How to Install Audioserve on FreeBSD Latest

Audioserve is a self-hosted streaming server for personal media such as music and audiobooks. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Audioserve on the latest version of FreeBSD with ease.

Requirements

Before you begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • FreeBSD latest version
  • Root or sudo user privileges
  • Basic knowledge of the command line

Install Dependencies

Before installing Audioserve, we need to make sure that all necessary dependencies are installed on our system. We will use the pkg package manager to install the dependencies:

  1. Update the package repository first:

    sudo pkg update

  2. Install the required dependencies:

    sudo pkg install ffmpeg node npm

Download Audioserve

After installing the dependencies, let’s download the Audioserve application by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/izderadicka/audioserve.git

Configure Audioserve

  1. Change directory to the audioserve directory:

    cd audioserve

  2. Install the required node modules:

    npm install

  3. Copy the default configuration file:

    cp config/default.yaml config/production.yaml

  4. Edit the production.yaml file:

    vi config/production.yaml

    In the file, set the following options:

    • port: The port number where Audioserve should listen on. You can use the default (3000), or any other available port.
    • root: The root directory of your media files.

  5. Save and exit the file.

Run Audioserve

Once the configuration is finished, we can now run the Audioserve application on our FreeBSD server. To start the server, run the following command:

npm run start-production

If everything goes well, you should see the following message:

Audioserve started on http://0.0.0.0:3000

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Audioserve on FreeBSD latest. You can now access Audioserve by opening your browser and typing your server’s IP address or domain name, followed by the port number that you specified in the configuration file.