Submitted 4 days ago by Octavusss@lemm.ee to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Hello.
My question is basically the title. Can a jellyfin installed with rootles docker access media that is stored on a encrypted hard drive?
I have almost zero docker experience since i just started using it and I just want to know if it’s possible.
The drive will be mounted by the host and you can use that to also decrypt it. This way Jellyfin in the docker container doesn’t know that the media is stored on an encrypted hard drive.
And if I make docker compose file for jellyfin and specify that path to encrypted hdd example( /media/user/sda1/jellyfin-media) will it be able to read that media?
I’m not 100% on the paths regarding the mounts and where the containing files are accessible, but it looks correct to at the moment. One way to test this is to check if the user you are using to run the Jellyfin container is able to access the files without additional input/steps.
If your user can access it, then Jellyfin will be able to do that as well as soon as you have mounted it in the container.
yes, i use this setup with linux and luks encrypted external usb hd
groet@feddit.org 4 days ago
Decryption is not related to root permission.
If the ENCRYPTED drive is mounted to the container, then the container can decrypt it.
If the DECRYPTED drive is mounted to the container, then the container never knows it was encrypted in the first place.
Second case is easier BTW. Just mount the drive on your host, type in the encryption password and you get a new, unencrypted drive. Specify this new drive in your docker compose/docker file.
Octavusss@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Oh sorry seems i explained it poorly.
That encrypted drive drive is set to automount on boot since I added it to /etc/fstatb and /etc/crypttab.
This makes things easier. Thank you for clarifying.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 days ago
But weakens your security posture. If you’re worried enough to encrypt the drive, you shouldn’t be auto mounting it.