Swing Music is a beautiful, self-hosted music player for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify, but brings you your own music. Just run the app and enjoy your music library in a web browser. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Swing Music on your UGREEN NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Swing Music v3.0.0 release.

💡Note: Check out my guide on how to Install Swing Music on Your Synology NAS.

STEP 1

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STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your UGREEN NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

STEP 3

Add Read & Write Permissions to the Docker Folder. If you have already added the Read and Write Permissions to the Docker Folder, skip this STEP.

STEP 4

Go to File Manager and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it swingmusic. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 5

Now create two new folders inside the swingmusic folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 and name them config and music. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 6

Populate your music folder that you have previously created at STEP 5 with your own music files.

STEP 7

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 8

In the Name field type in swingmusic. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  swingmusic:
    container_name: Swing-Music
    image:  ghcr.io/swingmx/swingmusic:latest
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/1970' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    mem_limit: 6g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    ports:
      - 1970:1970
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/swingmusic/music:/music:rw
      - /volume1/docker/swingmusic/config:/config:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

STEP 9

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

STEP 10

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

STEP 11

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STEP 12

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://ugreen-ip-address:1970 Click Get Started. Follow the instructions in the image below.