Done on Debian, Docker required. Mind the folder names.
Preparation – Mount a samba share via fstab
create a folder/mountpoint:
mkdir /media/video
For safety create a credentials file in your home folder called .smbcred
nano .smbcred
Paste and customise
username=shareusername
password=sharepassword
Save and change permissions:
chmod 600 ~/.smbcred
Edit fstab:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
Paste and customise:
//yourserver/yourshare /media/video cifs credentials=/home/youruser/.smbcred 0 0
Save & exit, reload fstab:
mount -a
Check if the folder is accessible.
Running Jellyfin
Create folders for Docker bind mounts:
sudo mkdir /usr/jellyfin
sudo mkdir /usr/jellyfin/config
sudo mkdir /usr/jellyfin/cache
Get container:
docker pull jellyfin/jellyfin
Start Jellyfin using the folders created before:
sudo docker run -d --name jellyfin --user 1000:1000 --net=host --volume /usr/jellyfin/config --volume /usr/jellyfin/cache --mount type=bind,source=/media/windows,target=/media --restart=unless-stopped jellyfin/jellyfin
Check user and group values if necessary. (id -u youruser and id -g youruser)
Jellyfin should be up and the cifs share should be available, check http://yourserver:8096 and finish the wizard
In case of issues or more info check https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/administration/installing.html
Using Windows shares
Jellyfin does not handle SMB, media folders on Windows machines should be mounted on the local server in /etc/fstab. Point docker to the mountpoint.