Prepare an app password
Enable Integrations compatibility in Settings → Server → Integrations. Create a named app password for the account and profile Home Assistant should use, with read and playback scopes. Server-wide monitoring or administration requires native administrator authority and appropriate scope, such as admin.
Configure Home Assistant
- Add the integration labeled Jellyfin in Home Assistant.
- Enter Portico’s server URL, the bound username and the dedicated app password.
- Finish setup and check which sessions the account can see.
Use the URL reachable from Home Assistant, not its own loopback address. Use a dedicated app password rather than an actual account password or PIN.
Supported controls
Pause, resume, seek and stop translate to native session controls with their revision checks. The bound account/profile must have permission for the session. Unsupported commands return an error.
Volume, mute, starting playback on another player and media-source streaming are outside this connection’s supported scope. Test one permitted session’s pause and resume before attaching an automation.