Jellyfin on Ugreen NAS

🔍 Key Features

• FREE: Unlike Plex, there are no costs associated with Jellyfin, even if watching remotely.
• Open source: Licensed under GPLv2, developed by a volunteer community.
• Cross‑platform: Works across desktop, mobile, and smart devices.
• Customization: Flexible plugins and metadata providers let you tailor how your library looks and behaves.
• Scalability: Can be deployed on a Raspberry Pi for home use or scaled up on enterprise servers.
• Community‑driven: Updates, bug fixes, and new features are contributed by a global developer base.

🚀 Docker Installation Steps

I have two NVME SSDs installed in my DXP2800, mirrored, that I use to hold apps and docker containers. It's configured as /volume2. All of my docker containers are run from /volume2/docker

1. In the Ugreen NAS app, open the App Center
2. Search for "Docker"
3. Install Docker

📁 Setup Jellyfin

mkdir /volume2/docker
mkdir /volume2/docker/jellyfin
mkdir /volume2/docker/jellyfin/config
mkdir /volume2/docker/jellyfin/cache

🧾 Docker Compose File

In /volume2/docker/jellyfin create docker-compose.yml

services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - TZ=America/New_York
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/jellyfin/config:/config
      - /volume1/docker/jellyfin/cache:/cache
      - /volume1/media:/media
    devices:
      - /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128
      - /dev/dri/card0:/dev/dri/card0
    restart: unless-stopped

NOTE: Follow this guide to setup your media folder: Jellyfin Media Structure

In a nutshell, if /mnt/Media is where you're storing everything, you should have something like /mnt/Media/Movies, /mnt/Media/TV_Shows, etc. Under each of those you'll have a directory for each movie, TV show, etc. For example: /mnt/Movies/John_Wick_(2014) and in there would be the movie file (.mkx, etc.).

▶️ Start Jellyfin

From within /volume2/docker/jellyfin run:

📜 View Logs

🌐 Access Web Interface

Open your browser and go to http://<your-Ugreen-NAS>:8096