Synology: Install Audiobookshelf With Portainer

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Synology Install Audiobookshelf With Portainer

My previous guide for Audiobookshelf involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Audiobookshelf version via Portainer. Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook server for managing and playing your audiobooks. It’s fully open-source, including the android & iOS app, currently in beta. You can stream all audiobook formats on the fly. Audiobookshelf has multi-user support and custom permissions. You can easily upload all the audiobooks from your computer to your Synology NAS. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Audiobookshelf on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Audiobookshelf v2.9.0 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 audiobookshelf. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 1

  • STEP 4

Now create two new folders inside the audiobookshelf folder that you created at STEP 3 and name them audiobooks and metadata. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 2

  • STEP 5

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 6

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

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

version: "3.9"
services:
  audiobookshelf:
    container_name: Audiobookshelf
    image: advplyr/audiobookshelf
    healthcheck:
     test: curl -f http://localhost:80/ || exit 1
    mem_limit: 4g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    restart: on-failure:5
    ports:
      - 13378:80
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/audiobookshelf:/config:rw
      - /volume1/docker/audiobookshelf/audiobooks:/audiobooks:rw
      - /volume1/docker/audiobookshelf/metadata:/metadata:rw
    environment:
      PUID: 1026
      PGID: 100

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.)

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 3

  • STEP 7

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.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 4

  • STEP 8

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

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 5

  • STEP 9

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

  • STEP 10

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:13378 You will be prompted to log in. Type in your own Username and Password then click Submit. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 6

  • STEP 11

Type in your own Username and Password that you have previously created at STEP 10 then click Submit. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 7

  • STEP 12

Click Add your first library. Select the Media Type then click Browser for Folder. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 8

  • STEP 13

Select the audiobooks folder then click Select Folder Path. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Audiobookshelf Synology NAS Portainer Set up 9

Enjoy Audiobookshelf!

🆘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 Audiobookshelf container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Audiobookshelf work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: Find out how to update the Audiobookshelf container with the latest image.
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This post was updated on Friday / April 26th, 2024 at 10:48 PM

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