Emby

Personal media server with apps on just about every device.

Port	8096
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/emby
Source	https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Emby
Website	https://emby.media/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest / pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
beta	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Alternative build.

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  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/emby:/config"
    ports:
      - "8096:8096"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

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

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  emby:
    name: emby
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8096:8096 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - emby: /config
volumes:
  emby:
    device: '/path/to/containers/emby'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=pkg

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

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

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

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8096:8096 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/emby /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/emby:latest emby

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

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"

Access at: http://localhost:8096

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 15.1

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