I’m pretty new to self-hosting in general, so I’m sorry if I’m not using correct terminology or if this is a dumb question.

I did a big archival project last year, and ripped all 700 or so DVDs/Blu-rays I own. Ngl, I had originally planned on just having them all in a big media folder and picking out whatever I wanted to watch that way. Fortunately, I discovered Jellyfin, and went with that instead.

So I bought a mini pc to run Ubuntu server on, and I just installed Jellyfin directly there. Eventually I decided to try hosting a few other services (like Home Assistant and BookLore (R.I.P.)), which I did through Docker.

So I’m wondering, should I be running Jellyfin through Docker as well? Are there advantages to running Jellyfin through Docker as opposed to installed directly on the server? Would transitioning my Jellyfin instance to Docker be a complicated process (bearing in mind that I’m new and dumb)?

Thanks for any assistance.

  • Dingaling@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I run it in docker and it’s fine. It’s not because I don’t know how to run it natively - I’m a linux sysadmin - it’s just that very often, docker is easier to do this stuff with. Easier to migrate to other machines, easier to upgrade, easier to install, easier to remove if you want to.

    By all means go native if you want to learn. Pros and cons in each method, but for me, docker works just fine for most things.