-debuntu.sh.sha256sum

install-debuntu.sh: OK means the checksum is correct.

You can optionally inspect the script to see what it does before executing it:

less install-debuntu.sh

Then execute it with:

sudo bash install-debuntu.sh

Add the group lxc_shares (optional):

groupadd -g 10000 lxc_shares

Add the Jellyfin user to the lxc_shares group (optional):

usermod -aG lxc_shares jellyfin

Check your Jellyfin ID:

id jellyfin

Reboot the server:

reboot

Add the library to the Jellyfin server.