Emby Server is a home media server built on top of other popular open source technologies such as Service Stack, jQuery, jQuery mobile, and Mono.
It features a REST-based API with built-in documention to facilitate client development. We also have client libraries for our API to enable rapid development.
You can adjust some of the default settings set for container/application by passing any or all of the following environment variable:
| ENV VAR | Definition |
|---|---|
| APP_USER | Name of user the service will run as.[4] |
| APP_UID | UID assigned to APP_USER upon creation, or will query APP_USER's ID.[3] |
| APP_GID | GID assigned to APP_USER upon creation, or will query APP_USER's GID.[3] |
| APP_CONFIG | Location where application will store settings and database on host.[1] |
| APP_GCONFIG | Location where application will store settings and database within guest.[4] |
| UMASK | umask assigned to service, default set to 002.[4] |
| EDGE | Update the containerized service, default set to 0(Off).[4] |
[1]: Variable is applicable only during install.
[2]: Variable is applicable during install, when invoking installed wrapper script or systemd service.
[3]: Variable is applicable only when invoking docker run directly.
[4]: Variable is applicable in all scenarios.
/config- Folder for configuration and settings.