jellyfin_ansible_lxd

Launch an LXD container

lxc launch images:ubuntu/22.04 jellyfin

Clone this repo

https://github.com/jonnypeace/jellyfin_ansible_lxd.git

move into the git host directory

cd jellyfin_ansible_lxd/host

Create an ansible vault password

ansible-vault create passwd.yml

and paste something like this but with your host password for the sudo user

---
my_cluster_sudo_pass: My_Password

Remember to change the password. The "my_cluster_sudo_pass" variable will be used in further playbooks, so don't change this unless you change the playbook.

Edit the inventory file, notable sections...

• ansible_user - this is the sudo user for the host ansible will be connecting to
• jellyfin_host section - update the ip address of the LXD host and user

Edit the initialise_jellyfin_host.yaml - this also adds intel quicksync GPU acceleration. if not required, comment or delete the lines associated with this.

Notable areas here include the variables..

• jelly_cont - this is the name of the container you created at the beginning
• nfs_mnt - Creates a directory for the host to mount an nfs share
• nfs_share - This is the ip address and path that your nfs share comes from

If you just need to share a drive that's already connected via USB etc, then you could remove some of this, but i've included it as it's something i use.

Now you can run this command which will hopefully get the host and container ready...

ansible-playbook -i inventory initialise_jellyfin_host.yaml --ask-vault-pass

The update_reboot.yaml will update your host... these become more useful perhaps the more servers / containers you have running.

If all is successful, lets move to the container directory in this repo.

Container playbook

Ok for this you don't need ssh passwords, as you connect via the lxd host. This might be a good timeto explore...

lxc config set core.trust_password mypassword
lxc remote add lxd_host_ip mylxd
lxc remote switch mylxd

# So, lxd_host_ip will be the server ip which will be running your lxd containers
# mylxd is just the name of the host, this can be anything, but you'll use this to switch.

lxc remote list

# This will show you available lxd machines to connect to, including your local desktop/laptop.

The first command is run on the LXD host and you set a password for your laptop/desktop to connect. The second command is run on your laptop/desktop and you will be prompted for that password.

Edit the hosts.yaml - Since you don't need ssh for this it makes it a little more straight forward.

The main section for your lxd server host is under the children, you can leave the rest alone. I've written a section for mylxd, as per example above, and under mylxd the container we have runnung if you've followed along with the name i gave the container, is jellyfin (under host).

In the jellyfin.yaml, there is a hosts section for the container name, hence jellyfin.

This part is fairly straight forward, it sets up jellyfin and intel quicksync should be ready

ansible-playbook -i hosts.yaml jellyfin_node.yaml 

This should be the container ready. Check the ip of the container and append :8096 to the ip.

so...

lxc list

will provide the ip address, go to the web browser and enter the ip, i.e. 192.168.1.44:8096

You should be greeted with the setup guide.

the nodes_update.yaml will update your jellyfin container for you and reboot the container if necessary.