I’m in a weird situation, i have a dedicated mini pc for my Jellyfin server Here are the requirements for solutions

  • I cannot use an interface like a keyboard or mouse -I will not use linux for this particular machine -The device does have USB ports and a screen So to just have the jellyfin server start automatically, i would like to be able to hit the power button and have it boot into windows, thus automatically starting the jellyfin server and allowing me to do server restarts to fix issues.

Problem is the login screen, i can go as far as removing my password but it still requires user input to login. I need to bypass this but on the other hand i would not like to leave this giant vulnerability in my system. Is there any sort of way to get the best of both worlds? to have the PC be able to go from power button to jellyfin server started and still have some measure of security?

Thanks if anyone has any insight to my problem it would be wildly appreciated

  • Dave.English
    3•3 days ago

    Is there any sort of way to get the best of both worlds? to have the PC be able to go from power button to jellyfin server started and still have some measure of security?

    Windows with auto login? Not really. That is, anyone with a mouse + keyboard locally can get in there.

    You can set up jellyfin to run as a windows service and then it should auto start and run as a particular user without you having to log in. Have a look in the “advanced” section in the jellyfin docs.

    • @yokonzoOPEnglish
      1•3 days ago

      I mean if someone is in local that’s already further than I’m looking to protect, I just need the jellyfin to not be a vulnerability on my network. It’s not like there’s sensitive data on there