Emby

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Emby Host Port
Emby /config Path

Personal media server with apps on just about every device.


Port	`8096`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/emby`
Daemonless	daemonless/emby
Source	api.github.com/repos/MediaBrowser/Emby.…
Website	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.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

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

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

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

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

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_PATH: /config
volumes:
  EMBY_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/emby'

ARG tag=latest

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

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

- 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"

Interactive Configuration

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

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).
mlock: Requires --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' (ocijail 0.5.0+)

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