Emby - Permissions

[JohnWallerUK]

Wow! Thanks for the speedy reply and for doing the Emby upgrade. Upgraded ok but facing some issues...

I have some questions regarding Docker. I'm new to Docker so still trying to get my head around things such as permissions. One thing I am having issues with is granting Emby to have full read/write access to a local folder. I have noticed that most of the settings are in a docker-compose.yml file (I did not know that after doing the upgrade it replaced this file with a fresh one) and I have added some changes to it. See below:

"version: '3.7'
services:
app_proxy:
environment:
APP_HOST: emby_server_1
APP_PORT: 8096
PROXY_AUTH_ADD: 'false'
container_name: emby_app_proxy_1
server:
image: >-
linuxserver/emby:4.9.1@sha256:7259ccc4006434c966339434cf8f558aa499b7433e2e64805e316823ba42d791
environment:
TZ: Europe/Berlin
UID: 1000
GID: 1000
restart: on-failure
volumes:

• ${APP_DATA_DIR}/data/config:/config:rw
• ${UMBREL_ROOT}/home/Videos:/mnt/Videos
• ${UMBREL_ROOT}/home/Music:/mnt/Music
• ${UMBREL_ROOT}/home/Photos:/mnt/Photos
• ${UMBREL_ROOT}/home/Emby:/home/Emby:rw
  container_name: emby_server_1"

So I have added the folders for the Emby library and for backups which is in "home/Emby/Backup". Emby can see the folder but it can't write anything into it. I'm guessing I need to use some commands to grant Emby to have full access? Below is the error that I get from Emby:

"Emby Server Backup Failed on Emby
10/10/2025, 13:04

Running time: 4 seconds Access to the path '/home/Emby/Backup/embyserver-backup-full/data/library.db' is denied. at Interop.ThrowExceptionForIoErrno(ErrorInfo errorInfo, String path, Boolean isDirError) at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, UnixFileMode openPermissions, Int64& fileLength, UnixFileMode& filePermissions, Boolean failForSymlink, Boolean& wasSymlink, Func4 createOpenException) at System.IO.FileSystem.CopyFile(String sourceFullPath, String destFullPath, Boolean overwrite) at Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.ManagedFileSystem.CopyFile(String source, String target, Boolean overwrite) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ApplicationHost.BackupDatabases(String destinationFolder) at MBBackup.ServerEntryPoint.ExecuteBackupInternal(PluginConfiguration configuration, CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress1 progress) at MBBackup.ServerEntryPoint.ExecuteBackup(PluginConfiguration configuration, CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress`1 progress) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.ScheduledTaskWorker.ExecuteInternal(TaskOptions options)"

Regarding the setup, is this best way of doing it or I'm I just making a dogs dinner? This is all guess work lol.

Also, I have noticed that Emby is using port 8097 instead of their port numbers, 8096 and 8920. I'm guessing I have to use port 8097 for the outside world? Any way of using HTTPS?

Thanks again for sorting out the upgrade

[al-lac]

Hey @JohnWallerUK,

glad to hear that the update solved most issues for you.

I would not recommend to change things around in the docker-compose.yml as those changes would be overwritten with the next Emby update.

Best practice would be to store your media in the Downloads folder which is automatically being added to Emby and other apps in the Umbrel App Store like Plex or Jellyfin.

As for Backups, I would recommend the Umbrel Backups feature which should be released sometime later this month.

And correct, port 8096 is already reserved for Jellyfin, that is why Emby is using port 8097.

You can use one of the following apps to make Emby available via HTTPS and on the Internet:

• Cloudflare Tunnel
• Nginx Proxy Manager
• OpenResty Manager

[JohnWallerUK]

Amazing. Someone needs to buy you a pint! Thank you so much for solving all my issues. It is very very much appreciated.

[al-lac]

I would not say no to that haha 🍻

Glad to be of help here, let me know if any more questions or issues come up. Appreciate the feedback! 🤝

Feel free to close this issue if everything is solved for you.

[JohnWallerUK]

One last thing... is there a way for the apps to automatically? If not, add to a new release?

[al-lac]

You mean if apps are updated automatically?

Right now I am taking care of most updates, emby is more manual, that is why it can take some time until the update hits the store. Should however not take longer than 1-2 weeks.

From your points of view you just need to press the update button in the store.

[JohnWallerUK]

What I meant was that some of the apps you update on your side... can there be an options for thoughs apps to be automatically updated on Umbrel server? So that the end user dose not need to keep checking to see if there are any updates that needs to be installed.

I understand that Emby is a new version update so some users might not want the auto upgrade but just having the options for lazy people (my self) to not to think about checking for updates.

[al-lac]

Got it. Right now there is no option for that, just an "Update All" button.

I will forward your suggestion to the team!

[JohnWallerUK]

Many thanks. Have a good weekend!

[JohnWallerUK]

Hello again,

I have been thinking about the Emby backup and thought what if people want to move their Emby setup to another platform or server? They wont be able to.

Can your devs team have a look to see if they they can fix the permissions issues so that Emby can make a full system backup?

I have also noticed that in Emby I can't change the catching location due to permissions as well so all artwork have to be re-downloaded :-(

[al-lac]

Hey @JohnWallerUK,

I would recommend to use the /config path for backups as this is writable to emby, just tried it and it works great:

About the caching location, what is the reason for changing the default directory?

[JohnWallerUK]

Thank you!
The backup does not import the files to that location.

[JohnWallerUK]

I guess this folder dose not get wiped after an update?