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"Jellyseer is a free and open source software application for managing requests for your media library. It is a fork of Overseerr built to bring support for Jellyfin & Emby media servers"
Installation
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Connect to your slot through SSH
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Install
pnpm
and activate itcurl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh - source ~/.bashrc
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Download the latest release of Jellyseerr
git clone --branch develop https://github.com/Fallenbagel/jellyseerr.git
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Enter Jellyseerr's directory
cd ~/jellyseerr/
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Change the build settings. The CPU limit will allow Jellyseerr to build correctly on our servers, especially when your slot is already running other programs.
sed -i 's/256000,/256000, cpus: 12/' next.config.js
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Install and build Jellyseerr. This will take a long time; Jellyseerr has many dependencies.
CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile; pnpm build
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Start Jellyseerr
cd ~/jellyseerr && PORT=14723 screen -dmS jellyseerr pnpm start
Jellyseerr will take a few seconds to start. Access http://server.whatbox.ca:14723 and finish the setup procedure.
Updating
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Connect to your slot through SSH
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Shut down Jellyseerr
pkill -f jellyseerr
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Enter Jellyseerr's directory
cd ~/jellyseerr/
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Change the Git branch to the latest release and pull latest commits
git reset --hard ; git fetch ; git checkout develop; git pull
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Change the build settings. The CPU limit will allow Jellyseerr to build correctly on our servers, especially when your slot is already running other programs.
sed -i 's/256000,/256000, cpus: 12/' next.config.js
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Install and build Jellyseerr. This may take a long time; Jellyseerr has many dependencies.
CYPRESS_INSTALL_BINARY=0 pnpm install --frozen-lockfile; pnpm build
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Start Jellyseerr
cd ~/jellyseerr && PORT=14723 screen -dmS jellyseerr pnpm start
Automatically Restart
- Make a file to be used for the script.
touch ~/jellyseerr_restart.cron
- Edit the file and enter the text below.
nano -w ~/jellyseerr_restart.cron
#!/bin/bash
if pgrep -fx "node dist/index.js" > /dev/null
then
echo "Jellyseerr is running."
else
echo "Jellyseerr is not running, starting jellyseerr"
cd ~/jellyseerr && PORT=14723 screen -dmS jellyseerr pnpm start
fi
exit
- Save the file with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.
- Make the script executable.
chmod +x ~/jellyseerr_restart.cron
- Open your crontab.
EDITOR=nano crontab -e
- Enter the following text
@reboot /home/user/jellyseerr_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /home/user/jellyseerr_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
- Save the crontab with Ctrl+x and the "y" and Enter to accept overwriting.
Notes
Use 127.0.0.1 as the address for connecting other apps if the app is running on the same server.
You may need to use IPv4 addresses for Sonarr. You can find your IPv4 address on your Slot Info page.
If Jellyseerr fails to build, stop rclone processes on your slot and try again.