jellyfin: VAAPI HW accel + Authentik SSO + resource bump (2026-07-04)

- Upgraded 10.11.8 → 10.11.11, enabled VAAPI (Radeon 760M) - Bumped to 4 cores / 8 GiB RAM / 1 GiB swap - SSO-Auth plugin v4.0.0.4 with Authentik OIDC - Removed Caddy forward-auth gate (incompatible with SSO plugin) - Updated container doc with full SSO architecture + pitfalls
2026-07-04 22:00:46 +02:00
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--- a/containers/101-jellyfin.md
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@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 # 101 — `jellyfin`

-Media server: serves the movies / TV / anime / music / audiobooks / podcasts libraries from `/mnt/library` to LAN clients.
+Media server: serves the movies / TV / anime / music libraries from `/mnt/library` to LAN clients. Hardware transcoding via AMD Radeon 760M VAAPI. Authentik SSO via OIDC.

 ## At a glance
 - **Hostname:** `jellyfin`
 - **IP:** `192.168.8.206`
 - **Privilege:** **unprivileged** + idmap (so it can write to the `media` group on `/mnt/library`)
- **Resources:** 2 cores / 4 GiB RAM / 16 GiB rootfs
+- **Resources:** 4 cores / 8 GiB RAM / 1 GiB swap / 16 GiB rootfs
+- **GPU:** `/dev/dri/renderD128` (AMD Radeon 760M, RDNA 3) passed via `dev0` in LXC config
 - **Mounts:** `/mnt/library` ↔ `/mnt/library`
 - **Public hostname:** [`media.hubris.network`](../infrastructure/dns.md) → [caddy](121-caddy.md) → `:8096`
+- **Version:** Jellyfin 10.11.11 (apt package, Ubuntu 24.04 noble repo)
+- **FFmpeg:** jellyfin-ffmpeg7 7.1.4

 ## Service / port map

@@ -16,6 +19,106 @@ Media server: serves the movies / TV / anime / music / audiobooks / podcasts lib
 | -------- | ------ | ----- |
 | jellyfin | `:8096` | HTTP (caddy terminates TLS) |

+## Hardware acceleration (VAAPI)
+
+GPU is passed through to the LXC via `dev0: /dev/dri/renderD128,gid=993` in
+`/etc/pve/lxc/101.conf`. The `jellyfin` user is in the `render` (GID 993) and
+`video` groups inside the container.
+
+Encoding settings (`/etc/jellyfin/encoding.xml`):
+- `HardwareAccelerationType`: `vaapi`
+- `VaapiDevice`: `/dev/dri/renderD128`
+- `EnableHardwareEncoding`: `true`
+- `AllowHevcEncoding`: `true`
+- `AllowAv1Encoding`: `true`
+- `EnableTonemapping`: `true`
+- `HardwareDecodingCodecs`: h264, hevc, vc1, vp9, av1
+- `EnableThrottling`: `true`
+- `EnableSegmentDeletion`: `true`
+
+Trickplay (`/etc/jellyfin/system.xml`):
+- `EnableHwAcceleration`: `true`
+- `EnableHwEncoding`: `true`
+
+## Authentik SSO (OIDC)
+
+Jellyfin uses the [SSO-Auth plugin](https://github.com/9p4/jellyfin-plugin-sso)
+v4.0.0.4 for Authentik OIDC login. No Caddy forward-auth gate — the SSO plugin
+handles auth directly via OIDC redirect flow.
+
+### Architecture
+
+```
+User → media.hubris.network → Caddy (TLS, no forward-auth) → Jellyfin :8096
+                                                                ↓
+                                                    Login page with "Sign in with Authentik" button
+                                                                ↓ (click)
+                                                    /sso/OID/start/Authentik
+                                                                ↓ (302 redirect)
+                                                    auth.hubris.network OIDC
+                                                                ↓ (login)
+                                                    /sso/OID/redirect/Authentik?code=...&state=...
+                                                                ↓
+                                                    Jellyfin SSO plugin validates token → logged in
+```
+
+### Components
+
+1. **SSO-Auth plugin** — installed at `/var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/SSO-Auth_4.0.0.4/`
+   - Config: `/var/lib/jellyfin/plugins/configurations/SSO-Auth.xml`
+   - Provider name: `Authentik`
+   - OIDC endpoint: `https://auth.hubris.network/application/o/jellyfin/`
+   - `SchemeOverride`: `https` (required — without it, plugin generates
+     `http://` redirect URIs that Authentik rejects)
+   - `EnableAuthorization`: `false` (prevents plugin from overwriting admin
+     permissions on each SSO login — see
+     [jellyfin-sso-plugin](../devops/homelab-authentik-admin/references/jellyfin-sso-plugin.md))
+   - `OidScopes`: `["email"]` (openid+profile added by default by the plugin;
+     must be non-null or `OidChallenge()` throws `ArgumentNullException`)
+
+2. **Authentik OIDC provider** — `Provider for Jellyfin` (PK 6)
+   - Client ID: `vt61t5Y2ZVtN6l3QjitkBvwUJjFKvSyl4TDBXcJx`
+   - Redirect URI: `https://media.hubris.network/sso/OID/redirect/Authentik`
+   - Application slug: `jellyfin`
+
+3. **SSO button injection** — `/usr/share/jellyfin/web/sso-inject.js`
+   - Injected via `<script defer src="sso-inject.js?v=3">` in `index.html`
+   - Polls for `.readOnlyContent` div on the login page, adds "Sign in with
+     Authentik" button linking to `/sso/OID/start/Authentik`
+   - Cache-busted with `?v=N` parameter (bump on changes)
+   - **Lost on apt upgrade** — re-inject the script tag and copy the JS file
+     after `apt-get upgrade jellyfin*`
+
+4. **Caddy config** — no forward-auth gate for media.hubris.network:
+   ```caddy
+   media.hubris.network {
+       tls { dns ionos {env.IONOS_AUTH_API_TOKEN} }
+       reverse_proxy 192.168.8.206:8096
+   }
+   ```
+
+### Known issues / pitfalls
+
+- **`OidScopes` must be non-null** — if the field is missing from the plugin
+  config XML, `OidChallenge()` throws `System.ArgumentNullException`. Always
+  include `OidScopes` in the provider config (even if empty array).
+- **`SchemeOverride: "https"` is required** — without it, the plugin generates
+  `http://` redirect URIs (from the internal HTTP listener). Authentik rejects
+  them with "Redirect URI Error".
+- **SSO button JS is not served by the plugin** — the `__plugin/SSO-Auth.js`
+  endpoint returns 404 on Jellyfin 10.11.x when the plugin is installed
+  manually (not via Jellyfin's plugin manager). The `sso-inject.js` workaround
+  in `index.html` is the fallback.
+- **No Caddy forward-auth gate** — the SSO plugin's OIDC redirect flow is
+  incompatible with Caddy's `import authentik` forward-auth. If both are
+  enabled, the forward-auth intercepts the OIDC callback and breaks the flow.
+  Use one or the other, not both. SSO plugin (OIDC redirect) is preferred.
+- **API key for setup** — a temp API key can be inserted directly into the
+  `ApiKeys` SQLite table for automated configuration:
+  ```sql
+  INSERT INTO ApiKeys VALUES (1, '2026-07-04', '2026-07-04', 'setup', 'jf-setup-key-...');
+  ```
+
 ## Permissions
 Member of the [media GID 10000](../infrastructure/media-permissions.md) standard. Service user `jellyfin` is in the `media` group inside the container; idmap block in `/etc/pve/lxc/101.conf` maps in-container GID 10000 to host GID 10000.

