airsonic-custom/documentation/INSTALL.md

Installing Libresonic

This document is designed to explain how to run Libresonic. Although the commands here are tailored to Linux, these steps should be easy to also perform on Windows. If you find something that could be improved in this documentation, please help contribute on the github project at https://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic.

This document aims to provide steps to install Libresonic in a quick fashion. However, there are other documents detailing specifics on running Libresonic. It is recommended to also read them after this document but before actually running Libresonic. To list some of the important ones:

• PROXY - Recommended if you plan on exposing Libresonic to the internet
• CONFIGURATION - Documents some startup configurations that cannot be changed in the Libresonic Settings Page
• DATABASE - Provides guidance on using a database other than HSQL 1.8. Strongly recommended for long term / heavy use.
• MIGRATE - Documents upgrading from an old Subsonic installation
• TRANSCODE - Mandatory setup if you want Libresonic to convert between formats on the fly

Installing From Pre-Compiled Package

Libresonic is packaged in a WAR format. This format is suitable for any OS running Java. Although the WAR format typically requires an application container such as Tomcat, Libresonic produces an executable WAR that can be run standalone.

Prerequisites

In order to install and run Libresonic, you will need:

• A JDK installation. 1.8.x series of OpenJDK or Oracle JDK 8+ should work.

Download Libresonic

WAR files are available on the Releases Page. Choose either stable or develop.

Tomcat Method

You will need a running Tomcat server. If you're unfamiliar with Tomcat, there are many guides on it. For debian/ubuntu like distributions, you may need to ensure /etc/default/tomcat8 has the correct JAVA_HOME set.

1. Download the latest war file:

   wget https://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic/releases/download/v6.2.beta1/libresonic-v6.2.beta1.war -O /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/libresonic.war
   

   Note that this command copies the war file directly to the Tomcat webapps directory, and renames it to libresonic.war.

2. Create the libresonic directory and assign ownership to the Tomcat system user (if running tomcat as a service):

   mkdir /var/libresonic
   chown tomcat8:tomcat8 /var/libresonic/
   

3. Start Tomcat, or restart it if running as a service, as in the example below using Systemd:

   systemctl restart tomcat8.service
   

   Note that it may take ~30 seconds after the service restarts for Tomcat to fully deploy the app. You can monitor /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out for the following message:

   INFO: Deployment of web application archive /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/libresonic.war has finished in 46,192 ms
   

4. In your web browser, navigate to http://IP_ADDRESS:8080/libresonic/, replacing IP_ADDRESS with your server's IP address, or 127.0.0.1 if installing locally.

SpringBoot Alternative to Tomcat

If you'd prefer not to use a Tomcat container, you can also run Libresonic as a standalone application. Note that, in that case, libresonic will available at http://IP_ADDRESS:8080 (and not IP_ADDRESS:8080/libresonic/).

Download the Libresonic Pre-Compiled Package as explained above and put it anywhere. Then create the libresonic directory. You may have to change the permissions on the folder to align with the user you will run libresonic as.

mkdir /var/libresonic/

Now you can simply run java against the libresonic.war package using a command like:

java -jar libresonic.war

Installing From Source

Prerequisites

In order to build, install, and run Libresonic, you will need:

• A recent version of Maven.
• A JDK installation. 1.8.x series of OpenJDK or Oracle JDK 8+ should work.
• A running Tomcat server. If you're unfamiliar with Tomcat, there are many guides on it.

On a Debian-based system, you can install all these prerequisites at once with:

apt-get update; apt-get install tomcat8 openjdk-7-jdk maven

Test Your System

1. Confirm your Maven installation:

   which mvn
   

2. Confirm that the $JAVA_HOME environment variable is set:

   echo $JAVA_HOME
   

3. If Java is installed, but the JAVA_HOME variable not set, be sure to set it before you continue.

Download and Build Libresonic

1. Clone the Libresonic repo:

   git clone git://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic.git
   cd libresonic
   

   If you don't have a GitHub account, use https://github.com/Libresonic/libresonic.git instead.

2. At the time of this writing, we reccomend building from the development branch, as Libresonic has not had a stable release since being forked.

   git checkout develop
   

3. Using Maven, build Subsonic:

   mvn package
   

4. You should know have a war file:

   ls libresonic-main/target/libresonic.war 
   libresonic-main/target/libresonic.war
   

5. Copy the war file to the Tomcat webapps directory:

   cp libresonic-main/target/libresonic.war /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps
   

6. Create the libresonic directory and assign ownership to the Tomcat system user (if running tomcat as a service):

   mkdir /var/libresonic
   chown tomcat8:tomcat8 /var/libresonic/
   

7. Start Tomcat, or restart it if running as a service, as in the example below using Systemd:

   systemctl restart tomcat8.service
   

   Note that it may take ~30 seconds after the service restarts for Tomcat to fully deploy the app. You can monitor /var/log/tomcat8/catalina.out for the following message:

   INFO: Deployment of web application archive /var/lib/tomcat8/webapps/libresonic.war has finished in 46,192 ms
   

8. In your web browser, navigate to 192.0.2.10:8080/libresonic/, replacing 192.0.2.0 with your server's IP address, or 127.0.0.1 if installing locally.