How to Setup Emby Media Server in an iocage Jail on FreeNAS 11.1

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Abstract

Tutorial on how to setup Emby Media Server in an iocage Jail on FreeNAS 11.1.

Assumptions and Prerequisites

• OS: FreeNAS 11.1-U6
• FreeNAS Host: fn
• FreeNAS Network Interface: igb0
• FreeNAS IP: 10.0.0.2
• FreeNAS Subnet Mask: 24
• Jail Container: iocage
• iocage Version: 1.0 Alpha
• Jail Release: 11.1-RELEASE
• Jail Name: emby
• Jail Network Interface: vnet0
• Jail Network Config: DHCP
• Jail Default Route: 10.0.0.1
• IP Version: IPv4
• Bridge Network Interface: bridge0
• DNS 1: 10.0.0.1 
• Domain: example.com
• ZPool Volume: tank
• Dataset: /mnt/tank/movies
• Emby Server Version: 3.5.3.0
• Setup iocage Jail

Create a Dataset on FreeNAS and Set Permissions

Create dataset 'movies' on FreeNAS as windows type

Set dataset 'movies' user owner as 'mujahid(uid:1000)' and group owner as 'media(gid:8675309)'. And set these permissions recursively.

Mount Dataset in Emby Jail with Read/Write Permissions

root@fn:~ #  iocage fstab -a emby /mnt/tank/movies /mnt/movies nullfs rw 0 0

Installation 

Login/Console into Emby Jail

root@fn:~ # iocage console emby

Go to https://emby.media/freebsd-server.html to look up the instructions and release version on how to install the latest emby package.

Install Dependency packages for Emby Server

root@emby:~ # pkg install mono libass fontconfig freetype2 fribidi gnutls iconv opus samba48 sqlite3 libtheora libva libvorbis webp libx264 libzvbi

Install Emby Server 

root@emby:~ # pkg add -f https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby.Releases/releases/download/3.5.3.0/emby-server-freebsd_3.5.3.0_amd64.txz

Create group 'media' with gid:8675309 in the emby jail. Make sure the gid is the same as the gid on the FreeNAS host for the 'media' group. Then add the 'emby' user to the 'media' group on the emby jail as a member. This will make sure emby has group read/write permissions to the 'movies' dataset on the FreeNAS. Note: The group 'media' on the FreeNAS and the emby jail should have the same gid(8675309), otherwise the permissions won't work properly.

Create group 'media' with gid:8675309 

root@emby:~ # pw groupadd -n media -g 8675309

Add user 'emby' to group 'media'

root@emby:~ # pw groupmod media -m emby

Enable Emby to run at boot

root@emby:~ # sysrc emby_server_enable="YES"

Start Emby Service

root@emby:~ # service emby-server start

Run Emby Server Setup Wizard

Open your web browser and visit http://[IP ADDRESS]:8096 to run the Emby Server setup wizard.

Resource Links

• Emby Media Server: https://emby.media
• FreeBSD Installation: https://emby.media/freebsd-server.html