Subsonic Docker Configuration

This repoository contains configuration files for building Docker images for Subsonic, a personal media streaming server. The Docker image that can created with this configuration is light-weight (based on Alpine Linux) and contains all necessary tools for running Subsonic including Java (Open JDK JRE) and some audio conversion tools (ffmpeg, LAME).

Details

The following table provides an overview of the software components used in this Docker image:

Name	Version	Comments
Alpine Linux	3.7.x	Linux Kernel 4.9.x
OpenJDK JRE	1.8.0_x
Subsonic	6.1.6	Standalone version running on Jetty
LAME	3.100
ffmpeg	3.4

Building the Image

Clone this repository and build the image using the following command:

$ docker build -t <your-name>/subsonic subsonic

Downloading the Image

An already built image is hosted on Dockerhub and can be downloaded with the following command:

$ docker pull gzurowski/subsonic

Running the Image

A Docker container can be launched using the following example command:

$ docker run -it --rm \
  --publish 4040:4040
  --volume "<path-to-your-music-files>:/var/music:ro"
  --volume "<path-to-store-config>:/var/subsonic"
  gzurowski/subsonic

Configuration

The following two volumes are defined for persisting data:

Name	Location
/var/subsonic	All of Subsonics dynamic files including configuration properties and the database. Note: All Subsonic binaries are located in the container image at path /opt/subsonic.
/var/music	Location to your media files / music collection.