Hey selfhosters.
I have a question about starting self hosting; I have run Jellyfin on an old MacBook for a bit and wanna dip more than a toe into the self host pool. Are there any guides out there you’d recommend for actual, complete beginners who knows nothing but wants to learn?
I’ve searched a lot but it feels like they’re pretty advanced for beginners. Is it just a really sharp learning curve to this, or am I not finding the good ones?
If you manage to get Docker Compose installed on that Mac (I don’t know Dockers limitations with Macs) but create a
docker-compose.yamlfile with the contents of;services: jellyfin: image: jellyfin/jellyfin container\_name: jellyfin # Optional - specify the uid and gid you would like Jellyfin to use instead of root user: uid:gid ports: - 8096:8096/tcp - 7359:7359/udp volumes: - /path/to/config:/config - /path/to/cache:/cache - type: bind source: /path/to/media target: /media - type: bind source: /path/to/media2 target: /media2 read\_only: true # Optional - extra fonts to be used during transcoding with subtitle burn-in - type: bind source: /path/to/fonts target: /usr/local/share/fonts/custom read\_only: true restart: 'unless-stopped' # Optional - alternative address used for autodiscovery environment: - JELLYFIN\_PublishedServerUrl=http\://example.com # Optional - may be necessary for docker healthcheck to pass if running in host network mode extra_hosts: - 'host.docker.internal:host-gateway'Then run;
sudo docker compose up -dIn a shell while in the folder with the
docker-compose.yamlfile you just created. If everything works then the server should be running on port :8086 open your browser and make an http:// request to the ip of the server followed by the port.Example; http://127.0.0.1:8096/
Documentation.