Funkwhale is a free, decentralized, and open-source music streaming platform that enables you to stream, download, and upload music to share it with others. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Funkwhale on OpenBSD.
Before you start, you will need the following:
The first step is to install the necessary dependencies for running Funkwhale on OpenBSD. First, update the package repository:
$ sudo pkg_add -U u
Then install the required packages:
$ sudo pkg_add python3 py3-pip postgresql-server postgresql-client alpine
Docker is a lightweight containerization technology that allows for easy deployment and management of applications. We'll use Docker to run Funkwhale containers. We'll also need Docker Compose, which is a tool for managing multi-container Docker applications.
To install Docker and Docker Compose, run the following commands:
$ sudo pkg_add docker docker-compose
$ sudo rcctl enable docker
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
The final command adds your user to the Docker group, allowing you to run Docker commands without sudo.
Funkwhale uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. We'll need to create a new database and user for Funkwhale to use. To do this, run the following commands:
$ sudo su - _postgresql
$ initdb -D /var/postgresql/data -U postgres -A scram-sha-256
$ createuser -P funkwhale
$ createdb -O funkwhale funkwhale
The first command switches to the PostgreSQL user. The second command initializes a new PostgreSQL database cluster. The third and fourth commands create a new user and database, both named funkwhale.
The next step is to configure the Funkwhale application to use the PostgreSQL database we just created. To do this, clone the Funkwhale repository and switch to the latest release branch:
$ git clone https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale.git
$ cd funkwhale
$ git checkout tags/<latest-release>
Next, create a new file called .env in the funkwhale directory, and add the following contents:
POSTGRES_USER=funkwhale
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<your-postgres-password>
POSTGRES_DB=funkwhale
FUNKWHALE_HOST=<your-domain-or-ip>
FUNKWHALE_PROTOCOL=https
FUNKWHALE_SECRET_KEY=<your-secret-key>
Be sure to replace <your-postgres-password> with a strong password for the funkwhale PostgreSQL user, <your-domain-or-ip> with your server's domain name or IP address, and <your-secret-key> with a random secret key.
Now it's time to build and run Funkwhale using Docker Compose. To do this, navigate to the funkwhale directory and run the following command:
$ docker-compose up -d
This will build and start the necessary Docker containers for running Funkwhale.
Once the Docker containers have started, you can access Funkwhale by navigating to https://<your-domain-or-ip> in your web browser. You should see the Funkwhale login page.
To log in as the administrator, you'll need to create an account using the funkwhale-manager script. To do this, run the following command:
$ sudo alpine funkwhale-manager createadmin
Follow the prompts to create a new administrator account.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Funkwhale on OpenBSD. From here, you can start uploading and streaming music on your new server.
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