How to Install Ampache on OpenSUSE Latest

Ampache is an open-source web-based music streaming and media management software. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Ampache on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

• You need administrative access to the server that you are going to install Ampache on.

• A web server (Apache or Nginx) is already installed and running.

• PHP version 7.2 or above is installed on the server with the required extensions.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before you begin installing Ampache on your OpenSUSE server, you need to install the required dependencies.

Open the terminal window and enter the following command to install packages:

sudo zypper in apache2-mod_php7 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-ctype php7-curl php7-dom php7-gd php7-gettext php7-json php7-maria php7-mbstring php7-mysqli php7-session php7-sockets php7-tokenizer php7-xmlreader php7-xmlwriter php7-zip

Step 2: Download and Configure Ampache

1. Download Ampache source from https://github.com/ampache/ampache and extract it into the /var/www/html directory.

sudo wget -O ampache.tar.gz https://github.com/ampache/ampache/releases/download/4.4.4/ampache-4.4.4_all.zip
sudo tar -xvf ampache.tar.gz -C /var/www/htdocs/ && cd /var/www/htdocs/ 
sudo mv ampache-4.4.4_all/* ./ && rm -rf ampache-4.4.4_all/ && rm ampache.tar.gz

2. Give permission to the Apache user to modify the Ampache directory:

sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /var/www/htdocs/
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/htdocs/

3. Configure the database for Ampache:

• Run the following command to login to the MySQL server as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

• Create a new database for Ampache:

CREATE DATABASE ampache;

• Create a new user for Ampache:

CREATE USER 'ampacheuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';

• Grant permissions to the Ampache user to access the new database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ampache.* TO 'ampacheuser'@'localhost';

• Exit from the MySQL server:

exit

4. Configure Ampache:

• Rename the file ampache.cfg.php.dist to ampache.cfg.php:

sudo mv /var/www/htdocs/config/ampache.cfg.php.dist /var/www/htdocs/config/ampache.cfg.php

• Open the Ampache configuration file for editing:

sudo nano /var/www/htdocs/config/ampache.cfg.php

• Update the following configuration settings:

define('AMPACHE_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('AMPACHE_DB_USER', 'ampacheuser');
define('AMPACHE_DB_PASS', 'StrongPassword');
define('AMPACHE_DB_NAME', 'ampache');

Step 3: Configure the Web Server

Now, you need to configure the web server to serve the Ampache files.

1. For Apache, create a new configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ampache.conf

• Add the following configuration settings:

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName YourServerName
  DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs"
  <Directory "/var/www/htdocs">
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

• Enable the rewrite module:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

• Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

2. For Nginx, create a new configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/ampache

• Add the following configuration settings:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name YourServerName;
    root /var/www/htdocs;
    index index.php;
    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php7.4-fpm.sock;
    }
}

• Create a symbolic link to enable the site:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/ampache /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

• Restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 4: Access Ampache

You can access Ampache by going to http://YourServerName/ampache in your web browser.

• The first time you access Ampache, you will be prompted to run the installation wizard.

• Follow the wizard instructions to complete the installation.

• Once you have completed the installation, you can start uploading and streaming your media files.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure Ampache on OpenSUSE latest. By following the instructions in this guide, you should be able to set up Ampache quickly and easily on your OpenSUSE server.

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