Adding Docker & Jellyfin to the UNAS Pro

Adding Docker & Jellyfin to the UNAS Pro

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  • Post last modified:November 20, 2024
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WunderTech is maintained by Frank, an IT professional with 15+ years of experience in corporate IT and application management. Frank holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He focuses on sharing his experience with others on his website and YouTube channel.

This article will be supplementary to the video below, which highlights how to add Docker and Jellyfin to the UNAS Pro using a Mini PC. This allows you to utilize the UNAS Pro for Snapshots and Backups, but leave the heavy lifting to the Mini PC.

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Adding Docker & Jellyfin to the UNAS Pro

The commands below will be shown in order, based on how they appear in the video above. If you’d like to install Docker as well, please use this tutorial. This first batch of commands installs cifs-utils, makes three folders we’ll use later, and creates a hidden file with the credentials for SMB.

sudo apt install cifs-utils
sudo mkdir /mnt/unaspro
sudo mkdir /mnt/unaspro/docker
sudo mkdir /mnt/unaspro/media
nano ~/.smbcredentials

Inside the smbcredentials file above, add two lines for the username and password, then save (CTRL + O).

username=[UNAS Pro User]
password=[Password]

Finally, modify the permissions to only be accessible for this user.

chmod 600 ~/.smbcredentials

After that, we’ll map the directories above to the fstab file so they mount on boot.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Paste these lines at the bottom making the necessary adjustments (UNAS Pro IP, change the user account).

//192.168.1.33/docker  /mnt/unaspro/docker    cifs    credentials=/home/frank/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8  0       0
//192.168.1.33/media  /mnt/unaspro/media    cifs    credentials=/home/frank/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8  0       0

After the lines are added and saved, run the command below to mount the drives.

sudo mount -a

Installing Jellyfin

Jellyfin is extremely easy to install since it’s just a script, so run the commands below, in order.

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

If you’d like to test iGPU Transcoding (as shown in the video), these are the two commands that will install, and run the tool.

sudo apt install intel-gpu-tools
sudo intel_gpu_top

This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. 3sixtymining February 9, 2025 Reply

    I have a plex server as a VM in Proxmox. Can I just add this process to that VM or do I need to mount the drive in different why.

    1. WunderTech February 11, 2025 Reply

      If it’s a similar OS, it should be the same process!

  2. Sascha January 27, 2025 Reply

    Nice tutorial. Is this process also possible with a synolog nas? The unas pro would be just an extension for more storage.

    1. WunderTech January 27, 2025 Reply

      Yes! Process would be slightly different, but you can do it as well on a Synology.

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