docker-documentation/images/docker-beets.md

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# [linuxserver/beets](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-beets)

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[Beets](http://beets.io/) is a music library manager and not, for the most part, a music player. It does include a simple player plugin and an experimental Web-based player, but it generally leaves actual sound-reproduction to specialized tools.

## Supported Architectures

Our images support multiple architectures such as `x86-64`, `arm64` and `armhf`. We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker [here](https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/master/docs/spec/manifest-v2-2.md#manifest-list) and our announcement [here](https://blog.linuxserver.io/2019/02/21/the-lsio-pipeline-project/).

Simply pulling `lscr.io/linuxserver/beets` should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

| Architecture | Tag |
| :----: | --- |
| x86-64 | amd64-latest |
| arm64 | arm64v8-latest |
| armhf | arm32v7-latest |

## Version Tags

This image provides various versions that are available via tags. `latest` tag usually provides the latest stable version. Others are considered under development and caution must be exercised when using them.

| Tag | Description |
| :----: | --- |
| latest | Stable Beets Releases |
| nightly | Built against head of Beets git, generally considered unstable but a likely choice for power users of the application. |

## Application Setup

Edit the config file in /config

To edit the config from within the container use `beet config -e`

For a command prompt as user abc `docker exec -it -u abc beets bash`

See [Beets](http://beets.io/) for more info.

Contains [beets-extrafiles](https://github.com/Holzhaus/beets-extrafiles) plugin, [configuration details](https://github.com/Holzhaus/beets-extrafiles#usage)

## Usage

To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.

### docker-compose (recommended, [click here for more info](https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose))

```yaml
---
version: "2.1"
services:
  beets:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/beets
    container_name: beets
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - </path/to/appdata/config>:/config
      - </path/to/music/library>:/music
      - </path/to/ingest>:/downloads
    ports:
      - 8337:8337
    restart: unless-stopped
```

### docker cli ([click here for more info](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/cli/))

```bash
docker run -d \
  --name=beets \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Europe/London \
  -p 8337:8337 \
  -v </path/to/appdata/config>:/config \
  -v </path/to/music/library>:/music \
  -v </path/to/ingest>:/downloads \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/beets
```

## Parameters

Docker images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate `<external>:<internal>` respectively. For example, `-p 8080:80` would expose port `80` from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port `8080` outside the container.

### Ports (`-p`)

| Parameter | Function |
| :----: | --- |
| `8337` | Application WebUI |

### Environment Variables (`-e`)

| Env | Function |
| :----: | --- |
| `PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
| `PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
| `TZ=Europe/London` | Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London. |

### Volume Mappings (`-v`)

| Volume | Function |
| :----: | --- |
| `/config` | Configuration files. |
| `/music` | Music library |
| `/downloads` | Non processed music |

#### Miscellaneous Options

| Parameter | Function |
| :-----:   | --- |

## Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend `FILE__`.

As an example:

```bash
-e FILE__PASSWORD=/run/secrets/mysecretpassword
```

Will set the environment variable `PASSWORD` based on the contents of the `/run/secrets/mysecretpassword` file.

## Umask for running applications

For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional `-e UMASK=022` setting.
Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umask) before asking for support.

## User / Group Identifiers

When using 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 any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance `PUID=1000` and `PGID=1000`, to find yours use `id user` as below:

```bash
  $ id username
    uid=1000(dockeruser) gid=1000(dockergroup) groups=1000(dockergroup)
```

## Docker Mods

[![Docker Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=beets&query=%24.mods%5B%27beets%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=beets "view available mods for this container.") [![Docker Universal Mods](https://img.shields.io/badge/dynamic/yaml?color=94398d&labelColor=555555&logoColor=ffffff&style=for-the-badge&label=universal&query=%24.mods%5B%27universal%27%5D.mod_count&url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Flinuxserver%2Fdocker-mods%2Fmaster%2Fmod-list.yml)](https://mods.linuxserver.io/?mod=universal "view available universal mods.")

We publish various [Docker Mods](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-mods) to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.

## Support Info

* Shell access whilst the container is running:
  * `docker exec -it beets /bin/bash`
* To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
  * `docker logs -f beets`
* Container version number
  * `docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' beets`
* Image version number
  * `docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/beets`

## Versions

* **15.01.22:** - Rebasing to alpine 3.15.
* **19.12.19:** - Rebasing to alpine 3.11.
* **28.06.19:** - Rebasing to alpine 3.10.
* **12.05.19:** - Add flac and mp3val binaries required for badfiles plugin.
* **12.04.19:** - Rebase to Alpine 3.9.
* **23.03.19:** - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.
* **11.03.19:** - Swap copyartifacts for extrafiles, update endpoints with nightly tag.
* **01.03.19:** - Switch to python3.
* **07.02.19:** - Add fftw-dev build dependency for chromaprint.
* **28.01.19:** - Add pipeline logic and multi arch.
* **15.08.18:** - Rebase to alpine 3.8, use alpine repo version of pylast.
* **12.08.18:** - Add requests pip package.
* **04.03.18:** - Upgrade mp3gain to 1.6.1.
* **02.01.18:** - Deprecate cpu_core routine lack of scaling.
* **27.12.17:** - Add beautifulsoup4 pip package.
* **06.12.17:** - Rebase to alpine linux 3.7.
* **25.05.17:** - Rebase to alpine linux 3.6.
* **06.02.17:** - Rebase to alpine linux 3.5.
* **16.01.17:** - Add packages required for replaygain.
* **24.12.16:** - Add [beets-copyartifacts](https://github.com/sbarakat/beets-copyartifacts) plugin.
* **07.12.16:** - Edit cmake options for chromaprint, should now build and install fpcalc, add gstreamer lib
* **14.10.16:** - Add version layer information.
* **01.10.16:** - Add nano and editor variable to allow editing of the config from the container command line.
* **30.09.16:** - Fix umask.
* **24.09.16:** - Rebase to alpine linux.
* **10.09.16:** - Add layer badges to README.
* **05.01.16:** - Change ffpmeg repository, other version crashes container
* **06.11.15:** - Initial Release
* **29.11.15:** - Take out term setting, causing issues with key entry for some users