How to Install Ardour on Your Synology NAS

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How to Install Ardour on Your Synology NAS

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application that runs on NAS, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. Its primary author is Paul Davis, who was also responsible for the JACK Audio Connection Kit. Ardour is intended as a digital audio workstation suitable for professional use. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Ardour on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Ardour v8.6 release.

  • STEP 1

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  • STEP 2

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

  • STEP 3

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

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 1

  • STEP 4

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

1 Synology Portainer Add Stack

  • STEP 5

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

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

version: "3.9"
services:
  ardour:
    container_name: Ardour
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/ardour:latest
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:false
      - seccomp:unconfined
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/3000' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
     CUSTOM_USER: marius
     PASSWORD: mariushosting
     TZ: Europe/Bucharest
     PUID: 1026
     PGID: 100
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/ardour:/config:rw
    ports:
      - 3424:3000
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for CUSTOM_USER. Type in your own username. marius is an example for a username.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for PASSWORD. Type in your own password. mariushosting is an example for a password.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for PUID and PGID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 2

  • STEP 6

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.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 3

⌛Now just wait because the Ardour image is about 2.9GB.

  • STEP 7

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

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 4

  • STEP 8

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  • STEP 9

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://Synology-ip-address:3424 If everything goes right, you will see the Ardour Login page. Type in your own CUSTOM_USER and PASSWORD that you have previously created at STEP 5 then click Sign In. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 5

  • STEP 10

Click Forward. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 6

  • STEP 11

Click Forward. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 7

  • STEP 12

Click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 8

  • STEP 13

Click Advanced Session then Open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 9

  • STEP 14

Select the appropriate Audio System then click Start. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 10

  • STEP 15

Your Ardour dashboard at a glance!

Ardour Synology NAS Set up 11

Enjoy Ardour!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Ardour container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Ardour work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Ardour container with the latest image.
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This post was updated on Monday / June 10th, 2024 at 12:41 PM

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