Second server, users don't stay logged in.

[joshinils 13]

I have now started to migrate some content over to a second machine, and have a second instance of emby server on that.

The problem I am facing is that on my android app (and the amazon firetv app) I get logged out when I close the app, even though I checked the "Angemeldet bleiben" (stay logged in) box.
Sometimes I open the previously closed app It asks me for the user and pw of the old server, I have to switch to the new one and then log in. It never remembers which server I logged in to.

On android, when I clear cache I get logged out, and It always offers me the first server over the newer one, which I don't want to use on my phone, or on the TV.

Also, when I then select "change server" It only sometimes shows me the other one in the top left, and it appears to randomly show me the new one there if I repeat this by going back and re-selecting "change server".-

Ideally, I'd like to prioritize the servers I have here, or blindly hide one of them from the login screen.
I'd guess this is also a problem for people using a lan-lan bridge over the internet, where each end has a local server, but you'd want to prefer the local one over the far one.

Is this a known Issue, and is there a solution to this for me?

I don't want to just turn off the old one via console and enable it again every time I want to use it (`sudo service emby-server stop`), but I guess that's possible, and would of course solve my issue.

I do want to keep the servers strictly separate. I know of the library access features. It for example shows all matched actors for everyone, always, no matter the configured library access.

[Luke 42077]

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On android, when I clear cache I get logged out

Hi, what do you mean by clear cache?

[Luke 42077]

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blindly hide one of them from the login screen.

You can delete a server from the server selection screen.

[darkassassin07 652]

4 hours ago, joshinils said:

I have now started to migrate some content over to a second machine, and have a second instance of emby server on that.

When you created this second instance; did you start from scratch, or did you copy files (specifically the /data/ directory of emby server) from the original server?

[joshinils 13]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Hi, what do you mean by clear cache?

In the android settings for the app. App-info, storage, clear cache (actual wording might be different, my locale is german)

 

1 hour ago, Luke said:

You can delete a server from the server selection screen.

I did, it re-appears.

 

1 hour ago, darkassassin07 said:

When you created this second instance; did you start from scratch, or did you copy files (specifically the /data/ directory of emby server) from the original server?

Ah, of course I used an export, imported it and changed the paths of the libraries, the display name of the new server, entered my premiere key, the hostname is different anyway.

But I did not copy any files manually outside of the backup interface. I had some trouble with it, but was last year and I don't quite remember. I did input multiple exports until I got what I wanted. I then let it scan the libraries I've set up. Some hickups with permissions, but that's all.

[GrimReaper 4739]

8 minutes ago, joshinils said:

Ah, of course I used an export, imported it and changed the paths of the libraries, the display name of the new server, entered my premiere key, the hostname is different anyway.

But I did not copy any files manually outside of the backup interface. I had some trouble with it, but was last year and I don't quite remember. I did input multiple exports until I got what I wanted. I then let it scan the libraries I've set up. Some hickups with permissions, but that's all.

Delete device.txt from programdata\data folder of second instance, restart server.

[joshinils 13]

Maybe this should be a question it asks me when i import a backup.

Whether i want it to be a clone, or a (deep-)copy alongside the instance the backup is from.

[Luke 42077]

On 2/8/2025 at 10:19 PM, joshinils said:

Maybe this should be a question it asks me when i import a backup.

 

What he mentioned above is already a question that is asked during the restore.