In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Airsonic Advanced, a free, open-source media streaming server, on Alpine Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have the latest version of Alpine Linux installed on your system. Also, we will be using the terminal to execute the commands.
Follow the steps below to install Airsonic Advanced on your Alpine Linux device:
Airsonic Advanced requires Java to run, so we need to install OpenJDK by running the following command:
sudo apk add openjdk8-jre
Once the installation completes, verify that Java is installed by running the command:
java -version
Open a terminal and run the following command to download the latest version of Airsonic Advanced from GitHub:
wget https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced/releases/latest/download/airsonic.war
Next, create a directory called airsonic where you will extract the contents of the downloaded airsonic.war file:
mkdir airsonic
cd airsonic
unzip ../airsonic.war
Open the airsonic/WEB-INF/application.properties file in a text editor of your choice and make the following changes:
server.scheme=http
server.contextPath=/
server.port=4040
Save and exit the file.
To run Airsonic Advanced, execute the following command:
nohup java -Dserver.port=4040 -jar airsonic.war &
Airsonic Advanced should now be running on your Alpine Linux device.
You can access Airsonic by opening a web browser and navigating to:
http://localhost:4040
By default, Airsonic will prompt you to create a new user account. Once you create a user account, you're all set to start streaming your media content.
That's it! You have successfully installed Airsonic Advanced on your Alpine Linux device.
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