---
title: jellyfin
created: 2026-04-28
updated: 2026-04-28
type: entity
tags: [services, media, jellyfin]
sources: []
---

# jellyfin

**Role:** Media server — movies, TV, music
**URL:** https://jellyfin.tophermayor.com
**Host:** [[grizzley]] (Docker)

## Overview

Jellyfin is the media server for the homelab. It streams movies, TV shows, and music to devices on the network. It runs on [[grizzley]] as a Docker container.

## ⚠️ Known Issues

### Bind Mount UID Permission Crash Loop

Jellyfin may crash loop if bind mounts use a UID that doesn't match Jellyfin's internal user. See [[jellyfin]] skill.

### JellyfinDown False Positive

Prometheus alerts may fire for Jellyfin even when it's up — the blackbox exporter probe may fail while the service is healthy. See [[jellyfin]] skill.

### Debugging

See [[jellyfin]] skill for full debugging workflow.

## Media Stack

Often paired with:
- Tdarr — Automated transcoding
- Sonarr/Radarr — Media acquisition automation (confirm if on [[ubuntu]])

## Related

- [[grizzley]] — Host
- [[truenas]] — Media storage (NFS share)
- Tdarr — Transcoding (check if co-located)