How to install subsonic media server 4.9 in centos redhat fedora

  

Subsonic is an open source, web-based media server. Subsonic was written in Java, and runs on any operating system with Java support. Subsonic supports streaming to multiple clients simultaneously, and supports any streamable media (including MP3, AAC, and Ogg).

Follow the steps below to install subsonic media server 4.9

• SSH server as root user
• yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk

• wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/subsonic/subsonic/4.9/subsonic-4.9.rpm

• yum install --nogpgcheck subsonic-4.9.rpm

• useradd subsonic

• vi /etc/sysconfig/subsonic

• Change the subsonic user

By default the Subsonic process is run as the root user. To improve security it is strongly advised that you run it as a dedicated user with less powerful privileges. You can specify this user by setting the SUBSONIC_USER variable in  /etc/sysconfig/subsonic.

• SUBSONIC_USER=subsonic

• service subsonic restart

*Note Default username and password are admin admin

• To access subsonic media server use IP:4040

java.lang.Error: Probable fatal error No fonts found subsonic media server centos

If you are getting error below in your subsonic media server that means fonts are missing in your subsonic media server and obviously the simplest way to resolve the issue is to install the fonts.

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java.lang.Error: Probable fatal error No fonts found
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For installing fonts follow the steps below.

• SSH server

Run the command below

• yum install liberation-fonts

Now restart the subsonic server and you are done

• service subsonic restart

How to upgrade subsonic to its latest version

Steps to upgrade subsonic to version subsonic 4.9

SSH server

check current version from the command 

rpm -qa | grep subsonic

download the package below

• wget http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/subsonic/subsonic/4.9/subsonic-4.9.rpm

then use command

ll

output will be like

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35061093 Apr 18 00:40 subsonic-4.9.rpm

yum update --nogpgcheck subsonic-4.9.rpm

after installation check the version by command below 

rpm -qa | grep subsonic

result will be like

subsonic-4.9-3434

*Note To access subsonic IP:4040

How to change subsonic password from the server backend

SSH Server

Goto

cd /var/subsonic/db

vi subsonic.script

goto line

INSERT INTO USER VALUES('admin','enc:693932656d737368',0,0,0,FALSE,'mail@gmail.com')

Yellow is password in hexa decimal form we have convert it into ASCII by click here to goto the hexadecimal to ascii converter.

Login to subsonic

IP:4040

With user name admin and password which is converted to ascii change password and set it to whatever you want.