lspipelive/musicbrainz repository overview

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⁠linuxserver/musicbrainz

MusicBrainz⁠ is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.

⁠Usage

docker create --name=musicbrainz \
-v <path to config >:/config \
-v <path to data >:/data \
-e PGID=<gid> -e PUID=<uid> \
-e BRAINZCODE=<code from musicbrainz> \
-e NPROC=<parameter> \
-e TZ=<timezone> \
-e WEBADDRESS=<ip of host> \
-p 5000:5000 \
linuxserver/musicbrainz

⁠Parameters

The parameters are split into two halves, separated by a colon, the left hand side representing the host and the right the container side. For example with a port -p external:internal - what this shows is the port mapping from internal to external of the container. So -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on port 80.

• -p 5000 - the port(s)
• -v /config - config files for musicbrainz
• -v /data - data files for musicbrainz
• -e PGID for GroupID - see below for explanation
• -e PUID for UserID - see below for explanation
• -e BRAINZCODE - to enter musicbrainz code. see below
• -e NPROC - to set number of proceses, defaults to 5 if unset.
• -e WEBADDRESS - to set ip for host to allow css to render properly, DO NOT ENTER PORT NUMBER.
• -e TZ - timezone eg Europe/London

It is based on alpine linux with S6 overlay, for shell access whilst the container is running do docker exec -it musicbrainz /bin/bash.

⁠User / Group Identifiers

Sometimes when using data volumes (-v flags) permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container. We avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID. Ensure the data volume directory on the host is owned by the same user you specify and it will "just work" ™.

In this instance PUID=1001 and PGID=1001. To find yours use id user as below:

  $ id <dockeruser>
    uid=1001(dockeruser) gid=1001(dockergroup) groups=1001(dockergroup)

⁠Setting up the application

• For schema 24 updates you should pull the latest image, clear all files and folders in /config and /data and reinitiate the database import by (re)starting the docker.

• If you did not set WEBADDRESS env variable, then AFTER iniatilisation is complete you will need to edit the line sub WEB_SERVER { "localhost:5000" } in file /config/DBDefs.pm changing localhost to the ip of your host, this is to allow css to display properly

• You must register here to recieve a musicbrainz code to allow you to recieve database updates, it is free. Get Code here⁠.
• The initial import and setup of the database can take quite a long time, dependant on your download speed etc, be patient and don't restart the container before it's complete.
• It appears there are issues with unraid and using /mnt/user/cache/appdata instead of /mnt/cache/appdata, use /mnt/cache/appdata.

⁠Info

• To monitor the logs of the container in realtime docker logs -f musicbrainz.

• Shell access whilst the container is running: docker exec -it musicbrainz /bin/bash

• container version number

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' musicbrainz

• image version number

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/musicbrainz

⁠Versions

• 09.02.18: Bump server version 2018-02-09.
• 24.01.18: Bump server version 2018-01-24.
• 10.01.18: Bump server version 2018-01-10.
• 31.10.17: Bump server version 2017-12-21.
• 30.11.17: Add NPROC variable to allow number of processes to be set.
• 30.11.17: Fix linting recommendations.
• 30.11.17: Remove socket on startup if exists (thanks wtf911) re⁠.
• 24.11.17: Remove catalyst side bar on new installs.
• 31.10.17: Bump server version 2017-10-31.
• 20.09.17: Bump server version 2017-09-18.
• 06.09.17: Bump server version 2017-09-04.
• 19.07.17: Bump server version 2017-07-17.
• 21.06.17: Bump server version 2017-06-19.
• 26.05.17: Fix later build of postgres using /run instead of /var/run.
• 26.05.17: Rebase to alpine 3.6.
• 15.05.17: Schema 24 update, recommend full rebuild with new config.
• 15.04.17: Bump server version 2017-04-10.
• 04.04.17: Bump server version 2017-03-27.
• 15.03.17: Bump server version 2017-03-13.
• 04.03.17: Bump server version and use nginx to serve web pages.
• 06.02.17: Rebase to alpine 3.5.
• 16.12.16: Rebase to alpine linux, entailing almost complete rewrite.
• 14.10.16: Add version layer information.
• 30.09.16: Fix umask.
• 10.09.16: Add layer badges to README.
• 28.08.16: Add badges to README, move to main repository.
• 20.07.16: Restructure of docker file for clarity, add maxworkers variable in conjunction with starlet, for parallel requests in multi-core setups, thanks to user baoshan.
• 03.06.16: Complete rewrite due to schema change. Rebased back to 14.04 direct Using S6 overaly.
• 21.03.16: Bump to latest server release
• 16.03.16: Bump to latest server release
• 26.02.16: Bump to latest server release
• 08.02.16: Switch to PPA version for redis
• 03.01.16: Remove d/l of sitemaps file, missing from last 2 db dumps, move fetch of db/dump higher up initialise routine to allow easier resume of broken downloads.
• 15.12.15: Per latest musicbrainz blog, switched to production branch, latest stable code is now production branch in place of master.
• 10.12.15: Initial release date