v1.6.611 — Wizarr: invite friends to your media server with a link
Posted by tomspark
New app in the list: Wizarr. You know the routine — someone asks to get on your Plex, and you end up making them an account by hand and sending a password over text. Wizarr replaces that with a link. They click it, pick their own username and password, and Wizarr creates the account on your Jellyfin, Plex, or Emby for you. They also get a short walkthrough of how to actually watch, which saves you answering the same three questions every time. The bits worth setting on each invite: - Expiry — so a link forwarded around next year isn't still good. - Uses — set it to 1 and it works for one person only. - Libraries — share the films without sharing everything else. Turn it on under Apps → Wizarr (off by default). One thing to do straight away: open it right after enabling and finish the setup screen, because the first person to reach it becomes the admin. It'll want your media server's address and an API key — for Jellyfin that's Dashboard → Advanced → API Keys. Full walkthrough: https://tomsparkbox.com/guides/wizarr-setup Boxes on auto-update get 1.6.611 overnight; sudo sparkbox upgrade gets it now. --- Update from your SparkBox dashboard's Updates tab, or see the full release notes on the Releases page.