/ultimate-media-server

A docker collection of services needed to make the best automated media server in existence with the least amount of effort.

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Ultimate Media Server

ultimate-media-server

A collection of services that stands up all your media automation needs with Docker containers.

What's in the box?!

Getting Started

Prequisites

  • You're on a *nix machine (preferably Ubuntu)
  • For the purposes of this guide...
    • All of your media is located at ./media
    • Your temp directory is located at ./temp
  • This guide assumes you have a hosts file mapping ultimate.media.server to 127.0.0.1.

To setup

  • npm install

To start

  • PIA_USER=username PIA_PASS=password npm run docker
    • Note that this will take a few minutes depending on your broadband speed on inital startup.
    • Every restart thereafter will be almost instant.
  • Bonus: All containers will automatically restart after power outages

To stop

  • npm run docker:stop

To restart (useful for quick auto-updating of apps)

  • npm run docker:restart

Once the install finishes open your navigate to the following:

Want Transmission to run with authentication?

  • Add the transmission username and password params and run the command below.
  • PIA_USER=username PIA_PASS=password TRANSMISSION_USER=tUsername TRANSMISSION_PASS=tPassword npm run docker

The <insert service> web app won't come up or isn't running

  • This guide is only supported on *nix OSes. Try running on Ubuntu.
  • Try restarting the services with npm run docker:restart

Special thanks to the maintainers of the following docker containers: