MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
The parameters are split into two halves, separated by a colon, the left hand side representing the host and the right the container side. For example with a port -p external:internal - what this shows is the port mapping from internal to external of the container. So -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 http://192.168.x.x:8080 would show you what's running INSIDE the container on port 80.
-p 5000
- the port(s)-v /config
- config files for musicbrainz-v /data
- data files for musicbrainz-e PGID
for GroupID - see below for explanation-e PUID
for UserID - see below for explanation-e BRAINZCODE
- to enter musicbrainz code. see below-e TZ
- timezone eg Europe/London
It is based on alpine linux with S6 overlay, for shell access whilst the container is running do docker exec -it musicbrainz /bin/bash
.
Sometimes when using data volumes (-v
flags) permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container. We avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID
and group PGID
. Ensure the data volume directory on the host is owned by the same user you specify and it will "just work" ™.
In this instance PUID=1001
and PGID=1001
. To find yours use id user
as below:
$ id <dockeruser>
uid=1001(dockeruser) gid=1001(dockergroup) groups=1001(dockergroup)
- AFTER iniatilisation is complete you will need to edit the line
sub WEB_SERVER { "localhost:5000" }
in file /config/DBDefs.pm changing localhost to the ip of your host, this is to allow css to display properly
- You must register here to recieve a musicbrainz code to allow you to recieve database updates, it is free. Get Code here.
- The initial import and setup of the database can take quite a long time, dependant on your download speed etc, be patient and don't restart the container before it's complete.
- It appears there are issues with unraid and using /mnt/user/cache/appdata instead of /mnt/cache/appdata, use /mnt/cache/appdata.
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To monitor the logs of the container in realtime
docker logs -f musicbrainz
. -
Shell access whilst the container is running:
docker exec -it musicbrainz /bin/bash
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container version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' musicbrainz
- image version number
docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' linuxserver/musicbrainz