Tips, updates, and guides from the JellyWatch team.
One Docker Compose file. Four specialized media servers. Every type of content covered: movies and TV (Jellyfin), photos (Immich), comics and ebooks (Kavita), and music (Navidrome). This guide provides the complete stack with shared storage, unified reverse proxy, and monitoring. The definitive all-media self-hosted setup for 2026.
Every tool in the self-hosted media ecosystem explained, how they connect, and the exact data flow from a user requesting a movie to it playing on their TV. Covers Seerr, Prowlarr, Radarr, Sonarr, qBittorrent, Bazarr, Tdarr, Jellyfin, and monitoring. Includes the complete Docker Compose and visual architecture.
Fail2Ban is not enough in 2026. This advanced security guide covers CrowdSec (collaborative IPS with crowd-sourced blocklists), GeoIP country blocking, rate limiting at the reverse proxy level, container security best practices, and real-time intrusion detection for your internet-exposed Jellyfin server.
TrueNAS Electric Eel replaced Kubernetes with Docker Compose for apps. This complete guide covers installing Jellyfin on TrueNAS 25.04 with the new Apps system, Intel QSV GPU passthrough, ZFS dataset configuration, and automated snapshots for bulletproof backups.
Uptime Kuma is the most popular self-hosted monitoring tool in 2026. This guide shows how to monitor your Jellyfin server health endpoint, set up instant alerts via Discord, Telegram, or Ntfy, and build a status page your users can check.
Not everyone has a home server. A VPS from Hetzner (€4.50/month) or Contabo gives you a dedicated Jellyfin instance with a public IP, 1 Gbps bandwidth, and 24/7 uptime. This guide covers VPS selection, Docker deployment, storage mounting, the no-GPU reality, and when Oracle free tier is enough.
Jellyfin handles video well but comics and manga need a dedicated reader. Kavita and Komga are the two best self-hosted options in 2026. This guide compares both (AniList vs ComicVine metadata, Tachiyomi integration, EPUB support), covers Docker setup, and shows how to run them alongside Jellyfin.
Hardware transcoding in Docker requires passing your GPU into the container. This guide covers Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC, and AMD VAAPI passthrough with verified Docker Compose configurations, driver checks, and troubleshooting for every common failure.
That old laptop gathering dust can become a powerful Jellyfin server. Covers minimum specs, Ubuntu Server install, Docker setup, hardware transcoding on older GPUs, power management, and 24/7 operation.
