How to install Mopidy MusicBox on OpenBSD

Mopidy is a music server that can play music from various sources such as local files, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Google Play Music. Mopidy MusicBox is a web client that provides a web interface for managing Mopidy. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Mopidy MusicBox on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following:

• An OpenBSD installation
• Root or sudo access to the system
• Basic knowledge of using the OpenBSD terminal

Installation

Step 1: Install Mopidy

First, we need to install Mopidy. Mopidy is available in OpenBSD packages. To install it, run the following command:

# pkg_add mopidy

This will install the latest version of Mopidy from the official OpenBSD package repositories.

Step 2: Configure Mopidy

Next, we need to configure Mopidy to use the MusicBox web client. Edit the Mopidy configuration file /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf:

# vi /etc/mopidy/mopidy.conf

Add the following lines to the end of the file:

[musicbox]
enabled = true
data_dir = /var/lib/mopidy/musicbox

Save and exit the file.

Step 3: Install the MusicBox web client

Clone the MusicBox web client source code from Github:

# git clone https://github.com/pimusicbox/mopidy-musicbox-webclient.git

This will create a directory named mopidy-musicbox-webclient in the current working directory.

Step 4: Configure the MusicBox web client

Edit the MusicBox configuration file mopidy-musicbox-webclient/settings/settings.ini:

# vi mopidy-musicbox-webclient/settings/settings.ini

Replace the [http] section with the following:

[http]
enabled = true
hostname = 0.0.0.0
port = 6680
static_dir = /var/lib/mopidy/musicbox/webclient/

This will configure the web client to use port 6680 and serve static files from /var/lib/mopidy/musicbox/webclient/.

Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Install the MusicBox web client

Next, copy the MusicBox web client files to the Mopidy data directory:

# mkdir -p /var/lib/mopidy/musicbox/webclient/
# cp -R mopidy-musicbox-webclient/* /var/lib/mopidy/musicbox/webclient/

Step 6: Start Mopidy

Start the Mopidy service:

# rcctl start mopidy

Step 7: Enable MusicBox

Enable the MusicBox web client by running the following command:

# mopidyctl config set musicbox/enabled true

Step 8: Access the MusicBox web client

Open a web browser and navigate to http://<your-ip-address>:6680/musicbox_webclient/. This will open the MusicBox web client in your browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Mopidy MusicBox on OpenBSD. We also learned how to configure Mopidy and the MusicBox web client. Now you can use the MusicBox web client to manage your music collection from a web interface.

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