Deploy and Host Jellyfin + Google Drive

Run a private, open-source, Plex-style media library using Google Drive for the original media files. One Railway container includes Jellyfin, OpenList, OStrm, and Caddy; one persistent volume stores configuration, metadata, artwork, and the generated STRM library.

About Hosting

Railway runs the combined container and provides HTTPS, a public domain, health checks, logs, and a persistent 5 GB volume. OpenList reads Google Drive through its API, so this setup does not require a privileged FUSE mount. Playback traffic passes through Railway and is billed as outbound network usage.

Why Deploy

One service, domain, volume, and deploy button.
Automatic movie and TV identification, corrected display names, posters, summaries, cast, years, and genres through Jellyfin's metadata providers.
Scheduled Drive scanning and lightweight STRM generation through OStrm.
Pinned, checksum-verified open-source components and automatically generated secrets.
Original video files remain in Google Drive instead of consuming Railway volume space.

Common Use Cases

A personal movie or television library stored in Google Drive.
A self-hosted alternative to Plex with automatic metadata.
A remotely accessible Jellyfin server without maintaining a VPS.
Scheduled catalog updates when media is added to Drive.

Dependencies for Jellyfin + Google Drive

Deployment Dependencies

A Railway account with enough compute and outbound-transfer allowance. About 2 GB of memory is recommended.
A Google account and Drive content you are authorized to store and stream.
The public ghcr.io/youssefsiam38/jellyfin-drive-railway:1.0.2 image.
No external database and no privileged container.

Included Applications

Jellyfin 12.0
OpenList 4.2.6
OStrm 2.6.0
Caddy

After Deploying

Let https://YOUR-DOMAIN be the generated Railway domain.

Open /openlist/ and sign in as admin with the generated OPENLIST_ADMIN_PASSWORD variable.
Add Google Drive using the official OpenList guide.
Open /, create the OStrm account, then add OpenList as http://127.0.0.1:5244/openlist. Set STRM Base URL to https://YOUR-DOMAIN.
Create a scheduled OStrm task for the Drive media folder.
Open /jellyfin/, complete the wizard, and add /data/media as the Movies or Shows library.

See the project README for full setup, limitations, local testing, and licenses.