Prerequisites#

This guide assumes you have the following prerequisites in place:

• Longhorn

Jellyfin#

Jellyfin is an open-source media server that allows you to organize, manage, and stream your media collection.

Installation#

1. Create the following directory structure for Jellyfin:
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    jellyfin/
    ├── ingress.yml
    ├── pvc.yml
    ├── svc.yml
    └── jellyfin.yml

2. Add the following content to ingress.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: jellyfin-ingress
     namespace: media
     annotations:
       cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: letsencrypt-cloudflare
   spec:
     ingressClassName: traefik
     tls:
     - hosts:
       - jellyfin.example.com
       secretName: jellyfin-tls
     rules:
     - host: jellyfin.example.com
       http:
         paths:
         - path: /
           pathType: Prefix
           backend:
             service:
               name: jellyfin-service
               port:
                 number: 8096

3. Add the following content to pvc.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
   metadata:
     name: jellyfin-pvc
     namespace: media
   spec:
     resources:
       requests:
         storage: 5Gi
     storageClassName: longhorn
     volumeMode: Filesystem
     accessModes:
       - ReadWriteOnce

4. Add the following content to svc.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service
   metadata:
     name: jellyfin-service
     namespace: media
   spec:
     selector:
       app: jellyfin
     ports:
     - port: 8096
       targetPort: 8096
       protocol: TCP

5. Add the following content to jellyfin.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment
   metadata:
     name: jellyfin
     namespace: media
   spec:
     strategy:
       type: Recreate
     replicas: 1
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app: jellyfin
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app: jellyfin
       spec:
         containers:
         - name: jellyfin
           image: jellyfin/jellyfin:10.11.6
           ports:
           - containerPort: 8096
           volumeMounts:
           - name: media
             mountPath: /media
           - name: config
             mountPath: /config
           - name: cache
             mountPath: /cache
           # Uncomment the following lines if you want to enable hardware acceleration for Intel GPUs
           #- name: i915
           #  mountPath: /dev/dri
           #securityContext:
           #    privileged: true
           #resources:
           #  requests:
           #    gpu.intel.com/i915: "1"
           #  limits:
           #    gpu.intel.com/i915: "1"
         volumes:
         - name: config
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: jellyfin-pvc
         - name: cache
           emptyDir: {}
         - name: media
           nfs:
             server: <nfs-server-ip>
             path: <path-to-media>
         # Uncomment the following lines if you want to enable hardware acceleration for Intel GPUs
         #- name: i915
         #  hostPath:
         #    path: /dev/dri

6. Commit and push the changes to your Git repository. FluxCD will automatically deploy Jellyfin to your Kubernetes cluster.