In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Koel on Linux Mint Latest. Koel is an open-source personal music streaming server that can run on a server or personal computer.
Before we start, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed:
If you don't have any of the above requirements installed, you need to install them before proceeding.
The first step is to install the Apache Web Server. You can do this by opening the terminal and running the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Once the installation is done, you can check if the Apache server is running by visiting the http://localhost address in your web browser. If you see the Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page, then you have successfully installed the Apache Web Server.
Next, we need to install PHP on our system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
Once the installation is done, you can check if PHP is installed by running the following command:
php --version
The next step is to install MariaDB, which is an open-source relational database management system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
Once the installation is done, you need to run the following command to secure MariaDB:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will prompt you to set the MariaDB root password, remove anonymous users, disable root login remotely, and remove test databases. Follow the instructions and secure your MariaDB installation.
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install composer
Once the installation is done, you can check if Composer is installed by running the following command:
composer --version
Now, we are ready to download and install Koel.
sudo mkdir /var/www/koel
cd /var/www/koel
sudo git clone https://github.com/koel/core.git ./
sudo composer install --no-dev
sudo cp .env.example .env
sudo nano .env
You need to set the database connection details, base URL, and other settings.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/koel
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/koel
Now, we need to create a new VirtualHost file for Koel. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/koel.conf
And paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName koel.local
DocumentRoot /var/www/koel/public
<Directory /var/www/koel/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/koel-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/koel-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save the changes and exit.
Next, enable the newly created VirtualHost:
sudo a2ensite koel.conf
Then, restart the Apache Web Server:
sudo service apache2 restart
Finally, you can access Koel by visiting http://koel.local in your web browser. If everything is set up correctly, you should see the Koel welcome screen.
You can log in using the default credentials:
Email: admin@admin.com
Password: admin
Once you log in, you can start adding your music collection and customize the settings.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Koel on Linux Mint Latest. Now, you can enjoy your music library anywhere by streaming it through your server.
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