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Installing AzuraCast on Arch Linux

Prerequisites

Prior to installing AzuraCast on your Arch Linux system, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A user account with administrative privileges.
• A server or VPS running on Arch Linux.
• Git, Docker, and Docker-compose installed on the system.

Step 1: Installing git, docker, and docker-compose

The first step is to install git, docker, and docker-compose on your Arch Linux machine. To do this, open the terminal and execute the following commands:

# Update the repositories:
$ sudo pacman -Syy

# Installation of Git:
$ sudo pacman -S git

# Installation of Docker:
$ sudo pacman -S docker

# Installation of Docker-Compose:
$ sudo pacman -S docker-compose

After executing these commands, you can verify the installation of git, Docker, and Docker-compose, using the following commands:

$ git version
$ docker --version
$ sudo docker-compose version

The output of these commands should show the version information of git, Docker, and Docker-Compose installed on your Arch Linux machine.

Step 2: Cloning the AzuraCast Repository

The second step is to clone the AzuraCast repository on your system using the git command.

# Change the current working directory
$ cd /var/

# Clone the repository
$ sudo git clone https://github.com/AzuraCast/AzuraCast.git azuracast

At this point, you should have the AzuraCast codebase in the azuracast directory under the var directory.

Step 3: Configuring AzuraCast

The third step is to configure your AzuraCast installation.

# Change the current working directory
$ cd /var/azuracast

# Copy .env.example to .env
$ sudo cp .env.example .env

# Edit the .env file for your environment preferences
$ sudo nano .env 

In the .env file, you can configure environment variables about the AzuraCast instance, like timezone, database credentials, and email settings.

Save and exit the file once you've configured your preferences.

Step 4: Run AzuraCast with Docker

Now, you can run AzuraCast with Docker by using the below command:

# Start the containers
$ sudo docker-compose up -d 

Wait for a while until the Docker images downloaded and the containers are running appropriately.

# Check the broadcaster container logs
$ sudo docker logs -f azuracast_station_broadcaster_1

If the broadcaster container logs do not show any errors, then you can access the AzuraCast web-based dashboard using your server's IP address or domain name.

Conclusion

By following the above steps, you should have AzuraCast installed and running on your Arch Linux machine using Docker. You should be able to access the AzuraCast web-based dashboard on your server's IP address or domain name.

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