Tried to Wipe JellyFin DB
Posted by BirdMan
Forgot Pass in the middle of setting all this up, so asked AI to help since i couldn't find Jellyfin recovery Pin (not savy with navigating linux file system) and lead me to this. which now jellyfin won't launch and i've run out of daily questions, which i didn't think would be a thing..... docker logs sb-jellyfin-media /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log 2&1 cat /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log | head -60root@DESKTOP-4B9FGIO:/mnt/c/Users/Server 2.0 cat /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log | head -60docker logs sb-jellyfin-media /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log 2&1 cat /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log | hroot@DESKTOP-4B9FGIO:/mnt/c/Users/Server 2.0 cat /tmp/je^C root@DESKTOP-4B9FGIO:/mnt/c/Users/Server 2.0 docker logs sb-jellyfin-media /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log 2&1 cat /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log | head -60root@DESKTOP-4B9FGIO:/mnt/c/Users/Server 2.0 cat /tmp/jellyfin-crash.log | head -60 [06:46:44] [INF] [1] Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase.BaseConfigurationManager: Setting cache path: /cache [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Jellyfin.Server.ServerSetupApp.SetupServer: Kestrel is listening on 0.0.0.0 [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Jellyfin version: 10.11.11 [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Environment Variables: ["[JELLYFINCONFIGDIR, /config/config]", "[JELLYFINFFMPEG, /usr/lib/jellyfin-ffmpeg/ffmpeg]", "[JELLYFINLOGDIR, /config/log]", "[JELLYFINWEBDIR, /jellyfin/jellyfin-web]", "[JELLYFINDATADIR, /config]", "[JELLYFINCACHEDIR, /cache]"] [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Arguments: ["/jellyfin/jellyfin.dll"] [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Operating system: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Architecture: X64 [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: 64-Bit Process: True [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: User Interactive: True [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Processor count: 2 [06:46:44] [INF] [9] Main: Program dat …(reply truncated — full chat sent to Tom)
4 replies
Chris wrote:
You're okay - please don't delete or reset anything else for now, nothing here is unrecoverable. The log you pasted cut off right before the actual error line, so I can't tell what's wrong yet from it. Two read-only checks, no changes: 1) run sudo sparkbox doctor and paste what it prints. 2) run docker logs sb-jellyfin-media --tail 50 and paste that (the real crash reason shows near the bottom, not the start you sent). Once Jellyfin's back up, there's a safe built-in way to see your saved password without ever touching a recovery PIN.
BirdMan wrote:
I actually got this issue resolved by factory resetting and going through the process again.
Chris wrote:
Glad you are back up. Sorry the assistant steered you toward touching Jellyfin database directly instead of a safe path -- I have flagged that so it stops happening. For next time, a forgotten Jellyfin password does not need a factory reset: run sudo sparkbox reset-password jellyfin from the boxs terminal to reset it in place without wiping libraries, or check Settings, Service Passwords in the SparkBox dashboard to view what is already saved there.
BirdMan wrote:
That would have been better. Thanks for implementing that.