Emby

Personal media server with apps on just about every device.

Port	8096
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/emby
Source	https://api.github.com/repos/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/latest
Website	https://emby.media/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  emby:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/emby:latest
    container_name: emby
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/emby:/config"
    ports:
      - 8096:8096
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=emby
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  emby:
    name: emby
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - emby: /config
volumes:
  emby:
    device: '/path/to/containers/emby'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/emby:${tag}
SET allow.mlock=1

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name emby \
  -p 8096:8096 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/emby:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/emby:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy emby
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: emby
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/emby:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8096:8096"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/emby:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration and data directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
8096	TCP	Web UI

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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