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# Installation
TubeSync is designed to be run in a container, such as via Docker or Podman. It also
works in a Docker Compose stack. Only `amd64` is initially supported.
works in a Docker Compose stack. Only `amd64` architecture is supported for now.
Example (with Docker on *nix):
### Prerequisites
#### Find your user id
First find your the user ID and group ID you want to run TubeSync as, if you're not
sure what this is it's probably your current user ID and group ID:
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# id uid=1000(username) gid=1000(username) groups=1000(username),129(docker)
```
You can find your local timezone name here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
#### Choose your timezone
If unset, `TZ` defaults to `UTC`.
The timezone can be set using the TZ environment, here's a [list of available timezones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones). The default timezone is UTC.
Next, create the directories you're going to use for config data and downloads:
#### Create data directories
The directories used for downloads and configuration will have to be created first. Choose where you want to store the files and create the two directories using mkdir:
```bash
$ mkdir /some/directory/tubesync-config
$ mkdir /some/directory/tubesync-downloads
```
Finally, download and run the container:
### Install using Docker
```bash
# Pull image
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and playlists). If not, check `docker logs tubesync` to see what errors might be
occuring, typical ones are file permission issues.
Alternatively, for Docker Compose, you can use something like:
### Install using Docker Compose
```yaml
tubesync:
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```
## Optional authentication
### Optional authentication
Available in `v1.0` (or `:latest`)and later. If you want to enable a basic username and
password to be required to access the TubeSync dashboard you can set them with the
following environment variables:
> Available in `v1.0` (or `latest`) and later.
If you want to enable a basic authentication using username and password to access
the TubeSync dashboard you can set them with the following environment variables:
```bash
HTTP_USER
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...
```
When BOTH `HTTP_USER` and `HTTP_PASS` are set then basic HTTP authentication will be
enabled.
Only when **both** `HTTP_USER` and `HTTP_PASS` are set then basic HTTP authentication will be enabled.
# Updating
### Updating
To update, you can just pull a new version of the container image as they are released.
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Back-end updates such as database migrations should be automatic.
# Moving, backing up, etc.
### Moving, backing up, etc.
TubeSync, when running in its default container, stores thumbnails, cache and its
SQLite database into the `/config` directory and wherever you've mapped that to on your
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* [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/)
* [Django Background Tasks](https://github.com/arteria/django-background-tasks/)
* [django-sass](https://github.com/coderedcorp/django-sass/)
* The container bundles with `s6-init` and `nginx`
* The container bundles with `s6-init`, `nginx` and redis
See the [Pipefile](https://github.com/meeb/tubesync/blob/main/Pipfile) for a full list.