Ampache is a web-based audio & video streaming application that lets you access your personal media collections from anywhere in the world. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Ampache on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we start, make sure you have the following:
We need to install some necessary packages before installing Ampache. Run the following command to update your package list:
pkg update
Next, install the required packages using:
pkg install nginx mariadb102-server php72 php72-mysqli php72-curl php72-simplexml php72-json php72-pdo php72-pdo_mysql php72-xmlwriter php72-zip php72-zlib
Next, we need to configure MariaDB to create a database for Ampache. Run the following command to start the MySQL/MariaDB service:
service mysql-server start
Once the service is running, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to set a new root password, which is highly recommended for security purposes. You can also remove the test database and anonymous user from the server.
Next, create a new database, user, and grant privileges to the user on the new database using the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
Log in to the MariaDB server and enter the root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE ampachedb;
CREATE USER 'ampacheuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ampachedb.* TO 'ampacheuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Note: Replace "password" with your desired password.
Download the latest version of Ampache from the official Ampache website:
https://github.com/ampache/ampache/releases/latest
Extract the contents of the downloaded file into the document root directory of your web server. In this tutorial, we are using Nginx, so the document root directory is /usr/local/www/nginx/.
cd /usr/local/www/nginx/
tar xvf ~/Downloads/ampache-x.x.x.tar.gz
mv ampache-x.x.x ampache
After extracting the files, navigate to the ampache directory and locate the config directory. Copy the config.dist.php file to config.php:
cd /usr/local/www/nginx/ampache/
cp config/{config.dist.php,config.php}
Edit the config.php file, and specify your MySQL/MariaDB database details, including the database name, username, and password.
define('AMPACHE_DB_TYPE', 'mysqli');
define('AMPACHE_DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('AMPACHE_DB_USER', 'ampacheuser');
define('AMPACHE_DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('AMPACHE_DB_NAME', 'ampachedb');
Note: Replace "password" with your MariaDB root password.
We need to configure Nginx to serve Ampache content over the web. Create a new configuration file for Nginx named ampache.conf in the /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ directory using the following command:
nano /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ampache.conf
Add the following contents to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace example.com with your Domain Name or IP address
root /usr/local/www/nginx/ampache;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/local/www/nginx/ampache;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri /index.php = 404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock; # Replace with the path to your PHP-FPM socket file
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "open_basedir=/usr/local/www/nginx/ampache/:/tmp/";
}
location ~ /\.(ht|git|svn) {
deny all;
}
}
Make sure to replace the server_name parameter with your domain name or IP address.
Once you have done all the above steps, restart the Nginx and PHP-FPM services:
service nginx restart
service php-fpm restart
Open your web browser and enter the IP address or domain name of your server in the address bar. You will see the Ampache login page.
Enter the default username and password, which is:
Username: admin
Password: admin
After you log in, you can configure Ampache by going to "System Configuration" -> "Settings" -> "Maintenance".
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ampache on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can easily manage your audio and video collections from anywhere in the world.
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