Installing Airsonic on Windows, Free Self-Hosted Music Streamer
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Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0164.html
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Downloads and Pre-requisites
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01. Download OpenJDK https://jdk.java.net/
02. Download Apache Tomcat https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi
03. Download Airsonic.war https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic/releases
04. Extract the OpenJDK archive to C:\program files\OpenJDK
05. Click the Start button and search Control Panel
06. Navigate to System ≫ Advanced System Settings
07. Click the Environment Variables button
08. Under System Variables, click New
09. In the Variable Name field enter JAVA_HOME
10. In the Variable Value field enter the full path to C:\program files\OpenJDK
11. Click OK to close all the open dialog windows
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Installing Tomcat
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01. Double click the Apache Tomcat installer executable
02. Click Next and then I Agree
03. On the Choose Components screen, uncheck everything except Core, Service Startup and Native ≫ Click Next
04. Set the port to 8000 and Service Name ≫ Click Next
05. At the Java Virtual Machine screen, input C:\program files\OpenJDK ≫ Click Next
06. Verify the install location ≫ Click Install
07. After the installation completes, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000
08. An Apache Tomcat splash screen should display with the version of Tomcat that is currently running
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Installing Airsonic
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01. Copy the airsonic.war file downloaded earlier to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory
02. Within a few moments Apache Tomcat should see the .war file and extract it to a /airsonic sub-directory
a. If this doesn't occur automatically, try right clicking the Start button ≫ Run ≫ services.msc and restarting the Apache Tomcat service
04. Once the .war file has extracted itself to a directory, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000/airsonic
05. Login with username: admin, password: admin
06. Click the Change administrator password link
07. Check the Change password box
08. Input the new password twice and click the Save button
09. Select Media folders from the top navigation
10. Add one or more media folders and click the Save button
11. Click the Scan media folders now link for Airsonic to begin importing your music library
12. Click the Home button in the top navigation
13. Scanning files should show in the top right of the screen to indicate the import progress
14. Click the Refresh link on the left navigation to watch as artists are scanned and added
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Optional Steps
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01. To remove the need to navigate to /airsonic, navigate to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory in Explorer
02. Delete the ROOT directory if it exists
03. Rename the airsonic directory ROOT
04. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNS-or-IP:8000/ to reach the Airsonic
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