Jellyfin

Jellyfin Server Commands (Ubuntu/Debian)

Starting the Jellyfin Server

To start the Jellyfin service, use the following command:

sudo systemctl start jellyfin

Stopping the Jellyfin Server

To stop the Jellyfin service, use:

sudo systemctl stop jellyfin

Restarting the Jellyfin Server

To restart the Jellyfin server, execute the following command:

sudo systemctl restart jellyfin

This will provide information about whether the Jellyfin server is active or if any errors are present.

Enabling Jellyfin to Start on Boot

To ensure Jellyfin starts automatically when your system boots, use the following command:

sudo systemctl status jellyfin

This will provide information about whether the Jellyfin server is active or if any errors are present.

Enabling Jellyfin to Start on Boot

To ensure Jellyfin starts automatically when your system boots, use the following command:

sudo systemctl enable jellyfin

Disabling Jellyfin from Starting on Boot

To prevent Jellyfin from starting automatically on boot, use:

sudo systemctl disable jellyfin

Troubleshooting Jellyfin Server Issues

Troubleshooting Systemctl Failures

Try looking in to logs and find out whats the error about:

How to View Log of a Service using journalctl

To view the log of a specific service of systemd, use journalctl with the -u command and service or unit name.

journalctl -u 

In the above command, the -u flag, short for –unit is used to filter the journalctl output by a unit name.

For example, to print the log of the smbd daemon, I will replace the [unit-name] with jellyfin.service.

journalctl -u jellyfin.service

Worst case scenario

If you encounter a failure when using `systemctl` to manage Jellyfin (e.g., systemctl reports an error while starting, stopping, or restarting), it may be due to a misconfiguration or corruption. To resolve this, you can try the following steps:

NOTE: This will remove Jellyfin and may delete configuration files and settings. Make sure you have backups of your data before proceeding.

If systemctl is not functioning properly and you want to completely reset Jellyfin, you can purge the Jellyfin package:

sudo apt purge jellyfin*

2. Remove Jellyfin Configuration and Cache Files

If you need to completely remove Jellyfin, including its configuration and cache files, use:

NOTE: This will remove configuration files and settings. Make sure you have backups of your data before proceeding.

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/jellyfin /var/log/jellyfin /etc/jellyfin /var/cache/jellyfin

3. Reinstall Jellyfin

After purging and removing configuration files, you can reinstall Jellyfin by running:

curl https://repo.jellyfin.org/install-debuntu.sh | sudo bash