@@ -24,9 +127,23 @@ Member of the [media GID 10000](../infrastructure/media-permissions.md) standard
 - [Media permissions](../infrastructure/media-permissions.md)
 - [arriman](122-arriman.md) — \*arr stack writes the libraries jellyfin reads
 - [DNS split-horizon](../infrastructure/dns.md)
+- [Authentik admin](../devops/homelab-authentik-admin/SKILL.md) — OIDC provider creation, SSO plugin config

 ## Changelog

+### 2026-07-04 — VAAPI hardware acceleration + Authentik SSO + resource bump
+- Upgraded Jellyfin 10.11.8 → 10.11.11 (purge + reinstall to fix DB migration bug)
+- Enabled VAAPI hardware acceleration (Radeon 760M): h264/hevc/vc1/vp9/av1 decode + encode
+- Bumped resources: 2→4 cores, 4→8 GiB RAM, 512→1024 MiB swap
+- Enabled trickplay HW acceleration + throttling + segment deletion
+- Installed SSO-Auth plugin v4.0.0.4 with Authentik OIDC provider
+- Configured `SchemeOverride: https`, `OidScopes: ["email"]`, `EnableAuthorization: false`
+- Injected SSO button via `sso-inject.js` in web `index.html`
+- Removed Caddy forward-auth gate (incompatible with SSO plugin OIDC flow)
+- **Database was wiped** during cache relocation attempt — no LVM snapshot
+  existed. All watch states, user accounts, and library configs lost.
+  Libraries re-added via setup wizard.
+
 ### 2026-04-28 — wiki entry created
 Initial documentation. No config changes.

--- a/inventory.yaml
+++ b/inventory.yaml
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ hosts:
        fqdn: jellyfin
    mounts:
    - /mnt/library
+    notes:
+    - Jellyfin 10.11.11 with VAAPI hardware acceleration (AMD Radeon 760M)
+    - 4 cores / 8 GiB RAM / 1 GiB swap (bumped from 2/4/512 on 2026-07-04)
+    - SSO-Auth plugin v4.0.0.4 with Authentik OIDC (no Caddy forward-auth gate)
+    - GPU passed via dev0: /dev/dri/renderD128,gid=993
    age_pubkey: ''
  nfs-export:
    kind: lxc