Jellyfin with PostgreSQL Support

The Free Software Media System - Now with Enterprise Database Backend

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🚀 What's New in This Fork?

This is a PostgreSQL-enabled fork of Jellyfin that replaces SQLite with PostgreSQL for improved performance, scalability, and reliability.

✨ Key Features

• ✅ PostgreSQL Database Backend - Full migration from SQLite
• ✅ Improved Performance - Better handling of large libraries
• ✅ Enterprise Scalability - Replication and clustering support
• ✅ Professional Backups - pgBackRest integration
• ✅ OS-Specific Configuration - Auto-configuration for Windows/Linux/macOS
• ✅ Windows Installer - Professional installer with PostgreSQL wizard
• ✅ Centralized Build - All DLLs in lib folder

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📚 Quick Navigation

• Quick Start
• Installation
• PostgreSQL Setup
• Configuration
• Building
• Creating Installer
• Migration
• Troubleshooting
• Documentation

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🎯 Quick Start

Windows Installer

# Run JellyfinSetup-PostgreSQL-11.0.0.exe
# Follow wizard for PostgreSQL setup

From Source

git clone https://gitea.wpjones.com/wjones/pgsql-jellyfin.git
cd pgsql-jellyfin
dotnet build --configuration Release
cd lib/Release/net11.0
dotnet jellyfin.dll

📖 See INSTALLER_QUICK_START.md or QUICKSTART_POSTGRESQL.md

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📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• .NET 11 Runtime - Download
• PostgreSQL 12+ - Download
• FFmpeg - Jellyfin builds

Install from Installer (Windows)

1. Download JellyfinSetup-PostgreSQL-11.0.0.exe
2. Run installer, select options
3. Configure PostgreSQL (or skip for later)
4. Open http://localhost:8096

📖 Full guide: INSTALLER_GUIDE.md

Install from Source

Windows:

dotnet build Jellyfin.Server --configuration Release
cd lib\Release\net11.0
jellyfin.exe

Linux:

dotnet build Jellyfin.Server --configuration Release
cd lib/Release/net11.0
./jellyfin

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🗄️ PostgreSQL Setup

Quick Install

Windows:

winget install PostgreSQL.PostgreSQL

Linux:

sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib

Create Database

psql -U postgres
CREATE USER jellyfin WITH PASSWORD 'your_password';
CREATE DATABASE jellyfin OWNER jellyfin;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE jellyfin TO jellyfin;
\q

Configure Connection

Edit startup.json:

{
  "DatabaseProvider": "Postgres",
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "DefaultConnection": "Host=localhost;Database=jellyfin;Username=jellyfin;Password=your_password"
  }
}

📖 Full guide: QUICKSTART_POSTGRESQL.md

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⚙️ Configuration

OS-Specific Defaults

startup.json is auto-configured per platform:

• Windows: C:/ProgramData/jellyfin
• Linux: /var/lib/jellyfin, /etc/jellyfin
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/jellyfin

Priority Order

1. Command-line arguments
2. Environment variables
3. startup.json
4. Built-in defaults

📖 Docs: OS_SPECIFIC_STARTUP_CONFIG.md, STARTUP_JSON_VERIFICATION.md

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🔨 Building from Source

git clone https://gitea.wpjones.com/wjones/pgsql-jellyfin.git
cd pgsql-jellyfin
dotnet restore
dotnet build --configuration Release
# Output: lib/Release/net11.0/

📖 See CENTRALIZED_LIB_FOLDER.md

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📦 Creating an Installer

# 1. Install Inno Setup
winget install JRSoftware.InnoSetup

# 2. Build
.\build-installer.ps1

# 3. Result
# installer-output\JellyfinSetup-PostgreSQL-11.0.0.exe

Features:

• Windows Service installation
• Firewall rules
• PostgreSQL wizard
• .NET runtime check

📖 Guides: INSTALLER_QUICK_START.md, INSTALLER_GUIDE.md

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🔄 Migration Guide

SQLite to PostgreSQL

# 1. Backup
cp jellyfin.db jellyfin-backup.db

# 2. Set up PostgreSQL
# 3. Update startup.json
# 4. Run migration
dotnet run --project Jellyfin.Server -- --migrate-database

📖 See POSTGRESQL_MIGRATION_COMPLETE.md

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🔧 Troubleshooting

PostgreSQL Connection

# Check status
sudo systemctl status postgresql

# Test connection
psql -U jellyfin -d jellyfin

Service Issues

# Check logs
tail -f /var/log/jellyfin/log_*.txt

📖 Full guides: POSTGRESQL_TROUBLESHOOTING.md, TROUBLESHOOTING_EF_PENDING_CHANGES.md

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📖 Documentation

Configuration

• OS_SPECIFIC_STARTUP_CONFIG.md
• STARTUP_JSON_VERIFICATION.md
• STARTUP_JSON_FIX.md

PostgreSQL

• QUICKSTART_POSTGRESQL.md
• POSTGRESQL_MIGRATION_COMPLETE.md
• POSTGRESQL_TROUBLESHOOTING.md

Backup

• POSTGRES_BACKUP_IMPLEMENTATION.md
• POSTGRESQL_BACKUP_ANALYSIS.md

Installation

• INSTALLER_QUICK_START.md
• INSTALLER_GUIDE.md
• CENTRALIZED_LIB_FOLDER.md
• BUILD_INSTALLER_FIXED.md

Project

• PROJECT_COMPLETION.md
• POC_SUMMARY_REPORT.md

📁 View All Documentation →

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📝 License

GNU General Public License v2.0

Fork of Jellyfin

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📞 Support

• 📚 Documentation
• 🐛 Report Bug
• 💡 Request Feature

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⚡ Quick Reference

# Build
dotnet build --configuration Release

# Run
cd lib/Release/net11.0 && dotnet jellyfin.dll

# Create installer
.\build-installer.ps1

# Test
dotnet test

Essential Paths:

• Windows: C:\ProgramData\jellyfin
• Linux: /var/lib/jellyfin
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/jellyfin

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