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HCLOUD-RFFMPEG

NOTICE!

I've rewritten this script in Go which is much easier to use and does more things automatically.

Kubernetes

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Setup

Set the required environment variables
Share the volume of rffmpeg config directory with Jellyfin
Make sure the cloud-init string works manually first
All of your workers need Jellyfin's /config/transcodes and /config/data/subtitles directories available and mounted at the same path as the Jellyfin host. Best solution is to use NFSv4 with sync option.
Also, I'm assuming you're using Hetzner Storage Box so the defaults will work for you, but if you aren't using a network drive for media you will need to share that directory via NFS as well.

If you need a reference docker compose file use this one.

Recommended images

I made and tested these images to use with this script:

Environment variables

Name	Default value	Description
STATE_DIR	/config	Path to rffmpeg config
LOG_FILE	STATE_DIR + /log/hcloud-rffmpeg.log	Path to log file
DB_PATH	STATE_DIR + /rffmpeg/rffmpeg.db	Path to SQLite database file used by rffmpeg script
SSH_KEY	STATE_DIR + /rffmpeg/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub	Path to rffmpeg public ssh key generated by rffmpeg on jellyfin host
JELLYFIN_LAN_ONLY_IP	Must be explicitly set!	The IP address of the jellyfin host / nfs share that workers use to access Jellyfin's transcodes and subtitles directories
HCLOUD_API_TOKEN	Must be explicitly set!	Hetzner Cloud API token
MEDIA_USERNAME	""	Username for the media share
MEDIA_PASSWORD	""	Password for the media share
SERVER_TYPE	cx21	The type of server from Hetzner that should be used for workers
IMAGE_TYPE	docker-ce	The OS image used on workers, `docker-ce` is Ubuntu with Docker preinstalled
SSH_KEY_NAME	root@jellyfin	The name of the ssh key that will be saved on Hetzner and used for connecting to workers
NETWORK_NAME	rffmpeg-workers	The name of the network created for local communication between the workers and the Jellyfin host
FIREWALL_NAME	rffmpeg-workers	The name of the firewall created for workers, recommended to block access to ssh over the internet
PLACEMENT_GROUP_NAME	rffmpeg-workers	The name of the placement group created to spread the workers over the datacenter
LOCATION_NAME	nbg1	The name of the location in which the workers should be created
CLOUD_CONFIG	string	The string that setups the workers after creation, the default uses my docker compose and inserts needed env variables
JOBS_PER_WORKER	2	Number of jobs allowed per worker, the default of 2 tells the script to only create a new worker if there are 2 or more jobs on the previous one.