This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Airsonic Advanced, a media server software, on FreeBSD Latest using the official GitHub repository.
Before starting the installation, please ensure that you have:
To begin, it is essential to update the system and ensure it is up to date. Run the following command in the terminal to do so:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
Airsonic Advanced has a set of dependencies that must be installed before installing the software itself. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo pkg install openjdk8 ffmpeg flac mp3gain lame postgresql94-server curl
Airsonic Advanced uses a PostgreSQL database to store and manage its content. To create a new PostgreSQL database, run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo echo 'postgresql_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
sudo service postgresql initdb
sudo service postgresql start
sudo su - postgres
createuser -P airsonic
createdb -O airsonic airsonic
exit
Now that you have installed all the required dependencies and created a PostgreSQL database, it's time to download and install Airsonic Advanced from the official GitHub repository. Run the following commands to do so:
cd /usr/local/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/airsonic-advanced/airsonic-advanced.git
sudo chown -R www:www airsonic-advanced/
Finally, you need to configure Airsonic Advanced before you can start using it. To configure Airsonic Advanced, copy the default configuration file and make necessary changes to it. Run the following commands to do so:
sudo cp /usr/local/www/airsonic-advanced/application.yml.example /usr/local/www/airsonic-advanced/application.yml
sudo vi /usr/local/www/airsonic-advanced/application.yml
In the opened file, update the following settings:
server.context-path: /airsonicserver.port: 8080spring.datasource.url: jdbc:postgresql://localhost/airsonicspring.datasource.username: airsonicspring.datasource.password: <YOUR_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD>Save and close the file.
After completing the configuration, you can start Airsonic Advanced using the following command:
sudo service airsonic-advanced start
In your web browser, navigate to http://<ip-address>:8080/airsonic/ to access the Airsonic Advanced web interface.
You have successfully installed Airsonic Advanced on FreeBSD Latest. You can now use and configure it according to your needs.
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