Jellyfin container Won't Start

I have an issue I hope someone can help me with, I run Jellyfin in Docker and all of a sudden today after a system reboot it won’t startup but there is not clear reason why either:

Attaching to jellyfin
jellyfin | [migrations] started
jellyfin | [migrations] no migrations found
jellyfin | [migrations] started
jellyfin | [migrations] no migrations found
jellyfin | usermod: no changes
jellyfin | ───────────────────────────────────────
jellyfin |
jellyfin | ██╗ ███████╗██╗ ██████╗
jellyfin | ██║ ██╔════╝██║██╔═══██╗
jellyfin | ██║ ███████╗██║██║ ██║
jellyfin | ██║ ╚════██║██║██║ ██║
jellyfin | ███████╗███████║██║╚██████╔╝
jellyfin | ╚══════╝╚══════╝╚═╝ ╚═════╝
jellyfin |
jellyfin | Brought to you by “linuxserver.io
jellyfin | ───────────────────────────────────────
jellyfin |
jellyfin | To support the app dev(s) visit:
jellyfin | Jellyfin: https://opencollective.com/jellyfin
jellyfin |
jellyfin | To support LSIO projects visit:
jellyfin |
jellyfin |
jellyfin | ───────────────────────────────────────
jellyfin | GID/UID
jellyfin | ───────────────────────────────────────
jellyfin |
jellyfin | User UID: 1000
jellyfin | User GID: 911
jellyfin | ───────────────────────────────────────
jellyfin |
jellyfin | [custom-init] No custom files found, skipping…

Please share the output of uname -mr && docker version && docker compose version, your docker compose or docker run snippet, and an updated set of logs. thanks!

For me, I’m getting this error when I try to do it on Ubuntu Server 22.04 via Podman

Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky systemd[996]: Failed to start Podman container-jellyfin.service.
Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky systemd[996]: container-jellyfin.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky systemd[996]: Stopped Podman container-jellyfin.service.
Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky systemd[996]: Starting Podman container-jellyfin.service...
Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky podman[40746]: 
Sep 05 05:56:52 skarletsky podman[40746]: 2023-09-05 05:56:52.9917586 +0000 UTC m=+0.032217533 container create 1cdc341566a2a1a223f14cf35eecea650027b5ab4eb10c234f23f5014e7495c5 (image=docker.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest, name=jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.description=[Jellyfin](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin) is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is descended from Emby's 3.5.2 release and ported to the .NET Core framework to enable full cross-platform support. There are no strings attached, no premium licenses or features, and no hidden agendas: just a team who want to build something better and work together to achieve it., PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=container-jellyfin.service, org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.licenses=GPL-3.0-only, build_version=Linuxserver.io version:- 10.8.10-1-ls223 Build-date:- 2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin/packages, org.opencontainers.image.revision=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, org.opencontainers.image.ref.name=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, org.opencontainers.image.vendor=linuxserver.io, org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.title=Jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.version=10.8.10-1-ls223, maintainer=thelamer, org.opencontainers.image.authors=linuxserver.io, org.opencontainers.image.created=2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, io.containers.autoupdate=registry)
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky systemd[996]: Started libcrun container.
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky podman[40746]: 2023-09-05 05:56:53.06074092 +0000 UTC m=+0.101199852 container init 1cdc341566a2a1a223f14cf35eecea650027b5ab4eb10c234f23f5014e7495c5 (image=docker.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest, name=jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.description=[Jellyfin](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin) is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is descended from Emby's 3.5.2 release and ported to the .NET Core framework to enable full cross-platform support. There are no strings attached, no premium licenses or features, and no hidden agendas: just a team who want to build something better and work together to achieve it., org.opencontainers.image.ref.name=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, org.opencontainers.image.authors=linuxserver.io, org.opencontainers.image.revision=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, org.opencontainers.image.title=Jellyfin, io.containers.autoupdate=registry, maintainer=thelamer, org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin/packages, org.opencontainers.image.licenses=GPL-3.0-only, org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=container-jellyfin.service, org.opencontainers.image.vendor=linuxserver.io, build_version=Linuxserver.io version:- 10.8.10-1-ls223 Build-date:- 2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.created=2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, org.opencontainers.image.version=10.8.10-1-ls223)
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky podman[40746]: 2023-09-05 05:56:53.063199049 +0000 UTC m=+0.103657981 container start 1cdc341566a2a1a223f14cf35eecea650027b5ab4eb10c234f23f5014e7495c5 (image=docker.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest, name=jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.documentation=https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin, org.opencontainers.image.authors=linuxserver.io, org.opencontainers.image.revision=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, org.opencontainers.image.created=2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, org.opencontainers.image.title=Jellyfin, io.containers.autoupdate=registry, PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=container-jellyfin.service, org.opencontainers.image.vendor=linuxserver.io, org.opencontainers.image.ref.name=d6acf7194b8bfd95ec09cb47de9702587843a2ca, build_version=Linuxserver.io version:- 10.8.10-1-ls223 Build-date:- 2023-08-29T12:45:25+00:00, org.opencontainers.image.licenses=GPL-3.0-only, maintainer=thelamer, org.opencontainers.image.version=10.8.10-1-ls223, org.opencontainers.image.url=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin/packages, org.opencontainers.image.description=[Jellyfin](https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin) is a Free Software Media System that puts you in control of managing and streaming your media. It is an alternative to the proprietary Emby and Plex, to provide media from a dedicated server to end-user devices via multiple apps. Jellyfin is descended from Emby's 3.5.2 release and ported to the .NET Core framework to enable full cross-platform support. There are no strings attached, no premium licenses or features, and no hidden agendas: just a team who want to build something better and work together to achieve it., org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jellyfin)
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky podman[40746]: 1cdc341566a2a1a223f14cf35eecea650027b5ab4eb10c234f23f5014e7495c5
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: /run/s6/basedir/scripts/rc.init: 26: /docker-mods: Permission denied
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: /run/s6/basedir/scripts/rc.init: warning: hook /docker-mods exited 126
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky podman[40746]: 2023-09-05 05:56:52.977980651 +0000 UTC m=+0.018439593 image pull  docker.io/linuxserver/jellyfin:latest
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky systemd[996]: container-jellyfin.service: Can't open PID file /run/user/1001/containers/overlay-containers/77fcf9ad0639aea929779484611c7b5c04c0b0aad3d82a314bcba0f9eb55642b/userdata/conmon.pid (yet?) after start: Operation not permitted
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: [migrations] started
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: [migrations] no migrations found
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: groupmod: Permission denied.
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: groupmod: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: usermod: no changes
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: ───────────────────────────────────────
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:   _____ __ __ _____ _____ _____ _____ 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:  |     |  |  |   __|_   _|     |     |
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:  |   --|  |  |__   | | | |  |  | | | |
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:  |_____|_____|_____| |_| |_____|_|_|_|
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:        _____ __ __ _ __    ____  
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:       | __  |  |  | |  |  |    \ 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:       | __ -|  |  | |  |__|  |  |
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:       |_____|_____|_|_____|____/ 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]:   Based on images from linuxserver.io
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: ───────────────────────────────────────
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: To support the app dev(s) visit:
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: Jellyfin: https://opencollective.com/jellyfin
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: To support LSIO projects visit:
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: https://www.linuxserver.io/donate/
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: ───────────────────────────────────────
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: GID/UID
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: ───────────────────────────────────────
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: User UID:    911
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: User GID:    1000
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: ───────────────────────────────────────
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: 
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run: line 44: lsiown: command not found
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run: line 45: lsiown: command not found
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: /etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-adduser/run: line 46: lsiown: command not found
Sep 05 05:56:53 skarletsky conmon[40793]: s6-rc: warning: unable to start service init-adduser: command exited 127

$ uname -mr
6.2.0-32-generic x86_64
$ docker version
Emulate Docker CLI using podman. Create /etc/containers/nodocker to quiet msg.
Version:      3.4.4
API Version:  3.4.4
Go Version:   go1.18.1
Built:        Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

We don’t test or support podman and you are not using our container. You also have permissions issues, likely from trying rootless.