Amarok/Manual/Organization/Collection/RemoteCollections/Ampache

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    Ampache

    Amarok is able to play music from an Ampache-media-server. Ampache needs an Apache-server to work.

    Client

    Activate the Ampache service using Settings -> Configure Amarok... -> Internet Services.



    Configure the service with the data entered on the server:



    Now the Ampache service should appear in the left pane.


    Server

    On Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu you can install a Ampache-server using

    sudo apt-get install ampache

    You need to tell the Apache-server where it can find the Ampache-files. Create the file /etc/apache2/conf.d/ampache with the following content:

    Alias /music "/usr/share/ampache/www/"
    <directory />
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
        Options Indexes MultiViews
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </directory>

    Restart Apache with the command

    /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

    so you can access the Ampache-webinterface using http://localhost/music/ . You get the following page:




    Choose your language and click Start configuration to configure Ampache. Enter the configuration of your MySQL-database:



    Click Insert Database to create the user and database. You will get an error message because there is already a configuration file which is empty. Just enter your MySQL-configuration again and click Write Config and you will get a configuration file as download.



    Save this file to /usr/share/ampache/www/config/ampache.cfg.php and overwrite the existing (empty) configuration. After you clicked Continue to Step 3 you can create the initial account to manage Ampache.



    Log into your newly created account:



    And you will get the webinterface:



    Click on Add a Catalog in the Admin on the left to create a new catalog of music.



    Create a new guest account using Admin -> Add User:



    Now you need to allow guest access on your server. Open the configuration in /usr/share/ampache/www/config/ampache.cfg.php and remove the ';'-character before auto_user = "guest". Restart Apache and the server configuration is finished.