How to Install Maloja on Windows 10

Maloja is an open-source, self-hosted music streaming server that lets you play your favorite music files locally or over the internet. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Maloja on your Windows 10 computer.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • Windows 10 (64-bit)
  • Node.js (version 14.x or higher)
  • Git

Step 1: Download Maloja

First, you need to download the latest release of Maloja from its official GitHub repository. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Open your web browser and navigate to the Maloja repository: https://github.com/krateng/maloja

  2. Click on the "Code" button and select "Download ZIP".

  3. Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a directory of your choice.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, you need to install the dependencies required to run Maloja. These include the Node.js packages bcrypt, body-parser, cookie-parser, crypto, express, express-fileupload, jsonwebtoken, morgan, multer, mysql2, node-cache, node-uuid, nodemailer, passport, passport-local, pg, pg-hstore, sequelize, and spotify-web-api-node.

To install these dependencies, follow these steps:

  1. Open Command Prompt as an administrator.

  2. Navigate to the directory where you extracted the Maloja ZIP file.

  3. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

npm install

Step 3: Configure Maloja

Before running Maloja, you need to configure it to use your database and Spotify API credentials. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to the config directory in the extracted Maloja directory.

  2. Copy the config.json.sample file to config.json.

cp config/config.json.sample config/config.json

  1. Open the config.json file using a text editor.

  2. Replace the values in config.json with your own configuration:

{
  "development": {
    "database": "database_name",
    "username": "database_username",
    "password": "database_password",
    "host": "localhost",
    "dialect": "mysql",
    "secretKey": "your_secret_key",
    "spotifyClientId": "your_spotify_client_id",
    "spotifyClientSecret": "your_spotify_client_secret",
    "spotifyRedirectUri": "http://localhost:8080/auth/spotify/callback"
  }
}
  1. Save the changes to config.json.

Step 4: Run Maloja

Now that you have installed and configured Maloja, you can start the server by running the following command:

npm start

This will start the server on port 8080. You can access the Maloja web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Maloja on your Windows 10 computer. You can now start uploading your music files and create playlists for a personalized streaming experience.