How to Install Muer on Your Synology NAS

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How to Install Muer on Your Synology NAS

Muer is a modern, open-source music player with beautiful UI/UX, similar to Hyperpipe. One of the things I most appreciate about Muer is that you can listen to YouTube music without any kind of commercial interruption. Muer serves music from Youtube without commercial ADS and Trackers. Muer is based on Invidious. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Muer on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

  • 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

Make sure you have a synology.me Wildcard Certificate. Follow my guide to get a Wildcard Certificate. If you already have a synology.me Wildcard certificate, skip this STEP.

  • STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Login Portal / Advanced Tab / click Reverse Proxy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 1

  • STEP 5

Now click the “Create” button. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 2

  • STEP 6

After you click the Create button, the window below will open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the General area, set the Reverse Proxy Name description: type in Muer. After that, add the following instructions:

Source:
Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: muer.yourname.synology.me
Port: 443

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 7124

Muer Synology NAS Set up 3

  • STEP 7

On the Reverse Proxy Rules click the Custom Header tab. Click Create and then, from the drop-down menu, click WebSocket. After you click on WebSocket, two Header Names and two Values will be automatically added. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Synology Proxy WebSocket

  • STEP 8

Go to Control Panel / Network / Connectivity tab/ Check Enable HTTP/2 then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 4

  • STEP 9

Go to Control Panel / Security / Advanced tab/ Check Enable HTTP Compression then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 5

  • STEP 10

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 11

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

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

version: "3.9"
services:
  muer:
    image: muerorg/muer:latest
    container_name: Muer
    hostname: muer
    mem_limit: 4g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: false
    user: 1026:100
    healthcheck:
      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000
    ports:
      - 7124:3000
    volumes:
      - /etc/TZ:/etc/timezone:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro

Note: Before you paste the code in the Portainer Web editor area, change the value numbers for user with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.) 1026 is my personal UID value and 100 is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 6

  • STEP 12

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.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 7

  • STEP 13

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

Muer Synology NAS Set up 8

  • STEP 14

Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂.

  • STEP 15

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://muer.yourname.synology.me In my case it’s https://muer.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the Muer homepage. On the left sidebar click Search, then type in the name of your favorite song. Play, then save to favorites! Follow the instructions in the image below.

Muer Synology NAS Set up 9

Enjoy Muer!

Fix: Muer will not fully work in localhost. You need to use reverse proxy to make it fully functional.

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This post was updated on Wednesday / March 6th, 2024 at 12:21 PM

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