Install AirSonic on Debian/Ubuntu 🌱

What is AirSonic

Airsonic is a free, web-based media streamer, providing ubiquitous access to your music. Use it to share your music with friends, or to listen to your own music while at work. You can stream to multiple players simultaneously, for instance to one player in your kitchen and another in your living room. -https://airsonic.github.io/

1. Log into the Linux device
2. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install openjdk
   sudo apt install default-jdk -y
   # set java-home
   sudo update-alternatives --config java
   # create tomcat group and user
   sudo mkdir /var/lib/tomcat9
   sudo groupadd tomcat
   sudo useradd -s /bin/false -g tomcat -d /var/lib/tomcat9 tomcat
   # lookup the latest tomcat 9 release
   regex='<a href="v[^/]*\/">v([^/]*)\/<\/a>' && response=$(curl -s https://downloads.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-9/?C=M;O=D) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
   # download tomcat 9
   curl -O https://downloads.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-9/v$downloadURL/bin/apache-tomcat-$downloadURL.tar.gz
   # extract tomcat 9
   sudo tar xzvf apache-tomcat-9*tar.gz -C /var/lib/tomcat9 --strip-components=1
   # create directories and set permissions
   sudo mkdir /var/airsonic/
   sudo chown -R tomcat:tomcat /var/airsonic/
   cd /var/lib/tomcat9
   sudo chgrp -R tomcat /var/lib/tomcat9
   sudo chmod -R g+r conf
   sudo chmod g+x conf
   sudo chown -R tomcat webapps/ work/ temp/ logs/
   # run tomcat as a service
   sudo update-java-alternatives -l
   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service
3. Paste the following configuration into tomcat.service

   [Unit]
   Description=Apache Tomcat
   After=network.target

   [Service]
   ReadWritePaths=/var/airsonic/
   Type=forking

   Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
   Environment=CATALINA_PID=/var/lib/tomcat9/temp/tomcat.pid
   Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/var/lib/tomcat9
   Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/var/lib/tomcat9
   Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'
   Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom'

   ExecStart=/var/lib/tomcat9/bin/startup.sh
   ExecStop=/var/lib/tomcat9/bin/shutdown.sh

   User=tomcat
   Group=tomcat
   UMask=0007
   RestartSec=10
   Restart=always

   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target

4. Continue with the following commands in terminal:
   # reload services
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   # set tomcat to start on boot
   sudo systemctl enable tomcat
   # stop tomcat service
   sudo systemctl stop tomcat

Install AirSonic

1. Continue with the following commands in terminal:
   # download airsonic
   sudo wget -O /var/lib/tomcat9/webapps/airsonic.war https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic/releases/download/v10.6.2/airsonic.war
   # start tomcat service
   sudo systemctl start tomcat.service
2. Back in the web browser, navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080/airsonic
3. Login to AirSonic with username admin and password admin
4. Welcome to AirSonic
5. Click the Change administrator password link
6. Check the Change password box
7. Input the new password twice and click the Save button

Source: https://airsonic.github.io/docs/install/war-tomcat/