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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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 statuswill tell me everything I need to know.