> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://notes.d4rkcyber.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Media Server - URL: https://notes.d4rkcyber.com/media-server-jellyfin-storage-and-requests/ - Published: 2026-10-29T11:31:19.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-29T13:25:34.000Z - Description: My Media Server; Jellyfin stack, passed-through storage, IPTV setup, and how I manage a growing media library. - Author: David Dami - Tags: homelab, media-server, docker, self-hosted ### Jellyfin, Storage, and Requests I wanted one place to watch my media, request new titles, and manage a library that keeps growing. This is the setup I’m running now: a Proxmox VM, Docker Compose, Jellyfin, and the supporting services around it. It’s a field note from my homelab, not a universal hardware prescription. ## The host The media server runs in a VM on Proxmox. I pass the disks through to the VM and mount them there for Docker to use. The VM currently sees four CPUs and about 9.7 GiB of RAM; Linux reports the CPU model as a Ryzen 5 3600. Media is split across two local filesystems. The 916 GB filesystem is mounted at `/mnt/wd1tb`; the 3.6 TB filesystem is mounted at `/mnt/wd4tb`. Movies and the `vulcan` library are on the first disk. TV, music, and downloads are on the second. The containers bind-mount those directories into their own paths, so Jellyfin sees `/data/movies`, `/data/tvshows`, and `/data/music`, while the management tools use shared `/movies`, `/tv`, and `/downloads` paths. At the time of writing, the 916 GB filesystem is around 90% used and the 3.6 TB filesystem is around 99% used. An NFS share is mounted as well, but available storage doesn’t remove the need to decide what the library should keep. ## The stack Jellyfin is the media server. Jellyseerr gives users a request interface. Radarr, Sonarr, and Lidarr manage movies, series, and music; Prowlarr centralizes indexer configuration; qBittorrent is the download client; and Bazarr handles subtitles. Spotiarr and Redis are also in the Compose project. Jellystat, with PostgreSQL, runs separately and provides usage statistics. The containers share an external Docker network named `proxy`. Traefik uses the Compose labels to route to the apps. Configuration directories are persisted with bind mounts, and media/download directories are mounted into the services that need them. The example below keeps the real storage paths but replaces my internal hostnames with `example.invalid`; adjust those labels, mounts, and the external network for your own environment. ## IPTV I use a Jellyfin plugin with Xtream Codes and M3U support to watch free-to-air channels. Playlist URLs and provider credentials are deliberately not included here. This describes my setup; it isn’t a guide to obtaining IPTV sources. ## Managing a library that outgrows its disks Jellystat is a little like a Spotify Wrapped for Jellyfin: it helps me see what users are watching and what they’ve finished. I review that activity periodically and make retention decisions manually. I’m the owner and admin, so I make the final call on what stays. When storage is tight, I sometimes have to reject a download request. I’m considering a six-month review rule: flag files that have been on the server longer than six months, review them, then decide whether to keep, delete, or archive them. That’s a possible improvement, not an automated rule I’ve deployed. ## Compose file This is the current media-stack Compose file, with internal Traefik hostnames anonymized. It references Spotify credentials through environment variables; put real values in a private `.env` file on the server and don’t commit that file. The `proxy` network must already exist. ```yaml services: radarr: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest container_name: radarr environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/Dublin volumes: - ./radarr_config:/config - /mnt/media-server/movies:/movies - /mnt/media-server/downloads:/downloads - /mnt/media-server/vulcan:/vulcan ports: - "7878:7878" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.radarr.rule=Host(`radarr.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.radarr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.radarr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.radarr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.radarr.loadbalancer.server.port=7878" sonarr: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest container_name: sonarr environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/Dublin volumes: - ./sonarr_config:/config - /mnt/media-server/shows:/tv - /mnt/media-server/downloads:/downloads ports: - "8989:8989" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.sonarr.rule=Host(`sonarr.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.sonarr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.sonarr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.sonarr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.sonarr.loadbalancer.server.port=8989" prowlarr: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr:latest container_name: prowlarr environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/Dublin volumes: - ./prowlarr_config:/config ports: - "9696:9696" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.prowlarr.rule=Host(`prowlarr.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.prowlarr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.prowlarr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.prowlarr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.prowlarr.loadbalancer.server.port=9696" jellyfin: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest container_name: jellyfin environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/Dublin volumes: - ./jellyfin_config:/config - ./custom-jellyfin-web/web:/usr/share/jellyfin/web:ro - /mnt/media-server/shows:/data/tvshows - /mnt/media-server/movies:/data/movies - /mnt/media-server/vulcan:/data/vulcan - /mnt/media-server/music:/data/music ports: - "8096:8096" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.rule=Host(`jellyfin.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyfin.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.jellyfin.loadbalancer.server.port=8096" qbittorrent: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest container_name: qbittorrent environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Europe/Dublin - WEBUI_PORT=8072 - TORRENTING_PORT=6881 volumes: - ./qbit_config:/config - /mnt/media-server/downloads:/downloads ports: - "8072:8072" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.qbittorrent.rule=Host(`qbit.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.qbittorrent.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.qbittorrent.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.qbittorrent.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.qbittorrent.loadbalancer.server.port=8072" jellyseerr: image: ghcr.io/seerr-team/seerr:latest container_name: jellyseerr environment: - LOG_LEVEL=debug - TZ=Europe/Dublin - PORT=5055 volumes: - ./jellyseerr_config:/app/config ports: - "5055:5055" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyseerr.rule=Host(`jellyseerr.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyseerr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyseerr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.jellyseerr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.jellyseerr.loadbalancer.server.port=5055" lidarr: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest container_name: lidarr environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Etc/UTC volumes: - ./lidarr_config:/config - /mnt/media-server/music:/music - /mnt/media-server/downloads:/downloads ports: - "8686:8686" restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.lidarr.rule=Host(`lidarr.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.lidarr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.lidarr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.lidarr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.lidarr.loadbalancer.server.port=8686" bazarr: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bazarr:latest container_name: bazarr environment: - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 - TZ=Etc/UTC volumes: - ./bazarr_config:/config - /mnt/media-server/shows:/tv - /mnt/media-server/movies:/movies ports: - "6767:6767" networks: - proxy restart: unless-stopped spotiarr: image: mralexandersaavedra/spotiarr:latest container_name: spotiarr environment: - SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID=${SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID} - SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET=${SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET} - SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI=${SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI} - PUID=1000 - PGID=1000 volumes: - /mnt/media-server/music:/downloads ports: - "3001:3000" networks: - proxy labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.spotiarr.rule=Host(`spoti.example.invalid`)" - "traefik.http.routers.spotiarr.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.spotiarr.tls=true" - "traefik.http.routers.spotiarr.tls.certresolver=cloudflare" - "traefik.http.services.spotiarr.loadbalancer.server.port=3000" depends_on: - redis restart: unless-stopped redis: image: redis:alpine container_name: spotiarr-redis restart: unless-stopped networks: - proxy networks: proxy: external: true ```